Man Chains Himself To Highway Rest Stop To Protest Its Closure Really??? According to CBS Chicago: A 21-year-old Crystal Lake man staged a one-man protest Friday morning over the permanent closing this weekend of the Des Plaines Oasis along the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. The reason will no doubt come as a surprise. WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports Kevin Walters chained himself to the door of the oasis, and said to understand why, you have to go back more than two decades. “It is a weird story, I must admit. About 21 years ago, my parents were at a Phil Collins concert here in Chicago, and one thing led to another. They ended up at the oasis … and I was conceived there,” he said. Asked how his parents went about telling him that, Walters said “it just sort of came out just randomly in conversation.” “They were like, ’Oh yeah, hey, we never really told you how you were born, or your conception,’ and my parents are weird people, so it’s not that surprising,” he said. Walters said the oasis is part of his life, and he hates to see it close. SMH. Facebook/ Shutterstock
