Does anybody remember the creepy walking stick guy, he sat in front of his house and sold walking sticks, he would also walk the roads and the shopping centers, with a walking stick.

Innocent enough, right? Nope. I remember they busted him with a pre/early teen boy living in a closet in his house.

Anybody else remember this?

His name is Robert Paulson.

Was he related to the crazy diaper guy in Herndon or the paper towel guy in Burke?

Possibly Braddocks "Tubs Guy" or even the not yet discussed Hubcap guy, also off popes head

Did the closet have cable?

Only Basic

the cruelty! hang the bastard!

That was his brother who got arrested and sentenced to 40 years with no parole. The "stick man" ( sadly I don't remember his name) was a good guy at heart but had some alcohol/ substance/physiological issues. His mother sold their house not long after the trial and moved to the Stevens city area. " Stick man" stayed behind and lived in the old school house down the street for a while, but then followed her. Those were the good old days on Popes Head before the parkway when you could buy a walking stick or go across the street and buy rabbits and hubcaps.

area resident Wrote:
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> That was his brother who got arrested and
> sentenced to 40 years with no parole. The "stick
> man" ( sadly I don't remember his name) was a good
> guy at heart but had some alcohol/
> substance/physiological issues. His mother sold
> their house not long after the trial and moved to
> the Stevens city area. " Stick man" stayed behind
> and lived in the old school house down the street
> for a while, but then followed her. Those were the
> good old days on Popes Head before the parkway
> when you could buy a walking stick or go across
> the street and buy rabbits and hubcaps.

Good intel but its still hard to believe that his bro could have a teen in a closet without his knowledge. I wonder why him and moms werent charged as accessories or whatever charge that should be.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/07/2011 12:37PM by JBass.

Oh, and the preteen boy was living under the stairs.

I cant muster up an article on this anywhere, sorry my details are fuzzy. Id love to read the initial reporst, havent thought about that guy in years.

There wasn't much of an article in the Post at the time. The kid was from California and met stickman's brother online. The kid ran away from home and local authorities traced the chat logs here. The police went by and questioned the brother and walked through the house and found nothing. They came back with a search warrant and found the kid under the stairs, he had apparently been there a few days and stayed hidden even when the brother was at work( he worked at Giant). The mother was an alcoholic and was out of it most of the time. I will look it up later too see if there is a newspaper story on it. I hate to post the family's name here but it can be found on the county's realestate page.

I remember him -- he was always in winter clothes, even in the summer.

I remember the burke paper towel guy too!

Was the guy's name Roland? (Not the stick man, but the one who was busted). I think this is the same case I'm thinking of. It was one of the very first "lured a young boy over the internet" story to come out, before the internet was real big. Probably around 1995-1997. Roland was a tubby guy who worked at Another Universe (comic store, might have been called something else) in Fair Lakes (not Fair Oaks) shopping center.

YES! I think it was Roland Iliff.
http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/09/local/me-40971

On this page the article is truncted:
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22967153.html

But in the links to Washington Post articles below, it mentions he lived on Popes Head.

So now that we know Walking Stick Guy's brother's name, who is the walking stick guy?

Perhaps Eric?
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"ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042"," ","NO FIXED "," "," "," ","05/17/2005","DWI/2ND OR SUBSEQUENT "
"ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042"," ","NO FIXED "," "," "," ","05/17/2005","HABITUAL OFFENDER TRAFFIC "
"ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042"," ","NO FIXED "," "," "," ","05/20/2005","CONTEMPT OF COURT "
"ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042"," 11439","POPES HEAD ","RD","FAIRFAX ","VA","04/22/2005","HABITUAL OFFENDER TRAFFIC "
"ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042"," 11439","POPES HEAD ","RD","FAIRFAX ","VA","11/10/2004","POSS CONTROLLED DRUG FEL "
"ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042"," 11439","POPES HEAD ","RD","FAIRFAX ","VA","12/18/2004","FAIL ANSWER SUMMONS "

I use too see him every day and he use to wave, and he knew my car cuz i was a local. I forgot about that weird abduction shit or never realized that dude was at the house......Now what about the Fat piece of shit in-breads that were trolls in the bio-hazzard house on popes head....They were the Waid's, super fat one was named melvin and had brother Alvin. Crazy Retard "mom" or granny

jerkyboz Wrote:
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> I use too see him every day and he use to wave,
> and he knew my car cuz i was a local. I forgot
> about that weird abduction shit or never realized
> that dude was at the house......Now what about the
> Fat piece of shit in-breads that were trolls in
> the bio-hazzard house on popes head....They were
> the Waid's, super fat one was named melvin and had
> brother Alvin. Crazy Retard "mom" or granny


Yeah, the hubcap house, Sign in mailbox read "Hubcaps 4 Sale also bunies" Super inbred, a girlfriend of mine delivered a pizza there once, one of the brothers answered the door in "rotten, titey-whities and nothing else"

They would always be at the 7-11 off 123 shirts up over there bellies, slovenly.

JBass Wrote:
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>
> Yeah, the hubcap house, Sign in mailbox read
> "Hubcaps 4 Sale also bunies" Super inbred, a
> girlfriend of mine delivered a pizza there once,
> one of the brothers answered the door in "rotten,
> titey-whities and nothing else"
>
> They would always be at the 7-11 off 123 shirts up
> over there bellies, slovenly.


Wow, I lived off of Popes Head in the 70's and that sign was there even then.

I still live off of popes head road in the nieghborhood right next to the bunnys and hub caps house. I remember growing up seeing those signs and not knowing what the hell to think. Also, one time there was an old man walking down the side of popes head right outside of that house wearing a snorkel, flippers, and huge goggles. I assumed he was from that wierd ass house. Its weird what things you remember from being a kid, this was when I was about 7 or 8.

Area resident Wrote:
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> Perhaps Eric?
> "
> "ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042","
> ","NO FIXED "," "," ","
> ","05/17/2005","DWI/2ND OR SUBSEQUENT
> "
> "ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042","
> ","NO FIXED "," "," ","
> ","05/17/2005","HABITUAL OFFENDER TRAFFIC
> "
> "ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042","
> ","NO FIXED "," "," ","
> ","05/20/2005","CONTEMPT OF COURT
> "
> "ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042","
> 11439","POPES HEAD ","RD","FAIRFAX
> ","VA","04/22/2005","HABITUAL OFFENDER TRAFFIC
> "
> "ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042","
> 11439","POPES HEAD ","RD","FAIRFAX
> ","VA","11/10/2004","POSS CONTROLLED DRUG FEL
> "
> "ILIFF ","ERIC ","P","042","
> 11439","POPES HEAD ","RD","FAIRFAX
> ","VA","12/18/2004","FAIL ANSWER SUMMONS
> "

This is Pete Iliff. He went to Robinson High School.

bobsagot Wrote:
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> I remember growing up seeing those signs
> and not knowing what the hell to think.

I remember thinking, "Hey! One stop shopping! Hubcaps AND rabbits!"

There was a place off 123 around Hampton Road back in the 80s that also had a sign advertising that they sold rabbits. They also sold fruits and vegetables. I think the rabbits were 5 bucks.

This is my family u are talking about yet I don't talk to this side off my family any longer the walking stick
Man u are refurIng to his name is chip and he has epilepsy and the effects have damaged parts of his brain and when he was in hos 20s he was in a horrible motorcycle which didn't help mateera. As for the manwho is in jail there is no deffending him. But please don't be so close minded before u know the facts





Wrote:
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> YES! I think it was Roland Iliff.
> http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/09/local/me-4
> 0971
>
> On this page the article is truncted:
> http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22967153.html
>
> But in the links to Washington Post articles
> below, it mentions he lived on Popes Head.
>
> So now that we know Walking Stick Guy's brother's
> name, who is the walking stick guy?

The walking stick guy was his brother Eric. He didnt live in the house. The mother lived there but was never home. Roland stayed home to care for his grandmother who lived there because he was the only one there with her.

Just to clear up a few details.

what Wrote:
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> YES! I think it was Roland Iliff.
> http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/09/local/me-4
> 0971
>
> On this page the article is truncted:
> http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22967153.html
>
> But in the links to Washington Post articles
> below, it mentions he lived on Popes Head.
>
> So now that we know Walking Stick Guy's brother's
> name, who is the walking stick guy?

Sorry I got the name wrong and I meant to mention that. He collected hub caps because the epilepsy had done a lot of damage.

christina uttet Wrote:
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> This is my family u are talking about yet I don't
> talk to this side off my family any longer the
> walking stick
> Man u are refurIng to his name is chip and he has
> epilepsy and the effects have damaged parts of his
> brain and when he was in hos 20s he was in a
> horrible motorcycle which didn't help mateera. As
> for the manwho is in jail there is no deffending
> him. But please don't be so close minded before u
> know the facts
>
>
>
>
>
> Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > YES! I think it was Roland Iliff.
> >
> http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/09/local/me-4
>
> > 0971
> >
> > On this page the article is truncted:
> > http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22967153.html
> >
> > But in the links to Washington Post articles
> > below, it mentions he lived on Popes Head.
> >
> > So now that we know Walking Stick Guy's
> brother's
> > name, who is the walking stick guy?

Walking stick guy's name was chip Iliff his brothers were Eric, Roland, and Donny. Chip did was not an alchoholic nor did he have substance abuse issues. He suffered from Epilepsy.

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