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The identity of this man has intrigued me for the last five years. In terms of Minneapolis enigmas, Scott Seekins doesn’t do much for me. But this man, THIS MAN. He’s interesting.  As a sophomore in college, I couldn’t tear my eyes off the man who hastily boarded route 16 every day wearing an orange suit, possessively carrying a briefcase that looked like it could only contain unmarked bills, and looking like a modern-day reincarnation of The Man with the Yellow Hat. As a 23-year-old, I’m still attempting to take sneaky pictures of his suits du jour on my phone when I spy him downtown. Things I know about him: He has a penchant for loudly colored suits.  Purple seems to be his power color. He carries around a very mysterious metal briefcase, the contents of which I’d pay at least $10 to examine.  He’s a regular on every bus in town.  He frequently lifts weights at the Uptown YWCA. He does not wear his red suit there, instead preferring the comfort of a stained white tank top and sweatpants. One of my main goals in college (overachieving lady that I am) was to figure out the identity and the profession of this man before I graduated. I failed miserably, but I’m still interested.  So. Who is this man, what does he do, and where the hell does one buy a red plaid suit in 2012? 

The identity of this man has intrigued me for the last five years. In terms of Minneapolis enigmas, Scott Seekins doesn’t do much for me. But this man, THIS MAN. He’s interesting. 

As a sophomore in college, I couldn’t tear my eyes off the man who hastily boarded route 16 every day wearing an orange suit, possessively carrying a briefcase that looked like it could only contain unmarked bills, and looking like a modern-day reincarnation of The Man with the Yellow Hat. As a 23-year-old, I’m still attempting to take sneaky pictures of his suits du jour on my phone when I spy him downtown.

Things I know about him:

  • He has a penchant for loudly colored suits. 
  • Purple seems to be his power color.
  • He carries around a very mysterious metal briefcase, the contents of which I’d pay at least $10 to examine. 
  • He’s a regular on every bus in town. 
  • He frequently lifts weights at the Uptown YWCA. He does not wear his red suit there, instead preferring the comfort of a stained white tank top and sweatpants.

One of my main goals in college (overachieving lady that I am) was to figure out the identity and the profession of this man before I graduated. I failed miserably, but I’m still interested. 

So. Who is this man, what does he do, and where the hell does one buy a red plaid suit in 2012? 

  1. momo2 reblogged this from robosheep and added:
    I do not know him personally, but he lives down the street from me. I, too, have been observing and loving his suits for...
  2. litenmus reblogged this from robosheep and added:
    I saw him every day during my senior year of college. I sometimes saw him on the 16 and sometimes on the 63. This leads...
  3. draynd reblogged this from robosheep and added:
    oh man! this guy!Internet, find him and report back. in the two years before ducking out of the lake-ful cities, seeing...
  4. robosheep reblogged this from foyobli and added:
    knew someone rude enough
  5. fauxmoqadems said: The one time I saw inside his briefcase, it only held a Minnesota Daily :( kind of a let down but it also added intrigue
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Wednesday, 11th January
#minneapolis mysteries #the man with the yellow hat #megan the spy