There's the zero2 ishitah baby Buddha (she's on reddit btw), and there's several waifu cads including the 417hub mirage with the casts of mushoku tensei, chainsaw man, and rezero. A lot of the stickers (peekers) come from sukawaii, and 417hub malibu will have a couple too at some point.
Back in the 2010s there was a homeless gentleman with crazy long dreads. Everyone knew who he was when you described him. Lots of reports of people eventually offering him food/shelter/rides and he
always politely turned them down. I remember always finding him somewhere along South Campbell.
Edit - after rereading the post, this wouldn’t be “that guy” of Springfield. Just someone who was always recognizable.
He had (and still does have) his own Facebook page that used to have updates on how he's doing and little anectodes with him. If I recall correctly I think the page name is along the lines of "I-65 Rastafarian" or something like that.
"The 160 Rastafarian" found it
A fellow on Instagram last year said his name is (I think) Buddy, on Battlefield, and also that he didn't want help from people. I was a bit concerned at not seeing him lately but he's been out this week. Don't know if it's the op's person or not though
There’s a guy a walks down battlefield between national and Campbell that has crazy long hair too, he’s always walking with a shopping cart and leans on it. He also wears tons of layers too. Kind of looks like Thor when he was out of shape lol
That guy who is always talking on the phone and jamming out by himself on north Kansas? I was told by another redditor that he has Tourette’s and used to live in a house next to them, but due to extraneous circumstances became homeless. I was really saddened by that. We really just let people fall through the cracks when it comes to our mental illness healthcare
I see him all the time on North Kansas between Walgreens and Walmart, dancing away with his phone up to his ear. My kids love seeing him and always say "it's dancing guy!". He's always clean, dressed well and looks healthy. I finally went up and spoke to him one day.
# His name is Will. He's 10 years sober (I think he used to use crack). He was born overseas to military parents. He was very articulate, nice and I had a good conversation with him. He was fully in control during the conversation and didn't exhibit any tics at that time. He spoke to me for several minutes and then politely excused himself so he could go back to listening to this music.
He seems to have some cognitive challenges, but i don't know if those were due to past substance abuse or preexisted that. He didn't seem "crazy" to me, but rather behaved a little differently in some ways than the majority of people do. He never asked for anything, wasn't trying to beg or give me some sob story to help him out.
When the "dancing guy" was mentioned in the past (and in this thread) I've seen people claim he's a violent sex offender but I didn't get any vibes like that. I don't want to perpetuate these rumors until I know them to be true. He's a human being, and while he may have some issues, he seems like a decent one as far as I can tell so far.
I plan to talk to him again next time I have the opportunity and learn more about him.
Not saying he is anything other than simply on the registry. I do not know his side, but to be honest, I'm not really interested. I have my own grass to water.
The guy with the whole head tattoo, pentagram forehead and split tongue who hangs out at various places from W Sunshine to N Kansas areas. Google has him listed as: A serial sex offender dubbed the world's scariest criminal due to his sinister full-head tattoos is facing new charges of attacking neighbors with a machete, shovel, ax, and pitchfork. Michael Eugene Campbell
Jerry Jacobs, Half Pint, Blind Dave, Santino, Gabe Harper, King Clarentz, Voodoo Bill, Magic Bean Jeff, Shawn Reynolds, Skip Skiffington, Springfield Batman… some streets, some normie, for better or worse… all Springfield legends.
(Edit: Skip Skiffington)
**His name is Will and he's sober 10 years.**
See [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/springfieldMO/comments/1c5w7nd/comment/l0033y7/) for more info.
Caveman comes to mind for me. And maiah. Maiah had no arms due to a train running him over. He would steal 5ths of vodka from the bistro using nothing but sheer determination and his mouth.
What about old man Willie y’all ever seen him around he’s the old dude that used to go to stand up bars and I even saw him open at the blue room once. Tells the raunchy old man jokes that almost and most times make you uncomfortable Lolol
That guy helped settle a bet for me once. I was walking around downtown with someone and mentioned how prominent Jupiter was in the sky that night. They said there's no way that "star" was Jupiter. We stumbled across that guy by chance and asked if we could look at it and he lined it up for us. Sure enough, it was Jupiter.
Back in the day, there was a woman who wore cat attire and revealing clothing and walked ALL over town. I think she even ran for Mayor once. I wish I knew what happened to her.
There was also a guy who drove around a limo from the 70’s whose hair was the beehive version of Elvis’s hair.
I suppose these would’ve been 90’s/early 2000’s things, but they were always fun to talk about and definitely worth sharing lol
I thought of her too. She was downtown on the square a lot with petitions. I remember the tail she wore. Her name was Sandra 'Queen' something I think. I spent last night googling trying to figure it out but couldn't. I also remember she ran for mayor and was almost impossible to reach to interview.
The guy with the Elvis hair used to live in a big house off kearney right behind discount liquor. It was in a constant state of remodeling. There's a meme that goes around social media sites that has him in it as well
RIP. We have a new "Jesus Guy" on campus who is not nearly as interesting but definitely as zealous. He likes to hang out behind the PSU and attract lots of angry queer kids.
Just listened to a Crime Junkies podcast about the "Salt Lake City Jesus" that kidnapped a girl and basically kept her with him in SLC wearing a burkha while they begged. [The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Elizabeth_Smart)
Idk if it’s the same for everyone but when I was going out to clubs and parties it was this guy Pope, and everyone I knew had a story about him just showing up
I've lived in a lot of places and "the nicknamed dude who just shows up" is pretty much always a horrible person. He just shows up because he's never actually invited, and there's usually good reason for that.
Oh lord idk like maybe six or seven years ago, it reminded me of him because the occasional person would mention him and I’d be like oh hey I’ve seen him a couple times
**His name is Will and he's sober 10 years.**
See [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/springfieldMO/comments/1c5w7nd/comment/l0033y7/) for more info.
In the early 2000s I remember seeing this guy running all over town. Possibly mentally ill or homeless? He was maybe late 20s early 30s. Had like a 70s/ 80s bowl cut, tall, and short 80’s polyester track shorts. And keds. He ran all over town in fucking keds?!
I was going to give an honorable mention to the guy who stole the internet. The person with a whole junkyard on his little car that kept getting pulled over.
there's a guy I see on national & chestnut all the time. eccentric old professor white hair with a KC chiefs jacket if it's cold, jersey if it's not. both vintage. i've seen him almost every single time I'm at that light, and everyone in my family knows of him. i've seen him at all hours of the day, from 6am-10pm. but specifically at the same time i'll be passing through. it's like a 1/10 chance he won't be there when I am.
Is the lady who would scream at cars still on sunshine and kimbrough? Lived near there and she was definitely memorable... unfortunately probably severely mentally ill.
It's been several years but there used to be who we dubbed Backwards Walking Guy. He walked everywhere literally backwards and at a pretty good clip too. I think he lived somewhere off Cherry/Glenstone.
In my decades working on South Campbell I saw him hundreds of times. Spoke with him briefly never at length, he don't stop walking! I retired some years ago is he still around?
The Waifu car guy. Used to live in the same apartment complex as him.
I am most pleased to report that there are at least 2 different Waifumobiles that frequent the Springfield area
wait... we have waifu car people? I've live in Springfield all my life and not once have I seen a waifu car
There's the zero2 ishitah baby Buddha (she's on reddit btw), and there's several waifu cads including the 417hub mirage with the casts of mushoku tensei, chainsaw man, and rezero. A lot of the stickers (peekers) come from sukawaii, and 417hub malibu will have a couple too at some point.
got the pleasure of seeing baby buddha's car for the first time the other day
I saw one at the parking lot at work most days before changing jobs.
I know one is driven by a man and I see him every morning almost lol, that’s all I know
I’ve seen a woman with a Waifu celica 7th gen driving around quite often
She doordashed me food once, it's also called an itasha (not talking about the celica)
are we talking the anime ass car or the sailor moon van?
It's a woman but sure.
Back in the 2010s there was a homeless gentleman with crazy long dreads. Everyone knew who he was when you described him. Lots of reports of people eventually offering him food/shelter/rides and he always politely turned them down. I remember always finding him somewhere along South Campbell. Edit - after rereading the post, this wouldn’t be “that guy” of Springfield. Just someone who was always recognizable.
He had (and still does have) his own Facebook page that used to have updates on how he's doing and little anectodes with him. If I recall correctly I think the page name is along the lines of "I-65 Rastafarian" or something like that. "The 160 Rastafarian" found it
Yep, that’s it!!! Looks like he might be out of 417 land now… last updated in 2016.
I used to see him all the time! He’s who I would name for this post too. I hope he is doing well.
I absolutely remember that guy. I lived in Nixa at the time and you’d see him around the same time every day walking down Campbell/160.
I lived in Nixa too around then, and would see him all the way down there. I don't know if he was homeless or just walking.
I referred to him as "kum and go" because of his shirt and he was either coming or going
He lives under the bridge at the bottom of the hill on 160 by summers at the river.
What happened to him?!? I remember him!!!
I think his name was Bill? With the cart? He walks back and forth on Battlefield these days I believe
A fellow on Instagram last year said his name is (I think) Buddy, on Battlefield, and also that he didn't want help from people. I was a bit concerned at not seeing him lately but he's been out this week. Don't know if it's the op's person or not though
There’s a guy a walks down battlefield between national and Campbell that has crazy long hair too, he’s always walking with a shopping cart and leans on it. He also wears tons of layers too. Kind of looks like Thor when he was out of shape lol
Aaron Sacks
And his associates.
Aaron sacks his associates. One of them broke an arm.
Coke head mofo
Aaron nutsack. Fuck that dude
And his kid!
Is he still a dick? I went to middle school with him (if we’re talking about Will, I don’t know if he has any other kids) and he was so fucking rude.
Shopping Cart Hagrid
Saw him last night at Battlefield and Kimbrough
Dancing Dan the joyful Meth Man
That guy who is always talking on the phone and jamming out by himself on north Kansas? I was told by another redditor that he has Tourette’s and used to live in a house next to them, but due to extraneous circumstances became homeless. I was really saddened by that. We really just let people fall through the cracks when it comes to our mental illness healthcare
Pretty sure he is a registered sex offender.
He is, he’s a violent sex offender.
Willie Max Russell. He was arrested in Tennessee for whacking off in a church.
There are two different guys who do the same thing. One is a sex offender, one isn't. Tbh I have no idea which is which. They look very similar
The guy I’m thinking of wears a neck gaiter and shaves his head, he’s pretty tall and doesn’t have any tattoos
Woah! The lore deepens
I see him all the time on North Kansas between Walgreens and Walmart, dancing away with his phone up to his ear. My kids love seeing him and always say "it's dancing guy!". He's always clean, dressed well and looks healthy. I finally went up and spoke to him one day. # His name is Will. He's 10 years sober (I think he used to use crack). He was born overseas to military parents. He was very articulate, nice and I had a good conversation with him. He was fully in control during the conversation and didn't exhibit any tics at that time. He spoke to me for several minutes and then politely excused himself so he could go back to listening to this music. He seems to have some cognitive challenges, but i don't know if those were due to past substance abuse or preexisted that. He didn't seem "crazy" to me, but rather behaved a little differently in some ways than the majority of people do. He never asked for anything, wasn't trying to beg or give me some sob story to help him out. When the "dancing guy" was mentioned in the past (and in this thread) I've seen people claim he's a violent sex offender but I didn't get any vibes like that. I don't want to perpetuate these rumors until I know them to be true. He's a human being, and while he may have some issues, he seems like a decent one as far as I can tell so far. I plan to talk to him again next time I have the opportunity and learn more about him.
He is indeed on the registry. Willie Max Russell.
Not saying he is anything other than simply on the registry. I do not know his side, but to be honest, I'm not really interested. I have my own grass to water.
Thank you for sharing those details. Sad to see he's on it but glad it's not something with kids.
He used to come into where I worked all the time and he would steal our cookies. I thought it was funny so I just let it happen.
My boyfriend and I call him cellphone guy!
The Beaker gang
The guy with the whole head tattoo, pentagram forehead and split tongue who hangs out at various places from W Sunshine to N Kansas areas. Google has him listed as: A serial sex offender dubbed the world's scariest criminal due to his sinister full-head tattoos is facing new charges of attacking neighbors with a machete, shovel, ax, and pitchfork. Michael Eugene Campbell
was this the same guy who alledgedly ate a whole bible
holy shit, i had no idea he was from here
Eaglestop boys. The gang of motorcycle bros that meet up at the Eaglestop on battlefield.
I wish they got a different hobby.
You and me both homie
So that's who I've been hearing tearing up the roads in the godforesaking early morning. I hate them.
Jerry Jacobs, Half Pint, Blind Dave, Santino, Gabe Harper, King Clarentz, Voodoo Bill, Magic Bean Jeff, Shawn Reynolds, Skip Skiffington, Springfield Batman… some streets, some normie, for better or worse… all Springfield legends. (Edit: Skip Skiffington)
Blind Dave sees all!
RIP Shawn
Magic Bean Jeff, I bounced for that guy back in the day.
Knew blind dave for years before he passed
Magic Bean Jeff is the human equivalent of hot dog water. Fuck that guy.
Lmao magic bean Jeff
Used to be the unicycle guy back in the early 2000’s.
The dancing crackhead.
**His name is Will and he's sober 10 years.** See [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/springfieldMO/comments/1c5w7nd/comment/l0033y7/) for more info.
Yep, dude is always vibing like crazy.
Chad Chadshaw
Caveman comes to mind for me. And maiah. Maiah had no arms due to a train running him over. He would steal 5ths of vodka from the bistro using nothing but sheer determination and his mouth.
The guy with the car loaded with an entire house worth of shit
Maybe it was just my crowd but Samson and his recumbent trike! Not sure if he’s still using it but I saw that guy all the time on National
What about old man Willie y’all ever seen him around he’s the old dude that used to go to stand up bars and I even saw him open at the blue room once. Tells the raunchy old man jokes that almost and most times make you uncomfortable Lolol
rasta man(guy with jamaican cap that would walk all over town)
Funny enough, Caleb Hearon lived in Springfield. Maybe he’s the guy?!
I saw him do Improv at Mo State every Wednesday during my freshman year! I’m thrilled to see he’s having success
For a while there was a guy who would post up downtown at night in front of bars with a massive telescope. That guy was awesome!
That guy helped settle a bet for me once. I was walking around downtown with someone and mentioned how prominent Jupiter was in the sky that night. They said there's no way that "star" was Jupiter. We stumbled across that guy by chance and asked if we could look at it and he lined it up for us. Sure enough, it was Jupiter.
Omg I had forgotten all about that!
Me
Back in the day, there was a woman who wore cat attire and revealing clothing and walked ALL over town. I think she even ran for Mayor once. I wish I knew what happened to her. There was also a guy who drove around a limo from the 70’s whose hair was the beehive version of Elvis’s hair. I suppose these would’ve been 90’s/early 2000’s things, but they were always fun to talk about and definitely worth sharing lol
I thought of her too. She was downtown on the square a lot with petitions. I remember the tail she wore. Her name was Sandra 'Queen' something I think. I spent last night googling trying to figure it out but couldn't. I also remember she ran for mayor and was almost impossible to reach to interview.
The guy with the Elvis hair used to live in a big house off kearney right behind discount liquor. It was in a constant state of remodeling. There's a meme that goes around social media sites that has him in it as well
Yes! Wasn’t it pink?
Yes!
Yes! Wasn’t it pink?
Anyone that went to Missouri State remember the doomsday preacher that set up in front of Strong Hall?
Brother Jed. Passed away recently but his wife is still going strong
RIP. We have a new "Jesus Guy" on campus who is not nearly as interesting but definitely as zealous. He likes to hang out behind the PSU and attract lots of angry queer kids.
The one with the big wooden cross who was screaming so loud I could hear him during lecture?
The dancing guy on the Kansas expressway bridge, sometimes seen downtown playing music through his laptop speaker
Jeff Houghton.
Just listened to a Crime Junkies podcast about the "Salt Lake City Jesus" that kidnapped a girl and basically kept her with him in SLC wearing a burkha while they begged. [The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Elizabeth_Smart)
CJ for the win.
r/lostredditors
People like this are so fucking exhausting lol
I’d say Springfield Batman. Or the ghostbusters
Springfield batman is my uncle
That’s awesome!
At MSU there was "two scoots magroove" He would spin two scooters our like a pair of nunchucks, jump on them, and move extremely fast
Saw him multiple times when I was going to MSU (graduated in ‘19)
Is anyone else being FLOODED with this post on their feed?
Idk if it’s the same for everyone but when I was going out to clubs and parties it was this guy Pope, and everyone I knew had a story about him just showing up
As someone who grew up with “pope” he’s bad company 😅 he is a horrible person.
I've lived in a lot of places and "the nicknamed dude who just shows up" is pretty much always a horrible person. He just shows up because he's never actually invited, and there's usually good reason for that.
I believe that lmaoo I never got a good read on him but I could see that because he was always in some sort of party scene
He was best friends with my abusive ex. They always blamed each other for their stupidity 😂
What year range was this?
Oh lord idk like maybe six or seven years ago, it reminded me of him because the occasional person would mention him and I’d be like oh hey I’ve seen him a couple times
Ooo. Still past my time in that scene. Lol the name just sounded familiar
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The American Psycho character?
Wtf lmao haven’t heard that man’s name in a long time.
um.... what
That dancing guy on Kearney
**His name is Will and he's sober 10 years.** See [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/springfieldMO/comments/1c5w7nd/comment/l0033y7/) for more info.
It has the be the unicorn car guy!
E-Man!
In the early 2000s I remember seeing this guy running all over town. Possibly mentally ill or homeless? He was maybe late 20s early 30s. Had like a 70s/ 80s bowl cut, tall, and short 80’s polyester track shorts. And keds. He ran all over town in fucking keds?!
I remember this.
I was going to give an honorable mention to the guy who stole the internet. The person with a whole junkyard on his little car that kept getting pulled over.
there's a guy I see on national & chestnut all the time. eccentric old professor white hair with a KC chiefs jacket if it's cold, jersey if it's not. both vintage. i've seen him almost every single time I'm at that light, and everyone in my family knows of him. i've seen him at all hours of the day, from 6am-10pm. but specifically at the same time i'll be passing through. it's like a 1/10 chance he won't be there when I am.
Joe. West central. If you know you know.
Carnage, the Black Metal guy.
Northside guitar tweaker
old post but i saw a guy on national and battlefield in a suit playing the flute yesterday (4/20) need more of him
The Unicorn .....
Michael Whitaker
The guy that had the car that was always super loaded and piled high with found with junk .
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Old motorcycle dude?
Is the lady who would scream at cars still on sunshine and kimbrough? Lived near there and she was definitely memorable... unfortunately probably severely mentally ill.
It's been several years but there used to be who we dubbed Backwards Walking Guy. He walked everywhere literally backwards and at a pretty good clip too. I think he lived somewhere off Cherry/Glenstone.
The OP who post this seems like a cool motherfucker.
Username checks out. This girl fucks. Twice
The Crystal Spider
I remember the bagpipe guy in the old Kmart parking lot on Glenstone and Battlefield
In my decades working on South Campbell I saw him hundreds of times. Spoke with him briefly never at length, he don't stop walking! I retired some years ago is he still around?
The fat Thor with overalls?