Toronto's Zanta- The Yes Yes Yes Guy

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Ever see a fairly buff man doing push ups around town wearing either a pair of jeans and a santa hat or a Fred Flintstone dress? While he does his push ups he just says "Yes, Yes, Yes."
The first time I saw Zanta was last year when I was driving to a friends house. The moment I saw him I was captivated. What a great body but I couldn't understand why he was flexing and doing push up on the corner of Scarlett and Eglinton, especially wearing a santa hat. I got to my friends house and explained what I saw and she just giggled and explained that he was a neighbour of hers who is always for doing push ups in the middle of the street. She later explained that she had heard a few different stories about him and what the deal is with this guy; one person said he lost custody of his daughter and does push up to raise awareness for fathers rights, another person told her he did too much crystal meth and was perminately out of it from over use. She said she just thought he had too much time on his hands and couldn't help but make an ass out of himself.
This past winter the gent I was dating came over to my home and started to tell me an odd story about a topless man who was doing push ups on his subway car that day while repeating "Yes, Yes, Yes"; I told him the story of Zanta.
Different people I have known have told me about this guy, usually I hear about him every few weeks from different sources. He is now like the Where's Waldo of Toronto. You never know where he will show up, what he will be doing but you know if you do see him he will be wearing his Santa hat and flexing his muscles while uttering "Yes, Yes, Yes"
Today I found out he has a web site www.torontozanta.ca, anyone else see this interesting character?
 

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Zanta’s biography:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanta

Wikipedia said:
The Life of Zanta
Formerly a contractor, Zancai spent 23 days in a coma and 17 days on life support following a serious work-related injury in 2000, in which he fell a distance of 25 feet before landing on his back.[2] [3] He was able to rehabilitate himself to the point where he can do hundreds of pushups daily and maintain the physique of an amateur body builder, though he still suffers from loss of feeling in parts of his body.[3]
Zancai has since adopted the name "Zanta", (a play on "Santa" using the first letter of Zancai's last name) and a distinct persona to match. A father of four, Zancai stated that "Zanta" originated when his daughter was taken out of his custody. When he appeared for a custody hearing he reportedly wore the Santa hat for her amusement.[1] At the hearing the judge requested that the hat be removed and, when Zancai refused, suggested a mental-competancy test be undertaken.[1] Zancai has stated that he is neither bipolar nor psychotic; instead he is merely in character.
 

Esco!

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This guy loves to hang out in Yorkville for some reason.
Go to Hemingways or Sassafraz and you can catch him there daily
 

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I've seen Zanta around a lot over the years. Usually harassing people on the TTC who are trying to get him to leave them alone without pissing him off as he's a big guy who has claimed to have done time for assault to friends of mine. he's definately high on the list of my least favorite of the city's nutjobs.
 

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I have seen that guy...I thought he was completely spaced out at the time.

There he was talking to no one, no shirt, Santa hat, and something scrawled in lipstick on his chest. He gets halfway across the intersection (again Scarlett & Eglinton), then drops and starts doing pushups.

Even the wackos are famous in Toronto !
 

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I always thought he went by "subway santa" ... at least he's not in your face for money
 

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He is desperate for attention and has been barred by court order from being within certain boundaries downtown because of his threatening behaviour. He would show up every time Much Music had an outdoor event, wanting to be on camera, finally becoming such a problem that the police had to be called.
 

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He use to hang around the ChumCity building alot. Especially around Electric Circus time. Definately a nut job.
 

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One of the others wen't by something like the Queen of Denmark and would stand on highway overpasses waiting. Haven't seen her for years.
 

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Esco! said:
He cant be that crazy if he knows how to operate a website

someone else is running it (splicegirl) .... anyway watch this guy become an underground millionaire now..

(must go practice jumping jacks now )
 

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Neverenuff$ said:
watch this guy become an underground millionaire now..
(must go practice jumping jacks now )
LMAO.......somewhat like those WWaazzzup guys.
Holy fvck was that ever tacky!!!!
 

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How about the 'dancing TTC guy'? I haven't scene him in a couple of years though, so I don't know if he's still around. He's white, 6', mid 20's, wears white gloves and dressed regularly...business casual. He has a walkman on, and dances like he's at a rave with a great big smile on. One time a lady ask him why he does that and he answered 'it's way better than being angry, man'.
 

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Perhaps Zanta is doing all those pushups and perfecting his thrusting techniques for the missionary position?
 
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