Ashvegas reader: Can someone help solve the mystery of the downtown Asheville ‘honking man’?

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Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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From loyal reader Crissa:

Dear Ash Vegas,

I’m wondering if you can answer the mystery of honking man.

Almost every workday between 10:45 am – 11:15 am a car drives by our offices and announces itself with a random spattering of honking. Sometimes the honking is straight quarter notes, sometimes there is a pattern, but it’s always honking on the move.

Since we are in the office (Walnut Street, between Broadway and Lexington) we never actually see ‘who’ is doing the honking! And we are curious… what is the story behind this elusive honking man??? 

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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8 Comments

  1. copluvr July 8, 2011

    that is the funniest thing that I have seen in a while. It's like the guy who gets what he thinks is a dirty video called Head Cleaner only to discover that it's a fuzzy vcr cleaner (old school). I cried when I read "it's the UPS or Fed Ex guy"….dang that was good Thank you 🙂

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  2. Advocate July 5, 2011

    http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20110305/NEWS/303050036/Contractor-charged-Asheville-renovation-dispute?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage

    Perhaps it is the crooked contractor backing up a truck of more ill gotten gains to launder through his wife's' gallery.

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  3. Boogs56 July 3, 2011

    Now I know why they left Tom Bombadil out of the movies. I'm sure he'd be right at home on some Citizen-Times comment sections.

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  4. Kipper July 2, 2011

    How anti-climactic!

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  5. Tom Bombadil July 2, 2011

    Wow. This is news? While we're at it, maybe we can get to the bottom of the cooling apple pies being stolen from area windowsills.

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  6. White Lightnin' July 2, 2011

    Mystery solved. But I was kinda hoping it was this guy:

    http://www.allwwewrestlers.com/Honky_Tonk_Man.jpg

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  7. Orton July 2, 2011

    Duh

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  8. jj July 1, 2011

    it's the UPS and Fed Ex trucks backing into Tingle Alley

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