Garrison Keillor wins restraining order against fan who sent him dead beetles, alligator foot

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Garrison Keillor to Fan: Leave Me Alone!

Posted Oct 23rd 2007 2:15PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Wacky and Weird

http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/23/garrison-keillor-to-fan-leave-me-alone/



Minnesota Public Radio author and host Garrison Keillor has been granted a restraining order against a wacky Georgia fan who has allegedly been harassing him since April. Keillor claims to have received email, gifts and "unusual and unwanted items" -- like magnets with the woman's initials along with his -- plus a petrified alligator foot and some dead beetles. No companion, she!

In Minnesota, a Ramsey County District judge issued the order, saying that Andrea R. Campbell has to stay away from Keillor's house and workplace. Oh, and no more gifts, please! TMZ has obtained the documents filed by Keillor, in which he described the email and "letters heavily-doused with perfume" as "disturbing, unintelligible and rambling."

In one of them, Keillor says Campbell "graphically described making love to me." That is terrifying! Keillor also alleges that Campbell showed up at his St. Paul home last July, awakening the radio host's wife with rustling sounds outside the house. "I find this behavior harassing, inappropriate, and disturbing," says Garrison.

In a telephone interview with St. Paul Pioneer Press, Campbell denies all of the allegations, saying that she just wanted to show her gratitude for Keillor's work. "I am unclear as to what the problem is." She admits her love for Keillor, but says it's nothing physical. "It's transcendental love, that's all," she said. "Between a writer and a reader."

[StrongBad]

1. That sort of stuff doesn't happen in Lake Woebegone

:)

[Westegg]

2. Wait, is that the stalker?...

Oh, it's Garrison. My bad.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. "Throw useful things, like Cadillacs and Jacuzzis."

-Pete Townsend, in response to fans throwing coins onstage during a Who performance.

If you wanna be appreciated as a fan, you gotta send the good stuff. No beetles and alligator feet. Feh.

[Westegg]

5. My favorite Townsend quote from the stage?

"I'll tell you fuckers something, all right? Now LISTEN! Just fucking listen and shut up, all right? Either sit down, or stand up or lay down, or do SOMEthing, but SHADDUP, all right? This is a fucking rock'n'roll concert, not a fucking tea party!"

[Ellen Forradalom]

4. Garrison Keillor, of all people?

Good grief.

[redqueen]

6. What?

He's an excellent writer.

[Ellen Forradalom]

7. I never would have thought of his fans as stalker material

Bookish, bourgeois NPR types? Stalkers? But clearly I am wrong. :shrug:

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. Smart is the new sexy.

:shrug:

[edbermac]

9. She must be his biggest fan.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

10. Get Guy Noir on the case!

And is it just me, or does GK look like he could be Rainn Wilson's father?