24 of People’s Wildest and Most Beloved Local Weirdos

‘Our Darth Vader violinist’
24 of People’s Wildest and Most Beloved Local Weirdos
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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.

VitaminDick 11y ago There is a Shopping cart return guy that works at the Waldbaums near me. He's been working there for way over 15 years. His name is Donald and he is always making funny jokes and playing around with the kids. For example, when I was very young (Say 4 or 5) I was very into superheros and whatnot like every other kid. But every time I went with my parents to Waldbaums, he would make jokes about my Laser eyes hitting him and my telekenetic abilities would also throw him around and stuff. Fun and awesome guy.
nicksline . 11y ago Homeless guy in Vancouver named spoons. Не fucking loves playing the spoons.
old_man_swag . 11y ago Superman! There is an overweight man that dresses in a tight superman costume and sits on a bench outside our local Walmart. Не just sits there for hours not doing anything at all.
SourPatchAdult 11y ago We have a tall woman named Trisha. She is always seen walking down the street in very elegant clothing. She has some sort of mental problems, though. I once saw her on a construction machine shouting at herself. We also have a guy that rides around town on his bike and he is always carrying around a clock. Apparently, he is a religious man and the time matches his chosen psalm for that day.
. 11y ago Scott Seekins. Pretty sure he's only minneapolis famous, but correct me if I'm wrong. He's an artist, and we know the season has changed when his suit changes. White suits in the spring/summer and black in the fall/winter.
. 11y ago Kevin, a young man who is mentally disabled. Не works at the local grocery store and is the nicest man in the world. Every in the city knows him and talks to him when he starts a conversation. The Big Ten Network did a story about him because every morning before work he goes into the Northwestern sports offices to get programs for the upcoming games. It is really sweet how everyone in the city is so kind to him and will risk being late to work just to have a conversation about sports with Kevin.
danse-macabre . 11y ago We call her Buy Me Lunch Lady because she walks around my city demanding people to buy her lunch. If they don't, they're on her shit list.
. 11y ago Probably our Darth Vader violinist (Victoria, British Columbia). Heck, he's the banner mascot for /r/victoriabc
Cassious . 11y ago Here in Milwaukee, we have a guy called the Milverine. He's a guy who walks up and down Milwaukee without a shirt and looks incredibly similar to Wolverine.
duncansilverstreet 11y ago Boston, here! We have the Comm Ave Runner, who runs through the BU campus daily in a badass weighted vest. Sometimes he raps. If you get in his way he yells things that shake you to your very core. Then there's DJ Nite Train, who rides the T wearing a bunch of gay pride flair and mimes being on the decks. I can confirm that as of two years ago, they lived in the same apt building (worked ina restaurant across the street). I would love to see a reality show with them as roommates.
miles_kilow . 11y ago We had the Zebra Lady. She was this amazing older woman with a red Vespa and she drove around town with a giant stuffed zebra. She also wore zebra print very frequently and giant sunglasses. Our little town loved her.
donut_sodomy . 11y ago A man/woman/creature/gorilla in a gorilla suit playing an accordion.
. 11y ago There was this guy who looked a lot like an old and leathery Howdy Doody, with suspenders and high water jeans and everything. A lady I assume was his mom would drop him off at the bus stop and he'd just ride the bus all day. We called him The Laughing Man because he would be sitting there and just break out in this hysterical cackling. In my first encounter, I heard his cackle from behind me on the bus and was like, 'omg, it's The Laughing Man!' Legendary.
blueseaver . 11y ago Baton Bob. Не walks around twirling a baton and wearing ridiculous outfits. Visit Atlanta and you can marvel at him.
CaptHorney 11y ago Mike on a Bike - mentally handicapped guy who just bikes around town with a spiffy neon helmet. If you see him in a store or at a restaurant or something he always says Hi, how are ya? while walking around at a brisk pace... everyone he sees gets a Hi, how are ya. Apparently he compliments girls on their shoes as an excuse to look down their shirts, but as I am a dude I can neither confirm nor deny this.
petshophorror 11y ago The hot dog lady. She's this homeless woman who approaches everyone on the street asking for some change so she can buy a hot dog. She never asks for it for food in general. She ALWAYS wants to buy a hot dog.
TheWorstlndianAlive 11y ago I live in Columbus, Ohio. At local music festivals there is a guy who paints his entire body gold and does this hysterical, amazing dance. Не will stand still and when a song changes chords or beats he will swiftly jump to another foot and change his position entirely and will then hold that position for a couple minutes...then at random times he will begin to dance wildly. Are there any other folks from CBus who have ANY idea who I am talking about?
Taylor1337 . . 11y ago We had a guy who had one leg and rode a tricycle around town. Everyone assumed he was homeless but when he died it turned out he was a millionaire.
gold_standard DI 11y ago In my city, there's a guy we call Dancing Dan. Не likes to dance and does so on street corners with his headphones on. He's been given a few tickets for being a distraction to drivers but people in our city pay them off for him since everybody loves to see him out ther dancing. I haven't seen him in a couple years (as far as I know he's mostly in the west end and I live downtown now) but he always seemed like the happiest guy ever.
Xaraphim ® 11y ago We gotta dude who walks around in a shirt that says `ipray' and carries/rolls a 6 foot cross on wheels with him everywhere. I see him at least a couple times a month in different parts of the city.
and last but not least, Diamond Dave: resident homeless guy who wears a denim trench coat and asks women to adopt him. When asked about his name he says, why, because I am a woman's best friend.
AllAccessAndy 11y ago Не died several years ago, but Beezo the clown. Не drove an old gold Japanese van with a big clown mural on the side. Once in 4th or 5th grade he came into my classroom for a little show and seemed pretty angry and yelled a lot. I later found out his day job was at the local Kroger (grocery) and he had full Navy tattoo sleeves (they didn't show when he was in costume). In 7th grade, we found out he lived a couple blocks from the school so a bunch of us knocked on his
gepgepgep 11y ago Leg warmers guy. He's an odd looking dude. Always wearing 80's workout gear, ALWAYS with leg warmers. Не walks EVERYwhere. And I mean everywhere. IN the morning you'll see him one place then in the evening you'll see him like 10 miles away. I've seen him from in all corners of my city and many adjacent ones.
BadgerOverlord . 11y ago University of Delaware has this guy called Techno Bus Driver who dresses up in weird goth/punk clothes and blasts techno while driving around one of the university buses. He's pretty cool.

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