The Green Man

Raymond "Ray" Robinson (October 29, 1910 – June 11, 1985) was severely disfigured when he was nine years old when he was injured by an electrical line on the Morado Bridge, outside of Beaver Falls. The bridge carried a trolley and had electrical lines of both 1,200 volts and 22,000 volts, which had killed another boy less than a year earlier. Robinson survived, defying doctors' expectations, but he was severely disfigured: he lost his eyes, nose, and one arm.

Robinson lived in Koppel and spent his days at home with relatives, making doormats, wallets, and belts to sell.[4] Because of his appearance, he rarely ventured out during the day. However, at night, he went for long walks on a quiet stretch of State Route 351, feeling his way along with a walking stick.

Groups of locals regularly gathered to search for him walking along the road. Robinson usually hid from his curious neighbors, but would sometimes exchange a short conversation or a photograph for beer or cigarettes. Some were friendly, others cruel, but none of his encounters deterred Robinson from his nightly walks. He was struck by cars more than once. He stopped his walks during the last years of his life, and retired to the Beaver County Geriatric Center, where he died in 1985 at the age of 74.

Robinson became a local myth in the Pennsylvania area, and his real story was obscured by urban legend. In the stories, he was the Green Man. As a boy, he wanted to see into a birds nest and he climbed the electric pole and managed to shock himself and fall to the ground causing him to lose his eyes, nose, mouth, one ear and one arm. When he became older, rumors stated he hid in an abandoned house. The name "Green Man" came from the skin which was green. He was so badly shocked that his skin was an almost glowing green (glowing caused by the infection not properly healed). Through several generations, Robinson's story has been passed on so many times that his name and his real history have been overshadowed by the ghost story that grew out of them.

More and greater detail: http://weekinweird.com/2011/09/26/green-man-true-pennsylvania-legend/

or: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_(Green_Man)

or: http://modernnotion.com/the-sad-true-story-behind-pennsylvanias-green-man-urban-legend/