Unemployment sucks--but then so does being dead. One man thinks he's a savvy marketer in offering to allow someone to hunt him as prey. As long as there's ten grand involved. Apparently someone's going to want the Utah landscaper after he's insisted on being hunted alive -- in what the man seems to believe is a prime job application.
28-year-old Mork Encino thinks he's got a unique job application: The unemployed guys says he's willing to become human prey, for marksmen willing to pay some serious funds. He wants at least $10,000 for the game. For a measly 20%-percent more -- $2,000 additional -- Encino's willing to have the hunt extend to the nude zone.
For 24-hours, Encino says he'll attempt no self-defense -- he'll just elude the hunter behind trees, hills, or using the “strategic fetal position” to earn that $10,000 to $12,000.
Titled “Hunt the unemployed man,” Mork Encino’s website at huntme4sport.com says: "I’m looking for a true god [sic] Money Bags, okay? 10K is nothing to these boys. They’ll pay that money just to rub it in my FACE and show me how meaningless it truly is to the likes of them.”
"I seek hearty gents who fancy themselves sportsmen and bored of the usual game. I am a new breed of prey with thick pelt and smooth hide. I’m faster than a wild turkey, smart as any GODDAMN wild boar and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for the monetary health of my family."
Says Encino: "If I am trapped and killed you stand to earn the RESPECT of your fellow hunters, a PRIZE HUMAN MOUNT for your wall and ALL INCOME from any organ harvest.”
If he is captured and killed, the cash will reportedly flow -- to his family.
“As I’ve said, this is not my dream job," says Mork Encino. "There’s obviously no long term in it. This is just something I’ve resorted to in order to make others aware of my situation. It’s a job application, man.”
The man who says he's willing to be hunted alive is normally a laborer and landscaper by trade -- until he lost his job.
Encino's Twitter posts give the real story: It seems he isn’t really looking to end his life for money. He seems to believe the publicity stunt, dubbed “a product of my desperation,” will help him out of the rut of long-term unemployment -- so he can land a normal job.
“I’m hoping someone will offer me a better opportunity than being shot in the face,” Encino says.
After doing the national radio rounds, Encino told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “’I’ve had a variety of offers, none of which I’ve been comfortable accepting. As I’ve said, this is not my dream job. There’s obviously no longterm in it. This is just something I’ve resorted to in order to make others aware of my situation. It’s a job application, man. And a damn good one if I may say so."
It's not a bad way to attract attention. The unemployed man has successfully accomplished that goal. However, he's skipped one factor in that 'job wanted': With exception of certain professions -- employers and agencies which shall remain unnamed -- most employers are seeking the mentally stable.