Florida Man From Self Isolation

"Finally we discuss the most feared and influential american cryptid known to humans. Listen to the tale of how this creature was born and its influence. Also never use a gator as a weapon."

Presented by: Cristina
Category: Cryptid

Florida Man is a cryptid native to the allegedly real United States state. He is best known for appearing in national and even international news in sensational headlines describing his adventures.

The first widespread account was, "Florida Man Arrested For Pocket Dialing 911", posted to Twitter. This was just the beginning on his infamy. Another seminal story in the saga was a Zombie attack by a Florida Man, presumed to be high on bath salts.

The question becomes, why Florida? It is the subject of a chicken and the egg scenario. Is, as Cristina puts, only Florida capable of producing an entity like Florida Man or is Florida Man the reason we think of Florida as being barely real?

One theory is that Florida has specific Freedom of Information acts that makes police activity in the opening. However, Nebraska, Ohio and Vermont all have similar laws, at least partially debunking this theory.

Intoxication, crimes, mental illness and especially poor decision making are all common features to the legend. However, Florida is not on the top of the list on any of these metrics. It does have one of the worst ranks on wealth, which may go some way to explaining it, but none of these are problems unique to Florida.

Things that are uniquely Floridan:


 * The southern most state in the continental U.S.
 * The only place on earth where both alligators and crocodiles in the wild
 * The flatest state on average

Cristina concludes, in the end, that it's a combination of factors., but admits that their may be no why. Florida man may just be eternal.

Takeaway: Florida Man is a better anti-drug tactic than D.A.R.E.

Trivia

 * Patreon skit: A siren tempts a sailor with the tiers.
 * The first social distancing episode.
 * The first episode where Cristina swears for the $100 tier. "Fucking gators".