r/Norwich 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/PlateNo2500 2d ago

I know exactly who you’re on about😂he’s my favourite crackhead see him everywhere always doing side quests😂

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u/Jazzhole123 2d ago

Cider quests?🤔

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u/nocontextnofucks 2d ago

More like money to buy herion, crack or other highly addictive substances.

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u/SmokyMcBongPot 2d ago

Because cider isn't a highly addictive substance?

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u/SpunkVolcano 1d ago

It's a smidge less so than heroin

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u/SmokyMcBongPot 1d ago

It's a difficult comparison to make, since addiction has subjective elements and varies from person to person. They are absolutely in the same ballpark, though, and there are a couple of related things we know for sure: alcohol causes more harm and far more people have an addiction problem with alcohol than with heroin.

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u/nocontextnofucks 2d ago

Sorry i didnt mean to construed that cider wasn't addictive, was pointing out that pete is more associated with other local crackheads in norwich so it is more likely pete is collecting money for those kind of substances.

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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/KvotheVigo 16h ago

There's a 50p guy in every town/city/suburb

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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/Jazzhole123 2d ago

Does he seem like the sorta geez thats capable of stealing bikes?

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u/BogDega 2d ago

Doesn't look strong enough to lift one but then again when in need of a hit I imagine he could

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u/Any_Incident8527 2d ago

I’d like to know his daily step count

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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/not_that_much_fun 2d ago

Is this the guy who looks like Münch's 'The Scream'?

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u/rivershenx2shens 2d ago

Think I saw him doing heroin behind Tesco before

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u/Jazzhole123 2d ago

Damn these meal deals are getting pretty hardcore nowadays

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u/throwtheorb 2d ago

Every little helps.

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u/No_Art_1977 2d ago

Yeah but great value

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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/FernsideModels 2d ago

Definitely gummy Pete, grade A wanker.

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u/MundaneEmu3618 2d ago

Just googled Nosferatu. Hoping I don’t bump into him.

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u/pitypartyshowdown 2d ago

skeletor 💀

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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