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April 9, 2009 6:15 PM

POLICE REPORT: Man puts the bite on roadside musician

Posted by John de Leon

-- From Times staff reporter Christine Clarridge:

Everybody's a critic.

A 59-year-old man was attacked and bitten by a stranger this week while he was strumming his guitar outside his motorhome.

According to a Seattle Police Department report, the victim was sitting outside his motorhome, which was parked in the 13700 block of Aurora Avenue North, on Monday. He said he was playing a song he had written and enjoying the weather when a stranger approached him and attacked him without provocation.

The victim grabbed the stranger and had him in a chokehold, when the suspect bit him. The assailant then left on foot.

Officers responded but were unable to locate the suspect.

The victim, when contacted later by phone, said he's pretty sure it wasn't the quality of his music that incited the attack. "No, I'm pretty good. I've been playing a long time," he said. "I think he just had something against me.