A wild naked man snarled Los Angeles traffic after provocatively climbing on the roof of his red Tesla sportscar and taunting responding firefighters in the buff.
The unidentified nudist filmed along the Pacific Coast Highway on Tuesday afternoon appeared to soak up more than just his 15 minutes of fame as cars on both sides crawled past him, undeniably while having a look.
In a provocative video uploaded to YouTube, Pacific Palisade firefighters are seen attempting to coax the man down.
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Throughout their endeavor, the man proudly stretches and flaps like a bird and wiggles in and out of his sunroof while throwing clothes in the air.
Teddy Bliss, who identified himself to the Daily News as the video’s cameraman, said the shocking scene he filmed was just a small portion of the chaos that ensued.
“This all started when the guy driving the Tesla stopped in the middle of the PCH and jumped out of the car! Running around waving a shirt, acting like something was wrong with his Tesla,” he wrote in an email.
The man then jumped on his roof, “jumping up and down breaking the glass,” before jumping back in his car and driving wildly through traffic before crashing into a Mini Cooper.
From there the man allegedly abandoned his vehicle to run along the Santa Monica Beach while peeling off his clothes.
“At this point the ambulance and Fire Department arrived to the scene. They were not able to stop him!” wrote Bliss. “The man then went back to the Tesla where he began to go crazy,” and Bliss said he began filming.
“After I shot the video the Police finally came and they had to put the man in a restriction jacket and wrap him with blankets while loading him onto a stretcher,” Bliss added.
The Palisadian Post reported that he was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
Capt. Scott, of Pacific Palisades Fire Station 69, told the paper that the man may have had a “meltdown or psychiatric episode or was on a controlled substance.”
Traffic was reportedly backed up for hours once things finally cooled down.
