Gorch sighting in Cambridge

[Tim K in DC]

On New Year's eve I was at Harvard station waiting for the train to work and I was scoping the platform when I glimpsed this guy. It was uncanny, and a bit scary.



This next shot was taken right before he proceeded to beat up the Ashmont train. Needless to say, I had to hoof it to Central Square that night.

[masterofsparks]

[Cori]

I can't decide whether that is magnificent or terrifying.

[Gagneaux]

Wow. Those Gorch pictures should be part of the art contest! It would be the only thing that could possibly beat that sweet poster.

[chrisfoll577]

i can only imagine the gorch was getting a malted at charlie's kitchen before the big new years eve chain fight with the parksmen at the tenean beach parking lot in dot.

[Fido]

Chainfight in Harvard Square!!

[Sarah]

You're damn lucky he didn't notice you taking his picture.  I suspect the chain would have been put to immediate use.

Where do you suppose he conceals it on his person?

[JonFromMaplewood]

He wears it like a belt.

[Sarah]

Of course.

[Denim Gremlin]

I imagined it sliding out of his sleeve right into his hand like Travis Bickle's gun

[Forrest]

I swear, cameras these days are so high-resloution it's frightening.

[Tim K in DC]

Well, it was a cellphone camera, and (of course) I was trembling.

[Forrest]

I would have been, too. The fuzziness actually adds to the Loch Ness-size of the Gorch legend.

[Cori]

Well, it was a cellphone camera, and (of course) I was trembling.

I love the fact that it only accentuates his horrible natural posture.

[Stupornaut]

I don't have photographic proof, but earlier this summer I saw two identical Gorches on the bus. Old, skinny, stooped, dressed in blue jeans and white t-shirts with rolled-up sleeves (at least one of which had a cigarette pack tucked inside). It was kind of unnerving, like the S.E. Hinton version of The Parent Trap.