Disoriented, Man With ID Is Still a Puzzle

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/22/nyregion/disoriented-man-with-id-is-still-a-puzzle.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes

by snissn • 13 years ago

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illtakesix• 13 years ago

For those interested in this sort of "puzzle", the story of Benjamin Kyle is fascinating: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjaman_Kyle

basugasubaku• 13 years ago

More generally: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue_state

uvdiv• 13 years ago

He gave a high-profile Q&A with Reddit this year:

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/13rs46/i_am_benjaman_k...

One thing not mentioned in wikipedia is that he made a White House petition to replace his Social Security Number, which failed with somewhere over 7,500 signatures (but not enough). Kafkaesque.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/grant-benjaman-kyl...

alex_doom• 13 years ago

The human mind is quite a puzzle itself.

Kudzu_Bob• 13 years ago

"Man With ID," huh? More like "Illegal Immigrant With Fake ID." No wonder nobody knows him.

tjohns• 13 years ago

The article mentioned that they found his old house in Mexico using his Mexican ID, and that the family had since moved away (likely to the US).

If it was a fake ID, that wouldn't make sense. (And why would an immigrant carry fake foreign ID anyway?)

AliAdams• 13 years ago

So we are assuming he was Mexican, moved to the US either staying at that address years ago or using it as a home address for records but not staying there. Worked as a travelling worker, somehow lost memory and either got lost or was abandoned by a group of others?

97-109-107• 13 years ago

It's interesting to see how stories like these emerge during times of surveillance and tracking scare. I'm not trying to suggest dishonesty or paranoia anywhere, just pointing out how intriguing the dynamics of media stories are.

Disoriented, Man With ID Is Still a Puzzle

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