# One of Fred Phelps' sons is driving taxi in British Columbia, Canada

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**Created:** [November 14, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-fred-phelps-sons-is-driving-taxi-in-british-columbia-canada/472642 "2008-11-14T01:33:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-fred-phelps-sons-is-driving-taxi-in-british-columbia-canada/472642/1 "2008-11-14T01:33:44Z")

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Interesting article about where one of Fred Phelps’ sons ended up: driving cab in Cranbrook, B.C.

[Running from Hell: Growing up in America’s Most Hated Family](http://www.ubyssey.ca/?p=5624)

It includes an account of a serendipitous encounter with his father:

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> Late one night over a decade later, Nate found himself listening to his father being interviewed on a radio station in LA—it wasn’t long after Fred had gained national attention with his protests. Nate called in under the impression that the interview was a rerun, but realized after calling that his father was on the air live.
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> “I was freaked out. I got on and I challenged [my father]….That lasted about maybe a minute, and it devolved quickly into him calling me every name he could imagine, and then he handed the phone to Shirley, and she delivered a few diatribes.”

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**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-fred-phelps-sons-is-driving-taxi-in-british-columbia-canada/472642/2 "2008-11-14T05:26:07Z")

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Wow. I used to live in Kimberley and went to first year college in Cranbrook. It’s a long, long way from where the Phelps came from…