I check our web site's statistics pretty regularly and I have noticed that every so often, somebody hits our site while Googling the name "Ratamyus." (The name is also spelled "Ratamyas" in some places, but "Ratamyus" seems to be more common.)  This happens as a result of an article I wrote last year on my secret love for old-school wrestling promotions from the Kentucky/Tennessee area.  Ratamyus (Bill Howard) was a legendary heel who took on Randy Savage back in 1982 in a long feud that ended in a gruesome steel cage match at Lexington's Rupp Arena (I got to see the whole thing on television a week or so after the actual event).  Probably the best, most extensive overview of the Ratamyus story line was penned by Eric Westlund and it's part of the ICW (Poffo) series on the Kayfabe Memories web site.  

Anyway, it's pretty cool that there are a few folks out there that seem to remember this very creepy and bizarre character.  But oddly enough, there don't seem to be any pictures of Ratamyus available on the Internet.  In fact, the first hit I found (out of only 160 or so) when I Googled "Ratamyus" tonight was from a thread in which somebody was asking what Ratamyus looked like and why he was so scary.  So as a public service, I have decided to post a picture of Ratamyus below.  The best I can do is this photo of my television screen featuring a still frame from an old ICW tape.  I think this show was from mid-1982 and the picture is a close-up of Ratamyus after he interfered in a match between Tony Falk and Ron Sexton.  He also managed to spit a mouthful of green stuff on the show's promoter before he was driven off by a bunch of other guys.  Enjoy!

Ratamyus