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Jesus Look-alike Arrested for Feeding 5,000 Homeless People
Jesús Christos, 33, of Kissimmee, is now being held in Orlando City Jail.
ORLANDO — A Jesus look-alike was arrested today for violating the Orlando city ordinance against feeding homeless people. Jesús Christos, 33, of Kissimmee, is now being held in Orlando City Jail.
Orlando Police said that early yesterday afternoon Christos began speaking to a small group of twelve friends in Lake Eola park. Slowly, a crowd gathered to listen to Christos’ message of love, forgiveness and social justice.
The charismatic speaker soon found himself addressing a spontaneous crowd estimated at 5,000 people. Many of them appeared to be poor or homeless people. Some claimed that Christos healed them of chronic problems, including leprosy, blindness, and lupus.
After someone in the crowd shouted out “We’re hungry!” Christos reached into a picnic basket containing two loaves of Wonder Bread and a bag of Long John Silver fish filets. Christos instructed his friends to start sharing the food with the crowd.
In what many eyewitnesses described as a “miracle,” the bread and fish did not run out, and appeared to feed all 5,000 homeless people to their satisfaction.
“The bread and fish were divine,” said one homeless man, belching happily.
