# It is no coincidence that Billy the Kid looks like the Wizard of Oz scarecrow. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531 "2017-10-22T08:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531/21 "2017-10-22T20:51:09Z")
Well he was a criminal, so straight up, we know he wasn’t real brilliant. But if I could see Kid and Crow side by side, I maybe could compare them. But really who cares? Crow was fictional and Kid was a real person. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531/22 "2017-10-23T15:14:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Crow was fictional and Kid was a real person. ^this. What did the Scarecrow look like? [This](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarecrow_(Oz)#/media/File:The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz,_009.png)? [This](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarecrow_(Oz)#/media/File:Scarecrow_of_oz_cover.jpg)? Is OP saying that Billy the Kid (Henry McCarty, alias William Bonney) looked like [Ray Bolger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bolger#/media/File:Ray_Bolger_1942.jpg) somehow? Cuz I don’t see the resemblance. Sorry, OP, your premise fails on its face. No discuss. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531/23 "2017-10-23T15:23:07Z")
So, you see a picture of someone (i.e., Billy the Kid) and can immediately tell that this person was a simpleton of some sort, or intellectually challenged? There’s a word for that, and it begins with “b.” My wife worked with the mentally challenged in group homes for many years. She would be reaching through the screen for you right now if she could. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531/24 "2017-10-23T15:27:40Z")
Thanks to the OP, we now know who to blame for the current state of education. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531/25 "2017-10-23T16:42:54Z")
> [@Sir\_Marmalade](#): > > Well, that’s why I’m not a history teacher…and thank you for clearing that up. I stand corrected. But I’m still adamant that he looks a bit like that cousin at a wedding that stands in the corner and everyone tries to avoid. Because they don’t want to annoy hum. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531/26 "2017-10-23T16:48:30Z")
> [@Sir\_Marmalade](#): > > The only person I’ve ever seen looking that stupid in a photo was the best man at my wedding and he was half cut and very nervous. How about you post a photo of yourself and we’ll judge _you_ based solely on how “stupid” we perceive you to appear (although we do already have your words which, frankly, aren’t doing you any favors). I doubt you’re going to come off as well as you think you will. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531/27 "2017-10-23T19:07:11Z")
> [@Sir\_Marmalade](#): > > Admittedly, not many people in the Old West are remembered for their superior intellect but Billy did look like an exceptional simpleton. In fact, scientists are now unanimously decided that Billy is the illegitimate offspring of the Wizaard of Oz scarecrow and Goofy. > Discuss. Billy The Kid, died in 1881. Goofy, created (as an adult) in 1932. I didn’t check your links, but am assuming the scarecrow in question is from the 1939 movie. Your “scientists” have unanimous heads up their asses. Their conclusion should have been that Goofy and the WOO scarecrow were the offspring of Billy The Kid. Which would be correct, in my opinion. The resemblance(s) are too striking for mere coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531/28 "2017-10-23T19:39:10Z")
I think Billy the Kid looks like Owen Wilson. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531.md?page=1)