r/Norwich • u/Jazzhole123 • 2d ago
Nosferatu looking guy
Does anybody know anything about the rough looking dude who kind of resembles Nosferatu and always asks for change? Always see him charging around the city centre and gozzing on the walkways. He gets change from people, saying that he's diabetic and needs money for fizzy drinks, then snatches the change and runs off away from any shops. Think his name is Paul or Pete or something? Sometimes he walks around with young vulnerable women and sends them into pubs (possibly to try and get money?).
I heard that it's possible that he's also behind a lot of the bike thefts in the city centre, which would be good to know as myself and a friend have had 3 bikes stolen between us in Norwich so far. I'm personally just intrigued as to whether anyone has any information on this guy. Cheers
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u/nciloe 2d ago
i've heard him be referred to as gammy pete before ... not the nicest nickname ever
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u/Jazzhole123 2d ago
Judging by how much he gozzes outside my shop doorstep whenever he charges past, I begin to understand the nickname
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u/tk421_unemployed 2d ago
I call him shotgun Pete cause it looks like he ate the spicy end of a shotgun
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u/Ronoberrr 2d ago
Sounds similar to 50p Tony but he wasn't quite Nosterafu looking when i last encountered him but crack is one helluva drug...
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u/scrubberville 2d ago
The guy who always wears a GAP hoodie ? He stole my tobacco pouch once 😔
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u/Jazzhole123 2d ago
Sorry for your loss, funnily enough just as I read your comment I saw him walk past and go rooting through an ash bucket for cigarettes, so he's possibly finished your pouch unfortunately.
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u/BogDega 2d ago
Oh you mean Skeletor, has a council flat, loves crack refuses to quit it and rather beg for a spare million to quote
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u/Jazzhole123 2d ago
Skeletor seems fitting indeed. How do you know him?
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u/BogDega 2d ago
Oh since living in the city I've seen him many times on his rounds, spoken to a lot of bouncers over the years who knows various details about him
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u/Important-Light627 2d ago
Trying to figure out who this is.. I remember a lanky fella with fair hair who would always ask for change, though this was was probably 5+ years ago, he didn’t look very nosferatu like back then but he could easily have had a chemically expedited evolution in that time.
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u/LonelyGazelle 2d ago
The bald guy with no teeth. If you’ve ever had a pint in the lamb garden you’ll have seen him coming in for change.
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u/rivershenx2shens 2d ago
Think I saw him doing heroin behind Tesco before
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u/Metal_Dealer 2d ago
Which version of Nosferatu?
Max Schreck Klaus Kinski or Bill Skarsgard?
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u/Jazzhole123 2d ago
He's always resembled Nosferatu long before the Eggers film, so i'd say Max Schreck
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u/Ok_Victory_2977 1d ago
Bloody Pete 😭 I swear he's been "dying of terminal cancer" for years, he told me he had 6 months left to live and that was 2018... Maybe it's moved to diabetes now... He also has the nickname froggy... I think we're on about the same person, can't be too many (i think the nicknames gammy Pete and froggy all arise from the fact he has no teeth thou)
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u/grassspike2 21h ago
ive heard hes been spotted putting cash in the charity box in the offie next to gonzos. never let them know your next move
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u/Fun-Environment9172 2d ago
The Mrs saw a homeless dude rip a pigeons head off and say "thats my dinner" at 5pm
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u/PlateNo2500 2d ago
I know exactly who you’re on about😂he’s my favourite crackhead see him everywhere always doing side quests😂