Oregon occupier David Fry said some weird stuff.

David Fry, the final holdout in the armed occupation of Oregon’s Malheur Wildlife Refuge, has surrendered to the FBI without incident. Fry only turned himself in, though, after a protracted phone conversation with other anti-government “patriot” types that one of them broadcast on a live-feed; this public conversation (and a similar one held the night before with the three other holdouts who surrendered Thursday morning) provided some insight into Fry’s set of beliefs and interests.

Some involved fairly typical far-right-wing stuff:

Fry just declared war against the government. "Liberty or death. I'm taking that stance." #Oregonstandoff

— Molly Young (@mollykyoung) February 11, 2016

Fry says he should be able to opt out of taxes and earn money without paying for abortions. #Oregonstandoff

— Molly Young (@mollykyoung) February 11, 2016

Others less so:

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"I can't" says Fry re: walking out. Says he's concerned about being raped in prison #Oregonstandoff

— Dave Killen (@killendave) February 11, 2016

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"All I needed was marijuana," Fry yells. "You guys wouldn't even let me have marijuana."

— Molly Young (@mollykyoung) February 11, 2016

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Here’s an earlier comment that’s a little odd given that Fry was involved in armed protest against the concept of public preservation: 

Then there was this:

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Fry now saying "UFOs are real" #Oregonstandoff

— Dave Killen (@killendave) February 11, 2016

And this:

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@Jacob_Brogan Fry: "The government needs to stop chemically mutating people." His "grievances" are those of Fox Mulder. #Oregonstandoff

— Jacob Brogan (@Jacob_Brogan) February 11, 2016

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"I gotta get a pizza," says Fry. "I will stop everything I'm doing and personally deliver you a pizza" says Hall #Oregonstandoff

— Dave Killen (@killendave) February 11, 2016

Fry says he's having a cookie and one more cigarette #Oregonstandoff

— Dave Killen (@killendave) February 11, 2016

And so that’s the guy that hundreds (I’m guessing) of law enforcement officials were waiting for because he refused to end the armed occupation of a bird sanctuary. USA! 

Read more of Slate’s coverage of the standoff in Oregon.

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