Here's the weirdest story of the weekend: A 35-year-old guy in Oregon got arrested after he left a dead fish outside the house from the movie "The Goonies" . . . then stole a boat and had to be rescued by the Coast Guard.
His name is Jericho Labonte, and he's Canadian. Last Wednesday, he went to the "Goonies" house in Astoria, Oregon . . . the one Sean Astin's character Mikey lived in. And a security camera caught him leaving a dead fish on the porch for some reason.
He also posted his own video of it on Facebook, and eventually came back to remove the fish.
Cut to two days later: The Coast Guard was training nearby when they got a mayday call from a boat caught in rough seas. So a helicopter showed up to rescue the person . . . and it was the same guy. It turned out the boat was stolen.
It's amazing he survived because there's crazy footage of him about to jump in the water when a huge wave capsizes the boat. The Coast Guard did manage to save him, though.
They got him to a hospital, where he was treated for mild hypothermia. But they didn't know he had stolen the boat yet, or that he was wanted for the weird fish thing. So they let him go.
Once people saw photos from the rescue, cops connected the dots and tracked him down at a homeless shelter where he was staying under a fake name.
He's facing charges of theft, criminal mischief, endangering another person, and for unauthorized use of a vehicle. It turns out he was also wanted in connection to several crimes in Canada.
No word on why he did any of it. He'd talked about "The Goonies" on Facebook earlier in the week. And he quotes it a few times in his fish video. So he's a fan, but obviously has some mental health issues too.
We found an old story from 2016 when cops in Oklahoma tried to track him down as a missing person. That story said he had an "undiagnosed mental illness."
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