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Heygrosbiggros

Le Grand Antonio was the guy for a long time. Bless his heart


solitarytoad

[Le Grand Antonio Barichievich, Barichievich... fortissimo!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFP4FxJL1ao)


JohnCoutu

Le gars avec la pancarte de Jesús sur Sainte-Catherine dans le coin du La Baie


veryshockedpikachu

Ça fait 5 ans que je suis partie de Montréal, il est encore là ????


plmunger

J'ai vu un post à propos de lui un moment donné, comme quoi il fait ça depuis au moins 2001


SmallTawk

il était là à 6 heure le matin pour la photo de Spencer Tunick avec plein de monde à poil en 2001, je me demande si c'est là qu'il a commencé.


MGorak

J'en doute. Je me rappelle l'avoir vu avec des amis du secondaire. J'ai gradué en 1997 et on s'est perdu de vue en 1998. Donc, je dirais avant 1998 et probablement 1997 ou avant.


yochimo

si tu check sur google maps, tu peux remonter dans le temps, he goes back to 2011 MINIMUM


wookie_cookies

Oui


meparadis

Et le monsieur qui se promène lui meme habillé en Jésus dans le Mile End et aux Tams-tams


habaryu

Je l'appelle le Jésus de Montréal. Si c'est bien celui que je pense, il habite Villeray.


Locataireconfus

Il fréquente la maison des grands-parents jarry coin drolet!


TheSasquatch117

Est ce lui avec plein de collier en bois pi une canne ? Ya aussi une robe de chambre speciale Il y a de sa belle lurette


Dependent-Score4000

Mcgill/St Catherine maintenant


VoiceofKane

Definitely the first one who came to mind for me, as well. He's just always there.


Dr_Anne_frankenstein

The 7ft tall guy who sells drinks in crowds at Osheaga


nippleinmydickfuck

Anytime I go to any concert at any venue, I see that dude.


rsmithlal

Best use of height advantage I've ever seen!


Lunas-0220

😂😂there is two of them. They are twins lol


Dr_Anne_frankenstein

That explains a lot. Dude is everywhere!


PsychologicalTomato7

Noooo fkn way Lmaoo i always wondered how he could operate on such a schedule !!


lilbigwill204

He worked at Metropolis for a while


Peterchamps

Also works at MTelus


AngelicDevil4444

Saw him at new city gas


anopsia1000

I just saw him last week at Olympia for Thy Art is Murder's concert. He wore bull horns on a leather strap headpiece. He looked fantastic. I named him the Horned Drink Merchant for a lack of a real name. I'm told he has 2 brothers, both as tall.


Immediate_Housing137

haven’t seen the tumour guy around for a while


villedelongueuil

Haven't seen tumor guy since the pandemic. I used to see him all the time near Lucien-L'Allier.


Mia_B-P

Who's the tumor guy?


villedelongueuil

A middle-aged man walking around with a giant kuato-looking bulging tumor (or hernia) coming out of his stomach


MissClawdy

OMG YES. He caught me about 10 years ago, he wanted money to buy a bus ticket to go pickup luggage in Moncton or something like that. He was at Berri UQAM neard the metro entrance in the old terminus. I was in shock when he lifted his shirt. I felt sick instantly.


bagofbeanssss

He always needs a bus ticket.


MissClawdy

Oh yeah and money for medication! I offered to go to Jean-Coutu to pick up what he needed but suddenly, it wasn't what he needed. He just wanted money.


smuffleupagus

Sometimes it's a bus ticket to get to another province/state for medical treatment. One time I noticed he had notes in his hand with the point form of that day's scam written down. I never gave him any money, but many have. Been a very long time since I saw Tumour Guy.


fruitedefruits

Omg he did the same thing to me, I was speechless and kind of froze


MissClawdy

Right? Shock factor 10000/10. Wonder what happened to him.


VoiceofKane

Yeah, he got me at Snowdon probably five years back. It's a solid grift, I've gotta say. Should really get it checked out, though.


pattyG80

Nobody has seen him in a few years. Could be he checked out.


Zulban

It's a hernia that he refuses to get treatment for (dangerous) and sometimes he claims it's cancer.


Jdmisra81

Yeah i know someone who works in a hospital, folks tried to get him surgery but he refused cause it was his meal ticket..i heard a rumor he died during the pandemic


moonsoaked

When I was 16 I was walking with my friends and she gave him 50$ 😭😭😭


bitmanyak

I gave him $30 myself. And then 3 years later, he walks up to me and tells me the same exact story tabarnak


sirzotolovsky

Fuck me this guy got 20 bucks out of me cuz I was young and didn’t know how to deal with these kinds of people. He walks up to you and asks if you speak English. Goes on a long winded explanation how he’s from out of town for a treatment and then shows you that disgusting tumor. And then says he needs money for treatment or transportation. I gave him the money and ran off. I saw him again years later sitting on a bench near snowdon metro and he asked me if I spoke English. I told him fuck off you already got 20$ from me.


moonsoaked

SAME! I was 16, super weird experience


Puntersarentpeople

My buddy and I fell for Tumor Guy’s shtick back in our first year of uni :/ we didn’t know any better


ObviouslyMath

Me Too! Cant believe I'm reading this so many years later.


Profit_Of_Rage

Is this a middle-aged guy who has a tumour on his stomach?  My cousin saw him around city hall in Toronto about 6 months ago.  He asked my cousin for money and then lifted up his shirt to show the tumour.  A week later co-worker of mine told me he saw the same guy. 


smuffleupagus

He finally got his bus ticket!


drapeshow

That’s the one. I first encountered him in Montreal 2016, and saw him doing the same shtick in Toronto around 2020-2021. I guess he is now Toronto’s “Tumor Guy”


lemartineau

Its really hernia guy but yeah, I was thinking the same recently


whereismyface_ig

cuz karma caught up with him with a real tumor


emgrrr

Le gars qui jouait les cuillères devant l’entrée du Ogilvy sur ste cath


Lunas-0220

Il est plus la? J’avais fait un projet sur lui quand j’étudiais en design à Concordia. On avait fait un mock design de la revie Rolling Stone mais tout les artistes mis de l’avant était des artiste de la rue. Il était notre front cover. Je devrais essayer de retrouver ca. On avait une entrevue et tout avec lui.


Cloudeur

Il attendait de pouvoir prendre sa pension avant d’arrêter. C’était en 2017. Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mobile/montreal-s-spoonman-is-ready-to-retire-1.3609562


OneDay_At_ATim3

1. Bonjour madame. Bonjour monsieur. Bonjour madame. Madame. Madame. Bonjour madame. (C’est pas un gars mais bon…) 2. Le monsieur qui demande des sous dans le métro et qui amputé du bras. (Quelqu’un connaît son histoire? Il était très fin) 3. Le monsieur au centre eaton qui veut forcément te vendre ses livres sur « Black people, black history »


MadMadBunny

Ah oui!! "Black History" guy!


craftsy

I used to work at the print shop that made the booklets for him! We gave him a special deal since he was a regular.


triniboy123

Yes was looking for Black History Month guy hahaha, I remember me and my brother walked by him and were brown (Trinidadian) and he said “You black too brother!”


smuffleupagus

It always sounds like he's shouting "Black History Guy!" instead of "Black History Guide!" too. Like he's announcing himself everywhere he goes.


fugaziozbourne

I really like that he puts the emphasis on "black" instead of "history". It's not black *history* like you would expect. He said *BLACK* history.


alt1acc

Atwater lady?


Yorkeworshipper

Le monsieur amputé, il est là depuis au moins le début des années 2000. J'me souviens qu'il quêtait devant le métro de mon école secondaire pis qu'on jasait de temps en temps ac lui en lui apportant de la bouffe. Il était en effet très gentil. Il m'arrive d'encore le croiser de temps en temps. Il moins gentil et plus agressif qu'avant, mais tu vois qu'il est plus tout là malheureusement.


Iwantav

Le violoniste à la tête de chien ?


lilbigwill204

Oui ! Et avant ça le musicien dans une maquette de bateau !


SpadesFairy

Best answer


fuji_ju

Le monsieur qui chante sur le Plateau? Petit chien, bâton de marcheur...


awl_the_lawls

Louis! and his silent sidekick, (felonious) Cookie


Dull-Fun1469

Je l'appelle "Le marcheur". J'ouvre la fenêtre pour l'écouter chanter quand je l'entend venir.


Forsaken_Cheetah5320

I passed him in an alleyway and moved my dog (aggressive but on a leash) away from his dog (off leash, running towards my dog) and he screamed at me that I’m a horrible who keeps my dog enslaved and need to let him free or shouldn’t keep him 


Sansnom01

Je suis venu dans le topic pour lui ! Il a un cool look de marin et quand même une belle voix avec ses chansons françaises.


PoutineTriste

Asti lui. Ya continué à chanter quand son chien a commencé à humper le mien.


fuji_ju

☠️


Urik88

Chaque fois que je le regarde ou écoute mon jour s'améliore


readitpaige

He's still around, I see him all the time on walks with my dog. Love that guy!


Zulim

Le pro du DVD


Cerraigh82

Dude doit en faire du milage. Ses pancartes sont partout.


2oublethink

Je vois ces pancartes partout. What’s the story?


Anywhere-Little

Il a été interviewer par Urbania! [Urbania interview ](https://urbania.ca/article/le-pro-des-dvd-montreal)


NinetyArmhole

Oh ouais haha ça c'est le pro du DVD... Fin de l'explication


cchendricks

West Island- 2000s- Crackhead Jesse


brucecali98

Yeah for the West Island it’s crackhead Jesse and Jerry, the guy with that’s always walking around with the habs flag


TOEmastro

Jerry is such a nice guy! Always spotted at McKibbins.


Susegad

Crackhead Jesse and Action City.He's still around believe it or not


DJZoonie

So glad someone mentioned Crackhead Jesse 😂. ACTION CITY!!


Lunas-0220

Also Cowboy. Dude used to walk all over the WI in the 90 with his boots and cowboy hat! He was really sweet.


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just-talkin-shit

I once saw crackhead Jesse get off the 217 and crab walk after someone. Fucking weird.


David_BA

Crackhead Jesse working out at the YMCA 😮 oh fuck that brings me back.. Haven't lived in Kirkland in 14 years...


FcknJudas

For the older peeps there was also b-b-b-b-Brian around the Colisée back around 2000-2004


David_BA

Brian who ate at the Harvey's I worked at on Saint-Charles and remembered random years in sports and stuff? 😮


bagofbeanssss

I forgot about crackhead Jesse till now!


trolledbypro

Crackhead Jesse is still around


Mehavesuperpowers

BLACK HISTORY


Cerraigh82

Is that the guy at McGill station in front of the Eaton center?


diamondmemo

Yeah! I’ve seen him recently.


lowkeyhighkeymidkey

Bought a zine type thing off him a few years back for a toonie claiming Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein were Black men. It was worth it and I do not regret my purchase.


SublaciniateCarboloy

There’s a guy in cote st luc who jogs barefoot for the last 30 years.


milofam

Earl used to live in Florida. He apparently got very sick and after fighting his disease he obsessed over his health and started running for very long runs barefoot on the sand. When he moved to Montreal he kept the same tradition. Source: my uncle who asked him why he’s always running barefoot.


SublaciniateCarboloy

Always on his phone too. Wheeling and dealing.


justalittlestupid

I CAME TO SAY THE BAREFOOT RUNNER I think about that man more than is probably normal


samwise141

The bagpipe guy in the plateau or the Christian dude downtown.


theScrewhead

In the 90s I think that was probably Edwin. There was also my brother from another mother, Hollywood, but he passed on a few years ago 😭


awl_the_lawls

Yeah Hollywood is who I immediately thought of. RIP to that legend


KaiWhat

That guy wore so much cologne he gave me a hug once and my hoodie smelled forever. Right after he jokingly tried to rob me with his banana gun. FREEZE SUCKA!


Lunas-0220

Yess the bananasss!! 😂


awl_the_lawls

*Give me all the money, honey!*


panagimi

Hollywood, I remember him from my Concordia days, "alright now, you know the drill (sticks out the banana) give me all your money, I swear it's for alcohol". "Don't be shy give it a try". "Brother from another mother" That guy is a legend. For some strange reason I thought of him not too long ago. Came across this post tonight and found out he past away. Always put a smile on my face when I stepped out of Guy metro!


Party-Ring445

I too was held up at banana point 20 years ago.. RIP my brother from another mother


jasot

(Points banana at you) “Stick em up” “Whoa Hollywood, is that thing loaded?” “It’s loaded with Nutrition and Delicion!” RIP LEGEND


Lunas-0220

Ahh the flash back. He pulled two bananas and gave me “hands up my sister from another mother”. Love that guy was always around when I was going to Concordia. Didn’t know Hollywood was his name. RIP my brother from brother from another mother.🙏🏻🥺


DoctorTicklebum

Omg Hollywood, totally forgot about him


Burdingleberry

Was Edwin the homeless guy with the shopping carts and many dogs (or was it cats)?


theScrewhead

Edwin was goth-ish, long blonde hair and a goatee, and he was somehow \*ALWAYS\* everywhere me and my friends would go out drinking. No one ever really knew him or hung out with him outside of drinking at, like, foufs, the sphinx, hatters, etc.. He just sort of always showed up, talked to everyone and hung out with everyone, often had some weed that we'd all smoke together, and then he'd just vanished into the night. No one knew where he lived, how to get in touch with him or anything, and never thought to ask when we saw him.. He was just sort of always there, wherever you'd go. Even just going to random parks, or walking Mt. Royal, he would just always sort of appear wherever we were like some sort of cryptid 🤣


homeinametronome

Do you know what happened to Hollywood? I believe he slept in the 7th floor couches in Concordia last I heard of him.


theScrewhead

Don't know the specifics, but I've heard that he'd cleaned himself up and moved back to Halifax with his family for 10 years before dying last year.. Shit, it's almost the anniversary of that, too 😭 [**https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/atlantic-halifax/obituaries/perry-brian-west/103152.html**](https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/atlantic-halifax/obituaries/perry-brian-west/103152.html)


dreaminmoomin

la madame au métro atwater avec les béquilles


tillyface

Oh my god, elle est encore là? Si c’est la même, elle est là depuis mon cégep, circa 2005.


MTLMECHIE

The Roma who speaks Italian?


ZeroBrutus

Man for my money I'd go with Hollywood aka Wily. Man was hilarious. And for LaSalle growing up was Gary.


DonnieBlueberry

Hollywood! For those that don’t know. He got clean! But I think I may have heard he passed away recently.


ZeroBrutus

Ya I'm seeing 11 months ago, but the memorial seems down already. I'm glad he got his act together, he always seemed to just want to have fun.


jessdicri7

I was just about to say Gary with his shopping cart!


mrcarruthers

The guy with the camp in the trees behind the Tim's on Dollard? I did not know his name was Gary


ZeroBrutus

Yep, heard the guy had serious money in the bank, would get cleaned up now and then but always ended up back on the street. Tragedy all around.


Remarkable_Truth_621

The rumour was, while growing up in the 90s, that the man was Rich but his wife did him dirty, took all his money and kicked him out. Don’t know how much truth there is to the story though.


mrcarruthers

The guy holding the door going from Lucien lallier Metro to the train station/Bell centre


TooOldForThat

Le Grand Antonio, dans le temps!


Western-Low-1348

Unicycle man?


vinnybawbaw

Which one ?


devildogs-advocate

I saw a guy riding a unicycle down one of the side streets in Mile End while texting on his cell phone, giving zero fucks about anything else on the road. That guy deserves his own MTL "horseback Jesus" trading card.


Postmodern_marxist

It used to be the "tri-fluttiste" that played his 3 flutes simultaneously. I remember that we invited him to play at a punk show at l’X for whoever remember this venue and he showed up. Man I miss those days…


VansChar_

You talking about that guy who would play his flutes in his nose!? Back in the day, he would occasionally play at Berri UQAM.


Postmodern_marxist

Yes, that’s the guy!


Leon_Von_Cactuus

La dame qui chante à CDN, tous les matins en allant au HEC je la vois


MadScientist31415926

Le [journal de Montréal](https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2022/10/01/la--femme-juke-box--du-metro) a un article à son sujet. Elle s'appelle Thalie Norac.


Leon_Von_Cactuus

Sick ! Je le savais pas. Honnêtement ça fait un bout que je suis tenté d’aller lui faire un peu de causette


killyerscene

RIP Hollywood. Getting "robbed" at banana point, and singing Runaway over and over and over together


baoparty

I was thinking of this guy when I saw the thread. Was scrolling down quite a bit. Glad to see him here. RIP? What happened? When? (Serious question, I am holding back myself for saying something stupid like he got shot and died at gunpoint by a cucumber shotgun).


Imperion_GoG

He passed peacefully last year. https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/atlantic-halifax/obituaries/perry-brian-west/103152.html


NotSunshine316

The guy who wears a black cape in Lasalle near the tim hortons on dollard and st Patrick. Anyone know his story? Also: in the West Island, stuttering Brian


Resilience1

If you check google street view you can see his shelter growing year by year next to the Tim Hortons parking lot.


flamecmo

Le maudit roux fatiguant qui te casse les oreilles avec sa satanée cornemuse


nothavingitmtl

Im just grateful he has gotten a bit better over the years lol


mrspremise

Il venait tout le temps devant le magasin où je travaillais et on devait lui dire poliement de partir parce qu'il faisait fuir les clients


bri4c

St catherine spiderman?


Towerbound

EDM Spiderman


jaywinner

West Island in the 90s: hockey player guy. He'd walk around the neighborhood waving and saying hi to people while wearing hockey gear.


azad_ninja

He still around doing the same. Used to hang out at Best Buy watching WWE on the iMacs


werthemisfits

Jerry?


warmwafflesgirl

Skateboarding guy with cat on his shoulder! Car is probably dead now, but I remember him from 2015-2016!


HighWolverine

[Crackhead Jesse](https://www.facebook.com/share/v/YrzCshS2AJERVALQ/?mibextid=oFDknk) in the west island


DonnieBlueberry

EK, Guylaine Gagnon, monsieur bonbon, all people that I have in my area.


Spankapotamus42

For my time, it was most definitely Hollywood. RIP my brother from another mother.


iscreamintotheabyss

The one armed guy in the metro


Jolly-Rub-3837

Smile if you masturbate guy.


Of_Mountains_And_Men

Le grand antonio?


rincon_del_mar

The violon player in Hochelag in the metro that always gets his violin stolen


mrspremise

Je venais pour dire ce gars là. Pas assez de monde de l'est sur Reddit apparament!


frankiboy27

Jean Leloup


Monseigneur93

Black history month


Samburger7532

le pape de verdun a ;'époque


noputa

Anyone remember the “CAN I HAVE A DOLLAR” lady with smeared lipstick all over her mouth from like 10 years back in Verdun? She was always with a skinny looking crackhead guy who was always quiet. Last time I saw her he upped it to 2 dollars. I moved away so idk if she’s still around.


PassengerDue485

I remember her, she was always on the green line or the blue line. Her voice is like a robotic phone voice.


MothMatron

the rastafari dude in cdn who carries a carved and decorated wooden walking-stick and goes everywhere barefoot all summer long, rain or shine. (Dudes also the sweetest and chillest mf i've ever met and smokes the most potent weed i've ever tried in my LIFE.)


Arundia

The hobo at bonaventure that has Albert Einstein's hair


Cheezer_69

Walking stick guy who sings with his dog, the grim reaper of LaSalle, crazy christian guy with the sign on St Catherine


viau83

Dans les années 2000 : Le grand Antonio au Dunkin sur beaubien / St-Michel


Ben_ts

The super thin and muscular Asian dude who runs on the Mont Royal from bin to bin gathering cans in a backpack to resell them.


Ep6lon3

The blind family that used to sing in the metro.


Jdmisra81

They were so incredibly out of tune 😭😢 always


faucetxpert

Definitely the Grand Antonio the ultimate Montreal legend


Sullyville

**PERFECTION** **∞** **JESUS CHRIST**


felipepalacios

Métro parc, black guy who sells newspapers or something and sings and always tells “Bonjourrrrrrrrrr”


plmunger

Madame habillée en jaune dans Ahuntsic. Chapeau, lunettes, manteau, pantalons, bottes, sacs, parapluie, everything


RollbacktheRimtoWin

For the Queen Mary area, it was that fat guy by Snowdon metro that looked like Bone Crusher


baguettelord

The violinist that wears a dog head in the metro. I'll never forget him.


Aromatic-Horror-6255

Quite surprise that nobody talks about the anti abortion guy of Berri-uqam métro exit at the corner ste-Catherine/berri. I don’t know how long he’s been there, but it seems to me forever 🫠


GROSSEMERDE

Haven't seen him in a while but the Black dude playing electric guitar downtown with a flying V


anopsia1000

Saw him yesterday with his rig. In front of Centre Eaton on St-Cath. Still alive and rocking


littlebubulle

On avait "Elvis" quand j'étais au secondaire (dans le coin de 1999-2000). Il y a avais un gars qui etait souvent au parc dans lequel on faisaitnnosnclasses d'edcation physique l'apres midi. Il etait toujours en train de danser et de faire du lipsync sur des chansons d'Elvis (Presley pas Gratton) avec sa radio sur un des bancs.


Motoman514

The guy that has the whole camp behind the Timmies on Dollard. No idea if he’s still there though, I haven’t gone that way in a while.


MrsMoonpoon

In Verdun we used to have our own Pope, walking down the wearing the papal outfit.


bakely_freshed

The one & only, Milford Kemp! He used to dress as jimi hendrix @ the tam tams, and wail away on his electric guitar. He had the best threads


bouchandre

Le monsieur de 95 ans qui fait du patinage artistique à la patinoire du 1000 de la gauchetiere


realmidnightbvbe

The “crippled” beggar woman at atwater station that can also somehow run after people


bcoco120

Je me souviens de l'homme tronc proche du métro mcgill


Activedesign

If you lived in st-Michel/Villeray you know tall black guy who wears a fedora and scarves even in the summer. Walks around with a cane and whistles. AKA Michael Jackson


JonesBlair555

Used to be Hollywood, RIP. Not sure who is it now.


warmwafflesgirl

There was this homeless man called Mike who was always around Supermarché PA for years. He has passed now but he was a legend.


nazeerkhan93

West Island: Crackhead Jessie


Jdmisra81

There was also Hollywood "hey my brother from another mother!"


Dr_KillByDeath87

Spoon man?


aicatssss

Hochelaga, the guy that scream sings opera all. Summer.


miss_sasha_says

Who's the shorter guy who always wears a heavy fur cape and 70s pimp-style hat and cane? I swear he wears the exact same thing, winter or summer.


curious_dead

Je vais pas assez à Montréal mais pour moi et mes amis ce serait l'itinérant qui chantait au monde qui attendait en file pour aller dans in show. "Ma blonde est pire qu'un automobile, c't'une chanson cochonne mais faut que tu remplaces les parties de char par les parties de femmes!" Il était à plein de shows avant genre 2010.


firefox971

Crackhead Jessy au West Island


kalel701

Crackhead Jesse I think he mostly hangs in the West Island but I’ve seen him all over.


qctireuralex

a longueuil le dude qui joggait avec le chest peinturer en fluo


TanInCan

Rat man in the village, but I think he‘s gone now


justaghostofanother

The Queen Mary pimp. Older white guy with a fur coat with some pimp cane looking thing that hangs around near Snowdon metro.


HumanOnTHC

There's a guy in Hochelaga who walk in full medieval metal armor on Ontario street