Anyone heard of that mysterious "Piano Man" in Kent...?

[Mordoch]

Originally posted by vovan


Right.

Take a more careful look, it definately looks like the same guy.

[Ecthy]

bump

Indeed does.

They've received 160 calls.

[duke o' york]

It was suggested that he was a Swedish pianist due to give a concert at the Wigmore Hall in London in a few days, but the real pianist was shocked when the police turned up at his flat in Stockholm because he wasn't aware of the story.

I really, really hope that this isn't just a publicity stunt for a new film or whatever. Or worse, part of a student "art" project.

[Az]

most chances are it is, duke.

[Ecthy]

I've been leaning toward that position for the last hours...

[Ecthy]

he might be identified.

[DeathByTheSword]

as who?

[Alex]

hey, that's my cousin Ricardo.

damn, I told him not to go to the US on a raft full of illegal immigrants. I said: "there are some strong currents in the Atlantic this time of year, pal". And he said: "I'll try it anyway, what do I have to lose?"

Now we see what he lost.

[Winston]

Originally posted by Winston
It seems a bit peculiar that they haven't managed to elicit any kind of response from him, spoken or written, in over a month. Not that it's unheard of, but I think in this case something doesn't add up, it's a hoax.

Sure enough, a hoax. It's now being reported that last Friday, the guy spoke for the first time and admitted he'd been fooling everybody for 4 months. The man explained he's German, and had been fired from his job in Paris. He'd boarded a train to Britain in order to end his life on the Sheerness beach.

He's worked with mentally ill people in the past, and applied his knowledge of their behaviour to pull off his hoax. On Saturday, he was sent on a plane to Germany, to be re-united with his father and two sisters.

End of story.

[Datajack Franit]

no, he will be prosecuted for fraud


now it´s End of story

[Heresson]

He's illegal immigrant trying to fool You. His clothes in which he was found were cleared of any signs of where he came from (like labels).

[child of Thor]

gah! i feel used - he must have been pretty cut up by his job loss to go through all this(and put his family through it) - some people have no perspective on life. Hope his wife(or gaurdian of his kids) gives him hell

[Winston]

Don't think there's any kids, the article said he's a homosexual. I left it out because I thought it irrelevant. Pissed me off a little actually that it was mentioned. It also said his father's a farmer, again I fail to see the relevance. But we're kinda stuck with the pathetic media that we have in this world.

[Sava]

winston should be beaten for bumping this ****ty thread

[SlowwHand]

Mystery "Piano Man" returns to Germany

37 minutes ago

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man who baffled police and care workers after being found wandering in a suit near a southern English beach, soaking wet and refusing to speak, has returned to Germany after four months in care.

The man was dubbed the "Piano Man" by the media after supposedly giving a virtuoso piano performance while being treated in a psychiatric unit, where doctors failed to identify him despite being inundated with suggestions.

The 20-year-old from the southern state of Bavaria returned home on Saturday after the German embassy had verified his nationality and provided him with replacement documents, a German foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday.

He declined to give the man's name or say where he was now living.

British health authorities said on Monday the man had been released after making a "marked improvement" but would not give any further details.

A report in the Daily Mirror newspaper said the man had finally broken his silence, revealing that he was German and had been trying to commit suicide after losing his job in Paris when he was picked up by police.

The newspaper said he had previously worked with mentally ill patients and had copied some of their characteristics.

Doctors were quoted four months ago as saying the man had drawn a grand piano after being given a pen and paper and had later played classical music on a chapel piano for hours.

The Mirror cast doubt on that, saying he could "hardly play a note."