# Does anybody remember the screaming fat kid street preacher?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-the-screaming-fat-kid-street-preacher/761639
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 3, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-the-screaming-fat-kid-street-preacher/761639 "2016-08-03T15:34:14Z")
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-the-screaming-fat-kid-street-preacher/761639/1 "2016-08-03T15:34:14Z")
This was back in the early 90’s I believe. This fat screaming street preacher kid made the news for a couple of weeks. He would hold the Bible open and scream at pedestrians, calling them all sinners and whatnot. Sometimes his little sister would be out there with him, lending vocal support. He even screamed at a Salvation Army volunteer dressed as Santa Claus, calling him “Satan Claus.”
It turned out their father had instructed them to go out in public and scream at the sinners. The kid’s probably in his thirties now, so I’m wondering if he ever wound up in a mental institution or something.
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### Author:  [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-the-screaming-fat-kid-street-preacher/761639/2 "2016-08-03T15:37:25Z")
][This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=127648), which has been zombied a few times, is what you are looking for, I believe.
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-the-screaming-fat-kid-street-preacher/761639/3 "2016-08-03T18:52:52Z")
Thanks. Looks like he turned out more or less normal after he and his siblings moved away from their parents. Found his FB page. He’s a huge Dallas Cowboys fan and his son is a boxer.
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### Author:  [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-the-screaming-fat-kid-street-preacher/761639/4 "2016-08-04T20:35:10Z")
Yes, I remember he was on Oprah. It was uncomfortable to watch.
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-the-screaming-fat-kid-street-preacher/761639/5 "2016-08-04T20:57:09Z")
Wasn’t that an episode of _South Park_?