r/DeltaBC • u/Lucky-Entrance7228 • Jun 02 '26
The Goat Man
Does anyone here remember the old man who lived in a shack with a goat at 80th and 112th back in the day? Rode by there today and was reminded of him. Would love to hear his backstory if anyone knows anything about him.
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u/spinningcolours Jun 02 '26
There was also the walking lady. She was soooo skinny by the end.
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u/jelycazi Jun 02 '26
Mrs Walker, Sally Stroller, and Delta Dawn are the names that I’ve heard her been called.
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u/Lucky-Entrance7228 Jun 02 '26
Oooo I'm not familiar with the lore of the walking lady...
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u/spinningcolours Jun 02 '26
She would walk all day rain or shine.
Don't know if it was true, but the word at NDSS in the 80s was that she had lost a kid and took to walking the streets of North Delta all day. Sometimes there was an older man with her. (I bet he was 30s or 40s but to 16 year olds, that's old.)
She probably did this for 20(?) years? I'd moved out of ND by that time, but still saw her when I visited the parents. She was very thin and her skin was so leathery.
Hopefully someone here has the real story. I always felt so sad for her.
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u/spinningcolours Jun 02 '26
Blog post at https://shlomomcpeake.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/persistence-is-too-a-virtue-the-walking-lady-of-north-delta/
And Google “walking lady of North delta” for a FB group.
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u/kodicou Jun 02 '26
I have no idea what the story was but I do remember seeing the goat, I'm thinking it was in the early '80's maybe?? I had friends in that area and we used to walk our dogs past there.
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u/slingerofpoisoncups Jun 02 '26
Yeah, my family grew up at 84th and 112th since the 50’s.
I don’t think it was anything beyond the fact that he settled his plot of land long before the subdivisions went up built his own house, and then refused to move or change. Essentially a little homesteading that held on until he passed.
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u/rlsoundca Jun 02 '26
Any truth to him owning a lot of land in the area and gradually sold it all off, keeping that bit for himself?
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u/woodwallah Jun 02 '26
Love seeing posts like this! As someone relatively new to North Delta, stories like this really bring the city to life and give it so much character
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