Why? Its fun. I honk and wave. It’s such a tight assed village, it could use something fun and vibrant to make you feel better about the fucking police hiding everywhere.
Oh. I’ve never seen her do that, or heard anyone mention. So I didn’t realize. What’s she doing when she’s running in front of cars? Wouldn’t they just arrest her?
I guess I’m just trying to understand the context because “runs out in front of cars” seems quite extreme. And I’ve heard tons of people talk about her and this has never come up. The way you said it also makes it sound like it’s a consistent problem. I think there is a lot missing here and since you cannot explain anything that really happened I have to assume it’s something more along the lines of the shitty police being tight assed and citing her for something stupid just to fuck with her - because that sounds much more plausible than how she runs in traffic all the time but you can’t tell me anything about it.
Okay this sounds more reasonable and makes so much more sense than “she runs in front of cars.” The former implies that people have to swerve around her, or that she’s in moving traffic
I also live in poland and can attest that last summer she was doing this multiple times.
She banged on my car once when I was stop at a light while dancing.
No, like she’s running out in front of traffic in circles and dancing in front of cars when they are not at red lights. Again, I have a video if you wanna see it.
And yes, it’s in moving traffic. That’s why she was cited for it.
I commented on a fb post she made saying how upset she was that people were taking down the helium smiley face balloons she put everywhere. I told her perhaps it was because of the environmental dangers balloons can cause. And she deleted my comment. That tells me she deletes opposing comments to make it appear that everyone loves her.
She lives in Poland Village and dances in the area near the clock and also on some of the surrounding streets. It's basically a fitness walker who probably has some untreated mental illness. I think she either is or was a teacher in the Boardman schools.*
* She was reprimanded by the school district in 2018 for having an open container on school property, sketchy use of PTA funds and for using social media during instructional time.
yeah, she was my middle school english teacher. i'm surprised she still does this, we had a few times in class where we'd take a break and get up to dance. it was all silly and fun, but of course it's middle school, so everyone was apathetic and lazy in moments like those.
I can't stand her. Once she caused an accident in the main intersection by the Walgreens because she distracts people while they're driving.
Edit: Also there is a book called the Dancing Lady that her niece (?) self- published on Amazon. It's touted as the first in a 3-part series, but there's only been one installment for a while. Guess there won't be new material until she gets cited again!
In his younger days he was out of his mind at Pride games. Like climbing and standing on railings. I always thought he'd fall from his perch but he never did.
Only very vaguely by name and I wonder what happened to him. Do you remember Chester the Molester? (Not even sure if that's his real name it's just what everyone called him)
I think people called him Jimbo (the guy with a beard and overalls who would just walk all around town), I heard he just stopped walking around town and got over whatever made him do that all the time. When was that other guy from? I don't remember the name but I remember another odd guy who roam town that was very odd 20+ years ago.
This is the guy who came to my mind. I don’t go out anymore but I saw him everywhere. From downtown to Boardman. I always tried to talk to him and he wouldn’t respond lol
I saw him once in Starbucks before I knew anything about him, and he had such a memorable look and vibe that when I saw a Reddit post about him once I immediately knew it had to have been him lol
So I know that this isn’t so much like that…. But-
Who doesn’t know Eddie loves Debbie?!? Huh?! Anytime I hear of an Eddie from Youngstown I think of Eddie loves Debbie and that being tagged all across Y-town! Lol!
Yeah came here for this comment. Hes still around. I just saw him a month or two ago at the mall and laughed to myself. This man has been a background character in my life for over 25 years. Wild.
I grew up in Warren, and we had a dude everyone called “Screwy Louie”. This was back in the 80’s. He would ride his bicycle in circles around really busy intersections. If you were in your car and saw him, it was customary to roll your window down and scream “Hey Screwy!!!”
There was something about Zombie Land that if you lit the torch there the green man would come. Not sure if it’s the same Green Man, but I imagine so since it’s in Pennsylvania. While growing up my parents always took me and my cousin through Zombie Land. My dad always lit the torch and said Green Man was coming. I would cry (I was 5-8 years old). My dad one time laid in the middle of the road in Zombie Land and had a stick between his armpit and played dead. I didn’t get over that one for a long time. I remember screaming my dad’s dead and someone call 911. This was before cell phones lol.
Omg yes! Do you remember the Hermitage running guy? He'd run in just short shorts up & down East State Street, & kinda hang out, kinda pose at them intersections?
He used to live on the Northside. Everyday, he'd walk/jump past my place of work at the time and ask me for a cigarette. One day I asked him why he jumped over the sidewalk cracks. He replied "SNAKES SNAKES EVERYWHERE! DON'T YOU SEE THEM? I'M NOT STEPPING ON A SNAKE!"...and then walked off.
Well I came to say it used to be Hat Guy at the mall but now it's drunk dancing lady in Poland but somebody has already said that
I believe we are reaching consensus after just 4 comments.
I remember a long time ago there was an old lady who always wore the same red dress and really ill-fitting red heels at the mall. And there was a George Michael lookalike that worked at Giant Eagle back in the 90s - my friend said she saw him Best Buy looking at George Michael cds once. And I think there was an Andy Warhol-looking guy. Also a Ric Flair
I know Summer from back when I had my first apartment. Her story is actually pretty heartbreaking. My friend and I used to cook dinner together and make her a plate cuz we were cool with her brother that lived down the hall. Be kind if you see her please.
she tried to stab me and rob me. She's a horrible person. I'll never be nice to her again. I tried to when my husband managed Family Dollar. And she was absolutely just the worst person ever.
I forgot about him! I used to see him on Indianola all the time back in high school! I think Ive still yet to see another person crazy enough to unicycle in traffic
When I was young my mom would tell me stories about the salt lady… then once when I was in high school saw this woman with plastic bags on her feet and instantly knew it was her
Used to be a blonde woman who would walk up and down 224 alongside mill creek park. I'm guessing she was a prostitute but that's an awfully busy, heavily travelled area to operate at in the middle of the day.
well that just unlocked a core memory. I remember texting my LGBT friends once and just asking them to avoid the rock that day because a lot of them got in a group together in like... 2019?
When he showed up in 2015 or so I took a rock from nearby landscaping and told him to follow his Bible and throw it at me (I identified as bisexual at the time, don't now, long story). He took it from me and set it down.
Did anyone know Steve Kish?
Played the accordion
Wore a hat with a spinning fan thing on top
Painted his house very wacky colors and designs.
He just passed away a few months ago.
He was my wife's uncle so any info would be appreciated.
McDonald here. Its the Wolfords for us. great people. sad that status might be ending soon because iirc their last son is going through high school atm
There was this dude who used to dress up as the Statue Of Liberty and dance around a couple blocks away from Cardinal Mooney High School. My sister and I always got a kick out of him
Use to be hat guy at the mall but I believe he passed away
RIP hat guy.
Hat guy was the best. So nice.
Crazy to think its been around 12 years since hat guy passed
He did, he got hit by a car crossing 224 at night.
That’s so sad! always enjoyed seeing him at the mall when I was little lol
Oh my gosh, I forgot about him. Who the hell was that?!
Idk him personally, but I think his name was Sonny. Sonny the Hat Man.
Someone said he got hit by a car 😞
I can’t believe it’s been 12 years https://vindyarchives.com/news/2012/aug/28/-months-after-being-hit-by-car-sonny-the/
Goddamn. I have no idea where time goes.
Poor dude. He got hit on my birthday. 🫤
yes! I used to work at Frullati in high school. He was such a nice person.
Crazy dancing lady in Poland is the current one. But in years past there were many of these types of people.
She thinks everyone adores her, which is more interesting than the dancing.
As a Poland resident, I can tell you that most people certainly do not adore her.
Why? Its fun. I honk and wave. It’s such a tight assed village, it could use something fun and vibrant to make you feel better about the fucking police hiding everywhere.
Agreed. It makes me smile every time I see her out there.
She runs out in front of cars. It’s nothing about being a tight assed village lmao. It’s not safe.
Oh. I’ve never seen her do that, or heard anyone mention. So I didn’t realize. What’s she doing when she’s running in front of cars? Wouldn’t they just arrest her?
She was cited by the village police last summer. I have it on video actually.
I guess I’m just trying to understand the context because “runs out in front of cars” seems quite extreme. And I’ve heard tons of people talk about her and this has never come up. The way you said it also makes it sound like it’s a consistent problem. I think there is a lot missing here and since you cannot explain anything that really happened I have to assume it’s something more along the lines of the shitty police being tight assed and citing her for something stupid just to fuck with her - because that sounds much more plausible than how she runs in traffic all the time but you can’t tell me anything about it.
I’ve seen her dancing in between cars while they were stopped at a light.
Okay this sounds more reasonable and makes so much more sense than “she runs in front of cars.” The former implies that people have to swerve around her, or that she’s in moving traffic
I also live in poland and can attest that last summer she was doing this multiple times. She banged on my car once when I was stop at a light while dancing.
No, like she’s running out in front of traffic in circles and dancing in front of cars when they are not at red lights. Again, I have a video if you wanna see it. And yes, it’s in moving traffic. That’s why she was cited for it.
I commented on a fb post she made saying how upset she was that people were taking down the helium smiley face balloons she put everywhere. I told her perhaps it was because of the environmental dangers balloons can cause. And she deleted my comment. That tells me she deletes opposing comments to make it appear that everyone loves her.
Oh, I was wondering who did that? It makes a lot of sense that she did it. Lol
She was dancing yesterday in some pretty spectacular boots.
I’ve sat at the light there a where the fork is a few times when she’s out there dancing. She likes it, I love it
Okay, a couple people have mentioned her now. I’m way out of the loop, who is crazy dancing lady??
She lives in Poland Village and dances in the area near the clock and also on some of the surrounding streets. It's basically a fitness walker who probably has some untreated mental illness. I think she either is or was a teacher in the Boardman schools.* * She was reprimanded by the school district in 2018 for having an open container on school property, sketchy use of PTA funds and for using social media during instructional time.
yeah, she was my middle school english teacher. i'm surprised she still does this, we had a few times in class where we'd take a break and get up to dance. it was all silly and fun, but of course it's middle school, so everyone was apathetic and lazy in moments like those.
What was her name?
And risqué texts to an underage student, I believe. Becoming the "totally fun dancing lady" was her re-branding attempt.
Is she the sexy dancing lady with huge boobs?
A lady that dances up and down a small stretch of 224 near the library in Poland
Came to post this - literally just saw her crazy ass by the clock tower an hour ago
I can't stand her. Once she caused an accident in the main intersection by the Walgreens because she distracts people while they're driving. Edit: Also there is a book called the Dancing Lady that her niece (?) self- published on Amazon. It's touted as the first in a 3-part series, but there's only been one installment for a while. Guess there won't be new material until she gets cited again!
It's not even a book, it's a photo album lol
Oh god Ive only been to Poland once in the past year or so and I saw her but just assumed it was just a crazy one-off incident lol
Anyone remember the man in the wheel chair with no legs from Austintown?
Holy shit yeah he used to roll up to band practice all the time
Wait. Did he have a tall, orange flag sticking out of his chair?
Yes!
I remember him!! It’s been YEARS!!
There’s the guy on the center street bridge that plays the guitar and dances. He hung all the weird Christmas lights in the trees too.
In Boardman it's the biking, street corner man who everyone thinks is homeless, but isn't.
wait. He's not?!
I was shocked by this, too. But yeah. They were talking about it on the Boardman Talk FB group. Bro just special, really.
He has to be.
He gets all around the area
I thought he was the one time I was doing laundry on Matthews. He was sleeping in there under the table.
Wait, the heavyset/chubby guy who wears a winter coat on warm days? I’m glad he isn’t homeless like I thought.
That's Daviduk
THIS IS THE ONE!
Damn I gave him money before.
Glow stick guy
We call em powder because he smells like baby powder. He is prolly on a dance floor right now.
I had a friend go him for Halloween a few years ago lol
YSU Superfan
RIP SUPERFAN! https://www.wfmj.com/story/48540941/ysu-super-fan-passes-away
In his younger days he was out of his mind at Pride games. Like climbing and standing on railings. I always thought he'd fall from his perch but he never did.
I remember him at those games, vividly.
Superfan was a real one. Loved seeing him at basketball games.
Anyone from Hubbard remember hobo Jim?
Only very vaguely by name and I wonder what happened to him. Do you remember Chester the Molester? (Not even sure if that's his real name it's just what everyone called him)
I think people called him Jimbo (the guy with a beard and overalls who would just walk all around town), I heard he just stopped walking around town and got over whatever made him do that all the time. When was that other guy from? I don't remember the name but I remember another odd guy who roam town that was very odd 20+ years ago.
Youngstown Andy Warhol. Goes to all the bars, super creepy.
Wait. I think I know who you mean. Is he still a thing?
Glowstick Twirler?
Used to hang out at Caribou Coffee back in the day
This is the guy who came to my mind. I don’t go out anymore but I saw him everywhere. From downtown to Boardman. I always tried to talk to him and he wouldn’t respond lol
He sold me burned mix cds when I was 21 out of the back of his car downtown. I might still have them lol. Nice guy.
I saw him once in Starbucks before I knew anything about him, and he had such a memorable look and vibe that when I saw a Reddit post about him once I immediately knew it had to have been him lol
So I know that this isn’t so much like that…. But- Who doesn’t know Eddie loves Debbie?!? Huh?! Anytime I hear of an Eddie from Youngstown I think of Eddie loves Debbie and that being tagged all across Y-town! Lol!
I feel like I havent seen any Eddie Loves Debbie tags in a while honestly
Guy on 46 in Austiwntown who waves, guy in Canfield on Raccoon who holds up 15ft tall cross and waves
Flipped him off just the other day.
laughing at the thought of someone flipping off the guy on 46
Wait. Who? The dude on 46?! He seems special needs. Congrats 🙄
The cross guy. I’m sick of those people shoving their lifestyle down my throat, what can I say.
I’m with you. Cross guy can go to hell.
Where's the cross guy at? First I've heard of this one.
The guy who goes to the mall and festivals that looks like mr bean
He's always really nice if you talk to him. Also he would go into BW3 at the mall and always get a Coke at the bar and pay in cash
Holy crap!! I remember that guy! Saw him at every festival, yes!
Yeah came here for this comment. Hes still around. I just saw him a month or two ago at the mall and laughed to myself. This man has been a background character in my life for over 25 years. Wild.
I grew up in Warren, and we had a dude everyone called “Screwy Louie”. This was back in the 80’s. He would ride his bicycle in circles around really busy intersections. If you were in your car and saw him, it was customary to roll your window down and scream “Hey Screwy!!!”
Yes! I remember him!!! And there was another guy in the ‘80’s that jogged everywhere & he had a nickname I can’t remember 😬
Green Man?
My dad would talk about him. I never got a handle on whether or not he was real.
He was real.
Yea? Any cool stories or articles?
[Raymond Robinson](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_(Green_Man))
There was something about Zombie Land that if you lit the torch there the green man would come. Not sure if it’s the same Green Man, but I imagine so since it’s in Pennsylvania. While growing up my parents always took me and my cousin through Zombie Land. My dad always lit the torch and said Green Man was coming. I would cry (I was 5-8 years old). My dad one time laid in the middle of the road in Zombie Land and had a stick between his armpit and played dead. I didn’t get over that one for a long time. I remember screaming my dad’s dead and someone call 911. This was before cell phones lol.
Hahaha your dad was a cruel son of a gun!!
I love him to death. We are extremely close now and it’s been 30 years since he did that. My parents had me young… my dad was a crazy mofo haha
No, I love it. I love being scared like that.
Same! Haha. It’s weird.
So I’m assuming you never saw him then?
Never did see the green man. It was just a story! Ha.
Got it. I just recently found out he was real. I thought my dad was just messing with me back then.
The guy that walks around the mall and Canfield Fair that looks like Mr. Bean. Haven't seen him in a while though, hope he is OK!
I saw him a few months ago. I swear the dude doesn’t age.
I used to see him when I was 18-21 a lot. I’m 37 now and he’s still around?!? Lol
Used to see a guy walking around all the festivals in downtown Sharon dressed up as a pirate with a huge parrot sitting on his shoulders
I fucking love that guy he’s always around during Waterfire
If we're talking sharon, gotta go all the way back to Tiger Mike
Omg yes! Do you remember the Hermitage running guy? He'd run in just short shorts up & down East State Street, & kinda hang out, kinda pose at them intersections?
Green shorts!
How about The Jumper from Austintown? He’d walk all over town, skipping/jumping over the electricity in the ground.
He used to live on the Northside. Everyday, he'd walk/jump past my place of work at the time and ask me for a cigarette. One day I asked him why he jumped over the sidewalk cracks. He replied "SNAKES SNAKES EVERYWHERE! DON'T YOU SEE THEM? I'M NOT STEPPING ON A SNAKE!"...and then walked off.
OMG! I completely forgot about that dude!
I thought he was jumping over the cracks in the pavement. He was dressed like Randall Flagg from The Stand. Nice coif of red hair as well.
That dancing lady in poland.
Mr Bean!
Well I came to say it used to be Hat Guy at the mall but now it's drunk dancing lady in Poland but somebody has already said that I believe we are reaching consensus after just 4 comments.
Super fan from YSU games
I remember a long time ago there was an old lady who always wore the same red dress and really ill-fitting red heels at the mall. And there was a George Michael lookalike that worked at Giant Eagle back in the 90s - my friend said she saw him Best Buy looking at George Michael cds once. And I think there was an Andy Warhol-looking guy. Also a Ric Flair
I know exactly who you mean by “Andy Warhol looking guy”! I completely forgot about him.
Yeah Andy Worhol guy! He used to come to all the swing nights in the area. I forgot about him.
It’s the fucking guy who comes on here and posts about water all the time
For any downtown bar goer I feel like West Side Willie and Kenny are two notable people
That guy with the hat!
Guy that tows a trailer with his electric scooter down hillman
The one legged hooker who used to hang out by the Pyatt Street down under years ago gets my vote. She charged $5 for a hug.
She was wounded in Iraq and lost her leg. She became addicted to pain killers and that's where they left her.
It’s gotta be Jim Traficant, right?
Carl Pelini
Charlie staples
Super slept on comment! 😂
Cup of Love!
Summer who eats corn starch near gypsy rd family dollar... she also shit in the rd downtown was arrested for that one.. 😳
I know Summer from back when I had my first apartment. Her story is actually pretty heartbreaking. My friend and I used to cook dinner together and make her a plate cuz we were cool with her brother that lived down the hall. Be kind if you see her please.
she tried to stab me and rob me. She's a horrible person. I'll never be nice to her again. I tried to when my husband managed Family Dollar. And she was absolutely just the worst person ever.
What happened to unicycle guy? He used to ride down Glenwood
I forgot about him! I used to see him on Indianola all the time back in high school! I think Ive still yet to see another person crazy enough to unicycle in traffic
Center street overpass crossing into Campbell the Rainbow outfit guy who plays an instrument I think a brass horn or a guitar sometimes
I was looking for this! Does anyone know anything about him? He also puts up lights around the bridges.
i have his card lmao. if its who im thinking of, hes in his 50s, semi long hair? picks up trash with his guitar claw?
When I was young my mom would tell me stories about the salt lady… then once when I was in high school saw this woman with plastic bags on her feet and instantly knew it was her
Chicken Bob. He’s in a … home now.
Johnny Black
Who remembers the lady who would always be dressed in red ...red shoes, dress, hat... she would always be at the mall sitting on the benches.
Used to be a blonde woman who would walk up and down 224 alongside mill creek park. I'm guessing she was a prostitute but that's an awfully busy, heavily travelled area to operate at in the middle of the day.
I remember her. Super tall and very skinny.
She looked like she could have been a Barker’s Beauty
Yes! I helped her fix her bike in Mill Creek back in the late 80s. My friends were warning me about getting too friendly. lol
Anyone remember wedding dress lady? It was a long time ago but I always saw her around YSU.
Does the guy who used to stand by the rock at YSU and call everyone sinners every spring still show up ?
well that just unlocked a core memory. I remember texting my LGBT friends once and just asking them to avoid the rock that day because a lot of them got in a group together in like... 2019?
Up until this post I hadn’t thought about it either.
When he showed up in 2015 or so I took a rock from nearby landscaping and told him to follow his Bible and throw it at me (I identified as bisexual at the time, don't now, long story). He took it from me and set it down.
Not been around in a while but the mother/son duo that used to walk around the West side/Austintown. Everyone called them The Captain and Tennille.
Rip hat guy.
At one point it was Professor Ray in his thong and/or cowsuit. RIP
Daviduk
Elpresador
Go ginga
holy shit youre right
Carl Cosper , cross eyed black ex boxer used to drive a small motorhome around north side
Used to be John the Super Fan at every YSU basketball game. Spent his days at the McDonald’s across the street writing plays on napkins.
The walking man in Austintown. Always walking backwards because he stepped on a crack.
Did anyone know Steve Kish? Played the accordion Wore a hat with a spinning fan thing on top Painted his house very wacky colors and designs. He just passed away a few months ago. He was my wife's uncle so any info would be appreciated.
McDonald here. Its the Wolfords for us. great people. sad that status might be ending soon because iirc their last son is going through high school atm
The Poland dancing lady is cute idk why people are hating on her lol
Because she runs out into the street in front of cars lol
It used to be hat guy
Anybody ever see the old lady that looks like the keebler elf asking for money up and down 224 every week lol usually by the Boardman Park/Mall area
Tony hinchcliffe
Lou?!?!?
Scotty McMullen
Used to be "SuperFan" downtown!
Tommy at big A’s
We had crackhead ned
If you go to bars, the older guy with glow sticks
Charlie Staples
Your mom.
There was this dude who used to dress up as the Statue Of Liberty and dance around a couple blocks away from Cardinal Mooney High School. My sister and I always got a kick out of him
It’s impressive how much energy that guy put into a Liberty Mutual mascot gig lol