The Infamous Vic Dodge

When I was a kid, the bully in Philo was named Vic Dodge.  I don't know if he was a bully for all of Philo, or just for the part north of the tracks where we lived.  And he was probably more than a bully.  I think he was a real criminal.  I was too young to have a good idea of how old he was, but I did know that he had long hair and that even my oldest brothers had strict instructions to steer clear of him.  He had 2 younger brothers (one of them was named David) and, as a group, they were just called "The Dodge Boys".  Mom always warned us "If you see the Dodge Boys coming, you turn your bike around and come home."

Or, if worse came to worse, and we had to get away from him fast, we could go to one of the houses in town that had a blue star taped to their front window.  I don't know what those stars meant, but I guess they were some kind of code for "This Is A Vic Dodge Free Zone" or something.

Anyway, back in 1981, Vic Dodge was found dead in Scott Park in Champaign.  I heard that his penis was cut off and stuck in his mouth too.  He probably deserved it.