Blockhead is Back!
The OC weekly interviews him, too.
“I explained there was no permit required at this time for street performers and received assurances that [Domingue] would not be approached by the police department regarding the possession of a street performer permit,” McGrath says in a signed letter dated Aug. 22.
But some time later, police kicked him off the pier again, Domingue says, after a supposed complaint was received that a “man is committing suicide by pounding a nail in his head.”
Domingue maintains his show, however insane it may seem, is safe, but Huntington Beach Police Lieutenant Dave Bunetta says that, in this particular instance, some spectators grew worried.
“He was bleeding all over,” Bunetta says. “And there’s kids walking around, and there’s bodily fluids. We informed him he could be involved in a hazardous activity that could harm the public.”
But “Lucky” John Domingue says he relies not on good fortune to prevent his various stunts—sword swallowing, fire eating and the nail-in-the-nose, or “blockhead,” act—from going horribly wrong and killing him, but rather on years of practice.
Very cool to see this story on your site..CHEERS!
The statement by Lt. Dave Bunetta is a fabrication. The incident of “bleding all over” NEVER HAPPENED! I’m sure he got this bit of misleading info from the police sergeant whos been harassing me for two years, hes lied before but to the city atty. last time.The same sergeant threatened to arest me for “posession of a dangerous object”, my hammer!
Keep up the good work guys!