The Crazy Middle-of the Road Walker
We see her every now and then between Tipperary and Cheeseburgers. She’s a rotund, elderly island lady, who walks with one of those canes with four little legs down at the bottom. Sometimes she’s wearing a big funny hat. Always, she’s walking in the middle of the road.
Today as we drove to Chenay at 6:45am to walk the beach for our turtle patrol (it’s nesting season and we’ll do three mornings a week – later in the season, we may help with night patrols), we saw her walking toward Tipperary from the Cheeseburgers side. She was in the middle of the road, and she was carrying her cane. Michael wondered aloud what she was doing carrying a lamp, because that’s what it looked like. She wasn’t using it to help her walk, she was carrying it.
Months ago, after I had gone by this area a few times in one day, I saw that either someone had called the police about her, or the police had driven by and seen her standing or walking in the middle of the road. It’s a very dangerous thing to do. Some of the drivers around here go too fast, and she could get hit or otherwise casue an accident. Anyway, there were two cops there and one was yelling at her.
Crazy!
June 17th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
I knew who you were talking about before I even read the post!
I used to see her there all the time when I was driving in to town back in the Cotton Valley days.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Elizabeth Edwards, I think that is her name
I almost ran her over on the curve just north of Tipperary, and gave her a ride
I did scold her, as I had just missed her
She wouldn’t tell me if she had “people”, and didn’t speak with sense the whole time
I’m glad the police were called
maybe we should put up a signed based on Bob Whites Horse Country – Dementia Sufferers Ahead – Go Slow
I’m ready to put “Drive Left’ labels on the back of the signs heading south from Cafe Kalidoscope (formerly South Shore Cafe) almost had a head on – again
June 18th, 2009 at 7:17 am
She stands out in the middle of the street at the intersection all the time. Have a friend who lives near her and says she’s crazy as a loon.
June 18th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Funny once a bus near Cheeseburgers if you turn right from Csted almost hit me dead on.
Michael scolded me becaus he said I would have taken out 50% of the public transportaion on the island.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:04 am
That Lady was @ Golden Rock w/only a house robe on yesterday..the police picked her up but I saw her this morning @ 6am as I was headed to the Greek……….(she did have clothes on though)
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:24 pm
One of the pluses of small town life/living on an island, is that no one is a stranger, luckily, people are looking out for this woman. The word is out about her, and hopefully she will get needed help.
July 6th, 2009 at 1:57 am
Yes. Island life we too here on Guam, USA has the same problem crazos walking in da midle of the road. Thats just the charm of island life….
July 6th, 2009 at 8:44 am
She’ll get about as much help as anyone else here, Trudi.
Hi Clayton. Thanks for reading and commenting!