24 of People’s Wildest and Most Beloved Local Weirdos
‘Our Darth Vader violinist’
People love to say things like, “fly that freak flag high” and “don’t let other people’s opinions stop you.” Usually, those people are just talking about wearing a funny T-shirt or having a weird pet. The true flagbearers are the people living so gleefully and deeply in their own world that they earn a double-take upon first glance.
True freaks (complimentary) can become local legends in their own rights, a sort of regional, living breathing landmark — a guy in hot pink spandex that serves as a point of connection for two adults finding out they’re from the same hometown.
Over on Reddit, people shared their own local legends, true bastions of uncomfortable and hopefully unthreatening individuality.