Catman of Greenock

'A mysterious figure that crawls round the back alleys of this town in Western Scotland.  Local legend tells he eats rats, could be a Russian sailor, is looked after by workers at a bus depot and may have had his legs broken by a local gang. No one even knows if he really exists. The only evidence being a pretty shocking video of Catman lying down eating a rat. Whilst he doesn’t immediately seem to have the same charm as a fella who plays a xylophone or a monk who walks around waving at people, Catman appears to have been taken in by the residents of Greenock. They’re protective of him, as you can see in the superb short film below. And maybe that’s what the ‘local nutter’ stands for. He may be different but he’s one of us. They appeal to our parochial side.'



Taken from - Keith Wildman's article in Sabotage Times