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I have no idea what happened in this case and won't even play like I do. But I have had to deal with patients with all kinds of mental disorders in my work. You would be amazed at how bizarre and weird some of the specific cases were. I took care of an older lady once that during daylight hours was perfectly alert, oriented and just the most preciously sweet little old lady you have ever met. About an hour after sundown she would try to gouge your eyeballs out with whatever she could get her hands on. Completely out of her mind. Clawed the hide off my forearm like she was a bear one night. Next day she would be back perfectly normal and have no memory of trying to kill all of us the night before. Weirdest case of sundowners I ever saw.

I had a next door neightbor once that went nuts. She thought I was trying to kill her by breaking into her house and putting poison in her food. She thought the people who lived on the other side of her had a hyena in their dog pen. She also believed all manner of other strange nonsense. She called the cops to report these things multiple times a week. She still drove a car, had a job, and did all the everyday tasks like grocery shopping and mowing the lawn that we all do. And yet she was at the same time blisteringly insane. Came over into my yard twice with a gun. Thankfully she is not my neighbor anymore but that woman could have easily killed someone despite maintaining a part of her life that seemed normal.

The mind is a strange and mysterious thing sometimes. I have no idea if the older guy in this case had demetia or not but the fact that he could still do things like dress, pack his stuff and launch a boat doesn't disprove the presence of a mental problem. Trust me!