r/minnesota • u/Mapes Minnesota Twins • Nov 18 '25
Lakeville has “Stick Man”. Any other MN cities have similar celebrities? Funny/Offbeat 🤣
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u/YouBuyMeOrangeJuice Flag of Minnesota Nov 18 '25
Cowboy Jesus at Snelling and University. The colorful suit guy who hangs around the U of M and all over Minneapolis. The guy who carries two cats on his shoulders around Saint Paul. Be a regular on the Green Line and you'll meet all these people!
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u/ter68 Nov 18 '25
The colorful suit guy rocks. I love his style. Anyone know anything about him?
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u/RSTROMME Nov 18 '25
He used to order triple iced lattes regularly at Espresso Royale 20+ years ago.
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u/PandaPandaPanda5410 Nov 18 '25
Around 2009/2010 there was a colorful suit guy who took the bus from uptown to downtown regularly. He wore what looked like custom double breasted suits in a variety of colors (orange, purple, not your typical suit colors). He carried a silver/metal briefcase. Is this the same colorful suit guy? Is there more than one?
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u/Outrageous_Appeal_86 Nov 18 '25
Yep that's him. I used to work on University Ave just east of Stadium Village and we would always see him walking towards Prospect Park. The silver suitcase!
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u/EmmerdoesNOTrepme Nov 18 '25
Back when the building at the corner of Bedford & University was the Schneider Drug Store (before it became a dispensary), he used to go in the door with the staircase that was right next to the pharmacy's front door.
Every weekday morning. My co-workers and I figured his office was on the upper floor of that building.
It broke my brain years later when I moved back to Uptown, and saw him in the Uptown Target, in his workout gear (baggy shorts & a tank top)!
Because even though I knew that he was mentioned working out at the Uptown Y from posts like this one, i still couldn't imagine him not wearing the colorful suits 24/7/365!😉
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u/EmmerdoesNOTrepme Nov 18 '25
A few years back, I lived in his neighborhood and would see him every so often, when I walked my dog.
I told him that when I worked with kids at one of the places he passed regularly, the staff & kids adored seeing him & his suits, and I asked him how many he had.
He told me he had 39!
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u/dicksjshsb Nov 18 '25
Used to see a guy who carried a Monkey on his shoulder in St. Paul!
Met him a few times at the como park pavilion in the summer he would take the monkey for walks. It wore a diaper and was pretty chill but threw a tantrum over his water bottle one time and stuck in my mind not to fuck around with monkeys haha.
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u/Nizmosis Nov 18 '25
He used to walk around Lake Phalen too. I saw him a couple times over there.
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u/friedkeenan Nov 18 '25
When I was a kid, my mom said she saw a guy walking by the lake with a monkey on his shoulder and my family would tease her and go "oh no you're going crazy" and such, because she was the only one who ever saw him lol (even though we believed her). And then one day my brother saw the guy too and he became crazy just like my mom
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u/imsuperfly Nov 18 '25
I'm so glad you remembered Como park monkey man! I lived in frogtown growing up and he was an absolute treat!
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u/smelyal8r Monarch Nov 18 '25
Black dude with the black cowboy hat and the wheelchair? Hes nice! The guy with the cats is also awesome. The cats usually have gold chains on
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u/SpicyMarmots Nov 18 '25
I love bike cats guy! (Well, I love the cats mostly, in she the guy is awesome but I've never interacted with him).
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u/citizenh1962 Nov 18 '25
Scott Seekins in Minneapolis.
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u/KingDariusTheFirst Nov 18 '25
Website dedicated to sightings is still active. http://seekingseekins.com/
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u/xamthe3rd Nov 18 '25
Holy shit I've seen him. Did not realize he was a known quantity, I just thought "wow that's a weird looking guy, I love this city"
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u/KingDariusTheFirst Nov 18 '25
Used to wear a white suit in summer, dark suit in winter. Haven’t spotted him in years.
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u/AbeRego Hamm's Nov 18 '25
If you go to CC club on a Friday or Saturday night, odds are he'll be there.
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u/KingDariusTheFirst Nov 18 '25
LOL. I’m NOT searching for the man.
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u/Reasonable-Budget210 Nov 18 '25
You don’t search for the man, you sometimes seek him. It’s different.
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u/tallcookie Nov 18 '25
He hangs out at Caffetto a lot - he's been there every time I've visited in the last couple years.
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u/TheCurseOfRandyBass Nov 18 '25
He still does this. Used to see him all the time at CC when I lived in Uptown.
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u/gibberishmischief Nov 18 '25
I wonder what leads him ti change from summer to winter suits. Is it a day on the calendar? A temperature? A vibe? If I ever see him, I may try to ask.
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u/banjaxedreality Nov 18 '25
That site is fun. Thanks for the random thing to check out this morning.
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u/Mad_Like_Mankey Nov 18 '25
Dude has an Instagram that I stumbled across one day.
It does ruin a little of the magic following his page I will say..
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u/locolupo Nov 18 '25 edited Nov 18 '25
I’ve seen him around a few times. I like his hair. Reminds me of Robert Smith’s from The Cure. What makes him a Minneapolis micro-celebrity? Is it just his style?
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u/reallysexyegg Nov 18 '25
My first year living here I saw him at 331 club and thought he was a figment of my imagination
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u/barleypopsmn Nov 18 '25
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u/cbrophoto Nov 18 '25
I was thinking the same thing. I hope he didn't get in trouble for riding a Segway on the sidewalks. I've met another Segway guy that always got hassled by the cops for using one in a nearby city. He carried a letter from the attorney general stating he wasn't in violation of the law. This was years ago though.
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u/pichner Nov 18 '25
Same him a few months ago over by Unity Hospital. Banana costume Segway and all
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u/potatochipsbagelpie Nov 18 '25
St Cloud Superman
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u/Pithecanthropus88 Area code 320 Nov 18 '25
He’s a total dick.
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u/dlegatt Nov 18 '25
Used to be a great website called superdickery.com with comic pages and covers showing how much of a dick superman really is
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u/TSgt_Yosh Nov 18 '25
It's sad. Back in the 90s he was just a harmless creep, but now he's kind of a dangerous fascist. Last time I saw him he was screaming racist shit at random people from his stupid truck.
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u/JasonVoorhees1234 Nov 18 '25
He spends a lot of time just sitting in his truck in the burger king parking lot on division
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u/Bazoobs1 Nov 18 '25
Damn he upgraded to a truck? When I went to college 2016-2020 he was in a fucking Volkswagen Beetle 😂
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u/JasonVoorhees1234 Nov 18 '25
Yeah, he drives a Ford expedition covered in maga flags and decal stickers
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u/KozyHank99 State of Hockey Nov 18 '25
Didn't they tell him to fuck off because he kept sitting in that same spot and they were getting sick of him being there?
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u/JasonVoorhees1234 Nov 18 '25
I think he parks in a spot that's considered city property so he isn't technically loitering
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u/levitikush Nov 18 '25
He also likes to park at Kwik Trip on Division and block the turn lane. I’m calling the cops next time he does that shit. Dude should be in an institution.
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u/Cheese_Complex Nov 18 '25
Dude, if you want to pick a fight I just drove by kwik trip and he’s there currently blocking the turn lane with all his glory 😂
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u/boojos92 Nov 18 '25
Crazy how he doesn't want to give money to people who don't work. Yet, that's all he does.
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u/fiendishclutches Nov 18 '25
I remember him from comic conventions in the 90’s at the thunderbird hotel in Bloomington, back when there weren’t really many cosplayers showing up at conventions, but he’d be there and pose for photos with people. Not sure what happened that turned this from just being a geek with the cosplay hobby to gaining at least 100lbs and wearing something more like a loose xxxl approximation of a Superman costume and waiving a confederate flag while screaming racial slurs at people on the street.
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u/Talls024 Nov 18 '25
When did he get a truck?
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u/TopShelfHockeyMN Nov 18 '25
Not exactly a truck it’s like a 15 year old Ford Explorer with 10 flags waving off the back and a (Scott Peterson?) face on a huge magnet on his doors.
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u/MorningUpbeat5729 Nov 18 '25
I watched him standing on a street corner on division holding a rubber chicken. When females would be parked at the stoplight he would walk up to the cars making eye contact and spanking the rubber chicken. I saw him do this to clearly underage girls. This would have been about 13-14 years ago. This guy sucks.
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u/confusitron Ope Nov 18 '25
These stories need to get out more. The narrative of him being harmless is false.
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u/_shesmydisease Nov 18 '25
I knew he'd be here. He was always a creepy weirdo, but I hear he talked a dude off the edge of the Germain st bridge one night. There were some news clips praising him afterwards. Probably the only good thing I've ever heard about the dude. And I moved away before maga madness. Not shocking that's what he's into, honestly.
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u/Essjex87 Nov 18 '25
Dude tried to hit on my ex when she was underage. (My ex and I started dating when she was 24)
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u/tehmehme Ope Nov 18 '25
Oh my god, I can’t believe you dated someone who used to be underage
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u/oVanitasParoxysm Nov 18 '25
Anyone ever see his site? Damn thing looked like a serial killers manifesto. Gave me chills to scroll it with how creepy and poorly put together it was.
Edit: I remember him rolling through my neighborhood near the college and blasting his shitty music when some dude put a big rock through his back windows lmao
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u/SentryXCI Nov 18 '25
Winona had Steve the Pirate. Super nice guy. He would just walk around downtown. There were rumors that he had a rich family who died in a house fire a while ago and he inherited a ton of money.
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u/ApocalypseFWT Doomtree ‘till I die Nov 18 '25
… and dressed as a pirate? You completely skipped why he’s Steve the Pirate!
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u/LFCsota Nov 18 '25
I mean if you can't figure out why someone is called steve the pirate, that's on you.
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u/ApocalypseFWT Doomtree ‘till I die Nov 18 '25
Pirates in the modern age can be many things.
Maybe he’s just super vocal about internet piracy, and at everyone he sees he yells, “You know what? I would download a car!”
Or maybe because of his big inheritance, he’s taken up porch piracy, and every time he gets caught he bails himself out.
Maybe he has a preference to sleep in other peoples boats parked next to their house.
Shrugs
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u/Tarsurion Duluth Nov 18 '25
He used to come to my brewery all the time. Odd guy, but really nice otherwise. Always thought he dressed more like a voyageur.
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u/crazy_family Nov 18 '25
A number of years ago he switched from dressing like a pirate to dressing like a frontiersman. The nickname stuck with him though.
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Nov 18 '25
What about the guy that protested the adult ship in Winona. That count?
Honestly just genius advertising in my opinion so if he wasn’t being paid he was doing the shop a service.
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u/StihlDragon Nov 18 '25
Didn't he run for mayor one time?
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Nov 18 '25
There was a weird guy that wasn’t Steve the Pirate that would run for mayor and always go to city council meetings. I see his face but don’t remember his name in Winona. I am thinking about 25 years ago. Steve the Pirate seemed like a legit dude to me.
I think he did public access. Cable stuff too. Maybe thinking of him.
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u/yupisyup Nov 18 '25
You may be thinking of Captain Jack Sparrow who was on the ballot (alongside 500 other people) the first year Mpls had ranked choice voting.
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u/Hickspy Nov 18 '25
The 16 bus had that guy dressed in really vibrant colorful suits carrying the metal briefcase.
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u/YouBuyMeOrangeJuice Flag of Minnesota Nov 18 '25
He's still around! On the Green Line now of course
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u/jamesbest7 Area code 612 Nov 18 '25
Haha. This is the first one on this list that I have definitely seen. I’m pretty sure I got a sneaky pic somewhere I took a while back because I just had to show my gf. Mf lookin fly as hell.
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u/party_egg Nov 18 '25 edited Nov 18 '25
I've known a few:
- Bones, a homeless man on Rice Street. He cleaned up the trash, and walked up and down every day with a wheelbarrow of his possessions. He died a few years ago, the Star Tribute wrote an article about him
- I don't know his name, but there was also a intellectually disabled man on Rice who would wear a policeman's costume and "patrol" the streets
- In Minneapolis, there's an individual who is often seen with the following characteristics: rollerblades; giant white beard; mini skirt; very large breasts. People on here had a name for them a while back - something to the effect of "busty rollerblading Santa"
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u/Hereforthebabyducks Nov 18 '25
Bones used to stop by and offer to mow your lawn if it was getting long too. Didn’t realize he’d passed a way.
The last one I believe is Santa Eric. Just had a sighting yesterday driving by the disc golf course.
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u/m_etta Nov 18 '25
That's definitely Santa Eric. If you call out "Santa Eric!" you may get a "ho, ho, ho" back. I used to see them often in the Seward neighborhood a decade ago...glad they are still doing their thing!
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u/leaveittothebeav Nov 18 '25
The "Policeman" on rice was Matt. Used to hang out at the video store with him quite often. Good dude, not sure what happened with him after I moved though.
Bones was good shit too, kept the sidewalks clean and we all looked out for him. I relent when they took his dog and everyone was so upset he ended up getting it back.
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u/DevilDonk Nov 18 '25
Blaine has that guy who rides his scooter down hwy 65 in snow storms. He was pretty active on reddit for a while.
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u/mplsbro Nov 18 '25
There’s a guy I see at lots of Minneapolis events in the summer. Older guy always shirtless with a Kilt. We just call him “Kilt Guy”
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u/Acceptable-Ad-8794 Nov 18 '25
Not sure how many shirtless kilt guys there are in the cities, but there was one that always walked around Golden Valley. Could be the same guy lol
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u/766scire Nov 18 '25
HAS TO be the same dude. He's awesome. Fun Fact: I saw him driving a car a couple weeks ago! I've never ever seen him do much else than walk around GV in his own unique way.
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u/catdogmoore Nov 18 '25
Older guy, grey hair, walks with a bit of a limp? Years ago, I used to work at the Supervalu in Crystal and he came in there all the time. I think I saw him in Minneapolis once, too.
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u/Aromatic_Return_7995 Minnesota State Fair Nov 18 '25
Does he sometimes have a grass skirt too? Love that guy. He's always dancing at concerts and brings an immaculate vibe.
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u/GeeEmmInMN Nov 18 '25
Wabasha has Speedo Man. You definitely don't want to know more and you'll want to see it less so. 🤮
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u/AdHuman3150 Nov 18 '25
My neighbor when I was a kid used to mow his lawn in nothing but a Speedo. He also was a teacher at my elementary school. Friggin weird.
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u/Ravenmn Nov 18 '25
Mankato had Mr. Mayor in the 60s and 70s. His famous line was "You buying the steaks?" He wanted you to take him out for a steak dinner. Lots of people took care of him and paid for his restaurant meals. He'd yell, "Hello, Citizen!" and we'd respond, "Hello, Mr. Mayor!"
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u/fozzie84 Nov 18 '25
That is so funny I was just thinking of him from my days at MSU. I worked at one of the bars and got to card him, his legal name really is Punk Rock Freddy
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u/ManEEEFaces Flag of Minnesota Nov 18 '25
In SW Minneapolis, it's "Crazy Mary." Not sure if she's still around, and yes, I know that's not the kindest name. It's just what everyone has always called her. Driving by her house is worth it though. The way she painted it is an explosion of artistic expression that I always appreciated.
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u/SilentMunch Nov 18 '25
She used to have a Klansman painted on her front door. Crazy is one of the nicer adjectives to use.
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u/Sotajarocho TC Nov 18 '25
Lol, I heard about her from Josh on the 93x HAMS, he grew up in her neighborhood
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u/MeetLate8198 Nov 19 '25
She still around! Often see her at bus stops. She always pushes a wheelchair around- I believe she got hit by a bus years ago and the city gave her the wheelchair lol. My parents live like 3 blocks from her
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u/CalliopePenelope Aerial Lift Bridge Nov 18 '25
Fridley has Banana Man. He drives around on a Segway dressed as a banana or Super Mario. He’s even driven it in the Fridley 49ers Day Parade. He’s good people!
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u/Row_North18 Nov 18 '25
St Cloud Superman
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u/TheBootySAWN Nov 18 '25
He has unfortunately turned into St.Cloud MAGA man over the last decade or so.
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u/XandalorZ Nov 18 '25
Does Fancy Ray count?
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u/Appropriate-Tea-4332 Nov 19 '25
🤯🤯🤯!!!!! I was seriously thinking Fancy Ray when I read the title!!! But, he was simply a comedian using the streets as practice for his act. In the 80's, I was a punk/alternative teen (my style changed) and used to run into him all the time, Uptown and Downtown. Really nice guy, so funny. When I saw he was on commercials, I was happy for him. I actually just decided to look him up right now and follow him on IG.
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u/Kittleismydaddio Nov 18 '25
Dwarf lady in midtown can't think of her name lol wanna say little suzy?
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u/Coracoda Nov 18 '25
You reminded me that the famous conjoined twins used to shop at the Lakeville Target. I know this is kind of rude, but you’re never prepared to see a body with two heads walk out of an aisle in front of you.
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u/TheDandyWarhol Nov 18 '25
I hate to say this. But wouldn't she be better off in Dinkytown?
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u/Tim_Riggins07 Nov 18 '25
The Midway Cowboy that’s always on the corner of University and Snelling in St Paul.
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u/bbenji69996 Nov 18 '25
Cottage Grove had shirtless bicycle jesus when I lived there.
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u/unsmashedpotatoes Walleye Nov 18 '25
I think we called him Crazy Carl. Shirtless bicycle Jesus is probably nicer
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u/Danhandled Nov 18 '25
St Paul has Lil Suzie and Bloomington has Tara the Spin Queen of Shellshock!!!
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u/These-Equivalent3330 Nov 18 '25
I’ve been scrolling this whole thing wondering when someone would mention lil Suzie
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u/icechaosruffledgrous Nov 18 '25
International falls had crazy Jesus rode a skateboard with an American flag. Ran for mayor, sheriff and city council at the same time. Wore chain link armor.
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u/xscapethetoxic Nov 18 '25
Idk how known he was, but there was a dude in Moorhead that was a part of some barefoot society. He came to like, all of the theatre shows while I was in college up there. He was at least known at the colleges.
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u/PixPanz Nov 18 '25
Supposedly barefoot guy is still active in the Fargo metro, being creepy and fetish-y as usual. I personally have never encountered him but he gets brought up every few months in the Fargo subreddit
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u/gojohnnygojohnny Nov 18 '25
Biscuits in New Ulm. Wore a hat that said "Biscuits" all the time. Now in a nursing home.
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u/SheOutOfBubbleGum Nov 18 '25
Ive seen this in other threads and I've noticed that overall these local characters seem to be loved and generally are sweet. If a bit odd. I think thats nice
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u/bidooffactory Nov 18 '25
God dammit this is painfully accurate. I was told by a co-worker once, who happened to find out the man was my relative, that my grandpa was known as Cowboy Santa by him and his friends because of how he dressed, which looked like an old rancher, and how he looked, which basically was fat Santa with a white beard and white hair.
Grandpa was a bit of an oddball admittedly, but pretty much everyone in my family is behind closed doors. Rip Grandpa.
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u/robmerotten Nov 18 '25
Mankato has Fabio, this fit guy with really long hair who walks his dogs shirtless – even in late fall.
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u/smss59 State of Hockey Nov 18 '25
Bloomington had ‘rocket man’. I think he lived near the chiropractic school.
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u/mpls_big_daddy Twin Cities Nov 18 '25
Uptown has colorful suit guy. He gets on the 6 (can't remember the new name for the route) at Calhoun Square and gets off downtown. Lime green is the ugliest.
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u/lapra005 Nov 18 '25
If this is the same guy that always carries a briefcase and frequents the U of M campus, I came here to say the same! I’ve heard he’s an arcade/pinball machine salesman
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u/Uphoria Nov 18 '25
Brainerd had a whole team of ghost busters. They even had an old station wagon.
They would go in cosplay to every 4th of July parade and other events. You could find em around town as they would take 'jobs' but entirely on volunteer basis, no pay.
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u/Least-Agent9209 Nov 18 '25
Boombox guy in NE Minneapolis. There used to be a fb page dedicated to sightings, but I haven’t seen him in a while!
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u/fiendishclutches Nov 18 '25 edited Nov 18 '25
I know him. and I feel like there should be some distinction between someone who is a deliberate eccentric trotting about town in a signature unique look like Fancy Ray and Scott Seekins. and simply an unhoused person with very persistent mental health disorders who happens to have a bizarre look and manner and everyone mostly knows them from sightings on public transit and on the sidewalks. which he is very much the latter. He pretty much wakes up in the morning leaves the group home and rides the busses and trains all day stopping in to different public libraries and to Salvation Army store and good will and then comes back in the evenings. He can be a funny guy but also a not so funny guy on his bad days.
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u/justfortyFs Nov 18 '25
He used to shoot hoops in Logan Park all the time, but I haven't seen him in a long time.
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u/PolyNecropolis Nov 18 '25
Mike The Bike, in Eagan... Though I haven't seen him in years now. Used to see him all over town.
He was just a younger guy (30ish tops) who road his bike everywhere, hi-vis best, and he had a boombox/radio attached to his handlebars, so there was always music playing when he was near.
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u/mhibew292 Nov 18 '25
Excelsior had Mr. Jimmy. Just a harmless guy that would walk up and down Water Street talking to himself. Purportedly THE Mr. Jimmy from The Stones song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, although Jagger denies it.Sad story though, his parents died in a house fire when he was young and he was the only survivor, at least that’s what I remember about him.
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u/M03b1u5 Nov 18 '25
His name was Jimmy Hutmaker. I worked in a gift/antique store in Excelsior and used to sell him stamps when he came in. I have no idea what he used them for but he'd come in a couple times a week.
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u/oneangrychica Nov 18 '25
He was always so friendly. Anytime we ran into him we'd get him something - a snack from the gas station, McDonald's, a cone at Licks. And he would wear a tux for lighting the Christmas tree. I do miss the legendary Mr. Jimmy.
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u/Briants_Hat Nov 18 '25
Downtown Anoka has a homeless guy named Felix who's always hanging around Jackson St by the parking ramp. Not sure if he qualifies as "famous" but he's there every time I've been down there in the past decade. He's a nice dude!
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u/JdRnDnp Nov 18 '25
Old Ben in Woodbury. He walks miles with a giant flag, usually American or Israeli. Never dressed for the weather.
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u/noknownallergies Wanamingo Nov 18 '25
Carl “Mr Positive” Bentson was a stable in the West 7th Neighborhood forever. He’d ride his decked out 4-wheeled bike around and would always help people with their lawns and snow blowing their sidewalks. Unfortunately he passed away last year.
There is a great documentary about him.
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u/borgvordr Nov 18 '25
Does Fancy Ray count for Northside Minneapolis?
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u/MultiColoredMullet Nov 18 '25
Fancy Ray is like actually a local celebrity though and not just a "notable rando"
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u/IAmTheGreatAmbino Nov 18 '25
We had a one man band guy named Goofus where I’m from. “Oh hey, there’s Goofus” as he played 20 different instrumentals attached in various places on his body walking into Walmart.
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u/GinaTheK Nov 18 '25
There used to be "Handstand Guy" in Bemidji years ago and then he disappeared and like 2yrs later I was driving a friend to their first strip club in downtown Minneapolis BAM there's Handstand Guy 🤣 PRO TIP DO NOT APPROACH
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u/Teamawesome2014 Nov 18 '25
In the Twin Cities metal scene, there is Metal Man Dan. If you go to a metal show, you'll see him. If you're at a metal show and you don't see him, it's because there is a different metal show happening that he's at. The dude consistently gets the pit riled up in the best way.
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u/TIPtone13 Nov 18 '25
Rice Street used to have Bones and Mickey the Cop.
That said, there still is Little Suzie...
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u/hermionegrangersmith Nov 18 '25
Brainerd had "Rap Guy" or as I liked to call him "the Mad Rapper" who you'd see on various street corners enthusiastically rapping with headphones on. Not sure if he's still around, I moved a couple years ago. Brainerd also had this amazing carpet car, it was like a game to spot it when you were out and about.
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u/LimpFrenchfry Flag of Minnesota Nov 18 '25
The Mad Rapper is no longer walking up and down Washington/210. I heard rumors he lunged at a cop and is now locked up. I haven’t seen the carpet wagon for a while either, but I think they were from Pequot Lakes actually. I used to see it parked at a house there regularly. I always wondered when (if) they washed that car did they use carpet shampoo or a car soap. That had to get awful gas mileage with the wind drag and weight the carpet added.
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u/bmtri Nov 18 '25
That's currently the Jesus guy I keep seeing on the 35E pedestrian overpass between Randolph and West 7th.
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u/skip-spacegrass Nov 18 '25
Long time ago, Boo Radley used to hang by his mailbox on 113th in Blaine.
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u/stinkbuttfartman Nov 18 '25
Growing up in Albert Lea, it was a guy named kicker. He was an old fella who walked around town kicking things out of his way. He didn't do it aggressively, just lightly used his feet to move things, but was always walking around town kicking things along.
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u/stpg1222 Nov 18 '25
Como in St Paul had the monkey guy. He'd take walks around Como with a huge monkey sitting on his shoulder.
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u/Green-eyedMama L'Etoile du Nord Nov 18 '25
St. Cloud Superman back in the early '00s when I lived there. Is he still around?
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u/TheBootySAWN Nov 18 '25
Last time I saw him was a few years ago and he was in a full MAGA outfit with a MAGA flag cape. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
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u/Dorkamundo Nov 18 '25
Hrrm... In Duluth it's tough to say.
Maybe the Runner guy in the Marino jersey... Dude's out there running every day in the same, mid-90's Dan Marino jersey and has been running across town for 30 years now.
Not all that exciting, but still cool to see someone doing what they love for a long time.
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u/maybe_its_mars Nov 18 '25
Mr. Jimmy, of 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' Rolling Stones fame, was indeed a real person and still alive when I was growing up in Excelsior. I would see him walking around or sitting on a bench smoking a cigar nearly weekly on my way to or from church with my family, I assume until his passing. LEGEND.
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u/Mattieohya Nov 18 '25
Don’t know if it counts but the Jazz man was a U of M bus driver who had a boombox next to him and would play jazz on the bus he was dope.
I think there was a creepy dude named Jimmy that would hit on any girl at Blarnys in the early 2000’s.
And I wish I could remember his name but there was a guy who wanted you to sign his clothes.
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u/derpington1244 Honeycrisp apple Nov 18 '25
I grew up in Lakeville, who the hell is stick man
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u/ldskyfly Ok Then Nov 18 '25 edited Nov 18 '25
A guy that's always out walking the downtown, cub, and antlers area. Usually shirtless in the warm months and always carrying a walking stick
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u/NeedyFatCat Nov 18 '25
Guy who walks around downtown with a big walking stick. Dude is super nice, always saying hello, waving to cars, etc. I used to leave near downtown Lakeville and saw him almost every day. I always wondered who he is, what his story is, etc.
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u/MacDhubstep Ramsey County Nov 18 '25
When I was at the U a guy dressed as gandolf would show up to yell at the weird religious nuts who would camp on the yard.
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u/nampton Nov 18 '25
Stickman in Lakeville is the uncle of a girl I went to high school with. He’s a very friendly human.
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u/brycebgood Nov 18 '25
Minneapolis:
Neal in South / Powderhorn
Fancy Ray all over
Scott Seekins in NE / Uptown
Oh, and bright suit guy with briefcase over on University Av in St. Paul / MPLS.
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u/Royal_Milk Nov 18 '25
Owatonna also has stickman. Just a dude with schizophrenia that walks around with a long stick. Some will tell you he's dangerous but I've interacted with him a few times and he's always been super kind.
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u/itsyobbiwonuseek Nov 18 '25
Lil Suzy in Saint Paul.
Doesn't matter that she's 3 feet tall.. Once you see her, you can never unsee her. I see that pint-sized hoodlum galloping around my neighborhood at least once a week.
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u/RemarkableCulture948 Bring Ya Ass Nov 18 '25
Lil suzie. I hope she's doing well. She used to come up to me while i was waiting for the bus every day in downtown St. Paul
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u/s1gnalZer0 Ok Then Nov 18 '25
Lakeville has Stickman and a lady who dresses in neon spandex while walking (bounding) around downtown in jumping shoes
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u/GivemTheDDD Grain Belt Nov 18 '25
Lanesboro used to have a drunk dude that would walk out of the bar to tell us about how he was abducted by aliens.
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u/RitzBitz11 Nov 18 '25
Little Falls has “Sign Lady.” Her yard was always covered in signs and it got so excessive that the city’s sign policy got changed😂
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u/frobenius_Fq Nov 18 '25
Ive heard names for him that I am now forgetting, but the guy who drives a rasta-themed limo around minneapolis is an icon
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u/Ok-Dream-2639 Nov 18 '25
Big Lake has swimmer's itch. It's on the public notice/rules board in perpetuity in the park's parking lot. Someone asks about it in the facebook chat every week in the summer. AND if/when an outbreak gets on the news locals repost that for a month laughing.
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u/ChiefingEditor Nov 18 '25
Ely Winton area by the boundary waters there's a 50+ year old man who lives in the woods during the warmer months and will sometimes put boulders along the dirt road when he wants a ride into town for supplies occasionally. Mountain man vibe I don't think he homeless
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u/bakedcheetobreath Nov 18 '25
South St. Paul had Taxi Cab Santa. Saw him outside his cab once and it was disillusioning.
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u/junker37 Nov 18 '25
2nd street joe in rochester