Hi.
My name is "Beaverton" Bill Smiley. I imagine there’s a lot of you folks out there who
want to know more about this fascinating creature and I suppose I'm the
guy to inform you. Not too much is known about him - he's pretty
mysterious to say the least. But I'll tell you everything I can.
Ok, where can I begin? Well first off, Kenny and I are part of a
superhero team in Portland, OR.
Let me start by telling you a bit about myself.
I've been a superhero since, oh, about the late 1800's I guess. I'm a
founding member of the RCC, or the "Rose City Champions".
It was waaaaay back in the summer of 1886 when I was swimming in a river
in Beaverton (Oregon) when I found a shiny, unidentifiable gem at the
bottom of the river among the rocks.
To make a long story short, this gem (which I later named the "Longevity
Gem") gave me all of my super-strength and longevity powers which keep
me going strong until this very day. Although I'm sure I'm feeling the
same aches and pains as a 70-year-old man is feeling, I still got some
fight left in me.
Anyhow, I suspect Kenny was the original owner of the Longevity Gem long
before I discovered it. My reason being every time he sees it, he gets
kind of excited. It's also a fact that Kenny is well over 100 years of
age, like myself. I have the photo to prove it.
I also seem to vaguely remember crazy stories as a boy about local sightings of a black-haired creature with bright yellow eyes romping around near the creeks and
woods of Beaverton.
As near as I can tell, Kenny is part animal and part human. You all
remember Sesame Street? Well he kinda looks like one of the Muppits come
to life. Only bigger and stronger.
He does a lot of things and animal would do. Like thrive in nature. Or
get along well with other animals. But he also shows a good amount of
human behavior as well. Like keeping a garden. Wearing shorts.
One thing is for sure- he doesn't have a harmful bone in his body. He
loves anyone and everyone and he only goes about in this world to set
things right.
Captain Burnside (the leader of the RCC) and myself have unofficially
recruited Kenny as an RCC member. Now I say "unofficially" because we're
not entirely sure he agreed to join us. Meaning the fella doesn't speak.
Nor does he often bother to communicate much in any way. He just kinda
goes about his business, setting things right. That's not to say he's a
mute. Believe me, I've heard him scream and wail like a lunatic many
times. Even heard him laugh once or twice. But he doesn't care much to
learn a language, so communicating with him is damn near impossible. He
does, however, seem to understand everything that is said to him.
Adding to his mystery is his magic. He's got this power he uses that
nobody can explain. It's this... beautiful light show of colors and
sparks, stars and whistles - and a rainbow "prism beam" that shoots right out of
his chest. The most spectacular thing you'll ever see! Nobody knows how
he does it or where it comes from- all we know is that it works every
single time.
He'll use it to protect himself or others around him. Or
he'll use it to heal something or somebody (which I've also seen).
When he uses it for defense, it simply renders his attacker useless. End
of story. They either stay in a trance until the authorities come and
get them, or they walk off peacefully on their own accord, never looking
back or saying a word. When he's on yourside, it's like having a victory in the bag before the battle even breaks out. It's quite an amazing thing. Only trouble is, we
can't count on him showing up every time. Otherwise we'd be using Kenny
in all of our battles to help keep Portland a peaceful place. Don't get
me wrong- he's been there for us many, many times - he'll usually just
show up out of nowhere!
And sometimes he doesn't.
But I suppose the fella's got other things to tend to. I don't know.
So that about sums up the basics. Like I said before, not much is known
about him. I'll do my best to keep you all updated here when I can.
Anything Kenny related - I'll let you know.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask here.
I'm a reserve member of the RCC these days, so I'm sort of retired. Got
nothing better to do than sit around and try to learn this computer.
I'm also gonna start to getting an RCC page going here pretty quick.
And if you ever see Kenny around town, give him a hug - he loves hugging
people!
Till next time!
-BB
P.S. I also added a bunch more pictures of Kenny in the pictures
section. Check them out to see him in action and to get a better idea of who he is.
