People do some crazy things on their birthdays. They do even crazier things when they’re high on meth. That’s certainly the case for a 57-year-old birthday boy from the Florida Keys with a penchant for trains. The Florida man managed to take the controls of a sightseeing train to go for a joyride, and he even stopped to pick up passengers in the process. 

A 57-year-old Big Torch Key, Florida, meth user stole a trackless train by talking an employee into handing over the keys

Well, that’s one way to celebrate a birthday. Jonathan Patrick Winslow, of Big Torch Key, Florida, was commemorating his 57th birthday in Key West. He reportedly arrived at the Conch Tour Train Depot, home of “The World Famous Conch Tour Train.” But Winslow didn’t have one of the trackless train’s 75-minute sightseeing tours in mind. Not by a long shot.

Instead, Winslow approached one of the employees at the depot. He told the worker that he had worked there years earlier, per WPLG Local 10. After asking for a “tour of the train,” the meth user hopped into the driver’s seat and zoomed off, leaving the bewildered employee in the dust. According to the police report, the employee believed Winslow had obtained permission to drive the train.

Now, a lack of permission didn’t stop Winslow from conducting something of a meth-driven tour of his own. He reportedly picked up “two random passengers” as he drove across the Key. As if he were really giving a tour, he drove the little train to the corner of Duval and United Streets, one block away from the Southernmost Point Buoy, over a mile from the depot.

The Southernmost Point Buoy, a marker that represents the southernmost point of the continental US, is a popular Key West tourist attraction. And that’s where police found Winslow with “rapid speech.” After noting that he “appeared excited,” police searched the train-napper before taking him to jail. They found a meth pipe, which Winslow insisted was a “weed pipe.” Maybe Winslow should stick to laser tag next time.