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Homeowner calls the cops on Bob Dylan

By Matthew Odam | Monday, August 17, 2009, 03:26 PM

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Long considered a man of mystery, Bob Dylan’s enigmatic personal life received a new confusing and humorous anecdote last month.

In New Jersey as part of his national tour with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp, the 69 year-old musician considered the voice of a generation decided he’d take a walk. In a story that sounds like it was ripped from one of his song’s lyrics, Dylan was walking through a residential neighborhood in Long Branch, N.J.. He was dressed in sweatpants, black rain boots and two raincoats, and a hard rain was falling.

According to ABC.com, “When Dylan wandered into the yard of a home that had a ‘For Sale’ sign on it, the home’s occupants became spooked by his appearance and called police with a report of an “eccentric-looking old man” in their yard, Long Branch Police said. One of the occupants even went so far as to follow Dylan as he continued on down the street.”

I may be a little spooked, too, if a dude looking like the old preacher in “Poltergeist II” appeared in my yard during a rainstorm.

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Twenty-four-year-old Long Branch police officer Kristie Buble responded to the call and questioned Dylan as to who he was and what he was doing in the neighborhood. He responded calmly that he was Bob Dylan, was looking at a house for sale in the neighborhood and was in the area as part of his nationwide tour.

Considering the strange circumstances (a massive downpour), lack of identification, disheveled appearance of the musician, and an apparent deficiency of cultural knowledge, Buble took Dylan into custody and drove him back to the hotel. There she encountered a fleet of tour buses and eventually discerned Dylan’s identity. (I would imagine the cats on Willie’s bus were a little nervous when they saw the police roll up on the scene.)

Just another day in the life of one of America’s most curious and talented artists.

Read the full ABC post here.

Image of Bob Dylan performing at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock on Tuesday Aug. 4, 2009 by Jay Janner AMERICAN-STATESMAN.

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