MANITOU SPRINGS, CO -- Steve "ColoradoGuy" Garufi had a "close call" with his attractive hiker friend yesterday when a candle wax stain on his shirt sleeve was temporarily misinterpreted as a "vomit stain" inside Williams Canyon.

"What is that? That's disgusting!" exclaimed Tara D. (see photo below), a Colorado Springs school teacher who was on her second date with Steve.

"I told her it was a candle wax stain, which is the truth. I didn't vomit or anything." explained Steve.

Steve claimed the stain originated from wax from a hazlenut cream candle that burns in his living room, and he expressed relief that the girl was not too "grossed out" by the incident, as seen my her smiling picture below.

"What in the world are you doing wearing such a gross shirt in first place? C'mon Steve." exclaimed "Kansas Kelly" Martin of Olathe, Kansas, upon learning the news.

As for Tara, she plans to go out with Steve in the future, but warned, "Next time, you better do your laundry and at least wear a clean shirt."

"I wouldn't date someone who vomited on their shirt, because that's gross." she added.

Steve has engaged in embarrassing, if not repulsive activies before. Three years ago, he vomited a caramel at a Starbucks while meeting a girl for the first time. Additionally, some of Steve's unsuccessful dating pursuits have been publiclized on this web site, including him getting rejected, a girl mocking him over the idea of dating him and his twisted schemes to get dates.

"Okay, I realize my wardrobe isn't the greatest. Wearing my ripped up Rutgers shirt was a bad call, but at least you're going out with me again, right?" asked Steve, as "Herman the Stomach" protruded through his sweatshirt.