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Nude Man Runs Down LA Highway [PHOTO]

Apr 6, 2011 – 1:34 PM
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Ben Muessig

Ben Muessig Contributor

Driving down the often-congested 405 Freeway in Los Angeles, you expect to see motorists using their flashers. More rare, however, is a flasher acting like a motorist.

Police in Los Angeles say they have detained a man who was photographed running naked alongside traffic on the 405 North on Tuesday morning.

The suspect -- clothed only in black socks -- jogged down the highway and tried to talk with drivers who slowed down, investigators told KTLA.com.

Twitter user DoNbLiNg247 snapped a photo of the naked man before he trotted down the Santa Monica Boulevard exit.

After exiting the 405, the man -- whose name has not been released -- attempted to attack a woman, according to police. Officers cuffed the man and took him into custody for indecent exposure. He is being held for a psychiatric evaluation, according to LA Weekly.

"We got reports of a naked man running in the street and detained him," a police source told the paper. "If he's taken for a 5150 (a 72-hour psychiatric hold), there's not much I can tell you about him.''

Read more at KTLA and LA Weekly.

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