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The Strangest Folk Hero You'll Read About Today 1

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 02, 2008 @01:00PM from the blue-ox dept.

If you thought a guy wandering around the midwest planting apple trees while wearing a pot on his head was as strange as a folk hero gets, then you've never heard of Harry Bensley. He supposedly walked 30,000 miles wearing an iron mask and pushing a baby carriage on a bet.

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by Marcion ( 876801 ) writes:

except the article points out it was most likely a fib ... move along, nothing to see here. slow news day?

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