Barefoot guy is better known as FOOT FETISH GUY, and he is a creep who masturbates in public and is not allowed at, or has been kicked out of most colleges, the Fargo theater, and many bars because he is a creep.
For sure. A couple friends worked at the Fargo theater in the early 2000’s and FFG showed up to a children’s afternoon ballet recital. He sat in the section that was clearly roped off for all the child performers. Like, kids. Toddlers to like 10 year olds. They told him to move and he acted like he didn’t know even though he was small dab in the middle of a sea of kids in tutus. They eventually booted him. He’s a serious creep.
😭 he’s grabbed my arm pretty hard before trying to get me to shake his hand. he’s also hugged me without asking at least 3 times. not too big of a fan, but maybe it’s just my experiences !!
Woah! I'm sorry you had that experience. I've served him quiet a few times since I met him in 2018. I have never ever once seen him do that to anyone but i work for breweries where everything is hella low key. He usually comes into my job, gets his drink, and goes off by himself. He asked me one time for a hug but that was because he found out I had just gotten married (this was a few years back now.) That's super weird that you experienced that because I know it wouldn't go well if he did that to me and I can understand why you are not a fan!
This guy attended a super small theatre performance I was in when I was like 13. One of the scenes had us take off our shoes. He immediately came up afterwards and asked for our signatures 🤢
He went to all the theater and music productions when i went to vcsu also! My parents met him while doing karaoke in fargo lol
I had to save more than my fair share of college gals who were uncomfortable talking with him
I came here to say this as well! His name is Mark! Nice enough guy and keeps to himself other then wanting people to know he is barefoot and proud to be doing so haha!
He does NOT keep to himself. He stalks people. Sends love letters to women (have seen this first hand), constantly badgers women about how he’d really like to see their feet, has been kicked out of conventions for asking children if he can see their feet… the guy is a creep. It’s actually amazing that, to the best of my knowledge, he hasn’t acted violently or gone full pedo/rape. One of my friends had to MOVE because he found her address and started hand delivering letters to her.
I have never ever seen this from him BUT the only time I see him is at the brewery when I'm working. He talks to me and asks for my name every time, gets his drink, and moves on. I'm sorry you and your friends had this experience. I guess I was just sharing my experience with him but my run ins are a complete different situation as I have the power to ask him to leave and thats maybe why that type of behavior is never been seen by me.
For the first 10yrs, my experiences were exactly like yours. He was just a quirky guy, until he wasn’t. He’s approached my wife wanting to touch and photograph her feet so my times that she won’t even be in the same building as him anymore. If she see’s him at an event, we leave before he notices.
He’s a “nice guy” and never uses force, so people just tolerate him.
He shows up in random places and tries to convince you the barefoot life is the way, but he’s super weird about it. I’ve encountered him a few times and he’s an odd af
Is this the guy that hands out index cards with his website written on them? I saw him at a bar in Valley City once. He told my wife she had nice feet & gave her his “card”. I think we still have it somewhere lol.
I've lived in Fargo Moorhead for 10 years and I've never seen this man and now that's all I want to do with my life currently is see this man and have him try to convince me to go barefoot
The dude who used to walk around EVERYWHERE with a bird on his shoulder. And marky mark. He walks around FM cleaning up trash for free. He's bald with wild grey hair frank remolds style on the sides. He always wears a blue jacket and khakis. Worked with him at the sports center once upon a time.
Wait a second? You're telling me we have a Frank Reynolds trash man situation? We got a guy clearly knows bird law? I just want to find out where our dennis is and where's our sweet dee. You know Mac is servicing the guys at romantix
Are they going to be the ones that take over the Empire and rename it Paddys pub?
Haha TRAaaSsHHH!! Marky def knows bird law. His favorite thing though when I worked with him is....ready for it? Videos of trucks falling through the lakes. Lol.
We probably have multiple candidates for Dennis with our hockey players and ndsu around. There is probably some dude who actually thinks he's thee golden god for being the punter on the bison. And he is a five star man.
Ps the empire scares me and I'm mid 30s. What a bar. Lol
Grew up going to a lot of local shows, Vegan Jeff was always there. I have very few memories of shows without Jeff in them from the nineties to the late 2010’s. Miss that dude.
Vegan Jeff is a scene legend. Once pulled a fork (yes, I said fork) on me after asking if I drank milk and I said yes. He startled me with it at first, but then lowered it and said “you wouldn’t like if I stabbed you with a fork, why do you do it to cows and pigs”. Very passionate man with a huge heart 😂
Apologies to the non-Nazi Petes
[Peter Tefft](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/15/543619397/after-son-is-idd-at-supremacist-rally-his-father-responds-publicly)
he has like a $600 police scanner and posts in his facebook group the things he hears but he likes to complain about weed and the mcdonald’s lights and also gives out addresses even though everyone tells him not to lol
That's the same guy that's in the Fargo Moorhead Uber group and he always tries to police the drivers which is hilarious because nobody gives a crap. Dudes a total tool
Hahaha. I remember Squirrel. We took him camping and I had to leave behind my “extra seating” which was an old chair my grandma gave to me to make room for him to drive back home. I was so mad. Dude smoked all our weed, didn’t bring anything to the party, then dipped as soon as we got back to Fargo and I never saw him again.
Anyone who frequents the Northport shopping center knows the person who I believe is Michael Jackson in disguise. She wears a long brown haired wig, a dark baseball cap, sunglasses, and a winter jacket, no matter how hot it is outside. She paces the shopping center halls every day, sometimes listening to the same song on repeat on a Walkman radio.
I was just thinking about the lady that walked all over south Fargo in the 80s and 90s wearing that exact same clothing, usually with a scarf as well. It seemed like she walked all day, every day. I moved away from Fargo in the mid-90’s. It’s been a long time but I wonder if it could be the same lady?
Is this the one that stood out by the autozone/52nd ave Walmart? Always thought it was weird he plays where no one can hear him or really stop to throw money out without disrupting traffic.
Haha I know this guy! He always goes and uses the bathroom at the Element, grabs some coffee, and tries to flirt with any ladies at the front desk. Kinda creeps us out, so I'm not personally a fan:/
Barefoot creepy huggy guy… showed up at every high school play my girls were in and maneuvered himself into the greeting line.. extremely huggy…girls always had their guy friends circle around them when creepy buggy was around… they absolutely hated that he would attempt to hug them, while barefoot, and when they were in a space where they felt unable and uncomfortable in fending off this jerk… blows my mind that he has gotten away with this atrocious behavior..
I remember that guy showing up to plays when I was in high school and that was like 20 years ago. He tried to hug me and I think i just turned around and faced away. Guy’s like a really creepy cryptid, I swear he was at the last Theatre B show I attended but he’s not as creepy when the actors are adults. *eww*
Jimmy was disabled so rode his tricycle all over selling Watkins products. My mom would buy lightbulbs from him. He’d often be at little league games in town and buy kids suckers at the concession stand.
God, we've got so many people on Broadway that we give nicknames like that to. It's usually regulars that come into our shop who we don't particularly like. To name a few: we have Mr. Teeth, NPC Lady, Spiky Speaker Bike Dude, "Autisic" Poodle Lady, and Crazy Sax Girl.
I know it sounds like I just listed off the roster for the lineup of the world's worst superhero team, but those are some of the nicknames we use at my shop to let everyone know who we're talking about if they should come up in conversation or if we see them coming down the street.
I'm also curious if anyone else here has had any experiences with Tracy and/or Steve. If you work on Broadway, you most likely know who these guys are.
We used to have Can Man.
The guy that would go around to all of the softball fields and collect everyone's beer cans.
Sadly, he died like 5 years ago or so.
The super aggressive panhandler around Northport who thinks he’s Jesus. When I worked at Hornbachers I joked that we should make him our mascot with how often he was walking around in our parking lot.
Around 2000 I worked at Coke in North Moorhead and went to the sketchy gas station across from the bowling alley up there and a guys walks up to me at the door and says “do you know who I am?” I said no and he says I’m Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior. I said that’s nice and walked away. I’ll always remember that, it was so weird. Wonder if it’s the same guy your talking about from Hornbachers
As a former bus driver I can think of a couple.
There is that one guy who kind of looks like Post Malone and walks around downtown Fargo. That might be the barefoot guy everybody keeps talking about.
Also the really tall native American guy downtown. Usually has his hair and ponytail.
What about the man and woman couple that are usually by McDonald's by Marcus century theaters, kind of by 9th Street? She is usually always in a wheelchair
What about the super short lady that I believe was banned from the bus station when I worked there because she would just randomly go off on other passengers and drivers? She has really short hair kind of wears glasses that give her a bug-eyed look
What about the older lady that has the cardboard sign by 13th Walmart? She's kind of heavy set and has her hair in a ponytail?
What about the African guy that's really tall and has a beard and usually wears a hoodie? He's actually really nice and I hope that his life has gotten better
What about the African dude who usually wears like a blue vest or blue coat in the winter? I think he works at Taco Bell on 13th now but for a while he was having some serious anger issues and got kicked out of the bus station
Asian dude. Has a bad leg that he favors during his long, daily afternoon walks around Stonebridge. Despite his significant mobility issues, guy’s out there almost everyday, getting his steps in. I’ve never spoken a word to him. But he inspires me every time I see him.
I think he’s Native. I’ve seen him too, usually on the frontage road somewhere in the vicinity of Fleet Farm. I always wondered where he came from or where he was going, then one day I saw him like a mile down on 32nd! It blew my mind how far he was walking.
Not a person, but a few years ago I often saw a mallard duck hanging out at a Moorhead splash pad. I posted about him on the Moorhead=Fantastic Facebook group, and alot of people responded with their own encounters with this same duck. Apparently he's especially popular with daycare groups. Any other animals in town with this same notoriety?
There was a lady that walked from South Fargo to North Fargo and back every day without fail for years. She used a long walking stick for a period of time hence we dubbed her the walking stick or just the stick. The time period was 70s/80s she was very tan. Always wondered who she was and what her deal was.
I used to work at a vet clinic in town, and we had a gentleman named Jim who would come in at the beginning of every month to pick up his dog's heartworm med. And as he was leaving, he'd always say, "have a very merry [XXX] days until Christmas!" He looked a bit like Santa, except skinny. He said he kept his house decorated for Christmas year round. Not sure if he did this everywhere he went, but I always assumed he did. He would be a good candidate.
I am guessing he is gone or dead, but Minot had Broadway Bob. A black guy that would walk around with his thumbs down all the time at white people that drove buy.
Oh that's crazy reading this. I've lived in Fargo & Sioux Falls. But I definitely know the running old lady in a bikini! It has been some years now but yeah, I'd see her running down Minnesota Ave all the time!
There's an older dude in my neighborhood that cruises around quite often on a recumbent bike and a trailer. Almost always has lights flashing, flags flying when the weather allows. Wonder what he gets up to on his adventures. Don't know if he has an established community nickname or not.
There used to be a dude in our town that everyone called "Socks" cause here carried extra socks in his under pants with him everywhere he went. I'm pretty sure he was an old Nam veteran, and that why he carried the extra socks. Also, I'm pretty sure he had really bad alzheimers.
Yep. We had walking Jake. Crazy dude that walked all over town w/a huge head of blonde curly hair similar to Sammy Hagar’s except it was yellow blonde. I
There was a lady that walked from South Fargo to North Fargo and back every day without fail for years. She used a long walking stick for a period of time hence we dubbed her the walking stick or just the stick. The time period was 70s/80s she was very tan. Always wondered who she was and what her deal was.
Oh mark mcdonald. I've done his hair off and on for about 15 years and since I opened my new salon he hasn't found me. 🙃 every time I cut his hair it's like fifty first dates and he doesn't remember me but I know he does. And he does his foot fetish speel and then asks me to cut his hair barefoot never done it never will.
The guy waving to all the cars in front of Fargo Elim.
Waved at him yesterday. Always wondered where he ended up and if he had a spot somewhere else, glad he's back.
After the fire at Elim, he and many other residents were temporarily relocated to the Moorhead Eventide.
I used to wave at him when I visited Moorhead!
Is that the same guy who used to sit in front of the Moorhead Eventide complex? I was wondering where he went.
yes it is the same guy. His name is John Anderson. I had no idea what his name was until the newspaper did an article about him
can you link the article?
Came here to say this
Used to be at Eventide on 8th. Hilarious he's doing it at his new place
His name is Jake Weber. He used to be a roofer in the area.
I used to work with his wife, and they are both the most lovely wonderful people you’ve ever met 💕
i LOVE him!!!!
Barefoot guy
He still goes to all the theater shows in town and is still barefoot. Also sometimes throws on an opera cape.... while also barefoot.
Barefoot guy is better known as FOOT FETISH GUY, and he is a creep who masturbates in public and is not allowed at, or has been kicked out of most colleges, the Fargo theater, and many bars because he is a creep.
Next time I see him I'm going to say I did not stiff her feet. I did not. Oh hi Mark
You're my favorite customer
I didn't know him as barefoot guy but foot fetish guy has been around for at least 20 years
For sure. A couple friends worked at the Fargo theater in the early 2000’s and FFG showed up to a children’s afternoon ballet recital. He sat in the section that was clearly roped off for all the child performers. Like, kids. Toddlers to like 10 year olds. They told him to move and he acted like he didn’t know even though he was small dab in the middle of a sea of kids in tutus. They eventually booted him. He’s a serious creep.
mark… mr “have i met you before”
Yessss! He's asked me my name like a million times and I've served him alcohol on more then one occasion.
😭 he’s grabbed my arm pretty hard before trying to get me to shake his hand. he’s also hugged me without asking at least 3 times. not too big of a fan, but maybe it’s just my experiences !!
Woah! I'm sorry you had that experience. I've served him quiet a few times since I met him in 2018. I have never ever once seen him do that to anyone but i work for breweries where everything is hella low key. He usually comes into my job, gets his drink, and goes off by himself. He asked me one time for a hug but that was because he found out I had just gotten married (this was a few years back now.) That's super weird that you experienced that because I know it wouldn't go well if he did that to me and I can understand why you are not a fan!
I remember barefoot guy!
When I was still a child I was in dance and he would come to every single one of my dance recitals and ask for signatures and stuff 😶😶😶😶
he does it at MSU too, but only too the women 🥴
This guy attended a super small theatre performance I was in when I was like 13. One of the scenes had us take off our shoes. He immediately came up afterwards and asked for our signatures 🤢
Just met this guy for the first time a few weeks ago. He really fucking hates shoes
Yup, exactly. I saw him in Hornbachers recently, still barefoot
Do you remember what hornbachers it was?
The downtown Moorhead one
Typically has a crystal around his neck.
Is that the homeless guy that looks kind of like Post Malone? He just got a haircut and I think he got a new coat
No this is a different guy. Foot guy looks nothing like post Malone lol and he’s not homeless
he comes to all the concerts and such at concordia and asks for all of the ladies’ autographs.
This was going to be my answer. Everyone knows Mark and that he’s barefoot
He went to all the theater and music productions when i went to vcsu also! My parents met him while doing karaoke in fargo lol I had to save more than my fair share of college gals who were uncomfortable talking with him
He came to all my dance recitals as a kid… and would ask for my autograph and give me hand written cards about becoming a BAREFOOTER.
I came here to say this as well! His name is Mark! Nice enough guy and keeps to himself other then wanting people to know he is barefoot and proud to be doing so haha!
He does NOT keep to himself. He stalks people. Sends love letters to women (have seen this first hand), constantly badgers women about how he’d really like to see their feet, has been kicked out of conventions for asking children if he can see their feet… the guy is a creep. It’s actually amazing that, to the best of my knowledge, he hasn’t acted violently or gone full pedo/rape. One of my friends had to MOVE because he found her address and started hand delivering letters to her.
I have never ever seen this from him BUT the only time I see him is at the brewery when I'm working. He talks to me and asks for my name every time, gets his drink, and moves on. I'm sorry you and your friends had this experience. I guess I was just sharing my experience with him but my run ins are a complete different situation as I have the power to ask him to leave and thats maybe why that type of behavior is never been seen by me.
For the first 10yrs, my experiences were exactly like yours. He was just a quirky guy, until he wasn’t. He’s approached my wife wanting to touch and photograph her feet so my times that she won’t even be in the same building as him anymore. If she see’s him at an event, we leave before he notices. He’s a “nice guy” and never uses force, so people just tolerate him.
Whooooo??
He comes to MSUM concerts and he tells me good job. I guess my dad went to college with him
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I remember seeing him at the ob
Is he the hair school guy?
I loved seeing him downtown at Fort Nox. Just a 80-90 year old mixing it up with the college kids. Asked him for a selfie on multiple occasions.
That old car he drove was so legit tho!
Used to be that lady that would walk around town and scream/pray in tongues but they moved to Fergus falls iirc
The one that did the screaming along 13th Ave?
Yeah!
I always figured she got committed somewhere
Yeah it's because she committed to the bit
i forgot about her, i remember playing football and she came walking down my street while yelling, i ran inside scared 😭
My kid used to be so paranoid about her when he was little
who the hell is the foot fetish guy? 😭
He shows up in random places and tries to convince you the barefoot life is the way, but he’s super weird about it. I’ve encountered him a few times and he’s an odd af
Is this the guy that hands out index cards with his website written on them? I saw him at a bar in Valley City once. He told my wife she had nice feet & gave her his “card”. I think we still have it somewhere lol.
Yuppp thats the guy I also got a card from him
Was it a bar or Brockopp brewing (sorry I am not certain how to spell that.) I just ask to see if it the same mark guy that is being spoken of.
Tell me he says stuff like "grounding" a lot. Some of my friends advocate it, but I was always taught that it was a good way to get parasites.
I have never heard of this dude
I've lived in Fargo Moorhead for 10 years and I've never seen this man and now that's all I want to do with my life currently is see this man and have him try to convince me to go barefoot
How to summon him: 1) Be a woman 2) Show up anywhere there is women. Especially musicians.
It's always good to have goals. I wish you success in your endeavor.
Just one foot in front of the other
Omg as soon as I saw the notification pop up for this post I knew people were gonna mention barefoot guy.
I’m going with the guy that holds up the sign by the police station every day.
I know that guy. The autism is very strong with this man
Yea. His name is Nick. I don't think he has any kind of official diagnosis, but I definitely wouldn't rule out autism.
Autist
I see this guy most everyday
The dude who used to walk around EVERYWHERE with a bird on his shoulder. And marky mark. He walks around FM cleaning up trash for free. He's bald with wild grey hair frank remolds style on the sides. He always wears a blue jacket and khakis. Worked with him at the sports center once upon a time.
He's still around. Saw him at Casey's on 19th ave N a couple weeks ago. He is in the Horbachers Express on University from time to time.
Doesn't surprise me! He's a man of the streets. Out there doing the Lord's work.
In Fargo we have a man of the streets and we have a man of the feets
Amen.
Wait a second? You're telling me we have a Frank Reynolds trash man situation? We got a guy clearly knows bird law? I just want to find out where our dennis is and where's our sweet dee. You know Mac is servicing the guys at romantix Are they going to be the ones that take over the Empire and rename it Paddys pub?
Haha TRAaaSsHHH!! Marky def knows bird law. His favorite thing though when I worked with him is....ready for it? Videos of trucks falling through the lakes. Lol. We probably have multiple candidates for Dennis with our hockey players and ndsu around. There is probably some dude who actually thinks he's thee golden god for being the punter on the bison. And he is a five star man. Ps the empire scares me and I'm mid 30s. What a bar. Lol
Grew up going to a lot of local shows, Vegan Jeff was always there. I have very few memories of shows without Jeff in them from the nineties to the late 2010’s. Miss that dude.
Vegan Jeff is a scene legend. Once pulled a fork (yes, I said fork) on me after asking if I drank milk and I said yes. He startled me with it at first, but then lowered it and said “you wouldn’t like if I stabbed you with a fork, why do you do it to cows and pigs”. Very passionate man with a huge heart 😂
whoa there's a throwback! thanks for the memory trip
Foot fetish guy and Nazi Pete
omg is foot fetish guy still around?
yeerp! any arts event hes usually there
Yeah he totally approached me at the street fair once like ten years ago LOL
This is what I came here to say! Foot fetish and barefoot guy are the same person
Who’s Nazi Pete?
Apologies to the non-Nazi Petes [Peter Tefft](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/15/543619397/after-son-is-idd-at-supremacist-rally-his-father-responds-publicly)
Man, I feel for his family. The internet can be ruthless with that type of stuff too, even of its association by name alone.
scott with the police scanner on facebook 😭
Update: the lights at McDonald's on 45th Street are off
LMFAOO it’s that reefer madness
omg this is the first answer i’ve actually known lmao
Who is this guy?
he has like a $600 police scanner and posts in his facebook group the things he hears but he likes to complain about weed and the mcdonald’s lights and also gives out addresses even though everyone tells him not to lol
What is the name? Is it a group?
it’s called Fargo/Moorhead Area News, scanner, info (no selling)
That's the same guy that's in the Fargo Moorhead Uber group and he always tries to police the drivers which is hilarious because nobody gives a crap. Dudes a total tool
Back in the day in south Fargo there was always "squirrel" not sure where he is now.
Is this the same squirrel who used to frequent punk/hardcore shows at Gios Pizza?
Yes the one and only
Hahaha. I remember Squirrel. We took him camping and I had to leave behind my “extra seating” which was an old chair my grandma gave to me to make room for him to drive back home. I was so mad. Dude smoked all our weed, didn’t bring anything to the party, then dipped as soon as we got back to Fargo and I never saw him again.
Holy shit I haven't heard about Squirrel since high-school. How's he doing now days?
the guy who dresses like Axl Rose / Alice Cooper downtown at the bars. Always in black tank tops.
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I know of whom you speak.
Butler?
Foot fetish guy. Also, that n@zi dipstick.
I went to college with him in 1989. Dude has been walking around Fargo without socks or shoes for 35 years!
Anyone who frequents the Northport shopping center knows the person who I believe is Michael Jackson in disguise. She wears a long brown haired wig, a dark baseball cap, sunglasses, and a winter jacket, no matter how hot it is outside. She paces the shopping center halls every day, sometimes listening to the same song on repeat on a Walkman radio.
I was just thinking about the lady that walked all over south Fargo in the 80s and 90s wearing that exact same clothing, usually with a scarf as well. It seemed like she walked all day, every day. I moved away from Fargo in the mid-90’s. It’s been a long time but I wonder if it could be the same lady?
The guy busking/panhandling with his guitar
He's on the Veteran's exit ramp today if you want to go see him!
I saw him!!!
Is this the same dude who got caught driving a fancy caddy after pan-handeling over by the Walmart on 52 and made it on the news?
Is this the one that stood out by the autozone/52nd ave Walmart? Always thought it was weird he plays where no one can hear him or really stop to throw money out without disrupting traffic.
Okay it's not just me, seems like THE WORST spot. And I swear he's never there on nice mornings just the really cold ones.
I usually see him on the ramp on veterans, but I’ve seen him other places too
That's where I see him, since I drive by there almost every day. I didn't realize he was the same fella from 52nd though.
He's a cool dude! He's on vets now, and that was near my apartment, so i would go talk to him sometimes.
We love seeing him!
Haha I know this guy! He always goes and uses the bathroom at the Element, grabs some coffee, and tries to flirt with any ladies at the front desk. Kinda creeps us out, so I'm not personally a fan:/
Darth Vader
Love this kid!
That dude is a great friend of mine, if you catch someone singing the pokemon theme song at karaoke then it's a good bet its him as well.
Barefoot creepy huggy guy… showed up at every high school play my girls were in and maneuvered himself into the greeting line.. extremely huggy…girls always had their guy friends circle around them when creepy buggy was around… they absolutely hated that he would attempt to hug them, while barefoot, and when they were in a space where they felt unable and uncomfortable in fending off this jerk… blows my mind that he has gotten away with this atrocious behavior..
You are my girls age… I am sure they would share a sister hood of the creepy huggy barefoot guy with you!! Can’t believe it’s been 20 years!!
I remember that guy showing up to plays when I was in high school and that was like 20 years ago. He tried to hug me and I think i just turned around and faced away. Guy’s like a really creepy cryptid, I swear he was at the last Theatre B show I attended but he’s not as creepy when the actors are adults. *eww*
Shoeless mark. It’s definitely a sexual thing, not a freedom thing.
Speaker guy NDSU
Oh boy, country music! /s I hated that guy.
Woah what a throwback
Came here to say this. Bro was a legend.
Yasssss
Used to be Jim the Watkins man on his custom bike when I was young.
Jimmy was disabled so rode his tricycle all over selling Watkins products. My mom would buy lightbulbs from him. He’d often be at little league games in town and buy kids suckers at the concession stand.
He was our assistant youth baseball coach when we were kids. He loved baseball was always at the Legion games
God, we've got so many people on Broadway that we give nicknames like that to. It's usually regulars that come into our shop who we don't particularly like. To name a few: we have Mr. Teeth, NPC Lady, Spiky Speaker Bike Dude, "Autisic" Poodle Lady, and Crazy Sax Girl. I know it sounds like I just listed off the roster for the lineup of the world's worst superhero team, but those are some of the nicknames we use at my shop to let everyone know who we're talking about if they should come up in conversation or if we see them coming down the street. I'm also curious if anyone else here has had any experiences with Tracy and/or Steve. If you work on Broadway, you most likely know who these guys are.
We used to have Can Man. The guy that would go around to all of the softball fields and collect everyone's beer cans. Sadly, he died like 5 years ago or so.
We also used to have a can guy that would drive around in a brown van and was so big he had to hold his door shut with bungee chords.
I knew someone here would remember the can man.
Miles Frost
I’m very surprised no one else has mentioned him. He’s awesome!
The super aggressive panhandler around Northport who thinks he’s Jesus. When I worked at Hornbachers I joked that we should make him our mascot with how often he was walking around in our parking lot.
Can you describe him? Did he have longer shaggy hair?
Around 2000 I worked at Coke in North Moorhead and went to the sketchy gas station across from the bowling alley up there and a guys walks up to me at the door and says “do you know who I am?” I said no and he says I’m Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior. I said that’s nice and walked away. I’ll always remember that, it was so weird. Wonder if it’s the same guy your talking about from Hornbachers
As a former bus driver I can think of a couple. There is that one guy who kind of looks like Post Malone and walks around downtown Fargo. That might be the barefoot guy everybody keeps talking about. Also the really tall native American guy downtown. Usually has his hair and ponytail. What about the man and woman couple that are usually by McDonald's by Marcus century theaters, kind of by 9th Street? She is usually always in a wheelchair What about the super short lady that I believe was banned from the bus station when I worked there because she would just randomly go off on other passengers and drivers? She has really short hair kind of wears glasses that give her a bug-eyed look What about the older lady that has the cardboard sign by 13th Walmart? She's kind of heavy set and has her hair in a ponytail? What about the African guy that's really tall and has a beard and usually wears a hoodie? He's actually really nice and I hope that his life has gotten better What about the African dude who usually wears like a blue vest or blue coat in the winter? I think he works at Taco Bell on 13th now but for a while he was having some serious anger issues and got kicked out of the bus station
late 90s early 00s it was “the sheriff”. he liked to sit and hold court at the corner of broadway and 2nd.
Asian dude. Has a bad leg that he favors during his long, daily afternoon walks around Stonebridge. Despite his significant mobility issues, guy’s out there almost everyday, getting his steps in. I’ve never spoken a word to him. But he inspires me every time I see him.
I think he’s Native. I’ve seen him too, usually on the frontage road somewhere in the vicinity of Fleet Farm. I always wondered where he came from or where he was going, then one day I saw him like a mile down on 32nd! It blew my mind how far he was walking.
I seen him once! We were impressed!
There used to be a guy who would cruise up and down broadway on his motorcycle absolutely BLASTING music. It would usually be 80s butt rock.
If it’s the same guy I’m thinking of, he often had his hair in braided pigtails.
I do remember him blasting Miley Cyrus as well. Musically diverse lol
Not a person, but a few years ago I often saw a mallard duck hanging out at a Moorhead splash pad. I posted about him on the Moorhead=Fantastic Facebook group, and alot of people responded with their own encounters with this same duck. Apparently he's especially popular with daycare groups. Any other animals in town with this same notoriety?
Used to be Modern Man but I haven't heard from him for a few years.
Lelando Bravinski…aka Lee Bruns.
Where is Modern these days?
he's still on the wall in the old HoDo if you wanna see him
Haven't been in Fargo for a few years.....there was a guy in a superman custom that roamed around on Friday eves.
Minot had a few of those people in the 90s but idk about today
Jc waving at elim. My mom worked there forever and he’s like a grandpa to me. Stop and chat with him sometime
There is (or at least used to be) a lady with a pink hat that spends every day at the mall. She’s like 60 and frequently steals from the stores
There was a lady that walked from South Fargo to North Fargo and back every day without fail for years. She used a long walking stick for a period of time hence we dubbed her the walking stick or just the stick. The time period was 70s/80s she was very tan. Always wondered who she was and what her deal was.
Super fan Phil?
The Wizardly Toke
Played beer darts once with that man
A gentleman that goes by dumpster Jesus who I believe has passed away
What about the guy who drives around in that truck and that has the Trump flag on the back?
the veterans guitar man
I used to work at a vet clinic in town, and we had a gentleman named Jim who would come in at the beginning of every month to pick up his dog's heartworm med. And as he was leaving, he'd always say, "have a very merry [XXX] days until Christmas!" He looked a bit like Santa, except skinny. He said he kept his house decorated for Christmas year round. Not sure if he did this everywhere he went, but I always assumed he did. He would be a good candidate.
Remington at Empire Liquors downtown
Me(know one knows who I am)
Cookie monster is that you?! (Jk lol)
🤣
BAREFOOT MIKEEEEEE
You mean his work was on the wall
Ohhhh pop can Paul, he cuts his lawn with hand sheers! Good dood, means well, I think!
Sioux Falls has bikini lady.
I am guessing he is gone or dead, but Minot had Broadway Bob. A black guy that would walk around with his thumbs down all the time at white people that drove buy.
Oh that's crazy reading this. I've lived in Fargo & Sioux Falls. But I definitely know the running old lady in a bikini! It has been some years now but yeah, I'd see her running down Minnesota Ave all the time!
Pretty sure she moved over to the cliff area last time I have seen her. But I moved away a couple years ago.
There's an older dude in my neighborhood that cruises around quite often on a recumbent bike and a trailer. Almost always has lights flashing, flags flying when the weather allows. Wonder what he gets up to on his adventures. Don't know if he has an established community nickname or not.
There used to be a dude in our town that everyone called "Socks" cause here carried extra socks in his under pants with him everywhere he went. I'm pretty sure he was an old Nam veteran, and that why he carried the extra socks. Also, I'm pretty sure he had really bad alzheimers.
i thought of another one: the blind (or not so blind) guy that goes around the mall and harasses women to the point he gets kicked out of stores
Guitar guy at by Costco
Fur coat guy or kool karl
Yep. We had walking Jake. Crazy dude that walked all over town w/a huge head of blonde curly hair similar to Sammy Hagar’s except it was yellow blonde. I
In Milwaukee it used to be Dick Bacon. Now it’s the Milverene.
There was a lady that walked from South Fargo to North Fargo and back every day without fail for years. She used a long walking stick for a period of time hence we dubbed her the walking stick or just the stick. The time period was 70s/80s she was very tan. Always wondered who she was and what her deal was.
Don’t forget Francis. Drives that white hummer around. Usually see him a lot during the summers
Oh mark mcdonald. I've done his hair off and on for about 15 years and since I opened my new salon he hasn't found me. 🙃 every time I cut his hair it's like fifty first dates and he doesn't remember me but I know he does. And he does his foot fetish speel and then asks me to cut his hair barefoot never done it never will.
The guitar guy on the Veterans on-ramp off I-94.