It’s hard for Zoo Cain to sneak around the city. People tend to know where he is.
Folks know if Cain is uptown, out of town or home at his St. John Valley neighborhood apartment. That’s because his truck screams in a kaleidoscopic riot of hand-painted color and knicknacks. It announces his whereabouts, wherever he goes. It’s like a visual trumpet, heralding his movements.
“I just thought it would be somewhat interesting,” Cain said, sitting outside his apartment, under a tree festooned with found lobster buoys. “But I have police officers stopping and taking pictures of it. Actually, people are taking pictures of it, going down the highway — always waving, tooting.”
People flash him a lot of peace signs, too. He loves that.
Cain’s vehicle started out as a normal, 2007 Toyota Tacoma truck before he got started on it, two years ago.
“The truck ended up being painted only because anything I’ve ever owned, or been around, ends up with paint on it,” he said. “I end up coloring just about everything I have — hammers, screwdrivers, you name it. It always gets colored.”
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