Fat Guy & Asian Wife?

[Charles Hunter]

What about the guy who walks in the road, talking to himself - or everyone, and dancing and gesturing to passing cars?  I've seen him on Edison, Stockton, and even on Bay Street, near the Convention Center.  Anybody know his story?

Then there's the woman who panhandles at various intersections along Park.  Stands out in the middle of the road and comes up to cars caught by a red light.

[ben says]

Ditto RiversideLoki. Sonny and Yoko have cost me hundreds over the years. Vandalism, theft, don't get me started. Ben please steer clear of these two.

I knew the 'harmless' talk was too good to be true!

Normally I'd buy it...but this woman just makes me feel like something bad is about to happen. I've dealt with crackheads, psychotics, the disturbed, the poor (I lived in downtown Charleston for four years)...but I've never come across a pair that give me as bad vibes as the 'fat guy and his asian wife' do...

I wonder if she's the one who tagged my license plate when I was legally parked outside my apartment the other week...

[alohameisha]

Thanks dog walker for the info. I have seen the woman for a number of years I remember the first time I saw her I had just seen "the ring" and she was behind me when I came around the corner heading to the atm. She was alone without the man or dog and I must of jumped 10 feet. Since then I've not been so jumpy from the movie I see her, the man and dog. The tall chicken legs man has a halloween type fro but his black and white wrap dress is very smart looking. I love our neighborhood and all it's characters. I pass some of the same people everyday not homeless but characters anyway.

[thekillingwax]

Then there's the woman who panhandles at various intersections along Park.  Stands out in the middle of the road and comes up to cars caught by a red light.

Not sure if you're talking about Shirley (Green, I think?)- older black lady? I haven't seen her in a while. She used to sit at the crossing light at the Cummer on Riverside at night and pound on the button when she saw a car coming so she could harass them at the red light. Twice she approached my car from a blindspot and hovered about 2 inches away from my window. I'm really shocked somebody hasn't just shot her by now. I know back in the day she was even more aggressive, she'd tell drivers and folks walking by that she had aids and would spit or bleed on them if she didn't get money. Huge rapsheet too.

[Charles Hunter]

That must be her ... and I haven't seen here in awhile.  But she is scary.

[floridaforester]

I noticed that on a regular basis you would see her in new, clean clothes acting like she was on her meds.  She seems somewhat lucid at times (guessing its meds) but most times she is just in her own world.  The guy, I've heard, can be dangerous and it wouldn't shock me if that is accurate.  I hope that, for her sake, he is protective of her and treats her well because I could not imagine her on the streets on her own.  Its gotta be scary out there for anyone, let alone a 100 lb woman without all her mental faculties.

[Dog Walker]

I think Carl is gone.  No one has seen him for sometime.  Besides being a severe alcoholic he had AIDS and a lot of other health problems.  He was a really nasty character.

[Dog Walker]

Tiny, Walter's beloved dog, died of cancer at age twelve a couple of days ago.  He took very good care of her right to the end.

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[duvaldude08]

There is also a black woman who has lurked for LONG years over on Edison and Riverside Blvd. I have seen her on park a few times to. She always stands outside of Incahoots and ask any and everybody for money that she sees. She know the club nights like clock work. Shes not to crazy. LOL

[Dog Walker]

Learned that Walter Dickinson, the "fat man", died of congestive heart failure a few days ago after a week in the hospital.

Turns out that the woman he called his mother was unrelated to him, but gave him and Soo Young work, support, storage space and concern for many years.  People like that restore your faith in humanity.

Shelton Hull is reportedly working on a story about Walter's life and art.

[ben says]

Learned that Walter Dickinson, the "fat man", died of congestive heart failure a few days ago after a week in the hospital.

Turns out that the woman he called his mother was unrelated to him, but gave him and Soo Young work, support, storage space and concern for many years.  People like that restore your faith in humanity.

Shelton Hull is reportedly working on a story about Walter's life and art.

Really sad

[L.P. Hovercraft]

If this is the same guy I'm thinking of, I used to see him occasionally pushing his dog around in a baby stroller; he was one of the local characters that adds color to living in a neighborhood like Riverside.
 
I think it was him that I saw a few years back painting part or all of the outside mural on the Margaret St. side of Sake House in Five Points right before they opened so he definitely possessed some artistic talent and skills.

RIP Walter.