‘bob dylan, killing time before a concert, was strolling through long branch, new jersey, when he was stopped by police officer kristie buble, who was responding to a call about an ‘eccentric-looking old man’ wandering around like a complete unknown.’

from abc news:

‘i asked him what his name was & he said, ‘bob dylan,’ buble said.  ‘now, i’ve seen pictures of bob dylan from a long time ago & he didn’t look like bob dylan to me at all.  he was wearing black sweatpants tucked into black rain boots, & two raincoats with the hood pulled down over his head.

‘so i said, ‘ok bob, what are you doing in long branch?’  he said he was touring the country with willie nelson & john mellencamp.  so now i’m really a little fishy about his story.  i did not know what to believe or where he was coming from, or even who he was.  we see a lot of people on our beat, & i wasn’t sure if he came from one of our hospitals or something,’ buble said.

buble placed dylan in the backseat of her patrol car & drove to his hotel to verify his identity.  she was met in the hotel parking lot by her sergeant who opened the car door & said with conviction: ‘that’s not bob dylan.’

eventually dylan’s identity was confirmed by his handlers & he was allowed to carry on freaking out the citizens of jersey with his ‘eccentricities.’

(via thedailywhat).