Naked Terror at UK Airport?

by Kilian Melloy

EDGE Staff Reporter

Monday September 23, 2019

Travelers and workers at the public transportation station at the airport outside of Manchester, England were startled to see a naked man running back and forth and waving his arms at about 6:00 this morning. At the same time, police also responded to reports of a suspicious package, reported the Manchester Evening News.

It's uncertain how - or whether - the naked man and the suspicious package might be related, but police detonated the package just to be safe, according to UK newspaper the Daily Mail.

The man was seen running through the rail station and the parking lot, arms waving. A bus driver told the Manchester Evening News that "He was running back and forth. He was going in and out of the terminus.

"He had no clothing on whatsover," the driver went on to say, before adding: "It is not what you expect to see at 6.10 am on a Monday morning."

Police sort up a moron and the building was emptied of people, as was a nearby office building, reports said.

The man was taken into custody and incident did not cause any flight delays or cancellations, media reports said. However, public transportation services were disrupted.

Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.