The following people have caught my attention and I would love to do a feature on them if I could only muster the guts to approach them and ask about their peculiarities:
Blind Wolverine: This guy looks exactly like Hugh Jackman's Wolverine before he joined the X-Men, right down to the spiked hair and clothing style... But instead of blades that protrude from his knuckles he carries a white can most commonly used by the blind or visually impaired.
The Walrus: This guy's fashion is straight out of the 80's punk movement except his glaringly huge "Walrus" mustache. It's similar to Nietzsche's Stache (photo below) except that it's bigger. It looks as though the guy combs it down over his lips and then trims the underneath so that the under layer pushes the top out and over his lips.
The Flute Guy: In the building I work in, there's a guy that I've seen a couple times practicing on a cheap recorder in the parking garage. One day in the elevator I mentioned him to a couple guys I was sharing the ride with and one of them said one day he came out of the elevator and the guy was practicing Tai Chi right front of the door.
Those 3 are the only guys I can think of right now, but for your enjoyment, here's the list of my favorite peculiar people in Honolulu:
John "Mango Man" Cruz: He's a homeless vet that's been haunting the town of Kailua since the 70's. A friend of mine used to work at the Safeway that Cruz frequents and made friends with him. He's a very intimidating guy, but very nice. Recently he was hit by a car and there's been huge public support for him to pull through the incident.
Tuxedo Man: He always wears a neatly pressed Tuxedo and can often be seen walking the streets of Manoa. He usually carries a briefcase and a few plastic bags. He's most commonly found in the Hamilton Library at the University of Hawaii although when people start to recognize his routines he changes them up a bit. This person noticed that he was sitting at the same benches every night, and left him dinner but he never came.
The Rhinoceros Man: This guy has a lot of different names, like the Horned Man, etc., but if you describe him to anyone that's seen him, they immediately recognize who you're talking about. He's an older guy with gray hair that is always neatly kept and in the front protruding from the front of hairline is a tubular chunk of hair that about an inch thick that protrudes forward about 6 inches. It looks like he puts something in it and then twists it forward. The most peculiar part is that it is flat on the end as though someone actually sheared it with a razor after it hardened into that shape.
I hope you enjoyed this post. If you have comments, photos, stories, etc. about the people above, or you have your own favorite peculiar person in whatever city, please post them in the comments section and I'll address them in a later blog.
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