I’ve always had a strong professional interest in masturbation, so everyone in the office had the same instinct to forward me a link to the now-infamous Wal-Mart flasher.
Apparently a college student going by the moniker BaseballPlaya posted 31 videos at the voyeur site XTube that show him stroking himself inside a Wal-Mart and numerous stores at a mall in Glendale, Arizona. (Calling his mechanical technique “masturbation” is a disservice to the art of self-abuse.) BP removed his videos and profile from XTube shortly after the Consumerist blog first linked to them. Now KTVK-3TV reports that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has stepped up patrols inside the mall to prevent any more of what the station calls this “absolutely disgusting” behavior. KTVK also reports that “Glendale police are investigating whether videos posted on the web are in fact legit.” (!) Would love to know how that is done.
BaseballPlaya has visible cojones but is certainly no innovator—this type of deviant behavior has been occurring for years in libraries (and Arizona college students appear to be especially adept). What’s particularly interesting about this tale is that within minutes of watching the video we had located a prime suspect for BaseballPlaya; perhaps the police have done the same. Whether this is the right guy or not, when a real person is attached to the video, any rubbernecking value it may have drops to zero—instead you see a 20-year-old kid who needs help. We hope BaseballPlaya takes the hint before he finds himself with another profile online that he won’t be able to take down.
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