He’s on a mission from God, and failing kidneys aren’t gonna stop him!  Here’s the strange tale of ex-con turned Rocky Mountain Rambo, Gary Brooks Faulkner (above left), who came thisclose in his quest to behead Osama Bin Laden (above right) with a 40-inch sword:

Gary Brooks Faulkner got within 9 miles of the border before the Pakistanis nabbed him.  Faulkner’s family insisted he was “passionate, not crazy” and, remarkably, has made several previous attempts to track Bin Laden to his hiding place.

“As a Christian, he was not afraid,” Faulkner’s doctor-brother, Scott, said Tuesday. “When 9/11 happened, my brother took that very personally.”  Faulkner’s sister, Deanna Martin, said her 50-year-old brother and Bin Laden have this much in common—bad kidneys.

He was diagnosed four months ago with the same disease that killed their father.  “He’s dying,” she said. “He only has 9% kidney function, and the only thing that can cure him is a transplant. He needs dialysis three times a week.”  His brother said Faulkner had taken a break during his trip to get dialysis in southern Pakistan.

Reminding me of the camping trips of my youth, Faulkner was found Sunday night in a forest, “armed with the sword, a pistol and carrying night goggles, some Christian texts and a small amount of hashish.”

Some Fox news footage of Faulkner follows below, but, oh, wait…is it possible Faulkner was actually working for the CIA?!

 
Rocky Mountain Rambo on mission to kill Osama Bin Laden grew beard out to blend in with Taliban