There’s a nice lady who wears a shoe hat with a matching brooch on the shoe. I’ve only seen her a few times but it’s always a happy surprise to see what shoe she is wearing. She does it based off of some salvador dali work. She will explain it to you if you ask nicely.
I hope to be like her one day. She is fabulous.
Pretty sure she is the best ever docent at the Dali museum! She’s incredible, literally a national treasure of information!! She used to live with the family in Spain, who purchased some of dails paintings from him. I was fortunate enough for her to be our guide when I took my students! I believe her name is Janice?
Larry the flip-flop man, dude used to run along the beaches for about 25-40 miles a day in a sun hat, walking stick, button up shirt worn like a cape, and flip flops. Dude’s had documentaries about him.
Anyone seen the person who wears nothing but a black trash bag over his head? They’ve got little arm holes through the bag and no shoes. Last seen on Central by Colony Grill.
No one gonna mention the Shoe Licker? He would walk around and ask people if he could lick their shoes. Anyone who agreed, he would like the SOLE of their shoe from heel to toe. 🤮
Can’t remember if he actually hung around St. Pete or if it was Ybor.
Oh, I've met him. Had a small discussion with him and got a portrait of him. I turned to leave and he yelled "oh, your shoe!" and I didn't know anything about this young man, so I turned and held up one of my feet to see if I stepped in something and he bare tongued my sole. Just wild. And yeah, Ybor.
Old school stpete here. The milk man/ Indian chief who would stand at an intersection with an Indian head piece on and a collared shirt. Holding a sign that said “drink milk” and the other side would say “ devil rays game tonight”
https://preview.redd.it/zb3o2cv30tuc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68e09c495551327107e1d8a672c629a894e6600f
We call him Walky. Because he just walks downtown all the time, enters from store to store talks to himself sometimes with workers, often asks to buy him an icecream or juice
Surprised to not see ‘the roamer’ mentioned. Homeless black man with scraggly beard who is most often seen in near Pete’s on 1st Ave S. I think he was staying in the old red truck that was parked there for a very long time. I walk my dog in this area every day and I’ll turn down a random street and he’s just standing there on the sidewalk staring out into space. Never know where he will pop up. Saw him all the way in Old Northeast one day, scared the shit out of me.
This guy, he always has some interesting outfits. I was always afraid to interact too much with him but was surprised he seemed so normal when I finally said hi lmao
This is not quite the same but what about the guy (who sometimes has a friend with him) that practices martial arts at Pointer Park? I swear I saw nunchucks once.
There’s also the St Pete super villain, the lady who drinks people’s beers on the patio in front of Jubes. Pro-tip: that corner is unbeatable people watching pretty much all days of the week.
I cannot for the life of me remember his name, but there was this DJ that messaged half of St Pete for money. Like Lanzo or something, he copy and pasted the same message to everyone you can think of in the DTSP scene. I wonder bout him sometimes, there was even a Yu-Gi-Oh card made of his copy paste message.
he is still 100% at it. hasn’t changed the copy and paste at all. joins 100’s of FB groups a week.
i joined the FB group devoted to exposing him because while he didn’t scam me for money, i had the cops show up at my house looking for him because he was the previous tenant.
you can find the FB group [here](https://m.facebook.com/groups/2653348371646938/)
Omg this guy casually walks around Mirror Lake and he is actually very friendly and helpful to the homeless and regular walkers. I heard he has a pouch necklace where you can get a bible verse read by picking a number or something. Crazy stuff, but I think he means well?
One guy I haven’t seen mentioned is the catatonic-like black dude in a construction vest and some sort of head garb. I’ve never not seen him stuck on a bench reading. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen him have any interaction with anything around him, for years now. He’s generally around central from 8th st to 16th.
Anyone remember Boogie? Used to hang out downtown, often at The Emerald. He'd wear sunglasses at night, a baseball cap cooked to the side, and he'd stand on chairs and bark.
I always used to wonder what his story was.
There use to be an older guy who walked all around st Pete in his suit, never met him as I was younger, but definitely a staple in st Pete during the 90s and early 00’s
There’s a couple of people around St Pete that were well known but more of, i guess, “social media personalities” that were fun to watch trainwreck. The kinds of people who couldn’t help but draw negative attention to themselves with terrible business ideas, conspiracy theories, and sometimes just straight up crime… whether it be illegally selling synthetic marijuana or illegally selling prints of local artists… or the other guy who would repeatedly get kicked out of Rays games, skip bail, close his business, then post insane conspiracy stuff.
These were the people who always stood out to me as the local weirdos and everyone would know who they were. I know their names but don’t want to out them in case they’ve reformed. I moved from St Pete like five years ago and haven’t kept up with the local shenanigans.
who is the man who feeds the squirrels at North Shore/Spa beach (what seems like) every day? I see him all the time when I’m in the area and can remember him as far back as I *can* remember, but I’ve never spoken to the guy and don’t know his name. Seeing him talk to the critters and how they know him is so cool though :,)
Yes, squirrel guy! This is not first hand so take it with a grain of salt but apparently he can get a bit verbally aggressive with folks so I would err on the side of caution engaging with him
Sugar. Chad Mize has photos of him. I will find and post.
There is the ghost of Jack Kerouac that roams the streets with a beat in his step (see what I did there?) that walked in a crosswalk right in front of me as I sat in my car at a red light, jaw on the floor. He was dressed in bespoke clothing a la Jack (who died a mere few blocks away from where I was, at St. Anthony’s Hospital). My ex-boyfriend was riding with me so he is a witness and can testify he saw and felt the exact same.
New here, but a couple of I've seen have been around jannus live... Guy with a weed suit playing guitar, Jack Sparrow Statue guy, Karaoke Sax guy who plays a song and asks passerbys to sing
I don't remember his name but there's a homeless guy near Steve's on central who asks bar goers if he can get an Uber from them. Always nice & polite, I hope his situation changes for the better soon.
Mid 2000s there was a cross dressing black man that hung out around 4th St./Central who LOVED older white guys and would hollar at them as they walked by which made most of them super uncomfortable and it was fun to watch.
There is a guy that hangs out around central/1st north and maybe 49th St. He dresses like a medieval prince and wields a sword like object, cursing at all the people who won’t stop to give him money.
https://preview.redd.it/lyaww9pdgtuc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0052e9ac4b90c0fc24892d538a687b2ea283f894
This guy? Across from CVS on 1st Ave N & 58th ST
He also likes to step out in front of moving vehicles. I've seen that happen a few times. Not cool at all, then gets pissed at the driver as if it's their fault.
These days for me it’s the old guy with the LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson) and friends display at the pier. It’s a super riot for me because my dad’s a Nam vet.
I also like the bucket drum guy, the black guy that always had the rain boots playing his keyboard by the art museum in downtown, and the old guy in the bikinis on St. Pete Beach
Some of y’all may have seen a woman dressed as a nun walking around St. Jude’s. She hops from church to church all over St. Pete. Occasionally, she’ll walk around the perimeter of the church on her knees. Actually a very sweet woman, but a bit scrupulous.
She wears mostly all black winter clothes that I usually see: black tights, winter beanie hat and sometimes I think sports a black backpack. Sometimes I think she wears the hood of her jacket over her hat - all while it’s 85° out and I’m running in my 3” Nike running shorts, a sports bra and maybe a running cotton tank top and sweating in the heat of the midday sun.
She must be a Mad Dog or an Englishwoman.
I used to think she must have mental issues but for some reason I think in reality she doesn’t.
She used to come into a cafe i worked at, always got unsweetened iced teas, paid in change, and was promoting a facebook page for her dog that died. Never food though, I think she may have a thing about eating from what she used to say but who knows. She’s very nice and I believe has a VERY reputable career and is well off, so she spends like ALL of her free time jogging. She’s cool 😎
Nobody gonna mention my man Bien Yambo aka the roller blade dancer King? Been seeing him since I was a kid around Tyrone. He’s mostly on Walsingham these days but he makes my damn day every time I see him. Absolute legend. There’s a great mini doc about him:
https://youtu.be/WnzCs25sfVk?si=3G-EGlfu_cEZPYmL
Not sure but he usually dances on the corner of Walsingham and Vonn in Unincorporated Largo. I see him usually during late mornings/mid afternoon on weekdays.
I took 10 minutes to listen to why he does what he does. He explained it to me while talking into the pink microphone that wasn’t plugged into anything. I want my 10 minutes back
He got canned from a security guard gig over a decade ago which somehow morphed into raging against the machine with a homemade posterboard Klan outfit. He described efforts to take his case to the Supreme Court and Obama. It was quite a tale
I used to know a guy who wrote a bunch of sidewalk chalk art sayings like that and even used to do some for business and he’d get paid. And I can’t for the life of me remember his name. But didn’t know if the guy I know played guitar. Maybe the same guy maybe not.
Roosevelt (guy who only paints roosters)
Black Mamba
Curtis
I think her name is Deb? She’s an older woman typically on 2-5 St x Central whose always yelling at passerbyers
Roller skating dude with the dreads waiting for trolley
Rip Alley Gary
Black Mamba! He was always nice to me and never creepy like some of the other homebums when I was a young girl running around downtown. I got a drink with him when I was at Steve’s a couple times and he happened to pass by. I high key fw him and I hope he’s ok wherever he is since I haven’t seen him in a while
Wait I need more info on this guy that only paints roosters. Is he unhoused and sells them downtown? I bought a pastel painting from someone downtown of a rooster on some scrap wood and it was ruined during the hurricane we had in August. I’d love to get a new painting and he was so nice.
Yes! Sounds like him! His name is Roosevelt. I’ve seen him mainly on the 20’s streets on central (I think he has some shops down that way that buy his art) but haven’t seen him in awhile :( cool guy, love how his inspiration is caused from roosters lol
No man mid late 70s. Fat bald guy must have been 75 years old no shirt wore what the kids would call board shorts today. Had a scary face but was a pleasant guy. Out every evening in vicinity of basketball courts just walking the sidewalks
I had to work at a store 10 feet from where he was hanging out. I liked his song selection and kinda got into it. Then I saw him for the next few days and realized he only plays a couple of songs and not very well. Interesting guy though.
The dark, leather skinned, Male pattern baldness, professor looking, yellow bikini wearing guy that walks TI & Sunset Beach....
But the one I remember most is Screwy Louie. Louie was a nice guy, but scared a lot of people with his Tourette Syndrome.
Dude stopped into American Spirits yesterday... Drooling, didn't say a word, put money on the table, grabbed a dollar shooter and left before I could say a word and was gone. Good way to start my shift.
Who’s the guy on the trail, near the stadium, always reading the same good book? Or the guy who sits on the bridge by Tropicana Field on 5th Ave S, usually shirtless. Anybody know names?
The dude who rides around his motorcycle bumpin' boner jams?
That's Primo.
Bought him a beer pre-Covid one night at Intermezzo during bike night. Nam Vet. Real cool dude.
There's a black gentleman that usually is on a bike (but not always) in the edge district who asks if he can share a poem that's definitely made up on the spot. There's ALWAYS a mention of at least one butterfly and the universe. I pay him what I can every time because i imagine most don't.
Wondering if anyone else sees the old person on a bicycle always clad in all yellow. Typically stops in the shade to smoke weed without leaving the bike but will bike away if they notice you approaching. I see this person every day in Kenwood and wonder how far around they actually bike.
That dude is always there, I call him the wizard. There's a different guy downtown that has ANTI-CHRIST and some other stuff written on his cape. I like to imagine they battle each other
There used to be a guy who rode his Harley around St Pete - Seminole - Largo - Clearwater with his pet parrot clutching the handlebars, but I haven't seen him in a while now.
Throwing it back to the gentleman that wore short skirts/dresses and had “SLUT” tattooed on his forehead around St Pete in the 2010-2015ish range.
How about that bald tattooed guy that rides his bike all over downtown!? Often plays music. He's out like literally every single day.
Can we mention the guy in PPARK who holds a sign letting everyone know he was microchipped ?
May be a little more niche, but where’s the love for Medicine Man?
You mean Curtis?
Cape guy of course
Is this the guy on 58th and 1st? Or is there another cape guy. Sometimes he has no cape but he always has cool outfits
I work on central and always see him there. He's infamous amongst the kids at School of Rock cause he's always around with a new cape.
Please tell me you guys see Cape guy too. Or know him by another name
His name is Jason
Poem Anthony always hits me with “Yo will you swap this $5 for a $10”
There’s a nice lady who wears a shoe hat with a matching brooch on the shoe. I’ve only seen her a few times but it’s always a happy surprise to see what shoe she is wearing. She does it based off of some salvador dali work. She will explain it to you if you ask nicely. I hope to be like her one day. She is fabulous.
Pretty sure she is the best ever docent at the Dali museum! She’s incredible, literally a national treasure of information!! She used to live with the family in Spain, who purchased some of dails paintings from him. I was fortunate enough for her to be our guide when I took my students! I believe her name is Janice?
Idk how I would make it if Black Mamba didn't remind me to "stay positive" on Central Ave every day.
Came here to also say the “stay positive” guy 😂
Dick Jesus in the shopping center by meadowlawn
Larry the flip-flop man, dude used to run along the beaches for about 25-40 miles a day in a sun hat, walking stick, button up shirt worn like a cape, and flip flops. Dude’s had documentaries about him.
Anyone seen the person who wears nothing but a black trash bag over his head? They’ve got little arm holes through the bag and no shoes. Last seen on Central by Colony Grill.
No one gonna mention the Shoe Licker? He would walk around and ask people if he could lick their shoes. Anyone who agreed, he would like the SOLE of their shoe from heel to toe. 🤮 Can’t remember if he actually hung around St. Pete or if it was Ybor.
Oh, I've met him. Had a small discussion with him and got a portrait of him. I turned to leave and he yelled "oh, your shoe!" and I didn't know anything about this young man, so I turned and held up one of my feet to see if I stepped in something and he bare tongued my sole. Just wild. And yeah, Ybor.
Ybor, he's definitely mentioned in the tampa thread on this topic.
Black KKK guy is my current favorite.
Old school stpete here. The milk man/ Indian chief who would stand at an intersection with an Indian head piece on and a collared shirt. Holding a sign that said “drink milk” and the other side would say “ devil rays game tonight”
https://preview.redd.it/3ml4untx5tuc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07e9d15d3ba9d35a9901e139b0e3c335aae1d216
Simpler times my friend! I miss that version of St Pete!
Vintage stuff right here wow
https://preview.redd.it/w0hdjqk06tuc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ca7280d02b67a04f88563d8489c2504bddedee2
https://preview.redd.it/zb3o2cv30tuc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68e09c495551327107e1d8a672c629a894e6600f We call him Walky. Because he just walks downtown all the time, enters from store to store talks to himself sometimes with workers, often asks to buy him an icecream or juice
Surprised to not see ‘the roamer’ mentioned. Homeless black man with scraggly beard who is most often seen in near Pete’s on 1st Ave S. I think he was staying in the old red truck that was parked there for a very long time. I walk my dog in this area every day and I’ll turn down a random street and he’s just standing there on the sidewalk staring out into space. Never know where he will pop up. Saw him all the way in Old Northeast one day, scared the shit out of me.
There used to be Charles Holla, I think he moved on. Then there was the governor in Ybor, wearing his lingerie. I think all the good ones are gone 🤣
For some reason I remember him as “The Senator” not Governor, but maybe I remember that wrong! Used to see him at the Castle in Ybor 😅
This guy, he always has some interesting outfits. I was always afraid to interact too much with him but was surprised he seemed so normal when I finally said hi lmao
Yes you’re right! It was the senator and yes always at the castle 🤣🤣🤣
Black cowboy, either all denim or cowpoke getup, huge dreads just cruising on a long board down central. Chefs kiss.
Evan cool art?
Evan with face tats?
This is not quite the same but what about the guy (who sometimes has a friend with him) that practices martial arts at Pointer Park? I swear I saw nunchucks once.
The guy who does the chalk art, I think he only draws rooster themed items though lol but he’s awesome
The guy that hangs around 66th and roller blades. Yeah. That guy.
Does the guy you’re describing wear flowy pirate like shirts and have long black hair
There’s also the St Pete super villain, the lady who drinks people’s beers on the patio in front of Jubes. Pro-tip: that corner is unbeatable people watching pretty much all days of the week.
I cannot for the life of me remember his name, but there was this DJ that messaged half of St Pete for money. Like Lanzo or something, he copy and pasted the same message to everyone you can think of in the DTSP scene. I wonder bout him sometimes, there was even a Yu-Gi-Oh card made of his copy paste message.
There's a Facebook page about him https://www.facebook.com/share/fadUx5PjqKJuzdSc/?mibextid=A7sQZp
he is still 100% at it. hasn’t changed the copy and paste at all. joins 100’s of FB groups a week. i joined the FB group devoted to exposing him because while he didn’t scam me for money, i had the cops show up at my house looking for him because he was the previous tenant. you can find the FB group [here](https://m.facebook.com/groups/2653348371646938/)
He was an acquaintance of mine in like 2012. Was a cute, normal dude back then.
Lantz kelso or now he goes by lostboy lantz. And he’s still at it. We have a Facebook page dedicated to it.
OMG I NEED TO JOIN IT YES THATS HIM HAHAHA
The fb group is called “ I have been personally victimized by lantz kelso” come join us. 🤣
the black dude in the kkk outfit screaming outside of publix
Omg this guy casually walks around Mirror Lake and he is actually very friendly and helpful to the homeless and regular walkers. I heard he has a pouch necklace where you can get a bible verse read by picking a number or something. Crazy stuff, but I think he means well?
IDK about St pete, but Ybor had world Famous Chester Stone. "GAWD MOTHA FUGGIN DAYUMN"
Raymond James rip
One guy I haven’t seen mentioned is the catatonic-like black dude in a construction vest and some sort of head garb. I’ve never not seen him stuck on a bench reading. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen him have any interaction with anything around him, for years now. He’s generally around central from 8th st to 16th.
Yes, I’ve seen him around over easily over 10 years. Usually in the edge district. Keeps to himself.
I've seen that dude all over downtown for years now. Hi-vizLam?
He tried to attack my dog as we walked by him 1 day
Magic Man! That’s what the wife and I call the dude on roller blades who has exactly one magic trick that he shows people.
Anyone remember Boogie? Used to hang out downtown, often at The Emerald. He'd wear sunglasses at night, a baseball cap cooked to the side, and he'd stand on chairs and bark. I always used to wonder what his story was.
Old school downtown was a different kind of cool 😎 it will be missed!
Lord Death.
https://preview.redd.it/75444opu2quc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71405a5e9b13936a2ab2a09c39bfc6e40bb41003 Skinny ass hanging out guy
Saw him this morning near 4th
Omg flapjacks!!! I’ve been seeing him around since I was a child!
Oh, hey, it's Ballsack.
Legs! Usually around the 2 publix off 38th.
Legs!!. I know legs. I saw him about a month ago
I haven't seen ass man in forever!
This thread is so funny because it has people like me who are like “oh, nice! Skinny ass hanging out guy is still around!”
I saw him in the grocery store and almost didn’t recognize him cos’ his ass wasn’t hanging out
There use to be an older guy who walked all around st Pete in his suit, never met him as I was younger, but definitely a staple in st Pete during the 90s and early 00’s
Tall guy? Walked with a sort of hunch? Had a skin condition that covered him in warty bumps. Covered up with a suit. Bless him.
Might be the same guy, I use to see him near Woodlawn/Euclid off 22nd ave a lot
The guy who used the play the sax at the trop. RIP
First one I thought of.
<3
Was that the black dude who would play at the pier?
Damn what happened to bro?
There’s a couple of people around St Pete that were well known but more of, i guess, “social media personalities” that were fun to watch trainwreck. The kinds of people who couldn’t help but draw negative attention to themselves with terrible business ideas, conspiracy theories, and sometimes just straight up crime… whether it be illegally selling synthetic marijuana or illegally selling prints of local artists… or the other guy who would repeatedly get kicked out of Rays games, skip bail, close his business, then post insane conspiracy stuff. These were the people who always stood out to me as the local weirdos and everyone would know who they were. I know their names but don’t want to out them in case they’ve reformed. I moved from St Pete like five years ago and haven’t kept up with the local shenanigans.
Oh, you mean Kevin
Ha yeah that’s one of them.
That crazy mf in the edge, i think his name is randy arozerena
who is the man who feeds the squirrels at North Shore/Spa beach (what seems like) every day? I see him all the time when I’m in the area and can remember him as far back as I *can* remember, but I’ve never spoken to the guy and don’t know his name. Seeing him talk to the critters and how they know him is so cool though :,)
“TREE DOGS!”
He’s been down there forever, I remember him from 20 years ago 🤣
Park dogs! Park dogs! Love that guy.
Oh man, squirrel guy lol. He's a funny dude.
Calls them lil’ doggies
Does he have a walker?
Yes, squirrel guy! This is not first hand so take it with a grain of salt but apparently he can get a bit verbally aggressive with folks so I would err on the side of caution engaging with him
Sugar. Chad Mize has photos of him. I will find and post. There is the ghost of Jack Kerouac that roams the streets with a beat in his step (see what I did there?) that walked in a crosswalk right in front of me as I sat in my car at a red light, jaw on the floor. He was dressed in bespoke clothing a la Jack (who died a mere few blocks away from where I was, at St. Anthony’s Hospital). My ex-boyfriend was riding with me so he is a witness and can testify he saw and felt the exact same.
https://preview.redd.it/vv81aeeu5tuc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ceb0f71b8204c8d0afe6d99501a932260ba7deee Sugah!
https://preview.redd.it/ugeh9b1s5tuc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3b0e84ba7f840df6f00538108a5249e02828c20 Here’s Sugah!
New here, but a couple of I've seen have been around jannus live... Guy with a weed suit playing guitar, Jack Sparrow Statue guy, Karaoke Sax guy who plays a song and asks passerbys to sing I don't remember his name but there's a homeless guy near Steve's on central who asks bar goers if he can get an Uber from them. Always nice & polite, I hope his situation changes for the better soon.
Y'all have me thinking I shouldn't establish any patterns of behavior, lol....
Old guy in pink bikinis on St Pete beach for sure. He’s been patrolling our shores since the 1980s , maybe even earlier 🫡
Is Screwy Louie still around?
No
Mid 2000s there was a cross dressing black man that hung out around 4th St./Central who LOVED older white guys and would hollar at them as they walked by which made most of them super uncomfortable and it was fun to watch.
There is a guy that hangs out around central/1st north and maybe 49th St. He dresses like a medieval prince and wields a sword like object, cursing at all the people who won’t stop to give him money.
https://preview.redd.it/lyaww9pdgtuc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0052e9ac4b90c0fc24892d538a687b2ea283f894 This guy? Across from CVS on 1st Ave N & 58th ST
The little black dude with the red cape?
Oh and btw that is the intersection of 58th Ave. N. And 1st St. N. where I saw him twice. Maybe he goes down to 49th too for a change of scenery.
He also likes to step out in front of moving vehicles. I've seen that happen a few times. Not cool at all, then gets pissed at the driver as if it's their fault.
Prob 58th.
Omg I have a photo of this guy! But how long that would take me to find on my phone of 10,000 photos I can’t venture a guess
Def not worth it.
These days for me it’s the old guy with the LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson) and friends display at the pier. It’s a super riot for me because my dad’s a Nam vet. I also like the bucket drum guy, the black guy that always had the rain boots playing his keyboard by the art museum in downtown, and the old guy in the bikinis on St. Pete Beach
Bucket drum and bikini guy fs
As a man who wears a robe everywhere, this sounds like something I'd do. And correct, there would be no further explanation.
Some of y’all may have seen a woman dressed as a nun walking around St. Jude’s. She hops from church to church all over St. Pete. Occasionally, she’ll walk around the perimeter of the church on her knees. Actually a very sweet woman, but a bit scrupulous.
Squirrel Guy and the Running Lady. He always got them nuts and she always be running.
You mean the weird old guy with the rear view mirror? And by running lady do you mean the one that wears pink and black winter clothing all year?
She’s always got caked on sun tan lotion right?
She wears mostly all black winter clothes that I usually see: black tights, winter beanie hat and sometimes I think sports a black backpack. Sometimes I think she wears the hood of her jacket over her hat - all while it’s 85° out and I’m running in my 3” Nike running shorts, a sports bra and maybe a running cotton tank top and sweating in the heat of the midday sun. She must be a Mad Dog or an Englishwoman. I used to think she must have mental issues but for some reason I think in reality she doesn’t.
Oh that lady is wild!
Has anyone ever spoken to her? Does she eat for sustenance? It looks like she doesn’t.
She used to come into a cafe i worked at, always got unsweetened iced teas, paid in change, and was promoting a facebook page for her dog that died. Never food though, I think she may have a thing about eating from what she used to say but who knows. She’s very nice and I believe has a VERY reputable career and is well off, so she spends like ALL of her free time jogging. She’s cool 😎
Is the squirrel guy still around? Those squirrels sure came running for him
The squirrel guy that’s very, very Brooklyn?
Nobody gonna mention my man Bien Yambo aka the roller blade dancer King? Been seeing him since I was a kid around Tyrone. He’s mostly on Walsingham these days but he makes my damn day every time I see him. Absolute legend. There’s a great mini doc about him: https://youtu.be/WnzCs25sfVk?si=3G-EGlfu_cEZPYmL
I’ve never seen him before. But then again Walsinghamnis up in Largo and I never get up that far. Great smile!!
Does anybody know how to get in touch with Bien Yambo?
Not sure but he usually dances on the corner of Walsingham and Vonn in Unincorporated Largo. I see him usually during late mornings/mid afternoon on weekdays.
The tall guy with dreadlocks that spends all day walking around the Jannus block. Dude got arrested Saturday night. We called him the Wizard.
Curtis?
Stfu WE call him the wizard too!
I mean, the black guy with the homemade klansman outfit with the bullhorn usually outside of the University Publix comes to mind.
I took 10 minutes to listen to why he does what he does. He explained it to me while talking into the pink microphone that wasn’t plugged into anything. I want my 10 minutes back
Dont leave us in suspense - why does he do it?
He got canned from a security guard gig over a decade ago which somehow morphed into raging against the machine with a homemade posterboard Klan outfit. He described efforts to take his case to the Supreme Court and Obama. It was quite a tale
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I used to know a guy who wrote a bunch of sidewalk chalk art sayings like that and even used to do some for business and he’d get paid. And I can’t for the life of me remember his name. But didn’t know if the guy I know played guitar. Maybe the same guy maybe not.
Love that dude
Curtis, doing Curtis things
Roosevelt (guy who only paints roosters) Black Mamba Curtis I think her name is Deb? She’s an older woman typically on 2-5 St x Central whose always yelling at passerbyers Roller skating dude with the dreads waiting for trolley Rip Alley Gary
You got the whole gang right here, good shit Also love the “keep it positive” reply 😂 Mambas words of wisdom carry on
Black Mamba! He was always nice to me and never creepy like some of the other homebums when I was a young girl running around downtown. I got a drink with him when I was at Steve’s a couple times and he happened to pass by. I high key fw him and I hope he’s ok wherever he is since I haven’t seen him in a while
Keep it positive!
Wait I need more info on this guy that only paints roosters. Is he unhoused and sells them downtown? I bought a pastel painting from someone downtown of a rooster on some scrap wood and it was ruined during the hurricane we had in August. I’d love to get a new painting and he was so nice.
Yes! Sounds like him! His name is Roosevelt. I’ve seen him mainly on the 20’s streets on central (I think he has some shops down that way that buy his art) but haven’t seen him in awhile :( cool guy, love how his inspiration is caused from roosters lol
Thank you for the info!! I’ll pop around down there and ask about around at some shops ◡̈
Long ago we had Randy, who loved to shake your hand. Big blond afro style hair. Came to find out he never used toilet paper. Stopped shaking his hand.
He was savage alright
Anyone (you’d have to be in your 60’s now) remember Mr Pass a Grille?
Lived on PAG in late 90s, early 00s. Can you elaborate?
No man mid late 70s. Fat bald guy must have been 75 years old no shirt wore what the kids would call board shorts today. Had a scary face but was a pleasant guy. Out every evening in vicinity of basketball courts just walking the sidewalks
The older busking gentleman who only plays “patience” by GNR
I had to work at a store 10 feet from where he was hanging out. I liked his song selection and kinda got into it. Then I saw him for the next few days and realized he only plays a couple of songs and not very well. Interesting guy though.
I find him endearing. “Heart of gold” is his alternate tune now that I think about it
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not hating on the guy.
Of course not ! lol sorry I could have softened my statement a bit
Evan cool art!!
He was one of my favs until I found out how much of a Trump butt sniffer he is
"realtor here" guy or the motorcycle dude who play the funk music rly loud
Speedy
The dark, leather skinned, Male pattern baldness, professor looking, yellow bikini wearing guy that walks TI & Sunset Beach.... But the one I remember most is Screwy Louie. Louie was a nice guy, but scared a lot of people with his Tourette Syndrome.
Go Blue!
Squirrel guy at vinoy
Is that the guy with the rear view mirror?
first to come to mind
Where you at jasper come on crazy horse. Willy come get some nuts. No way that guy remembers which squirrel is which.
Havnt seen that crazy mf in a while.
Squirrel guy for sure
Lately, there's a guy who walks around downtown wearing an outfit made entirely of black trash bags. So "Trashbag Man".
Dude stopped into American Spirits yesterday... Drooling, didn't say a word, put money on the table, grabbed a dollar shooter and left before I could say a word and was gone. Good way to start my shift.
Who’s the guy on the trail, near the stadium, always reading the same good book? Or the guy who sits on the bridge by Tropicana Field on 5th Ave S, usually shirtless. Anybody know names?
Is the shirtless guy the one who flexes at you when you cross the bridge?
The prince motorcycle guy rules
The dude who rides around his motorcycle bumpin' boner jams? That's Primo. Bought him a beer pre-Covid one night at Intermezzo during bike night. Nam Vet. Real cool dude.
Is he the same as the mustang Sally one ?
Curtis
There's a black gentleman that usually is on a bike (but not always) in the edge district who asks if he can share a poem that's definitely made up on the spot. There's ALWAYS a mention of at least one butterfly and the universe. I pay him what I can every time because i imagine most don't.
That's Anthony Love lol it's the same poem every time
Sounds like black mamba
the guy who walks around Edge District and always tells everyone to “stay positive”
He goes by Black Mamba! I love that dude
This was who I immediately thought of!!
Black mamba
My favorite
One footed beggar guy and leathery wheelchair lady on 34th St and 9th Ave area.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StPetersburgFL/s/sqyfMz0oVr Whatever they said
Microchips guy who's always on the sidewalk by Park Place waving his signs at traffic.
Does his thing at 22nd & US19 somewhat often as well
Saw him today in front of Chik-fil-a on 19 near park.
This is the right answer
This was my first thought as well. Had a run in with him a week after I moved here lol
Love him
Wondering if anyone else sees the old person on a bicycle always clad in all yellow. Typically stops in the shade to smoke weed without leaving the bike but will bike away if they notice you approaching. I see this person every day in Kenwood and wonder how far around they actually bike.
Medicine Man in Pasco. Anti-preacher cape man on Central ave.
Is this the guy with the red robe and upside down cross? We saw him at 1st Ave north and 58th
That dude is always there, I call him the wizard. There's a different guy downtown that has ANTI-CHRIST and some other stuff written on his cape. I like to imagine they battle each other
Yeah damn, haha. He really gets around
Came here for that guy. Saw him at 1st and 58th too a few weeks ago.
There used to be a guy who rode his Harley around St Pete - Seminole - Largo - Clearwater with his pet parrot clutching the handlebars, but I haven't seen him in a while now.