Anyone know what this guys deal is?


He stands on the corner with his bicycle that he uses as a crutch and yells at cars for a few hours every night on a pretty routine schedule.


I think he's employed, I noticed he has a wallet full of money(saw him at mcdonalds one day) and he seems pretty clean.

3/19/2012 1:25:02 AM

yeh he's been around for years. he's disabled and uses his bike as a walker. he's harmless but can't really communicate well, plus he doesn't speak much english.

3/19/2012 1:30:25 AM

said hello to him last night in front of the Times

he's always been one of my favorites

3/19/2012 1:42:21 AM

I once said "sup" to him while walking to Mcdonalds. He continued his routine and we parted ways.

3/19/2012 1:47:53 AM

It's good to know he's still there! Great guy.

3/19/2012 1:55:47 AM

Ive thought about paying him like $20 once a month or something to shadowbox on that street corner.. since, you know, the real shadowboxer no longer shadowboxes on Western :/

3/19/2012 7:02:38 AM

3/19/2012 7:05:06 AM

He spends a lot of time downtown as well.

3/19/2012 7:33:37 AM

I know he has been there since at least the 99/00 school year. He used to take Avent Ferry. It would take him well over an hour to get up the hill from Kensington Park to Athens Dr.

3/19/2012 9:14:52 AM

been calling him the "witch doctor" for a decade because of his jibberish chants that he just mumbles to himself...or is he putting hexes on passer-bys.

Hes definitely not as cool as a former Western Blvd walker. "The Strongest Homeless Man in the World" this guy used to crank out sets of 50 push-up on the sidewalk with no shirt, looking jacked as hell, with monster dreads. anyone have a pic of him? he was my hero.

3/19/2012 10:56:25 AM

He's still around. He just shaved his dreads and looks mad old now.

3/19/2012 11:00:33 AM

I remember the big black dude that used to do this over at that intersection... haha yell at cars and do pushups. I saw him fighting a road sign once too- dude was ready for whatever!

3/19/2012 11:06:47 AM

haha that guy is still there from time to time but definitely not as much as he used to be.

3/19/2012 11:12:35 AM

Yea I still see the black dude around KFC/big lots parking lot. He now looks mad old/falling apart

3/19/2012 11:18:21 AM

Glad to see some of my old favorites are still lingering around Western blvd. after all these years.

3/19/2012 2:32:06 PM

I can't remember who inspired the thread, but it's still one of the best things I've ever seen anybody post on this site

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3/19/2012 2:46:14 PM

WOW! You guys are telling me that the homeless man whom you've known to be homeless for a decade is looking kind of old?

It's almost as if 10 years of living outside has worn him down.

3/19/2012 2:54:08 PM

Quote :

"I can't remember who inspired the thread, but it's still one of the best things I've ever seen anybody post on this site"

Did you just high five yourself?



[Edited on March 19, 2012 at 3:55 PM. Reason : nevermind. you posted a thread based on a post. i get it.]

3/19/2012 3:53:35 PM

Would anyone be interested in trying to get him an arm powered bike/ do you think he would accept it?

3/20/2012 4:11:10 PM

i think i said that

go me

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3/20/2012 4:13:49 PM

one time in high school I saw the black bum (he told us his name was Satan so that's what we called him) eating ketchup packets

3/20/2012 4:16:04 PM

never scene him

3/20/2012 8:58:41 PM

^^ I also always knew him as Satan. Circa 2004ish.

3/20/2012 11:33:25 PM

saw him by the new chick-fila at CV this past weekend. first time I have seen him off Western. did a double take

3/21/2012 12:14:03 AM

we used to call the black dude "spider" but then we asked him what his name was and he told us "jermaine cocoa running man"

so now we call him jermaine cocoa running-man spider

3/21/2012 12:18:55 AM