This anonymous San Franciscan is the hero of Bay to Breakers

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Spontaneous Bay to Breakers dance parties erupted in a cloud of thousands of bubbles.

“If I stay across the street anonymously, which I usually do, and no one knows who I am, then you see people come up to it and go crazy for it. That’s the interaction I want. It’s so sincere.”

His industrial-strength bubble contraption was impossible to miss Sunday. Parked along the race route in front of the Panhandle, just a few feet from a raging house party, it drew revelers young and old, who stopped in their tracks to enjoy the flood of bubbles with childlike wonder. One father exclaimed that he’d been following the bubbles with his daughter for three hours. It was just one of many oddball happenings that make Bay to Breakers more than just a footrace.

“[The bubbles are] for kids and drunk people, basically,” said Bubble Guy, whose sunglasses and a furry cap hid his face. “And dogs.”Caitlin Petrakovitz / SFGATE The Bubble Guy’s operation has gone through many iterations over the years. When he owned just one bubble machine, it was propped up in a baby stroller, often seen on a sidewalk in Haight-Ashbury or at other city events. Now, the stacked bubble machines occupy a small wagon, along with the necessary 5-gallon jug of bubble fluid. A couple of GoPro cameras are mounted on the front, recording at 120 frames per second.

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