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Title	Green man
Alternative Title	Green man, the; Raymond Robinson; Robinson, Raymond;
Genre	Legend -- People -- Eccentric
Description	C. Surrena's transcribed interview of Edna Henry about the Green Man in Pennsylvania. According to Henry, a boy got his kite stuck in electric wires and climbed up to get it. When he got up there he fell in the wires and got third degree burns all over his body. His face was burned the worst. He had no ears or nose. The Green Man only goes out at night. Henry also states that when lights hit the Green Man that he has a green reflection.
Informant	Henry, Edna
Collector	Surrena, C.
Date of Original	1968-09-29
Contextual Information	The Green Man is actually Raymond Robinson. He was injured by an electrical line on the Morado Bridge outside of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, as a child while trying to see a bird's nest. This same electrical line killed a child less than a year prior to Robinson's accident. Due to the shock, Robinson was very badly scarred and lost his eyes, nose, one ear, and one arm. He was not green at all. According to those who knew him, Robinson was a kind man who took nightly walks and never had a bad word for anyone. Robinson lived with his family until he eventually retired to the Beaver County Geriatric Center, where he died in 1985.
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Pennsylvania -- Lawrence County -- Edinburg -- 1968
Subject	Legends People People with disabilities Accidents Electricity Electric shocks Disfigured persons
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-06-06
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-TheGreenMan005

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