The Sad Kevin Harris Situation
April 16th, 2013People from Orange County, California are searching Google for information on Kevin Harris and they’re finding my ancient post on him from 2004. I used to live a couple of dozen miles from Harris. I found one of his booklets on my doorstep back then and, upon reading it, concluded that he was very obviously mentally ill. He apparently distributed thousands of the booklets around Southern California over the years. It was just random chance that he happened to drop one on my doorstep. I never met the man, or had any contact with him.
When I wrote that old post, I’d hoped that a relative might come across it and try get him some help.
Maybe they tried, but Harris has just met with a bad end. Thankfully, nobody else was killed or injured.
I’m mainly posting this to let passers-by know that yes, I’m aware of what happened to Kevin Harris. You guys don’t need to email me any more links.
Note: I’m including this in Assassination and Mind Control, not because I have any reason to believe that Harris was assassinated or under mind control, but because these topics are discussed in his booklet.
Via: Los Angeles Times:
A man who apparently blew himself up with explosives in his Costa Mesa home was known to record video of his neighbors from his property, prompting calls to police from residents, authorities said Monday.
Neighbors described Kevin Harris, 52, as odd but harmless with a history of mental illness. They made a point to walk at a brisk pace past his house, which was wrapped in foil, neighbors told The Times. Cryptic notes would appear, taped to a tree in the front yard.
A neighbor showed The Times one such note taped to the tree Saturday morning. It read: “For your information: My introspection and my adversaries behavior have convinced me that electronic mind reading is now reality.”
The note is signed by Harris and points people to a rambling, 17,000-word essay titled “The Pricker.”
I’m not sure I have much to add about the current story, but I followed the links to your original reporting and really liked this quote from 2004:
“If this is someone trying to frighten me, trying to give me a hint, you’re going to have to do better than that. Wouldn’t it just be easier to buy me off? I want a minimum of 10 acres, somewhere in Western Oregon, a yurt, a woodstove, 10 hens, 2 goats and a pig. Thank you.”
That sounds good to me. I’m glad you’ve got your farmlet and cryptogon in a much better place than Western Oregon.
…and for those Americans that can’t make it to NZ, for any number of reasons, Western Oregon is good.