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Disoriented, Man With ID Is Still a Puzzle
- illtakesix 13y agoFor those interested in this sort of "puzzle", the story of Benjamin Kyle is fascinating: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjaman_Kyle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjaman_Kyle
- basugasubaku 13y agoMore generally: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue_state http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue_state
- uvdiv 13y agoHe gave a high-profile Q&A with Reddit this year: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/13rs46/i_am_benjaman_kyle_an_amnesiac_who_woke_up_with/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/13rs46/i_am_benjaman_k... One thing not mentioned in wikipedia is that he made a White House petition to replace his Social Security Number, which failed with somewhere over 7,500 signatures (but not enough). Kafkaesque. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/grant-benjaman-kyle-new-social-security-number/m9tgKh14 https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/grant-benjaman-kyl...
- alex_doom 13y agoThe human mind is quite a puzzle itself.
- Kudzu_Bob 13y ago"Man With ID," huh? More like "Illegal Immigrant With Fake ID." No wonder nobody knows him.
- tjohns 13y agoThe article mentioned that they found his old house in Mexico using his Mexican ID, and that the family had since moved away (likely to the US). If it was a fake ID, that wouldn't make sense. (And why would an immigrant carry fake foreign ID anyway?)
- AliAdams 13y agoSo we are assuming he was Mexican, moved to the US either staying at that address years ago or using it as a home address for records but not staying there. Worked as a travelling worker, somehow lost memory and either got lost or was abandoned by a group of others?
- 97-109-107 13y agoIt's interesting to see how stories like these emerge during times of surveillance and tracking scare. I'm not trying to suggest dishonesty or paranoia anywhere, just pointing out how intriguing the dynamics of media stories are.