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WEBVTT TO KEEP UP WITH ONE MILWAUKEE ICON. PATRICK: KATHY MYKLEBY IS HERE TO DEMONSTRATE. >> THE MILVERINE. HE IS A MILWAUKEE ORIGINAL. SEEN THROUGHOUT MILWAUKEE ON A THREE-TO-FIVE HOUR TEAR ON ANY GIVEN DAY OF THE WEEK. ON ON OUR WAY BACK FROM ASSIGNMENT ON TUESDAY, MY PHOTOGRAPHER, RYAN CASPER, SAID, THERE’S THE MILVERINE. I SAID, LET’S TALK TO HIM. AND AS ANYONE KNOWS WHO TRIES TO CATCH UP WITH THIS SHIRTLESS, SPEED WALKING CULT FIGURE, CATCHING UP WITH HIM IS NOT AN EASY TASK. I CHASED YOU DOWN THREE BLOCKS . HOW FAR ARE YOU INTO YOUR ROUTE ? >> PROBABLY ABOUT AN HOUR. >> EVERY DAY? >> YET, ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. YEAH. >> HIS REAL NAME IS JOHN HAMMAN, BUT HE’S BETTER KNOWN AS THE MILVERINE, A PLAY ON THE COMIC AND MOVIE SUPERHERO WOLVERINE. >> IN THE REAL WORLD PEOPLE DIE. >> WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? >> THE THING IS HUGH JACKMAN PLAYS THIS GUY THE WOLVERINE. THEY HAVE A PATENT SO THEY HAVE TO CALL ME THE MILVERINE, SO YOU THINK YOU ARE THE WOLVERINE YEA I THINK I AM BETTER THAN JACKMAN. >> PACKERS OR STEELERS? >> PACKERS. >> THE SAME TIME THE INTERNET DUBBED THE PUMPED UP HAMMAN THE MILVERINE, AND THE LOCAL LEGEND BEGAN. HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING TO HELP PEOPLE? >> IF I SEE PEOPLE GETTING ATTACKED, I TRIED TO HELP. >> HE’S 55, GRADUATED FROM PULASKI HIGH SCHOOL, IS SEMI RETIRED FROM CONSTRUCTION. HE’S A WEIGHT LIFTING, SPORTS , AND OPERA FAN. >> WHY DO WALK SHIRTLESS THROUGH MILWAUKEE? >> IF I WALK, I SWEAT A LOT. IF I SWEAT BAD, I GET A HEAT RASH. IF THE SUN IS OUT, EVEN IN THE 50’S. >> YOU DON’T MIND THE ATTENTION? >> SOME PLACES GOING TO NAME A BEER AFTER ME. >> WHEN PEOPLE SEE YOU, WHEN TWO PEOPLE DO? >> THEY SAY HEY MILVERINE YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE OR SOMETHING? >> OK, LET’S TAKE A PICTURE. KATHY MYKLEBY, CHANNEL 12 NEWS, MILWAUKEE. PATR

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