I live close to Gettysburg, where many people come to learn about the Civil War. They tour the battlefield and visit monuments. Some even go so far as to dress up and take part in re-enactments.

Apparently, one guy had a little too much of those wool uniforms and wanted to start a different kind of fight.

State police at Gettysburg said they responded to the Grove Mobile Home Park after receiving complaints that Gary M. Jones, 47, of 4820 Old Harrisburg Road, Lot 6, had left his mobile home naked and was yelling at neighbors on Aug. 1.

Dennis A. Hucks, Gary Kerns and Andrea R. Orndorff, who were at Lot 75, told police Jones came outside naked at about 9:40 p.m., said he knew karate and asked the men if they wanted to fight, according to court documents.

The cops found two empty bottles of vodka in his trailer – shocking that this guy lives in a trailer, huh – and he admitted to what happened. He explained he had lost his son and was “a serious martial artist.”

I worked at the paper where this story ran for six years. Why did he wait until now to do naked karate? I never got good stories like this.