We had dinner a couple of weeks ago in Fisherman's Wharf and as we were a little early, we decided to stroll around the Wharf, mulling the twenty or thirty things usually running around our brain. On our way back to the restaurant, a roar louder than anything we had heard came at us.
We jumped. About ten feet it felt like, bug eyed and scared. If we were a cartoon character, our hair would be drawn straight up and our eyes would be shooting out of our heads. It was probably about eight feet or so in the air when we realized that the roar was that of the Bush Man, the guy in Fisherman's Wharf who hangs out and jumps out in an attempt to scare tourists and get some money for his effort. It was also about eight feet or so in the air when we realized that about twenty tourists were seeing all of this scattered around the Wharf who were now laughing and clapping at the show. That show, of course, being us scared sh--less.
As we calmed down and made our way to dinner, our blood pressure slowly going back to normal, we tried to figure out what happened. Or, at least, figure out what's more embarrassing-- that after living in the city for over fifteen years we still got punked by somebody we should have known was there or that we got punked by something most tourists had seen coming for miles.
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I hate this guy. The Bush Man is a jerk.
Several years ago when he scared me I slugged him. Apparently not hard enough.
I LOVE the bush man!!!
(You know, I'm really starting to see a profound difference between the Daly haters and me - next they'll say they hate Frank Chu and the shoeshine guy at 2nd and Market!!!)
Anyway, you go Bush man! Scare them good!
Should of pulled out your pepper spray and aimed to give him a scare and maybe a squirt!
Kevin,
Why don't u STFU? If u had any clue about what a bad person the bush man is and I mean child raping wife beater u'd run away and cry like a little girl.
Stop flogging the dead horse. U don't have much going in ur life to keep at someone over a blog. Go pop ur zits or something.
I have no idea why a post about me getting scared off by the Bush Man would lead to a spill over on the Daly debate, but nevertheless it is. Play nice everyone or I'll send everyone to their rooms without supper.
Most of the tourists don't see it coming for miles. After they get punked they hang out to watch and laugh. I guess it makes them feel less punked. If there's a large enough crowd some may notice the crowd first but typically they don't.
More importantly, where on Fisherman's Wharf did you eat?
You think that's bad, wait until you meet the Cheney Man.
The World Famous Bushman's bio at wikipedia.
I used to watch the Bush Man when I worked down in Fisherman's Wharf. One of my fave lines of his is when he yells out, "Hey, if I took a picture of your bush, I'd pay you!" as he extends his hand to take $$ from anyone trying to take his pic without paying.
SFist just figured out the bush man is there? Hello...he's been pulling his stunt for like 20-some years. Get off yer butts and report on some of the newer innovative clowns in town! Bush man is way old news.
I think Jon was well aware of the Bushman:
"after living in the city for over fifteen years we still got punked by somebody we should have known was there"
That's what makes it funny he got "punk'd"
The Bush Man scared my mom and aunt causing my dad to go ape sh*t on him. Now that was the best show any of us, tourist included, had ever seen.
My brother in law swears he's going to punch the bush man out someday.
Oh well, the guy's smart enough not to yell when we're walking by with our dogs (doesn't want his face chewed off, I guess), so he doesn't bother me.
Though why all those rubes stand around watching and laughing with their mouths hanging open like this is choice entertainment never ceases to amaze me. Of course, I'm still baffled by their immense fascination with airbrush painted pictures of Mariah Carey, so maybe I'm just easily baffled.
Bushman = pure evil.
i would have kicked him in his vagina!