Over a decade ago, David Jones began to make a documentary about the “Walking Man,” the homeless figure with striking long hair, famous for strolling through downtown Chicago in a blazer, rain or shine.
But the Walking Man — known for being an enigma — never spoke openly with him. “He wasn’t very forthcoming. He was very present, but the answers to our questions were all kind of fibs,” said Jones, who called him the “Walking Dude.”
