Real Tourist guy found

touristguy.com ^ | November 18, 2001 | tourist guy

[testforecho]

I was going through my inbox today and was scanning through the numerous pictures that usually come in. I came across an email that sounded sincere, and was from a man who said he was the tourist guy.

Initially I shrugged it off as another person looking for his 15 minutes. I read the email over and he again sounded really serious, so as instructed I opened up the attached pictures. As I was looking at them the feeling of amazement came over me, that was him, there is no doubt in my mind that THE tourist guy has finally come forward. The attached pictures not only show the original unedited photo (which I requested as proof) but two other pictures from different angles from the observation deck of the World Trade Center. These three pictures clearly show that this person is actually the tourist guy, and the long search to uncover the identity of him is finally over.

Another site claims to be the "Official" Tourist Guy Website, but now that we know who he is, that claim no longer holds any water. This discovery may also make Volkswagon rethink the deal it made with the Brazilian national for its advertising campaign. Everyone was trying to capitalize on the Tourist Guy buzz that was all over the internet, looking for a quick buck. The actual tourist guy is not looking for money or even recognition, the only reason he came forward was to dispel the claim of who the tourist guy actually is.

Now we know, and so the final chapter of the Tourist Guy book is finally closed. Now what?

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[Chad Fairbanks]

Ha! What a Scream!

[JulieRNR21]

Who is this guy?

Kilroy???

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, Kilroy WAS here, but he hasn't been seen much since the 40s (back when FreeRepublic was in it's very early days - remind me to tell you about how FR was actually an outgrowth of the old Manhatten Project, which contrary to popular belief was NOT the atomic weapon program, but actually a program to breed airborne cheese-eating, sister-biting Mooses in our war against the Axis Powers... but I digress...) - this guy is actually his son, Melvin.

[VA Advogado]

I dont think this is the same guy. The jacket is different (see the breast patches) and he's hatless in one. If it really was him why did he wait so long to id himself?

P.S. For that person that asked about what he was doing at the crash. . .I think this picture was taken about 4 years earlier.

[BoldlyGoingNowhere]

LOL!! with Bigfoot too? Is there anywhere this guy hasn't been??

[rw4site]

I need "Cameras for Dummies" to do more than snap a pic with a disposable camera.
So, why is the center picture the only one with a date stamp in the lower right corner. 1-28-97

[uglybiker]

But I'm not so sure of Real-TG's choice of friends...

Yeah. He's been hanging around some pretty shady characters lately...

[fnord]

he hangs out with Shirley Partridge ?

[Tennessee_Bob]

Errrrrr....I think we'd all rather hang out with the angry, cheese eating moose....

[testforecho]

Oh, come on...everyone knows. He and Ted Nugent surfed down on the wreckage and were met by Chelsea who gave them latte's. George Carlin was there too, and he gave them each five pounds of Wisconsin cheese. There was a moose up there as well, but it bit Chelsea on the arm and ran away.

LOL! A+ effort.

[Howlin]

I'm right with ya. Bummer.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Will that count towards my GPA???

[testforecho]

They look like stripes to me, not patches, but they seem consistent. The lack of a date stamp on all photos does distrub me.

If it really was him why did he wait so long to id himself?

If you were tourist guy, and were basically anonymous, would you come forward? For what? An appearance on Letterman or Leno?

[fnord]

love the Simpson's but this is gong to my desktop:

[VA Advogado]

If you were tourist guy, and were basically anonymous, would you come forward? For what? An appearance on Letterman or Leno?

Well, I would have had my FREEPER jacket on, so you would have been able to narrow the search. Hell I would have came foward just to save bandwidth here. LOL

[fnord]

or maybe RHPS ... hard to choose

[lowbridge]

he hangs out with Shirley Partridge ?

Worse....

[nunya bidness]

Love that song:

Some kind of pictures on the sense o' clock news
Miles of yellow tape--silouhetted chalklines
Tough-talking hoodboys in pro-team logo knockoffs
Conform to uniforms of some corporate entity
Don't change that station
It's Gangster Nation
Now crime's a syndication on TV

[lowbridge]

he hangs out with Shirley Partridge ?

[testforecho]

I'm at my low bandwith connection now, so I thought I would ask: have you see one with him on game shows, like Hollywood squares or $25,000 pyramid?