A naked Pinson man claiming to be Jesus Christ and George Bush was shot four times with a stun gun by Jefferson County sheriff's deputies this morning after he repeatedly refused to heed their commands.

Richard Scott Odell, 30, was treated on the scene by paramedics and taken to the Jefferson County Jail.A motorist called deputies about 4 a.m. to alert them that the man was standing nude in the middle of Alabama 79 at Bradford Road. As the motorist approached the man, he stumbled toward the car and was struck by the car's mirror, sheriff's authorities said. The man then ran away.

The motorist summoned deputies. Armed with their X26 Tasers, they ordered Odell to the ground, but he refused. He was struck in the chest by the Taser but didn't go down. He was struck a second time and fell to the ground, but wouldn't roll over to his stomach. When he was struck a third time, the man yanked the Taser wires out of chest. After being shot a fourth time, Odell complied with deputies and was secured with handcuffs and leg irons.

Odell stated that he was Jesus Christ and George Bush and that he could break the handcuffs. Authorities said he appeared to be intoxicated.



Center Point Fire and Rescue came to the scene to remove the remaining Taser wires from his chest and back.

He is charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrested.

"This guy must have been to quite a party or he is quite a party himself," said sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Randy Christian said. "It isn't every day our deputies run into a naked man standing in the middle of the highway. I guess they have truly seen it all now, no pun intended."