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Willie Caldwell’s Message to Channel 7

December 2nd, 2004 · 11 Comments

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Signs, The Loop, Chicago

Tonight I was walking down State Street to meet Margaret and I passed by these signs. No one was standing by them or anything, they were just there.. on State Street. Any ideas?

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  • mom // Dec 3, 2004 at 5:16 am

    what are they taped to?

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  • Michel Fortin // Dec 3, 2004 at 7:41 am

    That’s quite funny.

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  • rachelleb // Dec 3, 2004 at 7:42 am

    they were being held up in that stand on the bottom, the background is a bus going by.

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  • Pullen // Dec 3, 2004 at 7:55 am

    I’m guessing not only did he owe money, they took his private stash…That sucks!

    8/

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  • michael // Dec 7, 2004 at 9:58 am

    I get e-mails like that all the time (I work for an online newspaper). Its either the Feds, The CIA, Castro or the voice(s) in their head. Strange but amusing.

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  • Pretentious // Dec 7, 2004 at 10:00 am

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    While Wifey and I were walking our one-eyed wonder-dog this morning at 7am in the cold and wet miserable darkness of Tuesday morning I realised something. Oh shit, I’m going to have to do this all winter. Up to now,…

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  • john // Aug 9, 2005 at 1:43 pm

    Thank you for posting this. I walked past it a few days ago and took a picture of it with my cell. Unfortunately it came out really blurry. This has got to be the most surreal act since “Kenneth, What’s the frequency?” Is there a story behind this?

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  • john // Aug 9, 2005 at 3:27 pm

    Any chance you have a picture of the first message that he put out? It implicated the feds in fllowing him around, sitting in his 98 Chevy and injecting him with a new chemical around his heart. Signed, of course, Willie Caldwell.

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  • jean // Feb 2, 2006 at 11:02 am

    I saw him yesterday – Willie Caldwell…he had a similar sign and was standing at the corner of State and Lake. I was waiting for a friend to have lunch at Potbelly’s. I walked over to this guy who was preparing to hang a sign around his neck and asked him for the time, he said he didn’t have it (in a nasty tone) and then said, “Look!” as he pointed to the Marshall Field’s Clock and said, “It’s five to twelve, ” and i thanked him and walked a couple paces away. Then he put the sign around his neck and i had asked him what the sign meant…here was the dialog:

    Me: Hi, what does that mean?

    WC: Maam, not in front of the sign, don’t stand in front of the sign…

    Me: I moved out of the way and asked, “What does it mean?”

    WC: Did you read it?

    Me: Yes

    WC: Well, if you don’t understand it that’s your problem.

    Me: But-

    WC: Maam, have a nice day…look it’s 12, you’re now running late.

    Me: You’re really mean.

    WC: I like your hair though…

    Me: Uh-uh – You’re really mean.

    And then my friend showed up and we went to eat.

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  • Kyle // Feb 2, 2006 at 11:48 am

    Jean, I’ve been walking past this guy for months and yesterday I also stopped to talk to him. It was about 9:00 pm, our discussion was brief:

    Me: I’ve been walking past you for months, what’s your story?

    WC: (Trying to look mean/hard) None of your business…

    Me: Well, you’re advertising, you’ve got a sign… you’re not trying to get attention?

    WC: (Still looking hard) Look man, you asked and I answered.

    Me: Fine, I don’t care then.

    Seems kind of odd to me… this guy’s been wearing sandwich boards since… I guess october at least, and it’s “None of my business.” Appearantly, it’s nobody’s business unless you’re working at Channel 7, which begs the question: why doesn’t he just write them a letter? Exactly what is he trying to accomplish?

    I’m going to carefully hassle him again next time I see him.

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