Goggle Man (Shippensburg, PA)

Shot on Nikon N60, F8 @ 1/350th. Taken for a college photography course in 2006.

“Goggle Man” is well-known in the small college town of Shippensburg, PA. He has reached urban legend status. He can be seen walking around in camouflage with a bucket and a cane. His house is painted orange and black, and the glass is all covered with black paint. I happened to be driving by at the right time and I got a snapshot of him emerging from his house.

Take a close look at the high-res version of the photo. He’s not looking through the goggles; he’s looking right at you.

Some recent context provided by Reddit user FanZealousideal6305:

Hi I’m born and raised in Shippensburg, His nickname was “Horse”. A little bit of his back story, I grew up right up the road from him. He was very kind, and gentle. But yes, he did have a few things about him that didn’t classify him as normal. One of my older sisters went to school with his son. But He was in the Army back in the 60’s and 70’s and he had suffered a lot of PTSD and trauma that he didn’t really go into depth about and honestly not something that you want to pry into his life about. HIs wife had also passed away suddenly in their home, and he was an avid drinker. But after he death he had become sober, and chose to walk everyday and everywhere he went. Hence why other people who live and grew up in our town have seen him. As far as his Orange Camo outfit, we never could figure out why he always wore it (even in the summer time). But after Horse has passed away, they finally did condemn the house and tore it down a year later.