Green Man Of Pittsburgh

Raymon Robinson, better known as the Green Man of Pittsburgh, is a great example of how urban legends and myth develop out of actual events. Mr. Robinson had suffered a truly terrible accident as a child - a fierce electrical burn from a trolly cable had deprived him of his sight, his sense of smell, and his right arm.  It also left him horrifically disfigured. 
Mr. Robinson defied medical experts and suffered his burning.  He later moved to the Pittsburgh area where he took up residence, and would often go for long walks at night in order to be out and about without stirring up people with his scarred visage.  
Unfortunately, Mr. Robinson's midnight walks had the exact opposite effect.  People who spotted him reported that his skin was green and that he was some kind of ghost or ghoul.  Tales spread and were embellished and soon Mr. Robinson, now called the Green Man or No Face Charlie, had a veritable corpus of urban myths about him.
Some people said that the Green Man had worked for the local power company and now lived in the sewers of Pittsburgh after a horrible accident.  Teenagers believed that if you parked your car near the sewers, honked your horn three times and waited, the Green Man would show up and touch your car, short-circuiting it with the electricity of his body.  
Still, some people said that if you saw the Green Man walking, and offered him some cigarettes, he would do tricks for you. Some people said he smoked the cigarettes through a secondary hole in the side of his scarred face.  
Mr. Robinson passed away back in the 1980's, but his legacy lives on.  People who study the relationship between myth and reality would do well to pay attention to the story of the Green Man of Pittsburgh.  For he was nothing less than a real-life Urban Legend. 
=== References: ===
-http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19981031green4.asp
-http://weirdus.com/states/pennsylvania/local_legends/green_man/index.php
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