Man kills imaginary friend, turns himself in .. Florida

Mrs G Norris · May 12, 2015

[h=1]MAN KILLS IMAGINARY FRIEND, TURNS SELF IN, TAKES WORLD'S SADDEST MUG SHOT[/h]
Geoff Gaylord walked into a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and confessed to his crime: he had repeatedly stabbed his friend "Mr. Happy" with a kitchen knife, cut up Mr. Happy with a hatchet, and buried him in his backyard. Let me remind you again that this occurred in Florida, so perhaps it should come as a surprise to no one.

Gaylord and Mr. Happy were friends for seven years but, according to Gaylord, he killed him for a few reasons:

"He left his empty vodka bottles all over the kitchen... never picked up his empty cocaine baggies...He messed up my apartment to the point where I just couldn't get it clean...Before Hap started doing drugs and acting weird he was my BFF...We'd go dancing, play on the children's park equipment, both huge fans of doom metal listened to it for hours with the lights turned off."

http://www.mandatory.com/2015/05/12/man-kills-imaginary-friend-turns-self-in-takes-worlds-saddest/

Lulu14 · May 12, 2015

Editor's Note: So apparently this story comes from a phony site. Oh well. Even the smartest people in the world (read: Mandatory editors) get fooled every now and then. Enjoy the story anyway.

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Mrs G Norris · May 13, 2015

Ha!!! So perhaps we can't file this under crazy Florida stories after all? Oh well, an imaginary article for an imaginary murder, of an imaginary friend .. seems fitting

Yvettea · May 13, 2015

Imagine that!

thepinkdragon · May 13, 2015

The saddest part was I immediately looked at the name to see if I knew him! Lol

zwiebel · May 13, 2015

The original photo came with news media WTSP's logo, but I'm danged if I can find the original arrest story on their site. The name isn't bringing up anything, but I only searched a couple of pages. Seems certain he was arrested for something, and was very sad about it.

http://www.wtsp.com/#ht=Headerhome

The fake viral story seems to have originated here, as one of several 'snapshots of the apologetically jailed'.

http://sportschump.net/2011/08/19/s...-celebration-of-the-university-of-miami/6939/

ETA: They didn't start the fake story, but I think that's where someone picked the photo to go with the imaginery, imaginery friend story - though I think it may have elements of the truth but no-one has linked the original arrest.

zwiebel · May 13, 2015

If anyone is still interested, there is a former professional wrestler named Jeff Gaylord who was jailed in 2009 for 6 years, for bank robberies. I think he'll have been released now. That was in Colorado though. But googling images of him, I'm thinking that could be his arrest photo?

Here's his wiki entry, with one photo.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gaylord

SCHMAE · May 13, 2015

I saw this yesterday. It's really unusual but looks like it's best they got this guy off the street. Seriously, what is going on in Florida ? I noticed several years ago the craziest stories come from there and it seems I'm not alone . When I read this story , it had a heading '' naturally this happens in Florida'' or something like that. What the heck is in the water down there?

ETA ,,, fake story .......... I'm sure it's true somewhere .

MalloryPike · May 13, 2015

zwiebel said:
The original photo came with news media WTSP's logo, but I'm danged if I can find the original arrest story on their site. The name isn't bringing up anything, but I only searched a couple of pages. Seems certain he was arrested for something, and was very sad about it.

http://www.wtsp.com/#ht=Headerhome

The fake viral story seems to have originated here, as one of several 'snapshots of the apologetically jailed'.

http://sportschump.net/2011/08/19/s...-celebration-of-the-university-of-miami/6939/

ETA: They didn't start the fake story, but I think that's where someone picked the photo to go with the imaginery, imaginery friend story - though I think it may have elements of the truth but no-one has linked the original arrest.

The page I have linked below titles the photo "Billy Southern failure to appear". So it appears that's the real name and reason for the mugshot.

http://archive.wtsp.com/slideshows/2011/gallery.aspx?slideshowname=Crying_Mugs&N=4

Tulessa · May 13, 2015

Geoff Gaylord, 37, entered the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office earlier today and turned himself in for killing his imaginary friend Mr. Happy. Gaylord told officers he had stabbed Mr. Happy repeatedly with a kitchen knife, cut up the body with a hatchet and buried the victim in his backyard.

Have at it guys! I'm not risking a T/O. :floorlaugh:

http://imjussayin.co/florida-man-turns-himself-in-for-murdering-imaginary-friend/

Jan · May 13, 2015

Did they do some digging in the guy's back yard to be sure his friend was really just imaginary? He sounds like a candidate for the mental ward at the hospital.

zwiebel · May 14, 2015

Already a thread for this, Tulessa.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...lls-imaginary-friend-turns-himself-in-Florida

Tulessa · May 14, 2015

Thanks Z! I'll alert a mod!

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