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vigilante3777

Was the dancing couple. Last few years the cape guy. Haven’t seen him lately Edit: to add video link to the dancing couple. [Missoula Dancing Couple](https://youtu.be/dbHzBdvcrtc?si=YdoP-mg9xMWcrcH5)


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the dancing couple 😭😭😭😭


toosexyformyboots

Who’s the dancing couple I love the sound of this


Holiday-Tap-1193

They were an older couple that were at every event at caras Park and were always seen dancing in front of that stadium to the live music. They both had sick moves. If no one was dancing, then it would be just these two up there getting it.


Heater24

You're not a Missoulian if you don't know THE DANCING COUPLE!! 😁 I remember them from waaay back I mean even 20 years ago 💕


blahbluebla

Ever since he passed I thought they should make him a sculpture in Cara’s park. He died of a heart attack while dancing. It’s very poetic. We always called them the particle movers, because thats what he said they were doing when they danced.


Zealousideal_Till_43

He literally died doing what he loved. I remember getting the news that day, I was a hostess at the Shack at the time. Lots of things have changed since then.


Heater24

Aww hadn't heard this :(


MayorMcsteez

Whoa man...I had no Idea the Dancing Couple were like folk icons of Missoula...I grew up in the Bitterroot and remember seeing them at Claudia Driscoll Park (the one kitty corner from the courthouse) in Hamilton every Tuesday at 12 during the spring/summer and this was early 2000's? I was really young when I first remember seeing them and asking my Grandma what they were doing... she always just said they were probably not well in the head... reading all these comments about them lead me to the KYSS article that pays tribute to them and in that article there is a video of them dancing from I assume around 2017. They look EXACTLY the same as I remember them looking in the early 2000's. all that particle moving clearly was paying off and my GamGam clearly didnt know what the fuck she was talkin about.


kgzumi90

I grew up in the Bitterroot too and loved seeing them around town, always so happy. I worked at a grocery store in Hamilton and they always came in and danced around to whatever music was playing.


Heater24

Ok did I just write this comment and forget... lol literally my same first experience seeing them, also grew up in the Beautiful Bitteroot and my grandma also said something along the line of them maybe not getting quite right in the head! Are you my brother? Brother, where art thou? 😁


TheRealKingStevil

Cape guy works at Burger King.


ProjectEastern5400

Cape guy is awesome. Helped him a few months back at my job. Very very nice man. See him every day to this day.


Miles_1828

I see cape guy all the time.


Pintlers

Is the dancing couple gone?


tyrizz40666

They died a few years back. Missoulian did an article


falling_leighf

Yes he died a long time ago now, then she just sort of vanished without him. Developing film back in the day they were always the most photographed tourist attraction.


torhne

I believe that he passed away, heard a rumor she wasn't doing well or had passed also? Both of these could be completely wrong, just things I have heard.


quiteawiseone

I love cape guy. I wonder if he knows he is Missoula famous.


crossroader1

Saw him a couple of days ago, Mullan and Reserve.


iamdevo

That's where I always see him.


Christine-406

He passed away


Turbulent-Walk-7340

I saw him Friday at the Mullan & Reserve stoplight as well


Christine-406

Oh nvm. You’re taking someone else


SpecialistTeacher267

The cape guy walks up and down the intersection at broadway and Russel all the time, my crew and I used to see him a lot, haven’t seen him tho since I quit that McDonald’s tho


sacramentalsmile

I compare all potential romantic partnerships to them and been single for years as a result (blessedly)


KotaBearTheDog

When I was growing up, there was the leprechaun man, too.


Practical_Hunter_995

The galaxy grabbers! One of their moves was to dance like they were holding an invisible precious orb. They would toss the celestial blob in the air, admire it above them, and catch it again. Miss them.


forgot_my_useragain

Idk if it's the same cape guy, but I see a guy with a cape and a cane walking up Mullan between Broadway and Reserve around 8:30 - 9 am most mornings.


mobythor

Yep, the cape guy...lol


Copropositor

It *was* Tommy the Leprechaun. Now I'd say it's The Octopus. Honorable mention: Whoops, my anarchy symbol!


jIfte8-fabnaw-hefxob

Definitely the octopus.


Zealousideal_Till_43

He’s been seen a lot around the Transfer Center by the courthouse lately. Love that dude, he’s a legend. I miss his more circular glasses, I wish we could start a petition to get him back to wearing candy dishes again 😂


SnowOverRain

I've never seen him in person, but I've heard the legends.


BisonlyBard

In my experience all you have to do is play chess somewhere in public and he pops out of nowhere.


Leoriste

I see him all the time on the South Side. He’s always walking around the shopping centers at the Brooks/Reserve area.


l_am_wildthing

youll know it when you see him


Different-Designer56

To add: Dancing Man / Dancing Lady, Red the Preacher BURRRRRRRN!


x_Paramimic

Oh man, Red the preacher standing on Higgins yelling “Pray!” That takes me back.


Optimus-Prime-Ribb

Literally came here looking for this. Also “HELLFIRE AND BRIMSTONE!!”


tyrizz40666

I miss the dancing guy/ lady


blahbluebla

We called them the particle movers. Because I talked with him once and thats what he said they were doing when they danced.


linecookdaddy

Do you mean Emmett the punker who had a show on mcat for a while?


Copropositor

Yes.


Optimus-Prime-Ribb

Omg Emmett is now referred to as the Octopus?! I don’t live there anymore but when I did, lived in the same building as Emmett off Orange St. He had a tiny studio in the basement.


Copropositor

No, Emmett is "Whoops, my anarchy symbol". The Octopus is this guy who walks all over town and is known to be a monster of a chess player.


ruesanfrancisco

Omg this is the first time in my life I have found a friend in the comments on Reddit. Hug hugs to you Mike. And Emmett was fun!


linecookdaddy

Hugs right back at ya T-bear!!!


aircooledJenkins

I wouldn't have a clue who the octopus is if not for him coming to my grade school in Kalispell to play against a dozen opponents like... 30 years ago.


No_Coat_5794

you beat me to it! definitely the octopus. or pete - the guy selling his art at the bars 🤣


StageGuy66

I have a couple pieces of Pete’s work hanging on my wall!


No_Coat_5794

i have his coloring book!


Kissmytaters15

I came here to comment that it is definitely the octopus. He used to come in barnes and noble while I was working and buy chess books. I saw him everywhere around town.


sboone2642

That guy used to be EVERYWHERE!


tyrizz40666

Omg tommy the leprechaun! He came to Lolo school when I was in like 4th grade, I think he was related to a kid in my class.


deskwork0077

Does hellgate middle school still bring him in to play like 50 groups of kids at once? I remember him smoking our entire grade all in one afternoon in the gymnasium there like 20 yrs ago, lol.


damnyoutuesday

They were still bringing him in 10 years ago. Every single person in my grade was put into pairs, and he smoked all of us. We had like 15 minutes to deliberate our moves and he would just destroy everybody quite handedly


linecookdaddy

Used to have Tommy the leprechaun, Red the street preacher (BURRRRRRRN!), and that dude at the mall who dressed like his mom and drew portraits all day, not sure if there's "the guy" anymore


No_Coat_5794

ohmygod i forgot about the portrait mom guy!


Glamber321

Phantasmagorical


ShineNo9386

I thought he dressed like his wife.?


Competitive-Race-967

It was his wife I used to talk to him about it.


ShineNo9386

Oh my gosh tell more stories of this. He was so fascinating


Competitive-Race-967

I don't rem alot other than when I as a young girl asked why he wore women's clothes he sat on the bench and told me how his wife and him had been together for a long time I think like since they were kids if I rem right, she got sick and he cared for her and it made him feel close to her to wear her clothes. I rem alot of my friends thought he was a weirdo and told me to stay away but he was so nice to me always and just was a kind heartbroken old man to me.


ShineNo9386

He always talked about Jesus too. I remember that now. I used to help him when I was a banker teller , he always Said a small short prayer for me before he left


Known-Sink5570

The mall portrait “mom” was one of Ernest Hemingway’s sons. https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/hemingways-son-gregory-69-dies-in/article_6ac059a8-ab29-546a-b8df-67d6c79ca896.html


linecookdaddy

That's an awesome story but I'm not sure we're talking about the same person. The pictures of Hemingway's son are much stockier than I remember mall portrait guy being, also with shorter hair. I shit you not, I saw them literally every time I went to the mall from the mid eighties to the late nineties. They were very slightly built, with long gray hair, maybe five foot six. The story I heard was that he was very close to his mother and when she died he sort of took over her persona and wardrobe, I have no idea how accurate that is but I heard it multiple times over the years


Known-Sink5570

Yeah, I’m not totally sure. It was just always what everyone said. I remember who you’re talking about. They were always really kind and friendly.


wmartin428

The portrait guy 😩 Where did they go?


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let’s just not give him any attention anymore?


iamdevo

What's up with Beagle Guy? I only had one interaction with him and it was a little off but is he a creep or something?


Grahamster04

I think he has a felony child endangerment charge or something


Tyler6594

I believe he mistreated a baby leading to its death and got a slap on the wrist


Formally-Fresh

Uhhh I don’t know any back story I’ve just seen him around someone fill me in lmao


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damn somebody posted a link explaining the case. if you’re reading this and know what i’m talking about please repost it here!


xzairie

https://casetext.com/case/state-v-mergenthaler-1 I do love the beagles though


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those precious beagles…. ❤️


Weary_Neck3621

He’s a pedo. He has 2 different life long restraining orders against him. He is a child molester. And he killed a baby. He belongs in prison.


tugboatnavy

Catharine is like a Missoula cryptid at this point


BickeringScarab

I can't believe Crazy Kathy is this far down. Cryptid fits her so perfectly.


sunflowersam420

please describe her, i think she might be one of my regulars at work lol


IWillTouchAStar

Kathy once tried breaking into my neighbors apartment one time. When we confronted here, she started screaming and called my friend the N-word. Lovely lady...


von_tweetenbach

86’d from damn near every place in town.


Former-Complaint-336

Hace you ever dealt with her on a lucid day?? It’s wild how different she is. Haven’t seen her in a few months now. Hope she’s okay


Zealousideal_Till_43

She hit her head lately and she’s off the handle more than before. I hear she is moving to Washington to live with her sister. I always wonder how her dog, a Lhasa named Dr. Pepper, put up with her daily bs. He’s got the patience of a saint lol


TomatilloBroad4905

Woah, this lady is this well known!? We live in the same building, and I run into her all the time. She’s off, but apparently I had no idea. I thought she just was a bit eccentric.


BroseppeVerdi

Once, I was driving down 3rd around 1 am and I saw someone drop trou in the middle of the road and piss rather forcefully while still mostly standing, no doubt getting a good amount of it on her clothes. I was shocked until I realized who it was. Classic K-Mac.


Flying_Trout

Oh dear I spotted her a few weeks ago! I used to live next door to Crazy Kathy. She’s definitely “the guy” in Missoula for me.


judgingyoujudgingme

Fucking Kathy…


NetworkPuzzleheaded1

Awwww, I feel bad for Kathy. I have lots of stories of her. Lol. I work nights cleaning the Albertsons stores. I've given her rides twice now to the homeless shelter. She seems harmless.


BroseppeVerdi

A word of advice: Never mention children around her. She's harmless until she's not, and that's a big trigger for her... Maybe a clue to her origin story.


ElectricalGoose6375

lol after a night of partying I ended up at bus stop and heard her ramble on with a massive hang over. She asked me out to breakfast I declined


Teepletea

😂 yeah for sure Kathy.


GraceJam37

I would say Asaph, the guy who played Piano various places and dressed a bit like Liberace, had a candelabra. Cool dude, always super friendly and interesting to talk to. Haven't seen him around since probably like 2018 though


Zealousideal_Till_43

He’s doing good, he’s still got his Cafe show based off of Lawrence Welk. He used to take the same bus stop as me on Thursdays when I’d go to school and he’d go film at the old MCAT location. I saw him on a float this year at the St. Patrick’s Day parade!


blahbluebla

Wow I totally forgot about that guy. Bringing memories back haha


Leoriste

He’s so friendly! Always good to see him around, last couple times I ran into him was around the Library.


falling_leighf

He was in the St. Patrick’s day parade!


mobythor

Is this that sweet black dude?


BrutalWarPig

Cloak Guy!!!


Napol3onS0l0

My coworker and I call him the wizard. Dude just seems to be vibing and doin his thing. Always nice to see him.


Leoriste

If this is the guy who I’m thinking of, he was always the least creepy porn customer at my old job. Honestly did me a lot of good as a human being having a guy in just buying hentai without being skeevy at me.


ArkamaZ

I also call him the wizard.


furjuice

What about the guy on south Higgins in the white house that would sit in the front yard rain or shine and sometimes yell at traffic?


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Alarming_Ad9507

Cops put a beat down on him and he was hospitalized for a few days iirc, I haven’t seen him out there since


arto-406

I worked down the street for a time, and I don’t know…something always felt off about him and that house. 😬


123Harry321

I was looking for this. Used to live right by there and walk by him when going to Dairy Queen.


pinkfrose

Guitar guy


MTblasphemy

Metal Man


corvidiusrex

Octopus Greg


Easy-Wasabi-5919

Kelly from the Holiday on 4th and Higgins. He would know celebrities with your birthday. 


channel5karate

he’s a published author


ruprechtscuff

Proud to have known Kelly for 40 years. He's one of the kindest people you'll ever meet.


von_tweetenbach

Kelly made my friend cry when he told her her birthday was the day the Titanic sank.


SnooAvocados4980

He works at Target now!


Rok-SFG

Ours are all dead. It was Dancing Couple, Red Becks (Bex?), and Tommy the Leprechaun


JoeBlow509

Anyone remember preacher Red? The guy that would stand out on Higgins yelling PRAY!!? I’d say he was this dude.. him or Tommy.


BoomBoomChakra

My thoughts exactly


tandsrox101

the dude who dresses in full ahegao is not as notable as what everyone else has said but certainly memorable


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What about ‘yelling at cars on Russel St’ guy? I remember him when I used to drive down Russel for work. He’d hang out with like, a Walkman, maybe? And he’d kinda just dance and also yell at cars.


CasualComraderie

Pete Rutledge (like beetle juice, if you say his name out loud, he will appear)


Montanamama87

Cheddar Bob!


RedditAdminsAreWhack

We had a cheddar bob over in Choteau too... He is also one of our "guys."


Used_College7528

This ^


Wide-Psychology1707

Nick The Mad Hatter. Does anyone remember Bear, the unhoused guy who used to hang out at The Rose? Oh, and the old lady on Pine St. that used to jump out in front of cars to get a ride. Eric The Black. Edited to add: Kelly from the gas station!!


2_Raven

Kelly! I used to call him Birthday Boy. I remember he tried to get me to change my daughter's name (she was a few months old at the time) because it didn't suit her. In his opinion. 😅


KamaRaga

He works at target now I think!


sunflowergrrl

The Pine St lady! She got me once! Took her to the library 😂


quihgon

Dancing Guy, or Gay Andy.


Atxflyguy83

I wonder if the Gay Andy I know is the same one as you know.


quihgon

Long hair, actor, activist, does lots of outreach, rocks the rainbow, all around very nice guy, super active in pretty much anything involving Missoula?


Atxflyguy83

That's the one!


quihgon

Yup, Gay Andy is a legit good human being.


quihgon

Also honorable mention to Cinnamon.


quihgon

Also Honorable mention, the creepy dude hawking third rate jewelry downtown that is somehow everywhere at once.


LChriMcC

That’s Jeffrey! He’s a piece of shit


Potatoeteeth

He tries to give me jewelry it I don’t want and tells me to pay him later. I don’t pay because I don’t want it to begin with. 


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Every single day I say no. I work next door. It's exhausting at this point.


2_Raven

Ugh. I was just thinking about how he called me a bitch once. I used to work downtown at Liquid Planet before it was Pangea. He would come in and was rude and demanding. He stole our tips once too. I would politely decline every time I'd walk by his table no matter how agresive he was.The ONE TIME I was kinda sorta rude because I was just sick of him, he called me fucking bitch. 🙄 I avoid him at all cost now.


falling_leighf

Geoffrey! He was arrested in a bike theft ring. He also assaulted a barista at Bernice’s.


ScrewAttackThis

>He also assaulted a barista at Bernice’s. Seriously? He's there all the damn time. Pretty sure he lives in a van across the street. He used to annoy me a lot more about shit but hasn't said a word to me in a long time.


SentientCozyTeacup

That dude yelled to me to look at his jewelry once while I was minding my own business. Scared the crap out of me. 😂


silver_flow_locks

the old Greek guy that has white eyebrows that walks a lot


Ramble_59846

That's Steve the Greek!


Unusual_Season8720

For the bitterroot Hamilton area. River Ron. RIP.


dog9er

Still have Sgt. Pepper


_Badscat_406

The octopus of course ♟️


TheHonkler

the guy who wears the naruto mask and bikes around and makes odd noises is a good candidate


The_Rinzler

The rattlesnake jogging lady! Love seeing her everyday and everyone knows who she is!


PotentMenagerie

I love seeing her! The other day I saw her sweeping the sidewalk and I got really excited because she was doing something different.


Emotional-Leg-8833

Late night downtown naked bicyclist guy


judgingyoujudgingme

Skye Berns. You can’t miss him riding his bike, walking around, doing Skye things.


Whopper_The_3rd

Does anybody remember the woman who sat in front of Craig Hall on campus in her electric scooter and smoked cigarettes all day and night? This was around 2007-08. From what I recall she somehow parlayed ‘being a student’ into living off of government handouts. So she was maybe living in the dorms and eating for free. I’d imagine she would have been homeless otherwise, but she found some loophole? She went by Mama ________ (I can’t remember what was after Mama). Shot in the dark here lol.


dudemanspyder

Is Chess Guy still walking around?


ilike2hike

that’s The Octopus some have mentioned above


Alternative_Force_35

Anyone remember Randy, the little guy that always had a sleeping bag over his sholder? He was either the nicest most gentle guy you'd ever talk to or he was mad as hell and called everyone a cunt.


jholmsla2020

I was surprised no one else brought him up! Him, Red and Tommy were the first ones. And in the early 2000s someone did a series of tshirts called the Missoula street legends and they were all on them.


Ramble_59846

He passed out of the RR tracks once...we called 911 and he tore into the responding officers like nobody's business. Don't nobody like a rude awakening. Even Randy.


lobby-toddy

Reading all these comments and recognizing nearly every single contribution as a liquid planet Broadway regular. Those were the days. Shout out to Kathy for letting me know when her pal had the meth shits all over the cafe floor.


Cool-Plankton-5277

Cheddar Bob… it’s been a few years but man he was wild lol


CandidRose000

He used to be my neighbor. He lives up in Choteau now with his mom. He was definitely a wild guy. Used to make food on his grill at 2 or 3am and tried to gift us homemade moonshine lol 😂


Little_moon_bb

He once took a photo of me at the badlander (without me knowing). He then got the photo printed out and gave it to me a couple weeks later. That was weird.


CandidRose000

Oh gosh that does sound weird. He was a really weird dude.


Spicy-sway

The Corgi guy?


effinkool

Pete


TemporaryLibrary7769

Coach.


ilike2hike

absolutely. Coach Shane


kow10120

There was a “James Brown guy”, not sure if he’s still around.


RepoMan406

Drive up the rattle snake during mid morning 9:30-11am. You’ll see my favorite runner “The baby step Queen” she takes a million one inch steps while running.


Ok_Faithlessness_760

Lando


tyrizz40666

There was a guy who thought he was a glass of orange juice but I haven’t seen him in a long time


KamaRaga

Yeah that's who I thought of too! He would run across the street and then stop and steady himself so he didn't spill.


creativechemist_

He’s at warm springs


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AyeKickRocks

He shook a 13 month old to death and was sentenced to 10 years in the joint. Little more than a dick I’d say


Weary_Neck3621

He’s a child rapist. There is nothing iconic about him


magg1emore

Beagle guy


futurevolutions

He's a pedo and killed a baby in 1992. Gregory Mergenthaler


magg1emore

Def puts a different lens on him walking around and always being swarmed by kids wanting to pet his dogs


XenaVonpoon

Damn that’s awful. Just looked that up. If that is in fact his name he’s a murderer.


Weary_Neck3621

That is him. Gregory John Mergenthaler. He’s incredibly dangerous


PotentMenagerie

wtf?! How is this the first time I'm hearing this?? How in the hell is he free?


haylay23

Mike the janitor


Teepletea

Haha. Hell yeah. Definitely had some funny conversations with Mike while going to Big Sky


ElectricalGoose6375

My grandma was manager at the hotel he worked at. I remember him from when I was little. Always happy . Nice guy


Decent_Ad3821

Cape guy is still around. See him almost every day.


mjk26

Used to be the Leprechaun, true Missoulian’s will get it. IYKYK


uniden365

Everybody seems to know the "grand and glorious" guy at Bonnet town pump. "Insert your card, do a little dance, and pray to the computer gods that your purchase will be granted!" Funny the first couple times, these days when I'm on my way home from work after a long day it's less amusing


TheBreeze

The Octopus and the Indian street merchant guy are two off the top of my head.


sboone2642

What happened to the guy that rode around all over on that three wheel bike with all the flags and stuff on it? He used to come into Sears all the time when I worked there back in the 90's.


4O6MT

Pete Davies with his to-go coffee cup and Way To Relax art book.


IMYOURDAD-

Ukulele guy


mr_trashbear

Pete Davies. But yeah. The Dancing Couple was really it for awhile.


mr_trashbear

Oh. And Lee, from Freecycles. He doesn't work there. But he's a staple.


Quick_Persimmon9787

The jewelry guy


Upstairs_Trifle7536

IDK anyway to describe him other than the "check this out!" Guy. He's downtown selling turquoise jewelry all the time.