Local NuttersEverywhere in the world has its fair share of deranged people. I grew up in Wolverhampton and remember the Polish tramp who lived in a tent on the roundabout. Legend had it that his coat was stuffed with cash. More recently I notice the guy who spends his day pushing a trolley round Camden Sainsburys shouting, "Best of luck!". Constantly. Tell us about your local nutters. Points for details. Extra points for photos.
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rob, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 11:54)
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Sutton Park's own Bigfoot.There's a large expanse of parkland in Sutton Coldfield and it is reputed to be the home of a wildman who has been nicknamed 'Barkfoot', not only as a hilarious pun on 'Bigfoot' but more accurately because he is known to sport curious shoes made of bark (and also, depending on who you speak to, his bark-related attire may also extend to a jaunty cowboy hat) along with other clothes made of twine and rushes.
If that is not odd enough he is reputed to have a love of sausages, and most encounters involving members of the public and Barkfoot feature snorkers somewhere along the line.
The local paper regularly features all the latest Barkfoot related news, including an interview with someone who claimed to have actually SPOKEN to him, (during which conversation Barkfoot revealed that before adopting the lifestyle of a bark-wearing Grizzly Adams type character, he was infact gainfully employed as a bottle-opener designer in Hemel Hempstead) and also a report about a renegade gang of girls who roam the park hoping to the be the first to bed the Barkfoot.
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propellerhed, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 12:48,
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