ST. PAUL, Minn. — A naked man was found in the state Capitol about 7:30 a.m. — after also being found there, in the Senate chambers, also naked, the night before. Asked in the first encounter, about 10:30 p.m., the man explained he was the governor. He bore no likeness to Tim Walz, said the Capitol night watchman. Nor to Mark Dayton, Tim Pawlenty, Jesse Ventura, Arne Carlson, or the ghost of Rudy Perpich. He was unarmed: No gun, no holster, no clothes. The man was taken to a hospital for evaluation. Deemed to be a threat neither to himself nor anyone else, he was released. He returned to the Capitol grounds in the morning. Again he was arrested. Again he was put in a robe and escorted out.
