
Before he had any tattoos, Genest was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Genest was on the waiting list for six months, where he contemplated his own life and possible death, before undergoing the surgery with minimal complications.
Leaving his house one day, Genest went for a walk and decided to live downtown, on rooftops and in dumpsters or under bridges. Hitchhiking became his main method of transportation. According to his video, he started living "an anarchistic lifestyle".
I think he strange, because of communication tattooed as a living skeleton and an anarchistic lifestyle.