AKRON - Guys with the name Kaboom probably shouldn't leave their aluminum walking sticks in government buildings. Especially with that name all over it.

AKRON � Guys with the name Kaboom probably shouldn�t leave their aluminum walking sticks in government buildings. Especially with that name all over it.

It can lead some to panic, as it did Wednesday morning at Akron City Hall.

Akron resident Natural Hunka Kaboom, 65, a regular at city council meetings, attended Monday�s session and left his metal walking stick outside the council chamber when he left.

The discovery of the rod on the building�s third floor on Wednesday prompted an evacuation of City Hall for a short time.

Kaboom said he did not know about the evacuation until reporters contacted him. He said he talked to several officers Wednesday morning as he was walking to a bus stop to go shopping. They mentioned neither the stick nor the evacuation.

The �pipe� is actually an extendable shower rod used as a walking stick and owned by Kaboom, which is his real name. Records show Kaboom legally changed his name in 2009 from James Louis Krosner. It started as a way to promote his former pest-control business, he said.

The rod is about 4 feet long with duct tape on each end. His full name, �Natural Hunka Kaboom,� and other words are scrawled on the pipe, authorities said.

He plans to run for a council seat next year. He hopes voters will remember him. �I guess this is a way to get my name out there,� he joked.