The Outlaw!
Funny story…
I was at Starbucks yesterday with a church member when I noticed out of the corner of my eye that a Deputy Sherriff was looking at me and slowly making his way toward me. At first, I thought I was imagining it–”Nah… he’s not looking at me.” But then he came right up to me and said, “Hi, there. Do you have any ID on you?”
At this point, my heart was pounding like a bass drum! I said, “Yeah,” got out my wallet, and handed him my driver’s license.
He looked at it, handed it back to me, and said, “Ok, thanks.”
It turns out he was in the process of hunting a fugitive who happened to look a lot like me! He showed me the picture of the guy and–yup–the guy did bear a striking resemblance to me! It was almost a little creepy.
The cop said he saw me from inside Starbucks (I was sitting outside) and thought to himself, “No way! It can’t be this easy!” Fortunately for me, he was right. It wasn’t that easy. He’s gonna have to keep looking!
I tell you what, though… that feeling I had when he asked for my ID–not something I hope to repeat anytime soon!
04 Dec 2007 markus
Markus Watson
Man, Mark… this seems to be a theme in life, what with the child you fathered with a woman in South Carolina at the age of 8!
Remember that whole fiasco? :-)
Heh heh! That’s the first thing I thought of after this happened!
I wonder what would have happened if you would have gotten up and ran away…
It could have been front page news!
Ha ha!! That would have been awesome! You can’t get better publicity than that for your church!! :-D
“Local Pastor mistaken for Fugitive Runs from Sheriff”
yeah I would go visit that church