Parents on Tuesday chased a self-proclaimed Texas priest dressed as a creepy version of the Christmas Grinch as he stood outside an elementary school with a poster declaring that Santa Claus does not exist.
“Santa Claus is fake. Jesus is real,” can be read on the poster uploaded Tuesday by David Harold Grisham, wearing a scary costume in imitation of the green character created by Dr. Seuss, the New York Post reported Thursday.
In front of Sleepy Hollow Elementary School in Amarillo, Texas, the man “scared the children and their parents,” according to the school’s principal, while challenging them, telling them they should “not lie to the children.” “, we can see in a video filmed by the man.
Director Kelsey Williams told ABC7 that his presence was “unwanted and uninvited,” noting that she felt saddened by the impact of the individual’s behavior on parents and their children.
Two parents took control and tried to chase the person and tear down his poster, before the police intervened in turn.
However, David Harold Gresham was not arrested, because he did not break any laws by parking “legally on the sidewalk,” Amarillo police told ABC7, according to US media.
However, the man complained on Facebook that he had been attacked by a parent, while police officers, he said, “did their best to distract me from my task and prevent me from carrying out as much as possible.” First Amendment rights […] “This is extremely unprofessional,” he wrote.
In another post, the self-proclaimed “priest” suggested that other Grinch should follow suit in the coming weeks, according to what the New York Post reported.
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