Kert Ingraham waves to passers-by on Washington Street in Camden. Musician Don McLean, who lives in Camden, has written a song about Ingraham titled "He's a Waving Man." Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Ingraham elicits a wave and a smile from many of the motorists who pass by his spot. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Ingraham says he prefers to be outside waving and connecting with people than to spend all day inside the senior home where he lives. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Ingraham waves to a passing motorist on Washington Street. He started waving to people four years ago, when he would go outside the senior home where he lives to smoke cigarettes. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Beedy Parker waves back to Ingraham as she bicycles past. Parker says Ingraham's waving lifts her spirits. "It's terrific," she says. "It helps hold the town together." Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Ingraham waves to a passing motorist. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer