The human target is taking the bull’s-eye off his back.
Mork Encino, the 28-year-old oddball behind huntme4sport.com, a site in which he offers to be hunted down for $10,000, tells The Daily he no longer wants to be exterminated by a stranger.
“It was born out of desperation,” he said. “It’s really a cry for help.”
More than 20 would-be manhunters have emailed the yokel in orange overalls since he launched the buzzed-about site last month offering hunters the chance to track and kill him, mount his body on their wall like a big game trophy and harvest his organs.
Encino said some even asked if they could bring hunting dogs, automatic weapons and dynamite to do the deed.
“My mother can’t shake the idea that some guy is going to show up unannounced and put me out of my misery,” he said.
However, since Encino won’t reveal where he lives — he claims to reside with his parents in his childhood bedroom — the Web weirdo was never in any real danger.
“I haven’t written any of them back yet,” he said of the disturbing messages he’s received. “Hope I haven’t ruined anyone’s weekend plans.”
While Encino may have called off the bizarre stunt, he said he is still searching for a “benefactor” who will give him $10,000 anyway, to save him from “utter destitution.”
“I like to think I’m a victim of forces greater than myself,” Encino said. “The last three places I’ve worked have gone belly-up. You get run down enough and you stop and say to yourself, ‘OK, here we are, what do I have of value?’ ”
Mork Encino, the 28-year-old oddball behind huntme4sport.com, a site in which he offers to be hunted down for $10,000, tells The Daily he no longer wants to be exterminated by a stranger.
“It was born out of desperation,” he said. “It’s really a cry for help.”
More than 20 would-be manhunters have emailed the yokel in orange overalls since he launched the buzzed-about site last month offering hunters the chance to track and kill him, mount his body on their wall like a big game trophy and harvest his organs.
Encino said some even asked if they could bring hunting dogs, automatic weapons and dynamite to do the deed.
“My mother can’t shake the idea that some guy is going to show up unannounced and put me out of my misery,” he said.
However, since Encino won’t reveal where he lives — he claims to reside with his parents in his childhood bedroom — the Web weirdo was never in any real danger.
“I haven’t written any of them back yet,” he said of the disturbing messages he’s received. “Hope I haven’t ruined anyone’s weekend plans.”
While Encino may have called off the bizarre stunt, he said he is still searching for a “benefactor” who will give him $10,000 anyway, to save him from “utter destitution.”
“I like to think I’m a victim of forces greater than myself,” Encino said. “The last three places I’ve worked have gone belly-up. You get run down enough and you stop and say to yourself, ‘OK, here we are, what do I have of value?’ ”
