We have this urban legend in my city called the Wrong Way Man.

Supposedly, you might see him standing on the side of the road when you're driving.

Some say it's always when you're on your way home.

I've seen pictures of the wrong way man.

They circulate among us by text message.

They circulate among students, workers, friends, and family here.

Oddly, I've never seen any of those pictures posted online.

I'm not sure if it's because of fear or because those who've taken the pictures

want to perpetuate the mystique of our local urban legend,

or because of something else.

I was pretty sure those pictures had been hoax.

Just someone dressed up as the wrong way man.

Maybe it was the same person every time.

As far as what the wrong way man looks like,

he wears his tattered clothing backwards,

usually a flannel shirt and jeans.

His painted smiling face looks eerily realistic,

until he turns to the side and you can see it's a smooth surface.

It seems that he shaves his hair off, paints a face over the back of his head,

and puts a shoulder-length wig on that covers up his real face.

Those who've met who claim to have spotted the wrong way man

say they've waited a week before driving home,

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