Pat Balters

Jim's known around his neighborhood for just losing it from time to time. He shouts at people on the street, punches dents in people's cars. One time he even poured hot coffee from a second-story window onto his neighbor's head. I go off on people, and it's horrible.

Yeah, she said she didn't want me over there anymore. Get out. After that, Jim's life kind of spiraled out of control. He ended up living on the streets for years and just getting angrier and angrier at everyone around him. And then in 2005, which is where our part of the story begins, Jim did something that got him in very serious trouble. Tell me about the archbishop situation.

Yeah, she said she didn't want me over there anymore. Get out. After that, Jim's life kind of spiraled out of control. He ended up living on the streets for years and just getting angrier and angrier at everyone around him. And then in 2005, which is where our part of the story begins, Jim did something that got him in very serious trouble. Tell me about the archbishop situation.

Yeah, she said she didn't want me over there anymore. Get out. After that, Jim's life kind of spiraled out of control. He ended up living on the streets for years and just getting angrier and angrier at everyone around him. And then in 2005, which is where our part of the story begins, Jim did something that got him in very serious trouble. Tell me about the archbishop situation.

Okay, as far as the... He'd been reading news reports about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. And for reasons that aren't entirely clear, Jim had become convinced that the local archbishop... Archbishop Raymond Burke.

Okay, as far as the... He'd been reading news reports about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. And for reasons that aren't entirely clear, Jim had become convinced that the local archbishop... Archbishop Raymond Burke.

Okay, as far as the... He'd been reading news reports about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. And for reasons that aren't entirely clear, Jim had become convinced that the local archbishop... Archbishop Raymond Burke.

Jim ended up getting sentenced to a year of probation. Just a few weeks into his probation, something happened that would basically set the story that we're telling about Jim in motion.

Jim ended up getting sentenced to a year of probation. Just a few weeks into his probation, something happened that would basically set the story that we're telling about Jim in motion.

Jim ended up getting sentenced to a year of probation. Just a few weeks into his probation, something happened that would basically set the story that we're telling about Jim in motion.

And cats. Guinea pigs and stuff like that. His whole life. Never a bird. But when Jim read about these African gray parrots, he became kind of obsessed with getting one.

And cats. Guinea pigs and stuff like that. His whole life. Never a bird. But when Jim read about these African gray parrots, he became kind of obsessed with getting one.

And cats. Guinea pigs and stuff like that. His whole life. Never a bird. But when Jim read about these African gray parrots, he became kind of obsessed with getting one.

So when the bird shop people came up to Jim and said, we can get you an African gray parrot. And she comes with the cage for $550. Jim thinks to himself, that's like half what I was going to pay. So he says, you know, I'll go ahead and take it. Because that was too good of a deal to pass up. There was a catch, though. The bird wasn't at the shop.

So when the bird shop people came up to Jim and said, we can get you an African gray parrot. And she comes with the cage for $550. Jim thinks to himself, that's like half what I was going to pay. So he says, you know, I'll go ahead and take it. Because that was too good of a deal to pass up. There was a catch, though. The bird wasn't at the shop.

So when the bird shop people came up to Jim and said, we can get you an African gray parrot. And she comes with the cage for $550. Jim thinks to himself, that's like half what I was going to pay. So he says, you know, I'll go ahead and take it. Because that was too good of a deal to pass up. There was a catch, though. The bird wasn't at the shop.

It was being sold by this local kid who was just trying to get rid of her.

It was being sold by this local kid who was just trying to get rid of her.

It was being sold by this local kid who was just trying to get rid of her.

She was about a foot tall. You want some peanut butter? She had a black beak.