It was long thought to be one urban legend went, but there are now images of the infamous Ghent ‘footman’. They were shown in the investigation program on Wednesday evening Faroek.
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The story of the ‘footman’ has been circulating in Ghent’s student environment since 2006. The man invades pasterns and asks students if he can smell their feet. He doesn’t speak, but uses gestures and a simple drawing to make clear what he wants. Although it is not clear whether the man actually cannot speak, or whether he is using it as an excuse to get into the pasterns.