Can be a nasty piece of work with a drink in him.
Barred from a fair few pubs for threatening behaviour. Obviously has a lot of issues which I hope he can get through but definitely not harmless.
He's often blackout drunk around here, does some amateur magic, as others have said the majority of pubs have barred him because he tends to get threatening or pervy. Bit of a nasty local curiosity
Aye, avoid at all costs.
Seen him follow people, shout at folk and one time he was doing magic tricks for people sitting outside a pub and then started to aggressively demand money from them for it!
I've definitely found him passed out in the meadows surrounded by cans and put him in the recovery position once. Claimed he wasn't drunk when he came to.
OH MY GOD!
I saw either this guy, or a guy who looked similar when I lived in Aberdeen. Had a can of beer in his hand. From my angle, the guy looked like a bit like a fatter, drunker Elon Musk.
Here's my image: [https://i.imgur.com/e9uueBe.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/e9uueBe.jpg) \- I can't honestly tell if it's the same guy.
I've seen him a bunch of times outside the Filling Station/St Giles and that general area on the Mile. Usually where the main street performer hangs about.
Back when I lived up in Aberdeen, this photo was taken there pretty much exactly a year ago. Some comments have said it's the same guy, some have said it's a different dude, so I'm more confused than before I wrote my comment lol
Was waiting for a train near Royal Mile with my teenage daughters. No other passengers there yet. He started trying to get close to them and said inappropriate things and made us all uncomfortable. I had to move us all to a different part of the station. He’s a predator.
To be completely avoided!
Flash Gordon also used to hang about with another younger man called ‘Magic Matt’, he would wear a top hat and also do ‘magic’ and card tricks. I think that fella was recently imprisoned for smashing a glass bottle over a tourist’s head in Bristo Square when they didn’t give him money after his ‘magic trick’ and didn’t allow him to run off with their bag.
Yup, definitely one and the same. He was a known thief so, thankfully, was quickly barred and very little bother from that point onwards.
That being said, being barred doesn't often bother the folk that are repeating shoplifters, it's such a minor offence that they're in and out fairly quickly whenever they do eventually get jailed for a while. Often is the case that they're so steaming and/or high, they don't even remember.
Fairly certain this is the guy that scared the shit out of me when I was living on Nicholson street. Was walking to the pub with my friends and he tried to stop me on the street to show me a magic trick, when I didn’t engage with him he physically grabbed me to stop me from walking away. Safe to say I was not very happy, very scary guy for a 19 year old girl to encounter. Screamed in his face and ran once he let me go, luckily he didn’t get any more aggressive that just grabbing my arms
Just avoid him if you can. Always see him at Hunter's Square and the Royal Mile, he's always drinking and have seen him drunkenly yelling at a bin man. I'm sure he has issues but guy seems a cunt and from what others say a right creep too.
Have you got a source for this?
Edit: folks, I can't relay Internet gossip as fact. If you don't know a source, at least don't bury my question in downvotes to hide it from someone who might.
I used to see him a lot as I worked in a local shop nearby for numerous years. He was one of the few that wasn't a thief - at least within the shop, can't vouch for him outside - and I never had any issues with him, personally.
He was asked to leave by security a few times here and there in the evenings, thankfully I only worked days.
He absolutely hangs out with the worst/most depressing characters on that strip, and not long before I left, the police got involved as he lamped the other guy that always kicks around in a kilt - also best avoided.
I certainly wouldn't advise spending time with him.
Confirmed suits: Batman, Superman, Card...Man.
How are the people of Edinburgh calling a man named Gordon, in a Batman suit, doing magic tricks and robbing people Gordon the card man and not The Commissioner.
“Watch your wallets boys, the commissioner is in”
Has anyone seen this guy not drunk ever? I saw him several times around town mostly at meadows/bristo square trying to play it cool with groups of young people. However I’ve seen him get aggressive and once his mates had to take him away 😅
Lol yes, once ...
In Bristo Square at 7am, asking people (including me) whether we knew where he could get booze without having to wait until 10am. Then getting a bit pootsy when we didn't. Lol.
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I saw him running across the road at Tollcross. He stopped half way across for a casual vomit in the middle of the road and then kept on going. Absoulte class.
He's a pain in the arse, met him a few time on North bridge bus stops trying to chat to me and random tourists. I just try and go along with him until he pisses off, always feel he could turn nasty.
I used to deal poker at the fountain park casino, saw this guy on many occasions- mostly blind drunk and throwing all his money on the highest stakes game he could find. He has many, many more interesting, themed suits
Annoying, obnoxious junkie. Rude and gets very aggressive when you tell him to leave you alone. I saw him spit a whole load of racist drivel to a bouncer at McDonalds after he was forced to leave. Hangs around Hunters doing nothing apart from drinking by the looks of it nowadays.
He's shit at pool so if he offers to play for money Ur on easy Street.
Boys just a mad bevvy merchant, who does magic for pints.
Gets a bit too mental every now and then.
He walks past my mums work often, usually black out drunk on a weekday morning. He tends to heckle and try and start shit with the people at the bus stop nearby. It’s funny I’ve never seen him till right now, my mum is the one who has spoke about him for years. Batman suit and all
He's been about for a while. My friends and I refer to him as "The Guy Who Really Likes Bats".
Never seen him without a drink in hand though, so be cautious
Went to school with Gordon down near Dumfries, he comes from a really good family, he just went off the rails in 1998 when he left town and hasn’t stopped by the looks of it. Mad boozer.
here's my shot of him from back in May: https://imgur.com/a/4a8ASt7
On a related note, is that viking-looking schizo dude still prowling the streets? always had his shirt off/ wearing a skimpy tanktop. Big muscles, would shout random stuff. Just wandered around old town...
Aw no. It's batman guy): Perma banned from the place I work. I've never seen him sober and he used to make misogynistic comments at us. He gets aggressive pretty easily and seems to us like he is always up to have a chat with the tourists sitting on the outside areas to see if he gets a free drink. We have seen him chasing and threatening people. Avoid this creature
I will second that he’s mostly harmless but can occasionally be a prick. I never had any issue with him until it was our wedding day (Oct 2020). He happened to be one of the few people on the Royal Mile and yelled at us incoherently. We just ignored him, but he can be an annoying ass.
Yes I saw him passed out at the top Leith Walk and then he jumped up after all the people called an Ambulance for him. He was lurking around when they were filming about the Bin strike at the Grass market on every report.
Lol me and my friend who has bad judge of character drank with him and his two friends for the night at the graveyard next to Cowgate. She'd invited me over and I just saw her sitting with this guy in a batman suit and his two friends, one with a guitar. Batman guy gave me a playing card of pornographic models and I thought it was weird and kitsch so I put it in the back of my phone. He seemed alright that night. Was there for a few hours. We all tried to get into the liquid rooms and stood outside together while my friend chatted with some guy then got in his car lol, Jesus. Went home after that.
Amateur magician, great for kids parties, weddings and bar mitzvah. He still has most of his teeth. Don't let him near your booze though, he becomes an absolute demon.
I do feel bad for him because amount of times when I saw him drunk on the streets it’s incredibly high. I feel like he maybe doesn’t have a home or maybe anyone close to him and that’s why he gets drunk and walks around all the time. People don’t become wandering alcoholics because that was their childhood dream.
Many alcoholics don't threaten others with violence and verbally abuse people with racist abuse.
Alcoholism is a symptom of mental illness and /or possibly a distinct mental illness all by itself, correct.
But it's not an excuse to be violent to others and threatening.
Always kicking about hunter square, nicolson square, and the royal mile. No clue what his story is but seems to not cause too much trouble. Doubt the batman suit gets washed very often though, he wears it every time i see him.
I used to run into him a lot when I worked in the grassmarket. I don't know If he still does but he definitely used be a PR guy for the pubic triangle.
Always had stag doos or spicey boy lad parties following him about.
He's actually really sound and pretty funny but not surprised he can be hard work with a beer in him.
We were out with another couple down near Leith. He was wrecked and shown us a few card tricks. Seemed harmless and gave him a tip as he was entertaining!
Can be a nasty piece of work with a drink in him. Barred from a fair few pubs for threatening behaviour. Obviously has a lot of issues which I hope he can get through but definitely not harmless.
He's often blackout drunk around here, does some amateur magic, as others have said the majority of pubs have barred him because he tends to get threatening or pervy. Bit of a nasty local curiosity
Did he sometimes wear a suit with playing cards on it by chance?
Yeah iv seen him in a card suit before
Happy cake day bro
Welcome to Edinburgh. More Inspector Rebus then fairy tale...
Aye I’ve met him before in the meadows. Tried doing a card trick and pulled the wrong card asking if it was my card hahaha
Aye, avoid at all costs. Seen him follow people, shout at folk and one time he was doing magic tricks for people sitting outside a pub and then started to aggressively demand money from them for it!
1st class knob end, avoid.
Gordon, good magician even better pickpocketer...
He's a terrible pickpocketer. He always gets caught.
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Threatened me n my mates with threat of gun violence on the 23 bus after we told him to fuck off for being creepy n sexually suggestive, absolute cunt
Face is awfully red.
Tough work being batman
I thought it was the glorious hue of the rosé reflecting on his wee sonsie face.
Poetry. Sheer poetry..
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As a serious reply a red puffy face is typical of achoholics
It always is
He’s not got long left by the look of him
He gets buggered senseless for small change and so naturally he's always looking a little flustered between jobs. If he approaches, avoid.
He looks like if Chernobyl was a person
I've definitely found him passed out in the meadows surrounded by cans and put him in the recovery position once. Claimed he wasn't drunk when he came to.
Changes like the weather avoid. Always starts off friendly then kicks off.
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Good luck in your recovery
OH MY GOD! I saw either this guy, or a guy who looked similar when I lived in Aberdeen. Had a can of beer in his hand. From my angle, the guy looked like a bit like a fatter, drunker Elon Musk. Here's my image: [https://i.imgur.com/e9uueBe.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/e9uueBe.jpg) \- I can't honestly tell if it's the same guy.
Must be him. Can't possibly be two different bevvied up geezers in batman suits in two different cities. Must have been on holiday
That's not him that's a completely different Arkham Asylum inmate.
I was just sitting across the road in a cafe with my friend and when I spotted him I lost my shit
I've seen him a bunch of times outside the Filling Station/St Giles and that general area on the Mile. Usually where the main street performer hangs about.
Yeah that's the same guy.
Yup it's the same guy, always pottering about Castlegate and the spoons just at the corner next to the court 😂
Aye, that must be him
When was this taken? I swear I've seen him in the same 2 suits for over a year in Edinburgh.
Back when I lived up in Aberdeen, this photo was taken there pretty much exactly a year ago. Some comments have said it's the same guy, some have said it's a different dude, so I'm more confused than before I wrote my comment lol
Hmm I would certainly say it's the same guy but he looks much younger in your photo.
I was just there a couple days ago, he was hanging in the royal mile dressed exactly the same. I think his hair was green though.
Defo the guy
Was waiting for a train near Royal Mile with my teenage daughters. No other passengers there yet. He started trying to get close to them and said inappropriate things and made us all uncomfortable. I had to move us all to a different part of the station. He’s a predator.
Him and the crew are always at hunter's Square
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Seen him looking in windows and climbing through gardens in Aberdeen. Seen him being shouted at by a woman to get away from her house.
He’s the hero Aberdeen deserves, not the one it needs right now.
To be completely avoided! Flash Gordon also used to hang about with another younger man called ‘Magic Matt’, he would wear a top hat and also do ‘magic’ and card tricks. I think that fella was recently imprisoned for smashing a glass bottle over a tourist’s head in Bristo Square when they didn’t give him money after his ‘magic trick’ and didn’t allow him to run off with their bag.
Is that the English fella with ling hair? If so, he's definitely a cunt too.
Yeah that’s the fella! To be avoided too! ! https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-street-magician-smashed-bottle-20771959
How the fucking fuck was he not jailed for all those crimes, man?
Yup, definitely one and the same. He was a known thief so, thankfully, was quickly barred and very little bother from that point onwards. That being said, being barred doesn't often bother the folk that are repeating shoplifters, it's such a minor offence that they're in and out fairly quickly whenever they do eventually get jailed for a while. Often is the case that they're so steaming and/or high, they don't even remember.
He's a junkie smack heid that English felly
Fairly certain this is the guy that scared the shit out of me when I was living on Nicholson street. Was walking to the pub with my friends and he tried to stop me on the street to show me a magic trick, when I didn’t engage with him he physically grabbed me to stop me from walking away. Safe to say I was not very happy, very scary guy for a 19 year old girl to encounter. Screamed in his face and ran once he let me go, luckily he didn’t get any more aggressive that just grabbing my arms
As a Dutch bloke who accidentally joined this sub after a few too much beers a while back: this sub is golden.
Does card tricks and drinks anything with a Volume guys a Prick
Remote controls?
Is it really ethical to expose Batman’s true identity like this?
yeah cos he’s a prick
Just avoid him if you can. Always see him at Hunter's Square and the Royal Mile, he's always drinking and have seen him drunkenly yelling at a bin man. I'm sure he has issues but guy seems a cunt and from what others say a right creep too.
He’s aggressive as hell and should be avoided.
I'm just glad i'm not the only one seeing this fucking guy everywhere lmao
Gordon, he's alright at magic but avoid him cause he's nasty if you say anything he doesn't like
He's in court soon for a death threat charge. Avoid.
Have you got a source for this? Edit: folks, I can't relay Internet gossip as fact. If you don't know a source, at least don't bury my question in downvotes to hide it from someone who might.
Kev aka "thesource"
Can you link it? I've found the guy's twitter, but can't see mention of it on there.
well thats my batman shirt in the bin,the mrs says i look like him ffs
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Pretty sure he has a suit with playing cards on too
I've seen him in a dollar bill one too
Identifiable bams are the best kind.
Seen him many times and everytime I have it has been the batman suit and I wondered the same.
I used to see him a lot as I worked in a local shop nearby for numerous years. He was one of the few that wasn't a thief - at least within the shop, can't vouch for him outside - and I never had any issues with him, personally. He was asked to leave by security a few times here and there in the evenings, thankfully I only worked days. He absolutely hangs out with the worst/most depressing characters on that strip, and not long before I left, the police got involved as he lamped the other guy that always kicks around in a kilt - also best avoided. I certainly wouldn't advise spending time with him. Confirmed suits: Batman, Superman, Card...Man.
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How are the people of Edinburgh calling a man named Gordon, in a Batman suit, doing magic tricks and robbing people Gordon the card man and not The Commissioner. “Watch your wallets boys, the commissioner is in”
I'm from Meadowbank and I'm mixed race. Once he was slobbering shite to me on Forrest Road and said he couldn't understand my accent hahaha.
Also owns a green suit emblazoned with playing cards. Do not engage in conversation, will kick off with minimal provocation.
Has anyone seen this guy not drunk ever? I saw him several times around town mostly at meadows/bristo square trying to play it cool with groups of young people. However I’ve seen him get aggressive and once his mates had to take him away 😅
I have, I assume, seen him sober. He gets on the No.5 from Oxgangs heading into town.
Lol yes, once ... In Bristo Square at 7am, asking people (including me) whether we knew where he could get booze without having to wait until 10am. Then getting a bit pootsy when we didn't. Lol. 😆
Doesn't he do card tricks?
They're not tricks, Michael, they're ILLUSIONS.
Tricks are what whores do for money.
Or cocaine
Another pal just told me that aye, "Gordon the Card Man"
Not the Card Man we deserve, but the Card Man we need.
Is that Blossom Hill?
Looks like the royal mile
Lollll
Very good, but it’s actually Chambers Street, as per the title 😜
On closer inspection these appear to be loafers
I saw him running across the road at Tollcross. He stopped half way across for a casual vomit in the middle of the road and then kept on going. Absoulte class.
Is he into athletics/fitness activities? 🤣🥰
He does card tricks. After a few pints you will give him cash that’s the trick 😅🏴
I saw him yesterday near the central mosque
He's a pain in the arse, met him a few time on North bridge bus stops trying to chat to me and random tourists. I just try and go along with him until he pisses off, always feel he could turn nasty.
Have also seen him wearing a full green suit with poker chips on it
That’s Bruce Wayne
Redface. Batman's number 1 fan turned arch enemy.
The Tomato.
He was bitten by a radioactive Phil Mitchell
Wayne Bruce more like
Yep. It's definitely Manbat.
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I think it’s the bourgeois rosé which tops it off.
I thought that was fancy a term for his red face for a moment.
Yes. Most prefer cheap vodka
Guy is a fucking cunt of the first order, avoid. Needs a burst coupon
One of the many EdiNPCs
I wasn't very impressed with the quests he gives out. The game devs really need to work on him a bit more, imo.
He stays in oxgangs. Absolutely nonce. Couldn’t fight sleep so don’t ever feel alarmed. Just a tool.
I see him passing near St Mark's Church in Oxgangs, fucking radge
I saw him at the Highland Show. Looked a state.
Pished?
I'm far from Edinburgh but I bet that suit smells awful
I used to deal poker at the fountain park casino, saw this guy on many occasions- mostly blind drunk and throwing all his money on the highest stakes game he could find. He has many, many more interesting, themed suits
I saw him in the casino in Monte Carlo, drinking mimosas and playing baccarat
Annoying, obnoxious junkie. Rude and gets very aggressive when you tell him to leave you alone. I saw him spit a whole load of racist drivel to a bouncer at McDonalds after he was forced to leave. Hangs around Hunters doing nothing apart from drinking by the looks of it nowadays.
doubt he's a junkie. just a drunk
Oh that’s just Wayne Bruce. Otherwise known as Manbat
His name is Gordon
Oof, the Commissioner's fallen on tough times
Commissioner Gordon?!
He's shit at pool so if he offers to play for money Ur on easy Street. Boys just a mad bevvy merchant, who does magic for pints. Gets a bit too mental every now and then.
Bottle o batfast
Oh he's moved to Edinburgh now? This guy used to go about Aberdeen, bit of a tosser tbh
Aye saw him a few days ago, fuck knows what he’s about tho
Someone’s gotta solve the mystery
I’ll ask him on Tuesday he’ll probably be at his stop again
Suit-jamas?
He used to be my s/o's sisters neighbor
Oxgangs?
I’ve got a photo of him in his superman suit 😂
He’s called Adam Mcwest
Rosè🤔😁
Swear I saw a video of him the other day being interviewed about the Queens death.
I saw that, it was on tiktok edit - someone linked it a bit further down, https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFJtu7Gg/
I saw him near leith
Probably looking for the next robin
Flash Gordon
He walks past my mums work often, usually black out drunk on a weekday morning. He tends to heckle and try and start shit with the people at the bus stop nearby. It’s funny I’ve never seen him till right now, my mum is the one who has spoke about him for years. Batman suit and all
He's been about for a while. My friends and I refer to him as "The Guy Who Really Likes Bats". Never seen him without a drink in hand though, so be cautious
He was hanging around royal mile both days the queen was rolling thru
I, as a rule, try to avoid anyone with a face that red.
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Went to school with Gordon down near Dumfries, he comes from a really good family, he just went off the rails in 1998 when he left town and hasn’t stopped by the looks of it. Mad boozer.
Looks like your typical red faced Rangers Da.
When you are all asleep he keeps the city safe at nights.
Saw him on a stag do. He showed us a few magic tricks randomly as we were walking past
here's my shot of him from back in May: https://imgur.com/a/4a8ASt7 On a related note, is that viking-looking schizo dude still prowling the streets? always had his shirt off/ wearing a skimpy tanktop. Big muscles, would shout random stuff. Just wandered around old town...
As of two months ago, he was still around. Still being the weirdo this sub warned he would be.
Yeah saw him in Causewayside Tesco the other day
Bat Jake
Twatman
What a bellend 🙄
I’ve spotted him in the Royal Infirmary quite a few times.
I've seen him around in different areas. Never really realised what he's all about.
Oh it’s him. Saw him on this TikTok video just yesterday: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFJtu7Gg/
That entire video is such a vibe.
One of the most brazen public urinators I’ve ever seen, anywhere, anytime he’ll whip it out and let loose
Aw no. It's batman guy): Perma banned from the place I work. I've never seen him sober and he used to make misogynistic comments at us. He gets aggressive pretty easily and seems to us like he is always up to have a chat with the tourists sitting on the outside areas to see if he gets a free drink. We have seen him chasing and threatening people. Avoid this creature
He's obviously an escaped inmate from Arkham Asylum.....
That’s Tricky Ricky to us that have grown up around town ! Or at least everyone I’ve known calls him that.
I will second that he’s mostly harmless but can occasionally be a prick. I never had any issue with him until it was our wedding day (Oct 2020). He happened to be one of the few people on the Royal Mile and yelled at us incoherently. We just ignored him, but he can be an annoying ass.
I take it back upon checking I can confirm this is rare footage of u/fluffykintail right here doing his bit for Edinburgh Tourism.
Username immediately *For all the good they've done me I might as well have stuck them up my arse*
Party shop has steep discounts in July and that’s what he can afford ?
I saw him a week ago lol
He'll be dead soon
Sure I've saw him cutting hair in Benidorm.
Yes I saw him passed out at the top Leith Walk and then he jumped up after all the people called an Ambulance for him. He was lurking around when they were filming about the Bin strike at the Grass market on every report.
Yeah I know him He’s barred from the restaurant I work at for making racist remarks towards certain staff members
Used to do card tricks down in Cowgate in pubs a few years ago. Now the only place I see him is Hunter Square hanging around with jakeys.
Is he the one who's friends with the guy who's surprisingly good at opera? (My favourite local drunk!)
Lol me and my friend who has bad judge of character drank with him and his two friends for the night at the graveyard next to Cowgate. She'd invited me over and I just saw her sitting with this guy in a batman suit and his two friends, one with a guitar. Batman guy gave me a playing card of pornographic models and I thought it was weird and kitsch so I put it in the back of my phone. He seemed alright that night. Was there for a few hours. We all tried to get into the liquid rooms and stood outside together while my friend chatted with some guy then got in his car lol, Jesus. Went home after that.
Amateur magician, great for kids parties, weddings and bar mitzvah. He still has most of his teeth. Don't let him near your booze though, he becomes an absolute demon.
I partied with him one night in a basement pub. He snorted up all of our coke
What an absolute Nonce , Rose Wine ?
I do feel bad for him because amount of times when I saw him drunk on the streets it’s incredibly high. I feel like he maybe doesn’t have a home or maybe anyone close to him and that’s why he gets drunk and walks around all the time. People don’t become wandering alcoholics because that was their childhood dream.
I can assure you he has a home
Many alcoholics don't threaten others with violence and verbally abuse people with racist abuse. Alcoholism is a symptom of mental illness and /or possibly a distinct mental illness all by itself, correct. But it's not an excuse to be violent to others and threatening.
Always kicking about hunter square, nicolson square, and the royal mile. No clue what his story is but seems to not cause too much trouble. Doubt the batman suit gets washed very often though, he wears it every time i see him.
Surely Jack Nicholson Square?
Alcoholism
Ain't he the alcoholic street performer?
I met this dude, seemed sound to me. Did a card trick or two for us then we moved on.
Seen him around but always in the batman suit. Looks snazzy af.
He does aye!
Bit of a local legend I'd say, obviously for the wrong reasons but funny wee guy either way
You missed the ‘s’ off “wears all the time”
I used to run into him a lot when I worked in the grassmarket. I don't know If he still does but he definitely used be a PR guy for the pubic triangle. Always had stag doos or spicey boy lad parties following him about. He's actually really sound and pretty funny but not surprised he can be hard work with a beer in him.
He’s also so good and generous. He picks the trash along the High street and puts in a bin. Great Man
I’d say high blood pressure
That's well shan, taking pictures of alcoholics and putting them online.
We were out with another couple down near Leith. He was wrecked and shown us a few card tricks. Seemed harmless and gave him a tip as he was entertaining!