NatGeo: American Outliers

[El Kabong]

So I was channel surfing last night and stumbled across 'American Gypsies' on NatGeo and after watching that for a while they had 'American Colony: Meet the Hutterites' which is about these quasi-Amish people that live in Montana. And to add to those shows they also have 'Doomsday Preppers' and 'Taboo' which are also interesting.

I love the melting pot which is America and I find these groups fascinating, I could not stop watching those shows. I don't think I have much in common with the Gypsies or Hutterites but still, their ways of life are interesting and both groups are very quick to shun their own people and are extremely worried over the "outside world"....perhaps a bit like the Mountain folk in North Carolina.

Anyone know of any other crazy little ethnic/religious groups found in the US (or England or Australia to include everyone)?

[greynotsoold]

I am sort familiar with the Hutterites, or with their produce, at least. Every saturday there is a farmer's Market in Uptown Butte, and the majority of the booths are hutterites hawking some really quality produce. My friend is a truck driver and he regularly hauls their produce, and he says that they have the cleanest operations, are always ready and on-time. A pleasure to deal with.

[El Kabong]

I am sort familiar with the Hutterites, or with their produce, at least. Every saturday there is a farmer's Market in Uptown Butte, and the majority of the booths are hutterites hawking some really quality produce. My friend is a truck driver and he regularly hauls their produce, and he says that they have the cleanest operations, are always ready and on-time. A pleasure to deal with.

Thy have crazy accents too. In North Carolina we have a similar group, the Mennonites. They have similar dress & so on. I always saw them at Wal-Mart.

The Gypsies I have had no interactions with...the closest I've gotten is Italians from New Jersey hahaha

[greynotsoold]

When I was maybe two years old my mother and i were at the park, and this group of people were there, having a picnic, kicking a ball around, and drinking. There must have been 50 of them, and they ended up in a huge fight, jumping on our car and all. Why my mother didn't drive away until after the police came and all, I don't know. Anyway, she always said they were Gypsies.

[El Kabong]

When I was maybe two years old my mother and i were at the park, and this group of people were there, having a picnic, kicking a ball around, and drinking. There must have been 50 of them, and they ended up in a huge fight, jumping on our car and all. Why my mother didn't drive away until after the police came and all, I don't know. Anyway, she always said they were Gypsies.

Crazy...damned gypsies. They do seem to be a pretty bellicose people

[Dia bando]

This is a true story,back in the early 80's a good friend of mine had a pub, round the corner from the pub
was a small industrial estate. Some gypsies moved on there with there caravan's, any how they came to
the pub taking the pub over about 25 to 30. Ken my mate he was happy as a pig in shit, they were spending money like water. Myself and a good few mate's played, for his pub's pool team his pride and joy was a brand new pool table.We all told Ken these lot are fucking lunatics after beer.
Of course our advice fell on deaf ear's, myself and mates walking up the road to his pub as we got to the
door Ken's brand new pool table, came straight throw the window into the middle of the road.
The place was smashed to bit's, I remember looking throw were the window had been, and this woman with a baby in here arm's, was smacking a other woman in the face.
There was blood snot, broken glass tables, and chair's and body's all over the place,any how the police
station is about 300yards down the road it took there 45 minutes to get there.
They had all fucked off before the cops got there, before going the put £300 on the bar for the damage.
Ken's pub cost him £2000 to repair, and his new pool table missing a leg and on bricks, after all them years remember them gypsies Ken he still mad, well you live and learn don't you.

[El Kabong]

These the Romani gypsies or some other kind?

[Dia bando]

These the Romani gypsies or some other kind?

A mix of both, Romani and Irish tinkers don't be under no allusion, after beer they like nothing better
than a good scrap.They are a funny breed mix it with beer,and you get trouble seen it happen to many times Lyle.

[El Kabong]

These the Romani gypsies or some other kind?

A mix of both, Romani and Irish tinkers don't be under no allusion, after beer they like nothing better
than a good scrap.They are a funny breed mix it with beer,and you get trouble seen it happen to many times Lyle.

I wouldn't doubt it one bit! They've got some decent looking women do they not?

[Dia bando]

These the Romani gypsies or some other kind?

A mix of both, Romani and Irish tinkers don't be under no allusion, after beer they like nothing better
than a good scrap.They are a funny breed mix it with beer,and you get trouble seen it happen to many times Lyle.

I wouldn't doubt it one bit! They've got some decent looking women do they not?

Your are right there, if they catch you banging there women , they will cut your balls off bud.

[Andre]

Yeah I like all those kind of shows too.
I've noticed on swamp people alot of them have green or blue eyes.
Also the guys who log down south in the everglades on 'loggers' do too.
Mad as cut snakes, fascinating to watch,they nearly kill themselves by blundering in and not thinking.

[TigerFan]

I live literally a few hundred yards from some Quakers here in NC. I live out in the boonies. Not sure of the differences between them and the Amish & Mennonite communities. Never really looked it up. They dress alike...I always see them riding their bikes to McDonalds in the morning for breakfast

Yeah I like all those kind of shows too.
I've noticed on swamp people alot of them have green or blue eyes.
Also the guys who log down south in the everglades on 'loggers' do too.
Mad as cut snakes, fascinating to watch,they nearly kill themselves by blundering in and not thinking.

Y'all get Swamp People down under? I had no idea

[Dia bando]

Yeah I like all those kind of shows too.
I've noticed on swamp people alot of them have green or blue eyes.
Also the guys who log down south in the everglades on 'loggers' do too.
Mad as cut snakes, fascinating to watch,they nearly kill themselves by blundering in and not thinking.

Andre I did not no, you had electric or gas there's me thinking you still only had the Stevenson Rocket,
as your only means of transport.

[Beanz]

Are swamp people like crustys then ?
New age traveller/ deadlocked steam punks?

[Andre]

Are swamp people like crustys then ?
New age traveller/ deadlocked steam punks?

Na they hunt in the everglades of deep south for a living.

Stone wall crazy people who sound like they talk through a straw, paddling around in the mud "weer lurking fer gaters"