Erik "The Lizardman" Sprague is a colourful character. Green, to be precise.
The 41-year-old American entertainer, currently performing in Dunedin, is tattooed with lizard scales, has a split tongue and horns implanted in his head.
And, in case you still don't get it, he also has "Freak" tattooed across his chest.
Sprague began his transformation in 1994 as an art project called "The Freak Manifesto".
"I started it as a body-based conceptual performance artist. A freak is a fully self-realised individual," he said in Mosgiel yesterday before a "Freak 'n' Gash" performance there tonight.