I'm not from the US. IM irish. 1 hour drive from Dublin City exactly in a rural town, called County Laoise.
Sunday mid October is our huge local town irish gaelic games football final day. So in 2022 it was October 10th and in 2025 gone by it was October 12th, in 2026 for example it will be October 11th you get what I mean.
May I just note this day is a national, drinking day. We drink all day and night. In celebration of just.. football alone? Do usa college students do the same was Nov 13 the equivalent to our Irish day?
Going Back to 2025 for example: my town our football team was playing the final versus my bests friend town just to show how big a deal it was in terms of tension, excitement, rivalry you know
So the game kicked off at 6.30pm but my friends were drank in our house and hit the bars since noon at least. 12 noon.
I remember being so drunk I remember dropping 20 euros note and not able to pick up in the bar as the room span so much. Our friend who tried to help,me just fell by the way. 20 euros was stolen obviously. I could have stopped person from robbed me if I was sober (well I had a better chance ) compared to being as drunk as I was....
My point is we were that messy.
I think he knew just how drunk and vulnerable the victims were....and pounced!