A Different Kind Of Streetwalker

   


  

  




  

    “Jesus stole my doughnut! Spare any change?” Words that will forever be ingrained into sophomore journalism major Marcus Kessler’s memory. Kessler explained that on one walk home, a strange man just yelled this phrase at him for no apparent reason. Moments like these are what make Arcata interesting.

     Many people that walk the streets of Arcata have received the tag of "strange," but financial status has nothing to do with this. Some strangers will yell at you and some talk to themselves. Sometimes it gets confusing.

      LK Wood at night on an under-lit sidewalk gives one a pretty eerie feeling. As I headed home in the dark, some guy ran across the street suddenly cutting me off while talking to himself. He then turned around, acknowledged the fact that he had cut me off and apologized. I was relieved to find that he was not insane, then continued home. I began thinking of all the strange and suspicious characters that roam the streets of Arcata. What does it mean when you assume someone is crazy until they turn around and say something to you that makes you think otherwise?
   
    “Socially awkward people in Arcata make it fun and interesting,” said Lawrence Segrue, sophomore psychology major. “It’s strange, but you get accustomed to it after a while and it makes it fun to walk the streets.” Segrue explained how peoples behavior is very interesting to him as a psychology major. He said it makes him wonder why they act the way they do. Sometimes they are kind of creepy, but the rest of the time they can be pretty funny. Segrue thinks the streetwalkers add character to the town and wouldn’t have it any other way. 

    “A group of friends and I got sandwiches and were eating them on the plaza one day,” started off sophomore Devon Harlan. “And this disheveled man wearing a tuxedo jacket came stumbling over to us while singing.” The man kept singing this “slightly creepy ditty of his” said Harlan. The man proceeded to sit down in the group of friends. Then he started rambling and talking about young girls' legs and acted very strange. “The whole experience was pretty absurdly funny,” said Harlan.

      There are definitely some strange people that walk the streets of Arcata, but in the end would we really have it any other way? Arcata is a fun and interesting place that gets a lot of character from its mismatch passel of streetwalkers.

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