# Nutty American swims to Suu Kyi, upsets junta

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 15, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutty-american-swims-to-suu-kyi-upsets-junta/496549 "2009-05-15T18:41:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutty-american-swims-to-suu-kyi-upsets-junta/496549/1 "2009-05-15T18:41:08Z")

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[One](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/15/AR2009051501370.html?hpid=topnews) [truly](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090515.MYANMAR15ART2250/TPStory/TPInternational/Asia/) [weird](http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/15/Suu-Kyis-trespasser-on-spiritual-quest/UPI-49821242399243/) [story](http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/myanmar.swimmer/).

Apparently a disturbed middle-aged American man left his home in Missouri, flew to Thailand, crossed into Myanmar (Burma), and swam across a lake to the house where dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi is confined. And now both he and Suu Kyi are facing charges, and an international incident is brewing.

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutty-american-swims-to-suu-kyi-upsets-junta/496549/2 "2009-05-15T18:47:41Z")

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Wasn’t there also something earlier this year about a disturbed middle-aged American swimming nekid across a Japanese lake, and making the swat team come out to get him?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutty-american-swims-to-suu-kyi-upsets-junta/496549/3 "2009-05-15T21:25:57Z")

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> [@wolfman](#):
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> Wasn’t there also something earlier this year about a disturbed middle-aged American swimming nekid across a Japanese lake, and making the swat team come out to get him?

I remember a big naked guy frolicking in a fountain until the cops took him down.

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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutty-american-swims-to-suu-kyi-upsets-junta/496549/4 "2009-05-15T21:45:05Z")

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> [@wolfman](#):
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> Wasn’t there also something earlier this year about a disturbed middle-aged American swimming nekid across a Japanese lake, and making the swat team come out to get him?

I remember that story. He was British, IIRC.