Hitchhiker, Hero, Celebrity, Killer: The Strange Journey of the Man Called Kai
By News
Published 4 years ago on
June 30, 2020
Share
[aggregation-styles]
The Globe and Mail Subscription
It was late in the morning on Feb. 1, 2013, when Caleb Lawrence McGillivary met Jesus Christ on a highway outside Bakersfield.
McGillivary had been on the road a good while by then, having left his home in Alberta as a teenager to find his own way in the world. He’d gone back at times, back to his family, back to school or work, but that kind of routine never suited him for long, and by the early months of 2013, he was drifting once again. Not homeless, he would tell people. Home free.
He’d hitchhiked through provinces and states, walked over mountains and across borders. He moved as the mood took him, sleeping under bridges and in vans and on boats and couches, working when he had to, finding friends and parties and beaches to surf along the way.
He called himself Kai, unless the authorities were asking, in which case he was Edward Carl Nicodemus or whatever other series of monikers might come to mind. He was 24 years old. The road had turned him lean and luminous, burnished golden by dirt and sun.
Read More →
The Globe and Mail Subscription
It was late in the morning on Feb. 1, 2013, when Caleb Lawrence McGillivary met Jesus Christ on a highway outside Bakersfield.
McGillivary had been on the road a good while by then, having left his home in Alberta as a teenager to find his own way in the world. He’d gone back at times, back to his family, back to school or work, but that kind of routine never suited him for long, and by the early months of 2013, he was drifting once again. Not homeless, he would tell people. Home free.
He’d hitchhiked through provinces and states, walked over mountains and across borders. He moved as the mood took him, sleeping under bridges and in vans and on boats and couches, working when he had to, finding friends and parties and beaches to surf along the way.
He called himself Kai, unless the authorities were asking, in which case he was Edward Carl Nicodemus or whatever other series of monikers might come to mind. He was 24 years old. The road had turned him lean and luminous, burnished golden by dirt and sun.
Read More →
By Jana G. Pruden | 25 June 2020
RELATED TOPICS:
Will CA Lawmakers Crack Down on Spending by Utility Companies?
Politics /
11 hours ago
Express Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection, Announces Store Closures
Business /
11 hours ago
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Safe After Suspect Breaks Into Official Residence, Police Say
Crime /
13 hours ago
Newsom Wants to Make It Easier for Arizona Women to Get a California Abortion
Abortion /
13 hours ago
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson Pledged $10M for Maui Wildfire Survivors. They Gave Much More.
Lana Vierra misses the swing set at her Lahaina home, which was reduced to ashes in the wildfires that swept through her community last summ...
News /
7 hours ago
Categories
Latest
Videos
News /
7 hours ago
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson Pledged $10M for Maui Wildfire Survivors. They Gave Much More.
Business /
8 hours ago
Did Fresno Unified’s Biggest Contractor Not Pay Its Workers? Company Still Gets Millions After Civil Penalty
Politics /
11 hours ago
Will CA Lawmakers Crack Down on Spending by Utility Companies?
Economy /
4 days ago