As a child he felt so self-conscious he was afraid to go to a public swimming pool in case other people stared at him.

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"I told them we had to be absolutely quiet, because I was just so afraid if he did come in, then he would hear us and just start shooting the door, " said teacher Kaitlin Roig.

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He said that he stayed outside so that the FBI could keep an eye on him and that he was at not afraid for his life.

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But he was afraid of falling asleep and dropping into the gator-filled water, so he duct taped himself to a branch.

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