A self-proclaimed Texas priest dressed as a scary version of the Christmas Grinch was chased away by his parents Tuesday as he stood outside an elementary school with a poster saying Santa Claus doesn’t exist.
“Santa Claus is wrong. “Jesus is real,” read the poster on Tuesday, waved by David Harold Grisham, dressed in a spooky costume similar to that of Dr. Seuss created a green figure, as the New York Post reported on Thursday.
Outside Sleepy Hollow Elementary School in Amarillo, Texas, the man “scared children and their parents,” the facility’s principal said, while challenging them and telling them not to “lie to children.” “, can be seen in a video filmed by the man.
His presence was “unwanted and uninvited,” director Kelsey Williams told ABC7, revealing she was saddened by the impact of the individual’s behavior on parents and their children.
Then two parents took the situation into their own hands and tried to chase the person away and tear up his poster before the police intervened again.
However, David Harold Grisham was not arrested because he did not break any laws by standing “legally on the sidewalk,” Amarillo police told ABC7, according to American media.
However, the man complained on Facebook about being attacked by a parent, while, according to him, the police officers “did their best to distract me from my mission and prevented me from carrying out as much as possible.” First Amendment […] Very unprofessional,” he wrote.
In another publication, the self-proclaimed “pastor” hinted that more Grinches could follow in his footsteps in the coming weeks, according to the NY Post.