Halifax, Nova Scotia is a city with no shortage tall tales, folklore, and urban legends. I dare say Gloveguy is stranger than all of them. I first heard the story a few years back... Much like many urban legends, a friend of a friend was said to have had an encounter with a man who makes a hobby of offering Halifax's young men rides late at night, only to reveal a bizarre leather glove fetish after they've entered his vehicle. I cant really explain why, but I immediately dismissed it as untrue or an exaggeration. Perhaps I've become too skeptical but It had all the trappings of an urban legend.... I suppose I assumed it was a creative story dreamed up to scare our many university students into being cautious in the big city. But, as you will soon hear... my initial conclusion couldn't have been more wrong. My opinion on the existence of the Glove Guy, changed for me when a local man shared the details of a strange late night encounter with a glove salesmen on a local online discussion group.... This man's story, obviously hit a nerve as within a matter of hours a chorus of others joined the discussion to share their similar stories... and many of them included photos and in some cases secretly filmed video of the interactions. Immediately i was faced with the realization that the story I had assumed too bizarre to be true... was real. and it wasn't a few isolated events. This Glove fetishing, ride offering, mystery man seemed to have picked up, and freaked out, at least one friend of a friend no matter who you've asked.... Obviously, I had to learn all I could. So get in, sit down, and put on your seat belt... Tonight, In this episode, we are going to pop open the glove box and dig into the stranger than fiction legend of Halifax's glove guy. Links: Nightcap after show (patron exclusive): https://www.patreon.com/posts/nightcap-legend-27233542 GloveGuy - Part 2 - The Dark Side of the Glove: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/gloveguy-2 CBC article covering ‘Glove Guy’s’ retaliation for this series: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nighttime-podcast-name-disputed-1.5203527 Vice article covering ‘Glove Guy’s’ retaliation for this series: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/3kxb9n/this-late-night-glove-salesman-masturbating-story-is-very-weird-but-also-true Credits: Musical Theme: Blunted to Death by FortnightBeats https://soundcloud.com/fortnight1 Ambient Theme: Fall Asleep by Paragon Causehttps://paragoncause.bandcamp.com/ Contact: Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod Email: NightTimePodcast@gmail.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/nighttimepodcast Premium Feed: https://www.patreon.com/Nighttimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices