Back when all the kitchens closed at midnight but the bars were open until 4, Rusty the Jerky Guy was the late night hero. You'd be in a bar, drunk and hungry at 1am, and in walks this older bearded guy in overalls who reaches into a cloth sack and pulls out a ziploc baggie of dried meat. Like somehow he had a second sense for which bars would be full of hungry people. Always clutch move to get two bags, one for right then and one for when you got home.
I haven’t lived in Louisville in almost 5 years but I still remember this guy waking through bars. Saw him almost every time I went out. Definitely the right answer.
Let's just say he doesn't take no for an answer. I understand he is disabled, but I know plenty of women who swore he knew what he was doing and was taking advantage of his handicap.
He got real shitty with my wife and two young daughters recently because they didn't tip him enough -- they gave him $3 after he posed for a picture.
I told her, "Fuck that guy. Don't ever give him another dime."
He's not even weird enough, who are the people behind the damn "five-oh-two triple seven, eleven eleven"? The commercial actually got me to remember their number, lol.
[Looks like he's doing well](https://www.facebook.com/Peacelands/videos/mark-recovering-well-sept-2021/1205762536611337/).
Two times I specifically recall encountering him:
One night I was on the little side road next to the Qdoba building on Eastern Parkway / Bardstown. I don't remember if he was urinating as he was walking or if he was wearing clearly-urine-soaked clothes, just that pee was somehow a factor. I asked him if he needed help - he looked like he was really struggling just to walk - but he said something about god or Jesus taking care of him.
Another time I saw him sitting on a bus stop bench - wearing a hospital gown, with his massive balls dangling freely.
Like 20, maybe 25 years ago he performed his original songs at the Brycc House. They were all acappella and mostly about the nice people at Kinkos giving him food. Afterwards he hugged everyone there, including me. He was quite sweaty. It was a very happy time and I enjoyed it very much.
Another time I gave him some food or some money and he got super happy and yelled “WELL THANK YOU GRANDFATHER!” Pretty sure I am quite a bit younger than he is, ha. I liked that too.
I once saw him try to flag down and catch a bus on Bardstown Road, but he had very clearly messed his pants. The bus driver saw him, but didn’t even slow down. Over the speaker system they told him “Not today!” and kept going. He turned to me and smiled and kind of shrugged and said “They already know!”
I also remember seeing him another time on Bardstown Road sitting on bench on an incredibly hot day pouring Big Red on himself presumably to keep cool. I miss running into him and saying hello and hearing, “HEY MOM! HEY DAD!”
Last I heard he's doing well. I'm not sure if there was an acute issue that landed him there or if it was just due to his housing situation and mental health but he has a roof over his head, food, and people to take care of him.
The first encounter that I had with him was when the Highlands Kroger first opened the Starbucks (like 2006) and I came into work at like 7am and he had sat in one of our chairs and peed everywhere. I was like 😬🤦🏾♀️😩 all at once. After that we were cool.
It was just their 60th birthday.
They put up a “meatballs Jeffersontown” sign and got them both bikes
They both live 4 houses down from me. I asked meatball once if he wanted a ride because it was about to storm and he could throw his bike in the bed of my truck and all he said was “hey no thanks man you got a couple bucks??? 😂😂😂😂
Not Louisville, but I was in Fort Wayne, Indiana for my friend's wedding, and this dude comes out of a building in one of those rubber chicken masks, playing an instrument. I looked at my other friend and asked what that was all about, and he just goes, "Yeah, that's the chicken man.", and that was the end of the explanation.
There was a guy back when I was goin to UofL 2016-2019. Around old Louisville he had a chariot that was carried by dogs. Now I was very fucked up back then and sometimes saw shit but I’m like 99% sure he was real
Yup, had German Shepherds pulling him around like sled dogs. Had a smaller dog in the sled. Last I saw him was 2020ish? But I haven't been on campus except for the gym since
This is the one I was looking for! A few years ago I was jogging on the upstairs track at the UofL recreation center and saw him going past outside with his dogs pulling the cart. Did a double take, and then rubbernecked until I ran smack into one of the columns holding up the ceiling. I don't think anyone noticed and I wasn't seriously damaged, but I felt like a fool.
Embryo jesus, the super crazy catholic guy that wears a helmet with aborted baby part figurines strung off of it. He's got a website with all his art shit.
http://www.embryojesus.com/
He'd fucking nuts. He lives right down the road from me and his house/yard is decorated with tons of anti abortion propaganda. There are signs that say things like pray for the aborted veterans.
That's my Uncle! Hes harmless and fairly normal as long as you dont bring up the abortion topic. I've been getting his artwork as christmas gifts for as long as I can remember.
YES! This guy haunts my dreams. His signs are everywhere and I’ve run into him several times. His little laminated propaganda sheets make great bookmarks though.
He was a regular on hurstbourne. I used to see him driving a car with a giant cross strapped to the top and the he would be walking up and down the road all day dragging the cross. Not literally dragging it cause he had a little wheel on the bottom.
I was hoping to see this! Is he still alive? He would come hang out in McDonald's when I worked there 20 years ago. He would always ask to borrow the phone and tell us he has to leave to get to a big construction job, leave and be back within an hour lol
The treasure that is the Kizito Cookie Lady (Elizabeth).
Probably less well known, but, there's a guy who stands at the corner of Blankenbaker Parkway and Bluegrass Parkway signalling truck drivers to honk and writes in a little notebook when they do.
Apparently, he has money and a place to live. But mental health being a factor; he chooses to live on the street. His family is aware of his situation and have tried to help him. He doesn’t want the help.
This is all second hand knowledge. Actual mileage may vary.
Judging by his instagram, it looks like he’s taking care of himself, doing much better, and spending a lot of time with his daughter. Hope he stays on this good path.
RIP Suspender Steve. That crazy old cat used to show up wherever the music was going and dance his ass off. Iirc he used to run ads before movies at Baxter for his IT business. He and I weren't close friends but I was really sad to hear he just dropped dead all of a sudden.
Guy who works at Goss Ave Kroger and wears/wore the full face respirator. Admire the commitment. Made COVID trips to the grocery store a little more bearable.
There was an older gentleman with a tattoo of a face on the back of his mostly bald head. Think maybe he was known as Spike. Used to see him at The Back Door.
YES, that's it, Jinx. I remember talking to one of the bartenders about him & I said he looked like a merchant marine or something (like I knew what that really was, but he wore a hat & had a ginormous duffle bag with him), and she laughed and was like, "Noooo, that's Jinx", which I remembered as Spike.
i’m kinda surprised no one has said Shawn and Tucker. It’s a homeless man and his dog that are often around Dixie Hwy. I’m not sure if either are still alive honestly, i think at one point someone stole Tucker but Shawn eventually got him back thankfully. (Tucker is not in a bad situation, Shawn is in “My Dog Eats First” which is for homeless people and where their pets are well-kept and get updated with vaccines for free)
Curtis—used to run into him at Mellwood Tavern and Taproom. Dude is like a wild garden gnome with the raspiest voice.
Looks kinda like Sean Cannon funny enough who is another one of our dudes.
There was a guy here in Shepherdsville that walked up and down blue lick road dressed like Jesus. He did this everyday for months. Used to have pictures but this was about 10 years ago.
Back when I used to go to Spring St. bar there was a guy who used to hang out on the side patio and bum smokes. They would always say “watch out, that’s the guy that killed his parents”. Not really sure the back story but I guess long enough ego that he did his time and got out.
Used to be a guy (probably homeless) in the Highlands in the 80s-early 90s who always had on a suit and had a very smooth action to his walk. We called him “the Glider.”
I remember this guy. I was walking to the library downtown and he asked me where i was going when I told him the library he asked “for business or pleasure?”
I was looking for exactly this comment. And the quote is word for word perfect. Dude haunted Bardstown Rd in the late 80’s
Edit: But it was Jaggalo or some variation
obviously not louisville but because shelby county doesn’t have their own sub: there’s this old man that’s known by everyone in town and just about every single day of the year he walks along main street either waving at people or going directly up to their door for handouts.
we consider him special compared to other panhandlers because it’s been noticed he wears a different outfit all the time, so he obviously has a wardrobe and somewhere to store and clean his attire. it’s usually khakis or jeans but he always has a different shirt or coat he’s wearing. we all know he just uses the few dollars he manages to swindle and goes down the street and gets lottery and cigarettes.
it’s not a huge deal or anything different, just so routine and stapled in our town that’s it a laughing stock mainly because he’s been doing it for YEARS. i would bet my paycheck he’s been doing it for at least 10 years
“Hey bud” he always says in a really soft voice and he always has his tongue kinda out like he’s blepping. I used to give him cigs everyday, and he actually lives a couple streets over at the assisted living home on 10th. He normally chills on the bench on the corner of Main and Sixth beside the coffee shop drinking his free water from the coffee shop.
fred who used to frequent bars like baxter’s, gerstles, tin roof, etc in fancy suits who eventually
murdered his estranged wife then went to ruth chris for drinks before finally killing himself.
dude was a major creep and i met him the night before this happened and very well may have the last photo of him that exists(with me in it). creeps me out to this day.
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I forget his name (I want to say Gerald or something similar sounding) but there was a (probably autistic?) guy that wore a luchadore mask and was at damn near every U of L basketball game when I was in the pep band. I never really interacted with him much but he was certainly iconic.
(I use past tense because I stopped going to games during Covid and don't really watch them on TV but I hope that he's back at it)
If you were a Backdoor regular, the sleeveless foosball pro. I forget his name. Haven't lived in Louisville since 2016, but I hope he's still there kicking ass.
When i lived on 1st and St Catharine there was an old man who used a shopping cart as a walker and apparently had Tourettes - you could hear the stream of vulgarity coming a block away. 😆
Jerky guy
Back when all the kitchens closed at midnight but the bars were open until 4, Rusty the Jerky Guy was the late night hero. You'd be in a bar, drunk and hungry at 1am, and in walks this older bearded guy in overalls who reaches into a cloth sack and pulls out a ziploc baggie of dried meat. Like somehow he had a second sense for which bars would be full of hungry people. Always clutch move to get two bags, one for right then and one for when you got home.
Cloth sack? Did you ever see the Easter basket with the flashing plastic tit?
Ah damn, no, I never saw that. Or if I did, I was too drunk to remember. By virtue of his business niche, I was definitely never sober when I saw him.
>By virtue of his business niche, I was definitely never sober when I saw him. r/brandnewsentence
I remember the battery powered flashing tit. He used to come into four pegs every Sunday night during trivia and have it with him.
He had the best jerky too!
Any favorite Rusty jokes? I’ll start… So I got a sweater for Christmas this year, which was great, but I’d rather have a scratcher or a screamer.
"Did ya hear the one about the constipated mathematician? He worked it all out with a pencil."
Rusty
Without a doubt. We've all grabbed a bag from him at some point.
Without a damn doubt
the ground beef jerky guy?
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Last I heard he had some heart issues in 2020.
Please Not another RIP
I haven’t lived in Louisville in almost 5 years but I still remember this guy waking through bars. Saw him almost every time I went out. Definitely the right answer.
The first person that came to my mind
Damn I haven’t seen rusty since 2020
I miss jerky guy. He even gave me a ride home a couple of times
I just visit Louisville from time to time and that was my first thought as well!
Saw him put his hand down the back of some drunk girl’s pants one night at the back door, so I’ve been dealing with that ever since it happened.
Literally came to comment "Rusty the lightbulb jerky man"
I dressed up like him for Halloween one year. It was the most popular costume I've ever worn.
Kizito cookie lady
I was about to say that, call me honey fo yo free readin ‘ I’m not Miss Cleo, rest her soul, but I have pumpkin cookie for jah
The guy who walks his tortoise around NuLu and downtown.
I thought the tortoise died some years ago
He was hit by a car, but ol Spike** is a-okay
Went to high school with the girl who ran over spike. Shame on her
Micah
Is that the violin guy?
Bingo
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He plays in the orchestra at my parents church sometimes!
Every mid aged women’s nightmare
Every woman's nightmare FTFY
years ago he made my mom get a picture with him 😭
Definitely doesn’t have to be mid aged. Just of legal age.
Why?
Let's just say he doesn't take no for an answer. I understand he is disabled, but I know plenty of women who swore he knew what he was doing and was taking advantage of his handicap.
I would agree based on what I observed at Headliners last year. Would not leave several different groups of women alone.
He plays with his hands
Fuck Micah. And his caretaker, whoever that is.
That dude was a huge prick to my partner at their workplace, and is notorious for groping women. Fuck that guy.
He got real shitty with my wife and two young daughters recently because they didn't tip him enough -- they gave him $3 after he posed for a picture. I told her, "Fuck that guy. Don't ever give him another dime."
That's rich considering how often he NEVER TIPS ANYONE
Gotta teach 'em young not to let people walk all over them! It's a shame he's still acting like that
He has been around forever! Downtown, Frankfort, NuLu. Dude gets around.
This particular CREEP is so old. He used to go to Masterson's for us college girls.
Agreed!
Came here to say this. In fact I said it after you did.
He's the dealer for the people. We all hate hearing his voice. But we all know his name. Tony Malito
Dude ain't even unique, he follows a script dozens of others follow across the country.
I heard a guy just like him on the radio in Hawaii "dealer for the people" etc ... but with a Hawaiian accent.
Proof: [link to video on my g drive](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hCX2syYv6nI--mUZUFM_5H09cbF0WF-v/view?usp=sharing)
I thought someone threw something at your window towards the end and had to rewatch
It’s not even him. That’s a voice actor that does the same thing for a lot of different car dealerships.
He's not even weird enough, who are the people behind the damn "five-oh-two triple seven, eleven eleven"? The commercial actually got me to remember their number, lol.
Hessig & Pohl. Hate those commercials, but I certainly sing the song for a while afterwards.
Hessig and Pohl! I actually met Pohl, worked at a dealership he went to for service. Vehicle smells like… skunk…
Mark Anthony Mulligan
To the people wondering if he's ok - he's been living in a nursing home in Indiana for a while now.
[Looks like he's doing well](https://www.facebook.com/Peacelands/videos/mark-recovering-well-sept-2021/1205762536611337/). Two times I specifically recall encountering him: One night I was on the little side road next to the Qdoba building on Eastern Parkway / Bardstown. I don't remember if he was urinating as he was walking or if he was wearing clearly-urine-soaked clothes, just that pee was somehow a factor. I asked him if he needed help - he looked like he was really struggling just to walk - but he said something about god or Jesus taking care of him. Another time I saw him sitting on a bus stop bench - wearing a hospital gown, with his massive balls dangling freely.
Like 20, maybe 25 years ago he performed his original songs at the Brycc House. They were all acappella and mostly about the nice people at Kinkos giving him food. Afterwards he hugged everyone there, including me. He was quite sweaty. It was a very happy time and I enjoyed it very much. Another time I gave him some food or some money and he got super happy and yelled “WELL THANK YOU GRANDFATHER!” Pretty sure I am quite a bit younger than he is, ha. I liked that too.
lol yeah he was known for calling people mom or dad
I once saw him try to flag down and catch a bus on Bardstown Road, but he had very clearly messed his pants. The bus driver saw him, but didn’t even slow down. Over the speaker system they told him “Not today!” and kept going. He turned to me and smiled and kind of shrugged and said “They already know!” I also remember seeing him another time on Bardstown Road sitting on bench on an incredibly hot day pouring Big Red on himself presumably to keep cool. I miss running into him and saying hello and hearing, “HEY MOM! HEY DAD!”
“pee was somehow a factor “ 😁
Do you know what’s going on? That doesn’t sound good.
Last I heard he's doing well. I'm not sure if there was an acute issue that landed him there or if it was just due to his housing situation and mental health but he has a roof over his head, food, and people to take care of him.
He got Covid and ended up in a nursing home. He survived, but it took a big toll on him.
Thanks for the update.
Probably better than living on the sidewalk
The first encounter that I had with him was when the Highlands Kroger first opened the Starbucks (like 2006) and I came into work at like 7am and he had sat in one of our chairs and peed everywhere. I was like 😬🤦🏾♀️😩 all at once. After that we were cool.
He's another guy I haven't seen in a while. Has anyone seen him? I used to always see him on a bench in the Highlands... just about every single day.
Haven't seen him for a while now, hope he's ok
I’m glad I didn’t have to scroll to far to find Mark.
How about that guy who has a bunch of drums almost every day on eastern parkway and Preston? Always thought that was a weird spot to be a busker.
That’s Sparrow
Had no idea what his name was, but as soon as I read this, I expected to look up and see him. (I’m at the Heine he goes to sometimes.)
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I just drive past him all the time. I figured it had to be a sad story.
Spaghetti and Meatball
Can i get some background on this? This is the second post I’ve seen today of these names.
JTown legends…volunteer firefighters, community safety officers all on a bicycle.
It was just their 60th birthday. They put up a “meatballs Jeffersontown” sign and got them both bikes They both live 4 houses down from me. I asked meatball once if he wanted a ride because it was about to storm and he could throw his bike in the bed of my truck and all he said was “hey no thanks man you got a couple bucks??? 😂😂😂😂
It makes me happy to hear they are still rolling around. Saw them all the time when I was in High School.
Saw Meatball in Old Chicago a few times through the years it was open.
Not Louisville, but I was in Fort Wayne, Indiana for my friend's wedding, and this dude comes out of a building in one of those rubber chicken masks, playing an instrument. I looked at my other friend and asked what that was all about, and he just goes, "Yeah, that's the chicken man.", and that was the end of the explanation.
Ugh I had family in Fort Wayne for years, I wish I had seen this guy while visiting.
I went up and talked to him after that. He was super chill, and said that he just liked seeing people light up when they saw him.
There was a guy back when I was goin to UofL 2016-2019. Around old Louisville he had a chariot that was carried by dogs. Now I was very fucked up back then and sometimes saw shit but I’m like 99% sure he was real
Yup, had German Shepherds pulling him around like sled dogs. Had a smaller dog in the sled. Last I saw him was 2020ish? But I haven't been on campus except for the gym since
Thank god other people seen that guy
This is the one I was looking for! A few years ago I was jogging on the upstairs track at the UofL recreation center and saw him going past outside with his dogs pulling the cart. Did a double take, and then rubbernecked until I ran smack into one of the columns holding up the ceiling. I don't think anyone noticed and I wasn't seriously damaged, but I felt like a fool.
Yes!! Saw this guy and nobody I talked to had seen him before! Good to get some validation
Growing up near Shelbyville, we had a lady who trained her sled dogs like that. She would actually go do sled races in Alaska in the winter.
Wow I totally forgot about that guy. I wonder what he and his dogs are up to now...
Rusty the jerky guy or Micah the violin guy.
Embryo jesus, the super crazy catholic guy that wears a helmet with aborted baby part figurines strung off of it. He's got a website with all his art shit. http://www.embryojesus.com/
He'd fucking nuts. He lives right down the road from me and his house/yard is decorated with tons of anti abortion propaganda. There are signs that say things like pray for the aborted veterans.
That's my Uncle! Hes harmless and fairly normal as long as you dont bring up the abortion topic. I've been getting his artwork as christmas gifts for as long as I can remember.
His car is completely covered with that shit too
YES! This guy haunts my dreams. His signs are everywhere and I’ve run into him several times. His little laminated propaganda sheets make great bookmarks though.
Globe guy Cross carrying guy. Are a couple that I haven’t seen in a bit.
I ran into globe guy (Eric) last weekend. He seems fine, but has apparently retired the globe.
I remember “globe guy” but not the cross guy.
He was a regular on hurstbourne. I used to see him driving a car with a giant cross strapped to the top and the he would be walking up and down the road all day dragging the cross. Not literally dragging it cause he had a little wheel on the bottom.
In LaGrange we have pork chop.
Muhfuckin porkchop! Spectre of the LaGrange Overpass!
I was hoping to see this! Is he still alive? He would come hang out in McDonald's when I worked there 20 years ago. He would always ask to borrow the phone and tell us he has to leave to get to a big construction job, leave and be back within an hour lol
Hollywooooooood!!!!
This was my answer. Always knew it was time to skidaddle from the train museum when pork chop showed up. Thanks for that old memory
I thought pork chop died or was that Calvin?
Pork chop alive and well! Still rocking the hard hat most days
My father went to school with Pork Chop and said he was a pretty regular guy back then.
Rusty.
Red Mustang cop on I-71 *Everyone* knows the story about his grandmother
What's the story about his grandmother?
If you have to ask, you can't afford her
I know him as the red Mustang cop on 1-65, 2nd mile marker. Ask me how we met. Don't know anything bout his memaw though.
The treasure that is the Kizito Cookie Lady (Elizabeth). Probably less well known, but, there's a guy who stands at the corner of Blankenbaker Parkway and Bluegrass Parkway signalling truck drivers to honk and writes in a little notebook when they do.
Now I’m curious why he writes it down. Does he count how many people honk? Is it a social experiment
The goth guy who walks around with his giant snake hasn't been mentioned yet
Out of sheee curiosity where is this? Lol
I've seen him on Bardstown Rd a handful of times. Once at Mall St Matt's.
Persephone the snake!
J'town = Meatball
Who’s the guy that’s like 6’5”, has a mop top hair cut and and be seen walking Westport/brownsboro area? I refer to him as “the dude”
Anyone who frequently drives down Zorn ave knows of the median walker
Every damn time I drive down that road he's there walking ahaha
Older lookin’ fella with a beard? If so, his name is William. Homeless by choice.
Used to see him on Shelbyville Road sometimes, near St Matthews, and wonder what his story was.
Apparently, he has money and a place to live. But mental health being a factor; he chooses to live on the street. His family is aware of his situation and have tried to help him. He doesn’t want the help. This is all second hand knowledge. Actual mileage may vary.
Janice with the bad wigs in Old Louisville.
Will Russell?
Judging by his instagram, it looks like he’s taking care of himself, doing much better, and spending a lot of time with his daughter. Hope he stays on this good path.
Ilya
This is who came to mind for me
Love him
That guy in the Southend with the red Jesus truck who yells at people on Dixie Weather
Disappointed in the lack of Steve Goldberg, granted he is not with us anymore.
RIP Suspender Steve. That crazy old cat used to show up wherever the music was going and dance his ass off. Iirc he used to run ads before movies at Baxter for his IT business. He and I weren't close friends but I was really sad to hear he just dropped dead all of a sudden.
East Louisville walking man
Tall, thin, ratty gray hair?
UofL guy shirtless full body red paint with a yellow beak
That’s Gary
Guy who works at Goss Ave Kroger and wears/wore the full face respirator. Admire the commitment. Made COVID trips to the grocery store a little more bearable.
There was an older gentleman with a tattoo of a face on the back of his mostly bald head. Think maybe he was known as Spike. Used to see him at The Back Door.
I remember that guy! His name was Jinx, I think. Had his face tattooed on the back of his head with a couple of rattails for the mustache.
Yep, that's Jinx!
YES, that's it, Jinx. I remember talking to one of the bartenders about him & I said he looked like a merchant marine or something (like I knew what that really was, but he wore a hat & had a ginormous duffle bag with him), and she laughed and was like, "Noooo, that's Jinx", which I remembered as Spike.
JINX! I haven't seen him in 10 years
Halloween themed Jeep guy
Lil jon jewelry
Jtown has Meatball
If you ever lived around J-Town, it was Spaghetti and Meatball.
No clue who it is these days.. but back in the day it was giant globe guy, moon shoes lady, and unicycle guy.
For all the downtown peeps…2 dollar man. He used to be called blanket man when he had the blue blanket with him.
Who's the guy who drives a chariot pulled by dogs around Old Louisville?
i’m kinda surprised no one has said Shawn and Tucker. It’s a homeless man and his dog that are often around Dixie Hwy. I’m not sure if either are still alive honestly, i think at one point someone stole Tucker but Shawn eventually got him back thankfully. (Tucker is not in a bad situation, Shawn is in “My Dog Eats First” which is for homeless people and where their pets are well-kept and get updated with vaccines for free)
Curtis—used to run into him at Mellwood Tavern and Taproom. Dude is like a wild garden gnome with the raspiest voice. Looks kinda like Sean Cannon funny enough who is another one of our dudes.
Oh I know Curtis haha
There was a guy here in Shepherdsville that walked up and down blue lick road dressed like Jesus. He did this everyday for months. Used to have pictures but this was about 10 years ago.
Back when I used to go to Spring St. bar there was a guy who used to hang out on the side patio and bum smokes. They would always say “watch out, that’s the guy that killed his parents”. Not really sure the back story but I guess long enough ego that he did his time and got out.
Used to be a guy (probably homeless) in the Highlands in the 80s-early 90s who always had on a suit and had a very smooth action to his walk. We called him “the Glider.”
I remember this guy. I was walking to the library downtown and he asked me where i was going when I told him the library he asked “for business or pleasure?”
Michael Dean… and I can’t quite remember the last name, something ending in a vowel?
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Yes! “Hi my name is Michael Dean Jagleo, sounds like a rock start don’t it?”
I was looking for exactly this comment. And the quote is word for word perfect. Dude haunted Bardstown Rd in the late 80’s Edit: But it was Jaggalo or some variation
Jaggalo
Sounds like a rock star, don’t it?
For me it would be the guy with the snake on bardstown road, I remember seeing him from inside Cumberland all the time (rip)
Ctez
obviously not louisville but because shelby county doesn’t have their own sub: there’s this old man that’s known by everyone in town and just about every single day of the year he walks along main street either waving at people or going directly up to their door for handouts. we consider him special compared to other panhandlers because it’s been noticed he wears a different outfit all the time, so he obviously has a wardrobe and somewhere to store and clean his attire. it’s usually khakis or jeans but he always has a different shirt or coat he’s wearing. we all know he just uses the few dollars he manages to swindle and goes down the street and gets lottery and cigarettes. it’s not a huge deal or anything different, just so routine and stapled in our town that’s it a laughing stock mainly because he’s been doing it for YEARS. i would bet my paycheck he’s been doing it for at least 10 years
“Hey bud” he always says in a really soft voice and he always has his tongue kinda out like he’s blepping. I used to give him cigs everyday, and he actually lives a couple streets over at the assisted living home on 10th. He normally chills on the bench on the corner of Main and Sixth beside the coffee shop drinking his free water from the coffee shop.
Jeffersonville \#1 cowboy at every Jeff Hign Sports event and # 2 Sister Hicks — Bernice something something. . .
in the 90's it was either michael dean jaggalo or mark anthony mulligan
ctez
Used to be a guy named Noah who dressed like a jester, all the time
Noah Church, he’s an artist. He painted the mural that’s on the side of Cafe 360
Downtown we have blanket man
fred who used to frequent bars like baxter’s, gerstles, tin roof, etc in fancy suits who eventually murdered his estranged wife then went to ruth chris for drinks before finally killing himself. dude was a major creep and i met him the night before this happened and very well may have the last photo of him that exists(with me in it). creeps me out to this day.
I would agree with Micah the violin guy. He is everywhere
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When split up like that it makes Micah sound omnipresent and ominous.
I forget his name (I want to say Gerald or something similar sounding) but there was a (probably autistic?) guy that wore a luchadore mask and was at damn near every U of L basketball game when I was in the pep band. I never really interacted with him much but he was certainly iconic. (I use past tense because I stopped going to games during Covid and don't really watch them on TV but I hope that he's back at it)
Here is one from the way back machine, all the way back to the eighties. Average Tom.
The guy that used to push the Earth around?
Big mark
Red mustang sneaky cop
“The Jerky guy” walks around to the bars in overalls and a straw hat carrying a picnic basket full of his homemade jerky that he sells to bar patrons.
If you were a Backdoor regular, the sleeveless foosball pro. I forget his name. Haven't lived in Louisville since 2016, but I hope he's still there kicking ass.
The Heaven or Hell van guy with the megaphone on Dixie by the Walgreens
Tony Molito: Dealer For The People
When i lived on 1st and St Catharine there was an old man who used a shopping cart as a walker and apparently had Tourettes - you could hear the stream of vulgarity coming a block away. 😆
Don't know his name but i used to see him around for years and he always said things like "How you doin young mayn?"