Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker

Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker

Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker is an internet viral video featuring a hitchhiking man who calls himself ‘Kai’ It was released on February 2, 2013, by a reporter from a local news station in California. Kai would cite the fall-out from the video as part of his defense against a homicide charge that was filed in New Jersey a few months after the video was released. Kai was arrested on murder charges in May 2013 for the death of New Jersey attorney Joseph Galfy.

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Summary Kai the Hatchet-Wielding HitchhikerKai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker is an internet viral video featuring a hitchhiking man who calls himself ‘Kai’ It was released on February 2, 2013, by a reporter from a local news station in California. The video went viral and received national attention in the press. Kai would cite the fall-out from the video as part of his defense against a homicide charge that was filed in New Jersey a few months after the video was released.

Kai was arrested on murder charges in May 2013 for the death of New Jersey attorney Joseph Galfy. A jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and he was sentenced to 57 years in prison. As of October 27, 2019, the video had over 7 million views. The Gregory Brothers sampled the interview and turned it into a song, as of January 2020, it has over 10 million views on YouTube.