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

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    Fantastic response to 'Piano Man'
    A helpline set up to identify a mystery man who stunned carers by giving a virtuoso classical piano performance has been inundated with calls. The man has not said a word since police picked him up wandering the streets of Sheerness, Kent, in a soaking wet suit and tie on 7 April. His social worker Michael Camp said the man, in his 20s or 30s, is usually very anxious but "comes alive" at the piano. Orchestras around Europe are being contacted to see if they know him. The National Missing Persons Helpline is appealing to anyone who recognises the man to come forward. Mr Camp said there had been a "fantastic" response.
    ...
    The man's talent came to light after staff at the Medway Maritime Hospital gave him a pen and paper in the hope he would write his name. Instead the patient, dubbed The Piano Man, drew very detailed pictures of a grand piano. The man shocked staff with a performance of classical music after Mr Camp showed him the piano in the hospital's chapel.
    ...
    The man has since written music, which has been verified as genuine.
    ...
    Several lines of inquiry have been followed, and the hospital brought in interpreters to see if the mystery patient was from Eastern Europe. He is now being held in a secure mental health unit in north Kent while an assessment is carried out. Mr Camp said he was "extremely distressed" and may have suffered a trauma.
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    Story from BBC NEWS:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/4550069.stm


    Weird one, this. Could he be an autist? We have autist twin brothers at uni. One of them jumps around and shows people how he once kicked a ball up a uni building. The other one is a soft dood who's with some girl who carresses him. None of them ever speak a word unless you really provoke a big reaction, which soemtimes includes speaking-like articulations.

    So what about this dude?



    Of course it might be very mysterious bull**** as well

    Edit: reformatted and shortened the quoted text. Maybe some people will give it a try now.
    Last edited by Ecthy; May 16, 2005, 10:27.

  • #2
    Well, I just read about it. Strange story.
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    • #3
      Strange indeed.
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      • #4
        still not read it

        but to be the thirth to say it: strange
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        • #5
          He might be from the 24th century.

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          • #6
            Strange.

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            • #7
              It's also in the German news now. Strange.

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              • #8
                I think he was preparing for a classic concert when he suddenly was confronted with some gangsta rap stuff. That shocked him so much that he lost all his memories, and tried to commit suicide by jumping into water. Also, due to the trauma, he's now literally speechless. His piano playing is a form of self-therapy. If they don't disturb him with more modern stuff there's a good chance for recovery though....

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                • #9
                  Spiegel.de says he might have been on a ship in the suit and then fell into the water, swam to the coast where he was found with a shock. Well, that's their idea of it

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                  • #10
                    They're calling him Great Britain's Kaspar Hauser though

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by BeBro
                      I think he was preparing for a classic concert when he suddenly was confronted with some gangsta rap stuff.


                      As far as the article... Weird.

                      Maybe it's just a publicity stunt, though?

                      Although then the mental hospital people would have probably figured it out by now...
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                      • #12
                        prolly so

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                        • #13
                          Any UK poster we miss?....
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                          • #14
                            They say he might be Swedish though...

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                            • #15
                              He's clearly from an alternate reality!
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