The Florida Man meme has been going strong for more than a decade. Created in 2013, it continues to capture the bizarre side of Florida.
From a naked guy chasing people in a Chick-fil-A parking lot to a woman trying to scam a lottery winner, there seems never to be a dull moment in the Sunshine State, and these memes ensure that this doesn’t go unnoticed.
To find more hard-to-believe Florida Man headlines, all you have to do is check out the list below, courtesy of the Florida Man subreddit.
Scroll down to discover the weirdest pieces of news Floridians somehow ended up in, and don’t forget to upvote the ones you couldn’t dream up in your wildest fantasies.
While you’re at it, make sure to check out a conversation with Cathy Salustri, a Florida writer and journalist, who kindly agreed to tell us about the other side of Florida Man headlines.
#1 Florida Man Dives In And Saves A Drowning Black Bear
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#2 Florida Man Locks Baby Daughter In His Car And Nearby Florida Inmates On Work Detail Break Her Out Using A Coat Hanger While Florida Mother Proclaims “Them Bust That S**t Right Open So Thank God For The Criminals In The World”
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#3 Florida Man Messes With The Wrong Person, Beaten Up By Former NFL Player Who Caught Him M******ating Outside Daughter’s Window
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#4 Florida Man Loses 160 Pounds To Achieve Lifelong Dream Of Becoming A Soldier
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#5 Florida Man And His Two Friends Rob A Drug Store Of $320,000 In Pills, Take Precautions Like Wearing Surgical Gloves So They Don’t Leave Prints, But Toss Empty Pill Bottles Out The Window Of Their Getaway Car, Which The Cops Follow Like Bread Crumbs To Their Front Door
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#6 Florida Man Pardoned By Trump On Jan 6th Charges Gets Arrested On A Gun Charge A Day Later
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#7 Florida Man Caught Illegally Feeding Wild Alligator Resists Arrest: “He’s A Good Boy…and He Loves Bagels”
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#8 Florida Man Starts Gofundme To Build A Tunnel Under Trumps Boarder Wall
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#9 Florida Woman, 73, Scares Off Naked Intruder Who Was ‘Gyrating In A Lewd Manner’ By Taking Out Her Dentures And Yelling ‘Grandma No Teeth!’
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#10 Florida Man Kept Rambling On To Friends About Dead Palm Trees. Turns Out, He’d Spotted A New Disease K*****g Thousands Of The Florida’s Signature Trees
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#11 Florida Man Attacked And K**led By Pet Cassowaries. Becomes First Human K**led By The Species Since 1926
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#12 After Years Of Pushing Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theories, Florida Man Who Worked With Alex Jones Is Arrested For Sharing Sandy Hook Parent’s Ssn
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#13 Florida Woman’s Toddler Pulls Loaded Gun From Toy Box During Child Welfare Check By Police
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#14 Florida Woman Wins Auction To Punch Martin Shkreli In The Face
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#15 Florida Woman Tries To Scam $600 Lottery Winner By Telling Him He Won Only $5, But The “Winner” Was An Agent Working Undercover For The State Lottery Commission’s Security Division
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#16 Florida Man Hired A Plane To Fly A Banner Over Mar-A-Lago Reading “Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha”
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#17 Shirtless Florida Man Removes 9-Foot Alligator From Swimming Pool, Because Of Course He Did
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#18 After Failing To Capture Alligator On Its Own, Chicago Hires Florida Man, Who Catches It In Less Than 24 Hours
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#19 Florida Man In Prison Allowed To Sit In Guard Station & Order Chinese Takeout After Giving Guards Advice On Their Taxes
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#20 Florida Woman Running For Mayor Of Her City As ‘Sea Turtle’ So That She Can Put A Turtle In Office ‘To Give Nature A Voice’
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#21 Florida Man Causes $100k In Damage To Walmart Liquor Store Under Construction With Hotwired Forklift; Gives Police His Name As “Alice Wonderland” And Says A Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar Told Him To Do It
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#22 Florida Man Dressed Up As ‘Spider-Man’ Seen Pressure Washing Roof During Rainstorm
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#23 Florida Woman Tries Selling Truck For $200. Why? She Was Telling People That The Owner Had Been Shot In The Head And Was Dead And They Needed To Get Rid Of His Truck.” Only Problem? No One Besides Her Knew The Owners Were Dead. Now She Is Charged With M**der
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#24 Florida Woman Jailed For 5 Months Because Of A Failed Field Drug Test. The Lab Test Took 7 Months To Come Back, Revealing It Was A Vitamin. She Was Initially Charged With Trafficking Oxycodone
Charges were dropped, but these tests continue to be used after numerous reports of them being a failure
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#25 Florida Woman Fights For Equality, Sues Strip Club That Denied Her Entrance Because She Wasn’t With A Man
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#26 A Florida Man Allegedly Drove A Stolen Jeep Back To The Scene Of His Crime Recently To Ask If Anybody Found His Missing Cellphone
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#27 Naked Florida Man Chases People And Cops Around Chic-Fil A Parking Lot Telling Them They’re Gay For Looking At His P**is
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#28 Florida Man College Student Charged With Threatening To K*ll Professor For Scheduling 7 A.m. Final Exam
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#29 Florida Woman Gets Rich During Lockdown By Talking Dirty To Men In A British Accent
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#30 Florida Man Leaves $10,000 Tip At Restaurant, Says “‘I Want Each Person In This Restaurant To Get 500 Dollars”
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#31 Florida Man May Have Infected Florida’s Top Republicans With Coronavirus At Largely-Maskless Jacksonville Event
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#32 Florida Man Awoke Last Tuesday To Discover Another Florida Man At The Foot Of His Bed Sucking On His Toes
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#33 Florida Man’s Idea To Only Let The Felons He Likes Vote Again Is Ruled Unconstitutional
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#34 Florida Man Throws Aligator Into Wendy’s For Incorrect Nugget Amount
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#35 Florida Man Who Allegedly Threatened Family With Coldplay Lyrics Ends Standoff After Swat Promises Him Pizza
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#36 Florida Man Goes Fishing And Catches A Kilo Of Marijuana. Calls It “An Early Birthday Gift From Pablo Escobar”
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#37 Florida Woman Gets All Nervous When The Highway Patrol Pulls Her Over For Illegal Window Tint, So They Call A Drug Dog And Find $1.2 Million Worth Of C**aine Stuffed Behind The Dashboard In Her Car
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#38 Florida Man Gets $37,500 After Officer Thought Doughnut Glaze Was M*th
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#39 Florida Man Who Smashed Mosque Windows, Left Bacon Gets 15-Year Sentence
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#40 These Kids Were Picking Up Trash For Earth Day. Then They Found Florida Man’s 22-Pound Bale Of W**d
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#41 Floridaman Therapist Loses License For Hitting On R**e Survivor, Telling Her She’s ‘Extremely Hot’
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#42 Police Arrest Florida Man Caught On Camera Carrying Pelosi’s Lectern During Capitol Riot
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#43 Naked Florida Man Discovered Eating Ramen In Restaurant, As Police Searched For A Different Burglar That Ate Chicken Wings
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#44 Florida Man Pretends To Be Prosecutor, Tries To Drop Charges Against Himself
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#45 Florida Man Tries To Race Another Driver, Revs His Engine And Blasts Off At 124 Mph. He Didn’t Realize The Other Driver Was A Cop
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#46 Florida Man Arrested For Attempted Overthrow Of Venezuelan Government
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#47 Florida Man Scientist Uses Science Skills To Make Strawberries Taste Like Grapes
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#48 Florida Man Actually Wins A Free Baby Thanks To ‘Win A Baby’ Radio Contest
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#49 Florida Man Passes A Joint To A Cop While Illegally Parked In A Handicapped Spot With A Gun In His Car
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#50 Florida Man Forced To Pay Child Support Despite DNA Test Proving He Is Not The Father
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