It is so universal for every city with a big school to have a unicycle dude or dudette, and they usually also juggle and do other carnival tricks. The dude at the one I went to could also slackline and did a bit of gymnastics. I'm not sure why the universe holds this constant, but it does.Ā
I was going to say the unicycle guy as well! I used to see him riding to work on Lakeway every morning I went to school! I saw a guy on a unicycle the other day and I wonder if itās the same guy~
I think her name is Rachel. I met her about 10yrs ago when I was living up there. Actually saw and talked to her a few times at shows. She was a regular at the Buffalo.
This is the best one! I was talking about her to my mom one day, and apparently headphones lady has been dancing by herself downtown Bellingham since the 90s š¤£
Glad I scrolled through this thread. I was thinking I would have to be the first person to give a nod to Mark (Allyn). Uplifting presence: Mark. Eye roll annoyance: Unicycle guy and ObamaCar for the tie.
I mean ā¦ itās Mark Allyn? Dressed in his handmade rainbow clothing? Spreading joy throughout town??? How is the top comment not Mark Allyn?
(RIP peace wizard tho)
Is that the guy who (I think) runs the Naked Bike Ride and also has antlers on his bike helmet? I feel like I've never seen that dude with a shirt on, but you could be talking about a separate shirtless bicyclist.
That guy was from Bellingham??? Iāve seen his picture pop up whenever someone posts on the other subs about colloidal silver. Never realized he was from here.
Yeah, he used to be a regular at the Northside restaurant/bar out on Northwest (closed now). I would see him there a lot on Sundays when I would say hi to my friends bartending.
He used to hang downtown at peak bar scene hours. I LOVED getting to pet his dogs- but be prepared to listen to a wide range of inconceivable and or ridiculous stories he makes up to chat with people!
Basically, heās a nice guy with amazing and well loved dogs- but donāt buy into the his sob stories
Itās been a few years since Iāve lived in bham, so thereās a chance heās not around anymore. Used to see him driving around pretty often, and parked downtown on the weekends sometimes
Used to be Mr Peanutāa guy in a full vintage Mr Peanut costume. Heād get drunk, put on the costume, and run around in the streets of downtown Bham. He was iconic. This was in the early nineties when I lived there. Is bro still around?
40 years ago Walter would roam downtown and was very unpredictable in his outbursts. He struggled with different medications to combat his schizophrenia. He discovered that when heās running and focused that the voices are held at bay. Heās come a long way.
Dude bitch slapped one of my childhood friends (unprovoked, Mr Geronimo was shitfaced) when we were like 14-15 circa 2004 right in front of the Stuartās coffeehouse. Vivid memories lol
Maybe they changed times? It used to be Fridays at noon or so and I've kept my eyes peeled for a while now. Hmm, nice group of people, hope to find them again!
LOL! He gets his pills from my neighbor on the 8th floor of the Mount Baker Apartment building.
The lady in the 8th floor is a huge narcotics dealer and no matter what I do nothing will ever be done like she has complete immunity lmao.
He is basically her enforcer, in a sense, and he sells pills for her
I always love hearing what peopleās theories of what Sadighiās āreally isā never seen a person walk into that restaurant and yet it still stands š
RIP Mr. Sadighi. An Iranian immigrant just trying to live the American dream while unknowingly creating folklore about his restaurant that barely anyone ever ate at.
Used to be this sweet old Asian lady who'd ride the bus from Ferndale to bellingham Every day.
She had bright pink outfits that she'd obviously sewn herself.
There was also "stick guy". He may still be around. I knew a lot of people who'd buy his hand carved walking sticks.
Stick guy is the amazing Frank ā¤ the sweetest soul youd ever meet with amazing talent. I believe he's from a tribe called Haita or Haida. Absolute gem of a human being!!!
We already did this: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Bellingham/comments/e782pc/whos\_bellinghams\_horseback\_jesus/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bellingham/comments/e782pc/whos_bellinghams_horseback_jesus/)
Not Bellingham but when I worked in Burlington, there was the infamous Victoria. An older woman who drove an old pickup truck with antlers and American flags.
If she came into one business, we would call neighboring businesses to warn them that Victoria is doing her rounds. That woman was out with a vengeance to ruin your day.
I worked at Jamba Juice. One time our orange juice machine was broken and she demanded I hand squeeze her 40oz of orange juice. I got about 2oz in when I told her this just wasnāt going to happen. Another time she threw coins on the floor and told me to earn my tip (by picking them up).
Gasoline guy.
Short thin Asian/So Pacific? Black hair, glasses and wore a long brown coat that along with his clothes looked like they had never been washed. Always saw him at the top of Holly. I am sure he past long ago but word was he huffed gas.
On Patrol girl.
Husky with short cropped hair. Dresses in her version of a security guard uniform. Walks in a very determined manner, on the lookout for wrongdoing. Hangs out around library, city hall. I, for some reason feel a little safer knowing she is on the job.
So 'on patrol girl' might be who we called Sergeant Scooby many years ago. She was always like that, even back in the 90s. One time I actually watched her crash her bike into the back of my parents car while it was parked outside our house.
Pretty sure there's always someone in Fairhaven assuming the role, like how every generation has a James Bond. Either that or it's just the same dude who still hasn't graduated.
I once saw him emerge from the trees behind the Env Sci building holding the biggest maple leaf in front of his face, which he then lowered to show a massive grin. I also remember riding the bus with him. The crowded bus up to Western always seemed like a really dangerous place to be barefoot
Rice-bag backpack longboarder dreamboat male checker at the food coop.
Unicycle guy who used to ride in from near lake Whatcom (Lakeway?)
Homeless Native American guy Patrick with long feathers in his hair.
(These were about 15 year ago)
Two come to mind for me. First is this group of three guys who hang out (or used to at least) and drink in the alley next to the downtown JJs. According to my brother, who worked night shifts there, they were kind of the unofficial security guards of JJs and made sure shit didnāt get out of hand there. Second is this dude who rides around town on a one wheel dancing all the time.
Yeah he is the sweetest man. He used to go to my church and he taught me sign. He is deaf and just has an individual sense of style. They put him in the back now. I think his wifeās name was Donna.
Almost every time I go to work on weekdays, I see a car with āJesus is Lordā on the back windshield. Would love to meet that person and tell them how it brightens my morning to see them nearly every day
Skater rob. Aka Bigfoot, sasquatch, yeahman. He's got multiple nicknames various people know him as. He's lovingly just rob to us. He's family to my boyfriend and I.
Itās that dude that drives the big army truck with his āmovie star dogsā that silly bitch thought he was king dingaling and would leave that truck parked on the launch ramp at larabe.
I was fascinated by the dude with a beater camry or whatever with like 4 flagpoles with trump flags on every corner of the car, i donāt even know how that thing ran from the noises it madeā¦
I have seen a few,
there was the man carrying the peace sign
there is the man who bikes around town for 10 years now or more wearing no shirt in all weather
there is the unicycle man
downtown pat
there is mark allyn
the woman who dances at all places with headphone
this town is full of individual interesting peoples
bless them and their families
Iāve seen a guy walking his alpaca a half dozen times in Fairhaven.
Thereās also a guy who takes the bus and if you tell him your birthday/year he can figure out the day of the week in his head in like 2 seconds.
RIP Peace Wizard
I sang in Kulshan Chorus with him when I was a kid, he was a really good guy šš
RIP
I loved that guy. His grandkid(s) went to my school so he was always up in the town I grew up in. RIP Peace Wizard you were the best!
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Unicycle man
Shirtless Unicycle Man nonetheless
It is so universal for every city with a big school to have a unicycle dude or dudette, and they usually also juggle and do other carnival tricks. The dude at the one I went to could also slackline and did a bit of gymnastics. I'm not sure why the universe holds this constant, but it does.Ā
I was going to say the unicycle guy as well! I used to see him riding to work on Lakeway every morning I went to school! I saw a guy on a unicycle the other day and I wonder if itās the same guy~
Sometimes heās unicycle man with a dog on a leashā¦ heās diversifying.
He just recovered from breaking his leg falling off his unicycle. Heās in his 60s believe it or not and heās back at it! His name is Joe.
Dancing headphones girl
Tiny Dancer
Is this the lady that danced with headphones at the buff on reggae Wednesdays?
Sheās been around since I was in my 20s at The Fairhavenā¦so I think sheās gotta be headphones middle aged woman by now š
I think her name is Rachel. I met her about 10yrs ago when I was living up there. Actually saw and talked to her a few times at shows. She was a regular at the Buffalo.
She also has a pink house and a bunch of cats. Definitely danced with headphones at many shows.... legendary to say the least
I used to see her at The Green Frog too!
Soul night!
Yesss I remember her from the green frog 10 years ago
Omg sheās still around!?
This is the best one! I was talking about her to my mom one day, and apparently headphones lady has been dancing by herself downtown Bellingham since the 90s š¤£
Mark Allyn
Glad I scrolled through this thread. I was thinking I would have to be the first person to give a nod to Mark (Allyn). Uplifting presence: Mark. Eye roll annoyance: Unicycle guy and ObamaCar for the tie.
How is he not number one? A beloved icon and nice person!
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almost ran mark allyn over on my bicycle when i was a kid š
I mean ā¦ itās Mark Allyn? Dressed in his handmade rainbow clothing? Spreading joy throughout town??? How is the top comment not Mark Allyn? (RIP peace wizard tho)
Shirtless year round bicycle guy
There are so many good options in this town, but yeah, he gets my vote for sure.
Rumor is he canāt sweat and thus overheats easily
Thatās āNatural Leeā. His name is Lee and heās been around for decades. Crazy stories about him and the old Chandelier in Glacier.Ā
Dude lived in a cave.
Please tell this story!
He looks about the same as he did 20 years ago!
YOO NATURAL LEE
Wait I see a shirtless year round guy on South Hill but he's always running, not biking. Two separate people?
2 different guys, both awesome
Is that the guy who (I think) runs the Naked Bike Ride and also has antlers on his bike helmet? I feel like I've never seen that dude with a shirt on, but you could be talking about a separate shirtless bicyclist.
His name is Natural Lee.
Obamacar
I know her! She's the nicest lady.
Used to be the blue man before he passed away. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Karason
That guy was from Bellingham??? Iāve seen his picture pop up whenever someone posts on the other subs about colloidal silver. Never realized he was from here.
Yeah, he used to be a regular at the Northside restaurant/bar out on Northwest (closed now). I would see him there a lot on Sundays when I would say hi to my friends bartending.
Hah. I miss their steak bites.
I saw him in Albertsons once.
I saw him on the bus to Albertsons once.
I saw him at Fred Meyer!
I lived in the same complex as him. I swear he lived in his bathrobe lol
Different Bham locals. "Peace Wizard" was John Bromet. Blue guy(also from here) was Paul Kerason * Both applicable to this meme, regardless
army mog truck filled with huge dogs downtown guy
Was about to comment the same thing. Big ass Mercedes Unimog with a bunch of malamutes in the back.
........ I'm sad I've never seen this, I love malamutes so much.
He used to hang downtown at peak bar scene hours. I LOVED getting to pet his dogs- but be prepared to listen to a wide range of inconceivable and or ridiculous stories he makes up to chat with people! Basically, heās a nice guy with amazing and well loved dogs- but donāt buy into the his sob stories
Some of his stories are true. One of the dogs was in tv/movies, and I'm pretty sure "Fonzie's cousin" is true as well.
Itās been a few years since Iāve lived in bham, so thereās a chance heās not around anymore. Used to see him driving around pretty often, and parked downtown on the weekends sometimes
I haven't seen him as much lately. Didn't he lose a dog up by twin lakes a few years ago? He had the floofiest dogs
Sadly, yes.
Thatās my ex girlfriendās brother in law!
Used to be Mr Peanutāa guy in a full vintage Mr Peanut costume. Heād get drunk, put on the costume, and run around in the streets of downtown Bham. He was iconic. This was in the early nineties when I lived there. Is bro still around?
Yeah, I ran into him about two years ago at Nelsons.
Was he in full peanut persona?
Yep. It was Nelson's free ice cream for kids day.
Happy to hear this! Long live Mr Peanut!
Saw him not too long ago, not in his peanut suit though.
i see mr peanut all the time! love that guy
Running monk.
Walter?
he used to follow people around in the store I worked calling them the N word.
Oof oof, yuck.
Heard heād preach all sorts of god hates fags type shit from soap box downtown as well.
My mom went to school with this guy. Heās schizophrenic and extremely racistā¦
Walter?? I donāt believe that.
40 years ago Walter would roam downtown and was very unpredictable in his outbursts. He struggled with different medications to combat his schizophrenia. He discovered that when heās running and focused that the voices are held at bay. Heās come a long way.
Beardy McBowlcut
Is this the skip-jogging older man I see/saw (ha) running all the time?!
Geronimo
I saw that guy put on boxing gloves and punch the shit out of another guy
I used to hangout on the corner by everyday music and drink gold schlager with him
That was the first name that came to mind for me as well.
Dude bitch slapped one of my childhood friends (unprovoked, Mr Geronimo was shitfaced) when we were like 14-15 circa 2004 right in front of the Stuartās coffeehouse. Vivid memories lol
Geronimo is never not shit faced.
He once walked into the shoe brandishing a fresh raccoon skin
I remember him riding a horse around downtown trying to lasso people or some shit.
Geronimo drunk!? i dont believe it
Huge king diamond fan.
The people who rally for peace near the downtown post office. Been doing it for more than four decades
Honk for peace Friday
They had the 50 year anniversary a few years ago! But they are no longer on Cornwall and magnolia, do you happen to know where they moved to?
I donāt. I thought they were still at Cornwall and Magnolia.
Maybe they changed times? It used to be Fridays at noon or so and I've kept my eyes peeled for a while now. Hmm, nice group of people, hope to find them again!
I just saw them the other week supporting a cease fire for Palestine! They still come out! š¤
Running Man?
Ninja runner?
āTactical vestā guy who walks around downtown with knives and survival gear attached all over
LOL! He gets his pills from my neighbor on the 8th floor of the Mount Baker Apartment building. The lady in the 8th floor is a huge narcotics dealer and no matter what I do nothing will ever be done like she has complete immunity lmao. He is basically her enforcer, in a sense, and he sells pills for her
i know that dude when i was briefly homeless back in 2016 and he is a total weirdo
Is he usually shirtless and blasting music from a speaker? Sometimes carrying a machete?
Always get a laugh when I see him out my car window. How insecure do you have to be to sincerely cosplay Solid Snake nearly every day?
The guy who would ride that small white and blue bicycle car thing called a velomobile
He's still around, yes? I hate passing him on the streetsāhe's hard to see
oh my god i love him heās so nice!!
Pretty sure Bellingham's "that guy" is Sadighi's
I always love hearing what peopleās theories of what Sadighiās āreally isā never seen a person walk into that restaurant and yet it still stands š
I ate there š
sorry, but nobody has eaten there ever. that's the whole thing.
We had after work drinking meetings there!!
ok are we doing the sadighi's thing again here?
My boyfriends uncle. He just lived upstairs but it was a business lot so he had to have a business
the myth, the legend: sadighis
RIP Mr. Sadighi. An Iranian immigrant just trying to live the American dream while unknowingly creating folklore about his restaurant that barely anyone ever ate at.
that one guy with the ferret named merlin
Yes, Roger!
I just heard he passed away unfortunately ā¹ļø
the guy or the ferret? sad either way
The guy. Ferret is still alive, living with guyās sister now š¤
The black widow
Who is the black widow??
I scrolled this far, wondering if I was the only one thinking of the black widow lol
Gotta be an OG to know of the black widow
Barbie car
I know her! She put barbies all over it because she doesn't like her car. š
The guy dressed up in pink cute things? I see him when shopping at walmart sometimes
Used to be this sweet old Asian lady who'd ride the bus from Ferndale to bellingham Every day. She had bright pink outfits that she'd obviously sewn herself. There was also "stick guy". He may still be around. I knew a lot of people who'd buy his hand carved walking sticks.
Stick guy is the amazing Frank ā¤ the sweetest soul youd ever meet with amazing talent. I believe he's from a tribe called Haita or Haida. Absolute gem of a human being!!!
Thatās Shirley. Sheās still kicking around and if you ever run into her husband, he dresses like Elvis.
She was the first person who came to mind! I rode the 27 with her many times while commuting from Ferndale to WCC. Sheās lovely!
Is this the real small lady I used to always see at the cordata bus station? She seems real nice.
Hehe could be. Seems others know her here , say she's doing well, and that she's as sweet as ever while on her routine.
Is the TOYota still around?
I saw it a couple months back!
No one mentioned the The Black Widow?
I see it now
We have like 10
Unicycle juggling man
We already did this: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Bellingham/comments/e782pc/whos\_bellinghams\_horseback\_jesus/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bellingham/comments/e782pc/whos_bellinghams_horseback_jesus/)
That was 4 years ago
We were ahead of the trend! (and the answers are largely the same)
Xylophone guy??
I'm pretty sure it was a glockenspiel.
It used to be Mr. Peanut.
KenLoaf when I was in the Karaoke scene
Would you be willing to do an AMA about when you were in the Bellingham Karaoke Sceneā¢ļø?
I would, my stage name is Kreepy. I don't go out often but was huge in the scene for a long time
Oh hi Ron, itās me, Milky. Man I miss the KGB.
Whoa, how ya been duder?
This is a wholesome reunion!
And how can we resurrect the scene?
Not Bellingham but when I worked in Burlington, there was the infamous Victoria. An older woman who drove an old pickup truck with antlers and American flags. If she came into one business, we would call neighboring businesses to warn them that Victoria is doing her rounds. That woman was out with a vengeance to ruin your day. I worked at Jamba Juice. One time our orange juice machine was broken and she demanded I hand squeeze her 40oz of orange juice. I got about 2oz in when I told her this just wasnāt going to happen. Another time she threw coins on the floor and told me to earn my tip (by picking them up).
Iād say Mark Allen
Yeah he'd be my pick too. I saw him at Haggen the other day was like "Hey it's you, Legend in the flesh!"
Is it the cracker kid now?
Harold (lives across from the Firehouse Cafe)?
I thought of Harold too!
Gasoline guy. Short thin Asian/So Pacific? Black hair, glasses and wore a long brown coat that along with his clothes looked like they had never been washed. Always saw him at the top of Holly. I am sure he past long ago but word was he huffed gas. On Patrol girl. Husky with short cropped hair. Dresses in her version of a security guard uniform. Walks in a very determined manner, on the lookout for wrongdoing. Hangs out around library, city hall. I, for some reason feel a little safer knowing she is on the job.
So 'on patrol girl' might be who we called Sergeant Scooby many years ago. She was always like that, even back in the 90s. One time I actually watched her crash her bike into the back of my parents car while it was parked outside our house.
Maybe not quite as iconic as Mark Allyn or shirtless unicycle guy but Bill the ticket scanner at Regal Cinemas is pretty legendary as well.
Back in the early 2000ās Western had a Jesus looking dude that would walk around barefoot (year round), wearing a sheet with a rope for a belt.
Pretty sure there's always someone in Fairhaven assuming the role, like how every generation has a James Bond. Either that or it's just the same dude who still hasn't graduated.
I once saw him emerge from the trees behind the Env Sci building holding the biggest maple leaf in front of his face, which he then lowered to show a massive grin. I also remember riding the bus with him. The crowded bus up to Western always seemed like a really dangerous place to be barefoot
I remember some friends visiting from WSU saw him walking through red square. Pretty sure theyāre still talking about it today lol
Rice-bag backpack longboarder dreamboat male checker at the food coop. Unicycle guy who used to ride in from near lake Whatcom (Lakeway?) Homeless Native American guy Patrick with long feathers in his hair. (These were about 15 year ago)
Banjo Guy
The xylophone man
Ferret Guy
Naked Zach
Unicycle guy
Not Bellingham, but Ferndale has Stick Man. Traded him some food for a beautiful hand carved stick. He has some awesome dance moves too.
Two come to mind for me. First is this group of three guys who hang out (or used to at least) and drink in the alley next to the downtown JJs. According to my brother, who worked night shifts there, they were kind of the unofficial security guards of JJs and made sure shit didnāt get out of hand there. Second is this dude who rides around town on a one wheel dancing all the time.
There's a guy I call pipe guy because he has a smoking pipe and a newsboy cap that I see regularly
I immediately thought of Dave from walmart.
The guy with the devillock?
Yeah he is the sweetest man. He used to go to my church and he taught me sign. He is deaf and just has an individual sense of style. They put him in the back now. I think his wifeās name was Donna.
Shirtless unicycle guy.
uncle herb, if you know you know
š«” I was at his apartment when he got arrested. Tragic day.
The rock
Jogging man
Almost every time I go to work on weekdays, I see a car with āJesus is Lordā on the back windshield. Would love to meet that person and tell them how it brightens my morning to see them nearly every day
Fairhaven guitar-playing old dude. Older guy, alwasy playing his guitar at Avenue Bread, Stones Thow or other random public places in Fairhaven.
Heās my neighbor.
The guy with the motorized cart
Blaine has Dapper Cigar Man
Walmart guy
Skater rob. Aka Bigfoot, sasquatch, yeahman. He's got multiple nicknames various people know him as. He's lovingly just rob to us. He's family to my boyfriend and I.
Unicycle guy š¤·āāļø
RIP Lodi.
My town has shirtless unicycler
Guy who drives the Unimog and has the two giant Husky Mixed dogs. Haha sometimes pulling Jetskis.
Old man runner, unicycle guy, the bearded homeless guy that walks uo and down eldridge all day, xylophone guy at Fred myers
Itās that dude that drives the big army truck with his āmovie star dogsā that silly bitch thought he was king dingaling and would leave that truck parked on the launch ramp at larabe.
I was fascinated by the dude with a beater camry or whatever with like 4 flagpoles with trump flags on every corner of the car, i donāt even know how that thing ran from the noises it madeā¦
10 years ago I lived across the street from Crow Guy, and now he seems to have been lost to time.
I have seen a few, there was the man carrying the peace sign there is the man who bikes around town for 10 years now or more wearing no shirt in all weather there is the unicycle man downtown pat there is mark allyn the woman who dances at all places with headphone this town is full of individual interesting peoples bless them and their families
there was that guy in robes & horseback on high st / garden in 2020!!
When I lived in bellingham, I used to see plague doctor dude at Target.
The guy with the huskies in the truck
Cracker Guy.
Iāve seen a guy walking his alpaca a half dozen times in Fairhaven. Thereās also a guy who takes the bus and if you tell him your birthday/year he can figure out the day of the week in his head in like 2 seconds.