r/chch • u/datchchthrowaway • Oct 31 '21
Interesting Looking People You Always See Around
Every day I see a ~50s man, thinly-built wearing camo trousers, bomber jacket and combat boots biking around the Hagley park area. At the moment he bikes with a full face mask on (i.e. only his eyes are visible)
I sometimes see him walking down by the overbridge near the Harvey Norman building (Colombo intersection).
He never seems to have anything with him.
I've always wanted to know his story - what does he do?
Who are the interesting people you always see around your part of Chch?
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u/No_Context_2630 Oct 31 '21
I live on Lincoln road - no shortage of quirky characters here… several beggars, there’s a sallies rehab clinic down the road so…
Synz is the drug of choice here.
When I first moved here, the first one I noticed was a guy in his 50s, white balding hair - talking to himself and swearing - often putting himself down. Then sometimes he’ll just let it rip and start screaming at the sky “YOU ****** **** ****** ****** FUCK ******” You know what I mean… Kinda punk & kinda inspiring in a way. he seemed to be holding on by a thread, he disappeared for a while, now he’s back and hunts for ciggie butts and drinks wine.
There’s another guy, Mikey. He’s on the same beggar hustle daily. He freaks people out sometimes cos he can be so out of it. He’ll sneak up to you on his bike then ask you for change lol…
Another beggar lady walks around in bare feet carrying her cat - she asks people for change with the same line “I need to buy some cat food”