A Florida resident who went viral in 2016 for headbanging with the American flag during Hurricane Matthew is back.
Lane Pittman, who famously rocked out to Slayer’s “Raining Blood” 2 years ago, repeated the stunt Friday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina as Hurricane Florence descended on the area.
In a video posted to Twitter, Pittman declared that the “FLORIDA MAN IS HERE.”
YOU ARE WEAK AND SMALL FLORENCE!!!!! FLORIDA MAN IS HERE!!!!! Slayer #rainingblood #getatme #turnup @wjxt4 @weatherchannel @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/3Jrou45ner
— Lane Pittman (@TheBigGuy904) September 14, 2018
Pittman’s jam session caught the attention of Fox Business reporter Kristina Parts, who was understandably confused by the scene.
Me: what are you doing? There is flying debris
Half naked man: I went viral a few years ago doing this.#FlorenceHurricane2018 #viral #americanflag pic.twitter.com/6ofFVQswH1— Partsinevelos (@KristinaParts) September 14, 2018
When asked by Parts for the reasoning behind his actions, Pittman said he was simply “being free and American.”
“I don’t let nothing oppress me,” Pittman quipped. “Especially no doggone freaking hurricanes.”
Shirtless man stares down Hurricane #Florence with American flag in hand. @KristinaParts spoke to him about it: ‘Just being free and American.’ https://t.co/PF2PA9cIge pic.twitter.com/mJOhJqfLJA
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) September 14, 2018
The metalhead made his way to Myrtle Beach after successfully raising $250 for the trip on GoFundMe.
“Pay for my gas/coffee and I’ll go fight Hurricane Florence. MERICA BABY!!! We stick together,” Pittman wrote on the account Thursday.
Pittman’s first video earned millions of views across social media and has since led to numerous similar acts.
Last year during Hurricane Irma the Slayer fan even produced a music video, once again featuring the thrash band’s iconic song.
Also a musician, Pittman was arrested in 2015 on Independence Day after playing the national anthem on his guitar on a Neptune Beach sidewalk.
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