Noted

Many carpet sightings in recent weeks here on the NE corner of Third Avenue and St. Mark's Place... photo late this afternoon by Lola Sáenz... 

... and now getting the attention of the Citizen app! (Thanks for the screengrabs, Eden!)...

And some background.

Noted

As seen today on the NE corner of Third Avenue and St. Mark's Place... thanks to @unitof for the photo. 

Annnnd some background here.

Head over heels: Happy Valentine's Day

As seen today on Third Avenue just steps past St. Mark's Place...

If you read this post, then you know what this is about. 

Photos by William Klayer... 

Previously on EV Grieve: 

• About that rolled-up carpet in the crosswalk

Saturday's parting shot

The carpet and barricades have been removed from the southwest corner of Third Avenue and Astor Place... no more walking on the man here. 

Photo today by Steven...

[Updated] About that rolled-up carpet in the crosswalk

An EVG reader shared the following clips from last evening on the southwest corner of Third Avenue and Astor Place. 

The first clip shows what at first glance could be a discarded roll of carpet ... placed right at the curb, giving pedestrians no choice but to walk over it. However, per the clip, the piece of carpet is moving...

 

 And here, people are seen walking on the carpet...

   

Apparently, the man inside the carpet wants people to walk on him to satisfy a fetish. The reader had seen this happen in the past. 

For years, from the late 1990s into 2013, a man, dubbed "the human carpet," visited clubs and other places to have people walk on him while rolled up inside a carpet. In this case, he instructed people — women in high heels a bonus — to do so with a sign. This MO is different. There isn't any consent.

To the reader:

"I think he waits for the snow so he can barricade the walk way and force you to walk on him.... without your consent. He moves around. The last snow storm he was at different crosswalks every night."

And some more background...

"When I was in high school there was another guy that would ask us to walk on him while in a rug. This was in the 1990s. This guy is someone else. For me, I have no problem with someone's fetish, but at least the guy from when I was in high school asked you to do it. I don't think it's cool to kinda violate those forced to walk on him when crossing the street. Anyway, I just thought people should now."

Updated 5:15 p.m. 

DP in EV shared footage from late this afternoon...

 

And a little later... perhaps on a dinner break? Photo by Steven...