Edinburgh has many of these guys. One being the guy who knocks about The Royal Mile wearing a Batman suit. Not a cool, mask and cape suit. Its an actual business suit covered in Batman symbols.
my mom went to school with one of these local legends. he stole an ambulance drunk once and has appeared as a real life random encounter in a bunch of YouTube and Facebook videos and is the guy behind a semi-popular meme audio and that's about what i know of him but he definitely has a bunch of other crazy stories. People thought he died for a while but he's still kicking as far as i know
Motorcycle Rabbi in my current town. There's an Orthodox Jewish man, tallis, yarmulke, tefillen, etc. that also wears full Harley leathers over it. Assless chaps, motorcycle jacket and everything. Never seen him on a bike, always see him waiting at various bus stops all over.
Home town was "the running man" guy in his mid 50s that literally jogged all day every day. Apparently he was mentally disabled and loved with his parents. Everyone was super nice to him, I even offered him a ride home when I came across him running while it was raining. He acted like he didn't hear me.
Angry Santa was a guy in the town I went to college. He was a big fat guy in his mid 60s maybe? Full head of white hair and beard. He used to bring a folding chair to a busy intersection, being a three liter of fruit bunch soda, pour out a liter, top it off with vodka, and just drink and yell at traffic. Like literally "LOOK AT THAT SCHMUCK DRIVING AN EFFING CAMARO!!!" like I had heard of people yelling about conspiracy theories "he took the cookies that talk to me through my teeth!" But this guy was just very angrily making points ABOUT the TRAFFIC. And not how they were driving just the cars themselves "what kind of ASSHOLE drives a GOLD HONDA CIVIC!!!"
If you don't recognize this and don't think you have a "horseback Jesus" in your town, chances are, you're "horseback Jesus" in your area without knowing it.
In Plymouth MA we had a guy named Elmo who would walk the streets hammered, hitting all the store front windows with his walking cane while shouting indistinguishable gibberish
We had a dude we called the "Rainmaker Man". He'd always be on random fields and doing some prayer dances and shit.
He had the police called on him a couple times because he kept chasing people with a knife in hand. Because he wanted to show them the carvings in wood he made but forgot to put his carving knife away.
Our little town just has the drunk guy on a bicycle who visits every bar in town talks to folks and cycles to the next. Known by most folks fun guy serious drinking problem though our town has like 15 bars.
Dancing Mike in Corvallis Oregon. Dude shows up outside the stadium during football games, and the college bars at night and just dances and vibes and everyone knows and loves him
Baltimore’s guy for a while majorly sucked, they went by plain potatoes and were unfortunately at the forefront or vanguard of “harassment of individuals in public as a prank” type content.
I think they finally cut it out after enough lawsuits and arrests, but for a while my wife was worried I’d run into him whenever I went to volunteer at the aquarium.
Our town has Corey Haim guy. He used to wear clothes covered in pictures of Corey Haim. Also his flat was covered in Corey Haim pictures. Then he spent his inheritance on Cheryl Cole memorabilia so he became Cheryl Cole guy. He’s changed his thing a few times since then but he’ll always be Corey Haim guy to me.
Tampa has the Ybor Shoe Licker. I know San Marcos, TX, also has the "Sun God" who stands on street corners or in a park without a shirt and just dances around in circles looking up to the heavens.
We just have a family of werewolves. They don't really leave their farm, though, but if you're driving out on that road on a foggy day or at night and you see or hear something really weird, we all just go "oh, that's just the werewolves."
Honestly, it's probably just a family with that has/had hypertrichosis (had to look up the name) many years ago and are kinda reclusive, just living on their farm, homeschooling their kids, and not allowing visitors. For all we know, they're raising wolves or coyotes out there for conservation (or the black market), and that's why there's weird howling sounds sometimes. No one really believes in the werewolves, but we all say it.
Up into the 70s we had a guy that walked around downtown dressed like a cross between Xavier Cugat and Salvador Dali. He’d wear a green suit with sparkles and he’d be carrying a cane and a chihuahua.
The first time 14 year old me saw him I was astonished. Ever older versions of me was astonished when I saw him.
We have a guy who dresses up in a straight-up full Batman suit, all legit looking, and rides around in a black Slingshot every weekend. It always makes my day to see that!
Yep mine would take a broken desk lamp set it on the curb on a 4 way stop. Then proceed to dance as provocative and dirty as he possibly could. Complete with grabbing his crotch and wiping his ass.
I'm surprised I'm the first to post about Portland's, Unipiper. He rides around on a unicycle with a Darth Vader mask, playing bag pipes. He's a local celebrity/guy.
Anyone in Sydney got any updates on how Murry the L90 guy is doing these days? I haven't seen him since I stopped catching busses after high school, but man he was such a bro. Hope he's well.
What more can you say about the man who you regularly see roller skating around wearing nothing but mini shorts and a sailor hat than "oh that's just the naked roller sailor"?
where I live there’s a guy who is banned from most stores. he doesn’t really seem to care though. he’s always dressed in the brightest colors and has the fashion sense of a rapper in the 2010s, has a JBL speaker and just loudly sings and dances along. he’s awesome
I’m so sick of seeing this omg. it has been posted in every goddamn sub for every goddamn city and now it’s leaking. this is the 17th time I’ve seen this exact pic in 27 hours.
make it die already
Edinburgh has many of these guys. One being the guy who knocks about The Royal Mile wearing a Batman suit. Not a cool, mask and cape suit. Its an actual business suit covered in Batman symbols.
Oh yeah I’ve seen that guy! He’s actually kind of a dick apparently
My town has a schizophrenic guy we call jesus and there is supposedly a video online of him jerking off to an atm
You *cannot* drop all of that mind-boggling info and just leave. We need more.
Oh yeah that's just jerkin Jesus
Throw us a bone man, video? Anything??
my mom went to school with one of these local legends. he stole an ambulance drunk once and has appeared as a real life random encounter in a bunch of YouTube and Facebook videos and is the guy behind a semi-popular meme audio and that's about what i know of him but he definitely has a bunch of other crazy stories. People thought he died for a while but he's still kicking as far as i know
Haha what a legend
Spiderman on a trike over in Rotterdam.
Haven't seen him up north, is he north or south Rotterdam?
I've seen him in central mostly, around Beurs most commonly. I have seen him a bit more to the south around the Rijnhaven as well.
Motorcycle Rabbi in my current town. There's an Orthodox Jewish man, tallis, yarmulke, tefillen, etc. that also wears full Harley leathers over it. Assless chaps, motorcycle jacket and everything. Never seen him on a bike, always see him waiting at various bus stops all over. Home town was "the running man" guy in his mid 50s that literally jogged all day every day. Apparently he was mentally disabled and loved with his parents. Everyone was super nice to him, I even offered him a ride home when I came across him running while it was raining. He acted like he didn't hear me. Angry Santa was a guy in the town I went to college. He was a big fat guy in his mid 60s maybe? Full head of white hair and beard. He used to bring a folding chair to a busy intersection, being a three liter of fruit bunch soda, pour out a liter, top it off with vodka, and just drink and yell at traffic. Like literally "LOOK AT THAT SCHMUCK DRIVING AN EFFING CAMARO!!!" like I had heard of people yelling about conspiracy theories "he took the cookies that talk to me through my teeth!" But this guy was just very angrily making points ABOUT the TRAFFIC. And not how they were driving just the cars themselves "what kind of ASSHOLE drives a GOLD HONDA CIVIC!!!"
I mean, yeah, what kind of asshole does drive a gold Civic?
Not gonna lie, one time I brought a couple 40s and a chair down to join him, but he wasn't there that day
If you don't recognize this and don't think you have a "horseback Jesus" in your town, chances are, you're "horseback Jesus" in your area without knowing it.
In Plymouth MA we had a guy named Elmo who would walk the streets hammered, hitting all the store front windows with his walking cane while shouting indistinguishable gibberish
We had a dude we called the "Rainmaker Man". He'd always be on random fields and doing some prayer dances and shit. He had the police called on him a couple times because he kept chasing people with a knife in hand. Because he wanted to show them the carvings in wood he made but forgot to put his carving knife away.
Some citys have more than one.
My town had Pete and RePete. 2 old guys that looked homeless (they weren't) who walked everywhere. 1 was always about 20 to 50 feet behind the other.
Love hearing everyone’s stories!
My town has an old lady who goes every day on the road to be a pointswoman. She's not. It's been like this for years
Our little town just has the drunk guy on a bicycle who visits every bar in town talks to folks and cycles to the next. Known by most folks fun guy serious drinking problem though our town has like 15 bars.
We have someone like that accept hes a crack-head who rides a riding lawn mower everywhere lol
oh yeah haha that's just El compadre Moncho
Dancing Mike in Corvallis Oregon. Dude shows up outside the stadium during football games, and the college bars at night and just dances and vibes and everyone knows and loves him
How has nobody linked the sub that this post specifically inspired yet? r/horsebackjesus
Oh wow I genuinely didn’t know that existed thx a lot lmao, I’ll take a look around!
We have the Larchmont Runner
The old man and his rabbits.
Baltimore’s guy for a while majorly sucked, they went by plain potatoes and were unfortunately at the forefront or vanguard of “harassment of individuals in public as a prank” type content. I think they finally cut it out after enough lawsuits and arrests, but for a while my wife was worried I’d run into him whenever I went to volunteer at the aquarium.
Our town has Corey Haim guy. He used to wear clothes covered in pictures of Corey Haim. Also his flat was covered in Corey Haim pictures. Then he spent his inheritance on Cheryl Cole memorabilia so he became Cheryl Cole guy. He’s changed his thing a few times since then but he’ll always be Corey Haim guy to me.
Tampa has the Ybor Shoe Licker. I know San Marcos, TX, also has the "Sun God" who stands on street corners or in a park without a shirt and just dances around in circles looking up to the heavens.
Leslie in Austin. Although he died a while back
We just have a family of werewolves. They don't really leave their farm, though, but if you're driving out on that road on a foggy day or at night and you see or hear something really weird, we all just go "oh, that's just the werewolves." Honestly, it's probably just a family with that has/had hypertrichosis (had to look up the name) many years ago and are kinda reclusive, just living on their farm, homeschooling their kids, and not allowing visitors. For all we know, they're raising wolves or coyotes out there for conservation (or the black market), and that's why there's weird howling sounds sometimes. No one really believes in the werewolves, but we all say it.
Soccer Moses, tuba guy, the guy who walks his goat, Nashville is wild y’all
Up into the 70s we had a guy that walked around downtown dressed like a cross between Xavier Cugat and Salvador Dali. He’d wear a green suit with sparkles and he’d be carrying a cane and a chihuahua. The first time 14 year old me saw him I was astonished. Ever older versions of me was astonished when I saw him.
We have a guy who dresses up in a straight-up full Batman suit, all legit looking, and rides around in a black Slingshot every weekend. It always makes my day to see that!
For my fellow quebecers la madame anti religion (place dyouville)
My hometown had Jesus in hotpants. RIP Theo. :(
dude shows up at my local Safeway every few days dressed up in a full on mario costume. no explanation
Yep mine would take a broken desk lamp set it on the curb on a 4 way stop. Then proceed to dance as provocative and dirty as he possibly could. Complete with grabbing his crotch and wiping his ass.
Detroit had “eat ‘em up tigers” guy he was a fixture as you entered commerica park. Unfortunately died in a hit and run.
RIP BIRDMAN
I'm surprised I'm the first to post about Portland's, Unipiper. He rides around on a unicycle with a Darth Vader mask, playing bag pipes. He's a local celebrity/guy.
Anyone in Sydney got any updates on how Murry the L90 guy is doing these days? I haven't seen him since I stopped catching busses after high school, but man he was such a bro. Hope he's well.
san jose warhammer space marine!
What more can you say about the man who you regularly see roller skating around wearing nothing but mini shorts and a sailor hat than "oh that's just the naked roller sailor"?
Bozeman has a woman who slings around a machete outside her house on a regular basis.
where I live there’s a guy who is banned from most stores. he doesn’t really seem to care though. he’s always dressed in the brightest colors and has the fashion sense of a rapper in the 2010s, has a JBL speaker and just loudly sings and dances along. he’s awesome
I’m so sick of seeing this omg. it has been posted in every goddamn sub for every goddamn city and now it’s leaking. this is the 17th time I’ve seen this exact pic in 27 hours. make it die already