She’d told us her family was fixin’ to move to Kansas, and Big Dumb Harry’d told her to watch out for the spook who roams the Kansas roads. Long white beard and a staff. Always looking for traveling companions. Walking Will. That was his name.
This was a real person who roamed the Plains during the Great Depression, though no one knew his real name or backstory. Rumors abound but, to this day, Walking Will remains a Dust Bowl enigma.
