Potrero Hill, San Francisco

A 45 year old man called dispatch from a public phone at 22nd and 3rd St. to complain about being dead for three days. According to the caller, since he had now been dead for three days, worms were crawling through his body. He found this to be a problem and wanted the worms to be removed.

Those of you who have been around the Dogpatch area for a while will probably be familiar with the caller who has lived in the area for at least 10 years. Last time he called it was because a local merchant was pouring cement into his ear and he wanted them to stop. Officers Ernst and Garate, who were familiar with the caller, responded to his apartment where he told them that he was now alive and the worms had left, leaving no evidence of their brief habitation in his body. The officers evaluated the caller for a 72 hour psychiatric evaluation, but surprisingly, this time, he did not meet the criteria. He must have decided to take his psychiatric medication after making the phone call.