Typhoon its a lost art.
Me and a buddy were driving from IL to Anaheim, when we came across a hitchhiker just past Needles. He was heading to L.A.. We asked where he was from(had an accent) and he said Sweden. We looked at his feet and just said, 'nice fins' 🤣.
He had actually hiked from there, crossing on a barge to NY. "Art", indeed.
But, that was 'back in the day' and hitchhikers were everywhere.....with the long hair.