Instead of ignoring the crazy old man, mainstream media outlets like Spin and ABC's Nightline eagerly gave him a platform to yak on about his ideas.

主流媒体并没有对这个抽疯的老男人置之不理，相反spin杂志和美国广播公司的午夜专线还热切的给他提供了一个平台让他喋喋不休他那些主意。

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"I'm going crazy," the old man said, banging his temples with his fists.

“我要疯了，”老人说道，用拳头敲打着太阳穴。

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The locals would refer to him as a "crazy old hermit," and gave the eccentric old man a wide berth.

当地居民把他看成一个“发疯的老隐士”，对这个古怪的老人敬而远之。

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"People would drive by here every day to see what I was working on old, crazy man, " he told AP.

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The old man is gradually giving the nephew reason to believe that he is senile or crazy by the things he says or does, so that the nephew will be alarmed but not surprised when the old man appears to be stealing a car.

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