>>44151588"Florida man" is a byproduct of reporting laws, and people in Florida aren't actually insane. In Florida, police can not withhold any records from the press, including unconfirmed reports. However, the press can not publish a person's name in these reports. So reporters regularly go to police stations and just ask for all the reports they have that day, even drunken 911 calls that turn out to be nothing and prank reports from teens, and they publish those bullshit stories and attribute them to the nameless "Florida Man".
