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Initial distrust of Juan Mann's motives sooner or later gave way to a gradual enhance of individuals prepared to be hugged, with other huggers (male and woman) helping distribute them. Mann befriended Shimon Moore, then-lead singer for Sick Puppies, soon soon after commencing his campaign, and more than a two-thirty day period period of time in late 2005 Moore recorded video footage of Mann and his fellow huggers. Moore and his band moved to Los Angeles in March 2005 and nothing was instantly done with the footage. In October 2005 police told them they need to halt, as Mann had not received public liability insurance coverage truly worth $25 million for his steps. Meanwhile, Mann continued his marketing campaign during 2005 and 2006 by showing up in Pitt Street Mall in Sydney most Thursday afternoons. The Free Hugs campaign in its current kind was started by Juan Mann on thirty June 2004, when he began giving out hugs in the Pitt Street Mall in central Sydney.