Mimes are a little like clowns . . . they’re fine from a distance, but most people do not want to actually engage with them, especially in unexpected places, like on a dark path at night.
On Sunday, police in Massachusetts arrested a man who has been hanging around on a walking trail . . . dressed as a MIME . . . acting suspicious.
Locals say they’ve sported him in the area frequently . . . and they don’t like it, mostly because they don’t understand what he’s doing in costume. Especially in the evening when it gets darker.
He’s a 29-year-old man named Hernan Lux, and he’s facing three counts of criminal harassment. It’s unclear exactly what got him arrested . . . but it doesn’t sound like he was harmless.
There are accounts that he would strip down to his underwear and do other weird stuff . . . like leaving egg shells around, following people, and staring at them, especially women. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.