A lawyer dressed as the Grim Reaper is haunting Florida beaches to protest their reopening

By Scottie Andrew, CNN

Updated 7:12 PM ET, Fri May 1, 2020



(CNN)Most Floridians hitting the newly reopened beaches are trading stay-at-home sweatpants for shorts and swimsuits.

But when he heads out, Daniel Uhlfelder dons a raggedy black robe, conceals his face with a black cloth and wields his scythe.
Uhfelder, an attorney, is haunting Florida beaches dressed as the Grim Reaper to protest their reopening, which he believes is premature.

It's a macabre plea to beachgoers to stay home.

Uhlfelder is a staunch advocate for public beach access in the state, even butting heads with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, whose Florida Panhandle home is parked on a private beach. But allowing anyone on the beach during the pandemic is a mistake, he said -- one that could endanger the community.

"We aren't at the point now where we have enough testing, enough data, enough preparation for what's going to be coming to our state from all over the world from this pandemic," the lawyer told CNN.

Scythe in hand, he traveled to beaches around Walton County, Florida, that have reopened ahead of the state's planned May 4 reopening. "Phase One" of the reopening will allow restaurants and retailers to open at 25% capacity. Bars, salons and gyms will stay closed for now.

CNN's Geneva Sands, Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt contributed to this story.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/01/us/grim-reaper-florida-beaches-trnd/index.html

I think they should have one in California after the shenanigans that the lunatics did near Huntington Beach ............