We had a guy who occasionally visited our meetings (maybe he still does today) and I think he came just to have a good time and make fun of the elders. He would wear a white fur coat over his suit and carried a big green army rucksack. During the wt he gave long impressive answers which at times made the conductor nervous. The elders got agitated whenever they saw him approach the KH. The youngsters called him "eve-sheep" b/c of his first name and coat.
On his first visit ‘eve-sheep’ stood at the back of the hall talking to many brothers after the meeting. Suddenly he shouted something like "Hey, what’s all this love-bombing, everyone is so nice to me, watch it. Can you see it? This is love-bombing! This is great, lets all huge each other!" At that time I didn’t know what he was talking about.
Later he told us that he was raised a JW, gave talks at the TMS, but was never baptized. Some said he was apostate because he had a beard, but none knew for sure. Others liked him for his sense of humour. He often made the congregation laugh and allowed himself to ask questions during the wt study without waiting for the microphone. He justified his questions by saying, "this is a bible discussion, so why questions shouldn’t be allowed?" The conductor counselled him explaining, he only has limited time to cover the material and this is not an open discussion but a question and answer coverage of the material. (That made me think!)
Eve-sheep did many strange things, singing out loud entering the KH, conversing loudly during the meeting, stamping his feet on the ground and other provoking behaviour. (The only elder that could handle him was a former musician, who eventually got d’f for sleeping with the PO’s adult daughter) A rumour spread that Eve had Aids and was gay. When he found out about this (some of the youngsters asked him about it) he retaliated by chasing after the elders pinching their behinds. The congregation was half amused and in shock. It was very funny. The elders were angry but wouldn’t show in front of the brothers. My father wanted to call the police. Ok, sometimes he would go over board, but somehow found a balance through his humour and simply asking "Why not?"
I was told he once showed up for a FS meeting point, I’m sorry I missed it, it most have been hilarious. fts
