Peter Hore

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Peter Hore is the nom de guerre of Peter Michael Howard (born 1960 in Australia). He is known as a 'serial pest', though he considers himself a political activist. Hore currently resides in Newcastle, New South Wales.

Hore says of his actions: "I'm a future politician of Australia. I'm the boy who would be Australia's first president because Australia one day will have a president." He has previously claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, Nostradamus and a secret agent. In 1998, Hore made an appearance in John Safran's "Master Chef" (One of the two pilots Safran made after his appearance on the ABC's "Race Around the World").

Hore promised to disrupt the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Games security officers were well prepared for him and no incidents were reported.

[edit] Publicity stunts

He has gained wide publicity for his public stunts, which include:

1993: Released an album of original compositions under the name of "Segoul Manna".
4 November 1997: He ran onto the race track at Flemington during the 1997 Melbourne Cup.
27 November 1997: Somehow he sneaked into the funeral of Michael Hutchence, and while Nick Cave was performing, he shouted "I am the Second Coming!" and was removed. It is also reported that he exclaimed "This is how he did it, Paula. This is how he died." and jumped off the balcony, attached to a 4 foot black cord around a dog collar attached to his neck^{[citation needed]}.
29 November 1997: He pulled down the goal net and suspended play during a football match - the Australia vs Iran World Cup Qualifier. At that point, Australia was 2-0 up, and it was believed to cause the shift in momentum that allowed Iran to level the match 2-2 and qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
2 September 1998: He disrupted the funeral of horse trainer T.J. Smith.
28 March 2000: He burst into South Australia's parliament during eulogies for the late former governor Dame Roma Mitchell. He stripped his clothes off and shouted incomprehensible slogans.
30 January 2000: He disrupted the Australian Open men's final (Andre Agassi v Yevgeny Kafelnikov) by running onto centre court, dancing and jumping the net.^[1]
1 October 2000: At the 2000 Summer Olympics he ran onto the path of the men's marathon, ahead of the leader, carrying a didgeridoo and a stick.
1 January 2001: During the Centenary of Federation parade in Sydney, he climbed a float that carried a plaster rendition of Mary MacKillop.
17 January 2001: He entered the pitch during the Australia v West Indies one-day cricket match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He sat on the pitch in a kilt and black bra top, removed the bails, and gestured at Sherwin Campbell.
6 February 2001: At the Big Day Out in Sydney, he threw his guitar onstage during Limp Bizkit's performance.
February 2001 He ran onto the centre stage at Sydney's Tropfest briefly while Adam Spencer was addressing the crowd in his first year hosting the event. Adam believes he said "and thanks for losing us a spot in the soccer world cup you pr%$k" to him.
9 August 2001: He climbed onto the catwalk and ran at supermodel Sarah Murdoch while she was modelling lingerie in Brisbane.
July 2002: He helped release 35 illegal immigrants from the Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre.^[2]
February 2006: He brought two kittens, which he described as a lie detector, into the public gallery of the Cole Inquiry (an investigation into the Australian Wheat Board's apparent receipt of kickbacks and participation in money-laundering for Saddam Hussein's regime).^{[citation needed]}
11 March 2006: In a Ned Kelly style helmet, he rode a tricycle with a cage containing a number of cats into the middle of EnergyAustralia Stadium in Newcastle before kickoff in a Newcastle Knights v Parramatta Eels game. He kicked the ball off the kicking tee just moments before the game was due to start. Hore has been previously banned from the stadium for life and had reportedly told Andrew Johns during the NRL off-season that he would proceed with the stunt.^{[citation needed]}
17 March 2006: Wearing a cowboy hat, he burst into the Cole Commission, walked in front of Commissioner Terence Cole and announced, "I would like to introduce myself as a future prime minister of Australia."^{[citation needed]}
2 April 2006 - Walked onto the track during the Australian Formula One Grand Prix.
11 August 2006 - Ran onto EnergyAustralia Stadium towards the end of a game between the Newcastle Knights v Manly Sea Eagles holding a guitar.
15 August 2006 - Burst into a Newcastle City Council meeting during a youth protest asking if someone "wanted [him] to make a lot of noise...". He announced himself as the "future President of Australia".
15 December 2006 An online story from The Sydney Morning Herald suggested that Hore had died at a Robbie Williams concert in Brisbane, after falling 25 meters from a roof beam. The story was removed with the SMH admitting the story was fictitious.[1]