Harry potter and the pensioners phone calls...........
Posted by Stan at 8/1/2007 8:43 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Sometimes it's a hassle
being Harry Potter. Especially when you're a 78-year-old man who
happens to share the name of a certain fictional boy wizard who is
famous the world over. Each time a new Harry Potter book or
movie comes out, Bradenton resident Harry Potter starts getting phone
calls from children, interview requests from the TV networks and
autograph requests. "The kids want to know if I'm Harry Potter,"
he said with a chuckle. "I tell them I've been Harry Potter for darn
near 80 years!" The real Harry Potter said he hasn't had time to
read any of the J.K. Rowling books or see the five hit movies. But late
night crank calls aside, the retired Defense Department employee from
Zaleski, Ohio, gets his mileage out of Pottermania. "When Harry
talks to the kids, they'll ask about the owl and he'll say, 'Oh, he
came by and brought the mail,"' said his wife, Jan. "Then, when they're
done, the mothers come on and say thank you for talking to the kids. He
gets a big kick out of it." But meeting a real Harry Potter can be a little puzzling for the kids.
"They look at you, give you the once-over," he said, laughing. "They
can't relate the one in the book to the one they see here. I guess I
could buy me a pair of Harry Potter glasses."
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