Teacher arrested after nude 'spiritual awakening'13:30 AEST Sat Apr 30 2011
A US teacher arrested after he stripped naked and walked through a school told police he was in the midst of a sudden spiritual awakening. Harlan Porter, 31, from Morrow in the state of Georgia, was arrested on April 22 and charged with public indecency for his naked performance at BC Haynie Elementary School, the Smoking Gun reported. Police found Porter in the teacher's lounge after staff at the school called police at about 3.20pm local time when they saw him undress and walk through a school building. When questioned by police, he said he had "reached a new level of enlightenment" and he wanted people to be free "now that his third eye was open," according to a police report. Porter had recently learned the school was not going to renew his contract, but said he wanted to continue teaching. He said he wanted to teach "on a new level, with hands in the earth, gathering the essence and learning how to love one another and fully appreciate the spiritual realm," The Smoking Gun reported. Staff at the school said the 31-year-old was a vegan who avoided canned drinks, drugs and alcohol : though on the day of his arrest he was spotted drinking a coke and eating tacos. Officer Khari Reed also wrote in the report that Porter was diagnosed schizophrenic several years ago, though the school's principal told police there had never seen any "strange behavior" from the 31-year-old.
