Man Evicted From Chicago Drawbridge

[xoxoxoBruce]

Well, he wasn't stupid.

Inside, authorities found a home more elaborate than the usual warrens other homeless people have created in the city's nooks and crannies. Dorsay had tapped into the bridge's electricity to power a television, microwave, space heater and PlayStation video game system. There he could relax and, on occasions, turn on a Chicago Bears game, invite friends over and pop open some beers.

Whenever he left, he would pop his head out of the hole to look for traffic. Then he would climb out and go about his routine of panhandling or searching for items to sell at junk yards. He also collects a welfare check.

He also apparently had an alternative.

Dorsay's father came by the police station Sunday to take him to his home in Burr Ridge.

Which is why I wonder if he wasn't a schizophrenic, Bruce. An alkie wouldn't have had the agility to leap in and out of there through traffic like this guy did. Schizophrenics will often devise very elaborate living situations for themselves. The one I knew used to wander the alleys and go dumpster diving for stereo equipment. His entire two rooms that he lived in was a maze of electronic devices, cleverly cobbled together. The Dad may not have been able to handle the son's schizophrenic outburts, so that's why his son wasn't with him. I'm just guessing, here. There could be many other reasons for the man's story.