Chicago’s Walking Man wandered alone for decades. Loved ones say: ‘He observed everything. That was his adventure.’

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-walking-man-joseph-kromelis--20230611-uds4gdvwhjaw5kcmcn7knakvga-htmlstory.html

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CletusVanDamme@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I used to see him walking all the time downtown about 15 years ago. Very sad what happened to him (multiple times).

LostRedditor@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Crazy, sad story.

(I'll never forgive you for Lem, BTW)

simsymbiote@midwest.social · 2 pts · 3y

Same here. My wife has seen/known about him for a while and was heartbroken hearing what happened to him.