Hysterical Lady in Grand Central Station

I honestly cannot believe the number of strange people I have seen in this city!

I had to go thru Grand Central station on my way to the Upper East Side and was so startled by this woman that I actually took my headphones out of my ears and stopped and stared. Along with half a dozen other people. Now, the thing about New Yorkers is that they don't stare at strange people - you can be wearing a sock and nothing else and it is the non-New Yorkers who will stare. These New Yorkers were staring!

Why were they staring? Walking, maybe a better description is prancing, down the corridor was this sweet-looking African-American woman of about 50 or 60 years old. Nothing to stare at. Except that every time some one passed her she would veer towards them, pointing a gnarled finger at their face, screaming "He gave his life for you! He gave his life for you!" over and over.

Thankfully she didn't see me!

Dancing man vs Central Park Squirrels

To add a little more nuttiness to NY there was the homeless guy in Central Park. This guy was merrily dancing a jig, or possibly the can-can, to a tune that only he could hear. Looked like he was having fun and he wasn’t bothering anyone.

Then next thing he starts yelling! And it turns out the squirrels were trying to get into his bags so he kept yelling at them to leave his bags alone!

It was really funny: dance, dance, dance – aaaaaargh!!!!

Eventually he picked up his bags and moved to a different spot cause the squirrels wouldn’t leave him alone.

Guy with a cat on his head

There was the guy in Time Square with the cat on his head. Yes, you heard me correctly, he had a real live black-and-white cat sitting happily on his head!

I unfortunately didn’t take this photo because when I pulled my camera out, he came over and started asking us for money. So Andrew pulled out a quarter dollar (which is equivalent to like R3) and this guy started yelling and swearing at us. Andrew told him that we’re from SA and this is a lot of money to us and he said “I don’t care! if you come to Time Square, bring a lot of cash!” So we walked off.

I found the photo on the net tho and its the same guy. (The cat doesn't look too impressed, tho!)

Nutter on the Train

So, the first crazy person I saw was this one guy on the train. Didn't look totally nuts when he came onboard, just looked unkempt. Then he started talking to himself. They ALL seem to talk to themselves. As the train pulled off, he started banging his head against the window behind him.

And then the cherry on top, in case anyone didn't really think he was nuts, was that every time the train slowed down at another station he would careen across his bench. Then he'd mutter angrily to himself and look around like one of us was the culprit.

Then he'd move back to his original seat, and the whole process would start again.

I think he did this for about 10 minutes before we had to get off at our station.

Introduction to "Crazee's in the Big Apple"

Hi Everyone

So... this is going to be a record of all the crazy people that I come across in New York City. There are many of these people, but a general trait is that these individuals are over the age of 40! Moral: Don't get old in NY - you'll go crazy.

I will try get photos, when the opportunity arises, or even better: video footage.

You will not believe this is real, unless you've seen it for yourself!

Keep a watch out for the crazee's!