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George Dobson AKA Sonny Barger

Found this character along Rt. 12 in Northern California. He had fallen to the ground while hitch-hiking Northeast on 12 and the kind folks at the nearby farm stand gave him a chair to thumb a ride from.
I asked him if I could take a photograph.
I used a big assed Hasselblad with a compendium light shade.. so maybe he thought I was gonna clobber him instead.
His name, he said, was "George Dobson" 65 years old.
Then he told Robin after I walked over to the car to change film. That his real name was Sonny Barger. Yeah, I said and I was going to call him on that when he disappeared. Picked up by some passing motorist. We returned the chair to the farm stand.

Uploaded on Jan 10, 2012 | Map

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