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Originally Posted by Escape Artist
I’ve ever seen him there. Does he go there often? Or maybe I wasn’t paying close attention to my surroundings which happens!
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He seems to prefer the earlier sets, shows up some time after 6pm and is usually gone by 8. He used to come every single night, but then he was away for awhile. I think his mom had taken a turn for the worse and he needed to stay home with her. She's in a wheelchair, but he doesn't bring her out when he comes to dance. We don't go to the squares regularly at night but when we have, in the past couple of months, he's shown up.
Mark is definitely a "regular" and has been a fixture of Spanish Springs Town Square for a long time. All the other regulars know him, the employees in the tiki huts and the Community Watch folks know him. Everyone who's ever spoken with him is on friendly terms. He doesn't seem capable of making enemies. The only people who have a problem with him, are people who don't understand.
And for those who say "oh he stands next to me with blood-curdling screams" - they're not screams. They're shrieks. They're very loud, sharp, short-lived, and they come in sets of three. When he finishes, he walks away. He is responding to the music. Which is very loud, can be sharp, with each note short-lived. Most of the time he's shrieking out the beat count.
Situational awareness might be useful in this situation, for people who aren't used to him. Look at every one else's expressions. "Read the room" in other words. Most people are either smiling at him or completely un-phased by him.
He walks from somewhere past the Marriott hotel; he doesn't drive (so no idea how anyone could've seen him at Brownwood).