This is one of the creepiest and certainly strangest stories we have read in a while. It’s from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and, well, here we go (italics for the story, bold for emphasis, plain text for our exploding mind):

Leonard Taylor, a University of Wisconsin defensive back from 1995-1998, threatened in voicemail messages to kill UW athletic director Barry Alvarez, according to a criminal complaint released Monday.

Taylor, 32, of Indianapolis, also threatened to kill tennis player Maria Sharapova.

What the what?

According to the criminal complaint:

Taylor left dozens of voicemail messages with the UW athletic department within the last week. Those messages included a call Nov. 24 during which he said he would come to Madison to kill Alvarez and his family.

“I’ll kill you first, mother (expletive),” Taylor said. “I’ve got 24 (expletive) hours, mother (expletive). I’m coming for your (expletive) ass. You might have a (expletive) war.” …

According to the complaint, Taylor first tried calling Alvarez in September. He left messages with the UW athletic department alleging he had not been paid by an unspecified TV network for work he had done. Police contacted Taylor and told him to stop leaving the messages, and Taylor agreed. However, Taylor resumed making calls Nov. 24, and in a two-day span, Taylor left 29 messages threatening Alvarez and Sharapova.

And you, too, Bea Arthur! Seriously, this is weird.

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