Lars Elstruphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_ElstrupIn 1993, Elstrup had doubts about his footballing future, as he felt he was living under the expectations of others, and he entered "Solens Hjerte" (Heart of the Sun), a part of the sect "Wild Goose Company". He moved away from the sect in December 1999, and in January 2000 Elstrup tried to re-enter professional football with Odense Boldklub. Following a week at the club, he broke with Odense as he was not a part of the first team squad. He broke with the sect later that year, after being arrested over a bizarre incident in which he exposed himself in public and then slapped a young boy. He was later fined DKK 10,000 for making death threats towards one of the sect leaders.
In July 2001, he defecated on Trafalgar Square in London, until he was escorted away by a security guard. He moved back to live on Funen, and stayed out of the public eye.
One man, many minds
guardian.co.ukAugust 20, 2000In the week that Tony Adams opened his sanctuary for football's most unstable players, former Danish international Lars Elstrup was making a strong case for inaugural membership.
Eight years ago, Elstrup - who remains Luton's record signing at £850,000 - scored the Euro 92 semi-final winner against France. A year later he quit the game to join a religious sect and last week was arrested for slapping a schoolboy while flashing for money in a Copenhagen shopping centre. Now the sect have confiscated his dog.
Elstrup - a striker at Brondby and Odense before Luton - joined 'The Wild Goose' commune on the island of Funen in 1993 under his new name, Darando. 'I feel here that I am seen for who I really am. They understand me better than I do myself, actually, and can really help me,' he explained.
Since then, Danish tabloids have kept a close eye on the island, reporting rampant free sex, and the alleged efforts of Wild Goose leaders to relieve Elstrup of his career earnings. At the start of this year, he attempted to resume his salaried career with a comeback for Odense, only to walk out when they refused to pay him during a trial.
Most recently he was spotted in the middle of the busiest pedestrian shopping street in Copenhagen circled by a rope, waving his penis at passersby.
'In some respects,' he explained, 'I do this to provoke people. I like experiencing people's reactions. Some might take my message to be "sod off" and others an offer of sex. I am very aware of people's reactions and I love the fact that people recognise me as Lars Elstrup.' He placed a scarf on the pavement for contributions, and made 27 Danish Kroner (£ 2.25) in one afternoon.
'I have mainly come to Copenhagen to have a good time. I have not had sex for three months: it is not possible in Odense where women are dead, stuck-up and introverted.' When he tested the theory by repeating the act for the female shoppers of Odense, he was heckled, lost his temper, slapped a laughing schoolboy, wrestled a police officer, was arrested and finally expelled by the Geese.
Now, having told police that 'he should have hit the boy harder' and that 'the kid deserved a fist', Elstrup has filed a complaint with the public prosecutor of Funen. 'They are inhuman and the sect even stole Devi, my dachshund. I am now ready to go to the European Court of Human Rights.' He's also, it seems, more than ready to lead the charge to Adamsville. Move over, David Icke.
