You know what *I* think? I think when he was younger, Belcher had a pet cat. He loved this cat, rescued it as a stray and took care of it. Some years later, when Belcher was at the zoo with the cat (which he took everywhere as they were best friends), and saw a clown handing out balloons. When he put the cat down to buy one, it ran away into the hyena pit. Belcher had to watch as his pet cat was torn to pieces by rabid animals. To this day, when he sees balloons or clowns, he goes into a murderous rage. On this particular day, he walked into a surprise party with clowns and that was that. That's probably what the cause was.
... Seriously, is speculation everyone's hobby around here, or what? At this point all you know is that a guy killed his girlfriend and himself. Yes, he was probably mentally ill, since you'd have to be to do something like this. Any further "well I have an opinion on the cause!" is pointless without more context and detail. And taking an event like this and re-directing it to a "concussions in sports" discussion is politicizing the issue pretty quickly following the death of two people and the orphaning of a third.
|