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In weeks of research, interviews with residents, eyewitness accounts, and even conversations with local priests, I only managed to piece together a dozen second-hand quotes from Geoffrey. There are even reports of him sprinting away from local journalists who were seeking interviews, so I resigned myself to constructing the truth using whatever fragmented shards of information I could find about this illusive man.Growing up in Bradford, I saw the Jesus man a handful of times. Always fleeting, I'd catch glimpses of him pacing hurriedly across the street, or through the back window of my dad's car. One memorable sighting occurred from the window of a coach on a school trip. I recall a phalanx of shouting and waving adolescents being greeted by a smile and wave from the Jesus Man, then an eruption of frantic gossiping as we discussed who he might be and where he might come from.Interested in local celebrities? Read about Camden's last rockstar on VICE
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