Sante Dybowski, Barstool's 'coldest man in the world,' finally warms up in Big Cat's studio

Every long-running Barstool bit needs an origin story, and this one starts in the worst possible weather. Big Cat marked the occasion himself, calling it a "full circle moment" now that the man he's been calling the coldest person on Earth finally made the trip to see him somewhere warmer than Soldier Field.

Big Cat

@BarstoolBigCat

Full circle moment. Much warmer. My friend, the coldest man on earth, came to visit from Hawaii

Rewind to January 18, when the Bears hosted the Rams in the NFC Divisional Round with the wind chill sitting at negative 4 degrees. Somewhere in that crowd was a guy who'd flown in from Waikiki wearing basically nothing built for Chicago winter, holding a sign that promised he'd LEFT WAIKIKI 2C A BEARS PLAYOFF VICTORY. That photo and clip made the rounds, and the nickname stuck for good reason.

The Yak

@BarstoolYak

The coldest man in the world is here!

The cruel twist nobody needed to point out: that sign was a promise the Bears couldn't keep. Caleb Williams delivered a ridiculous fourth-and-4 touchdown to Cole Kmet with 27 seconds left just to force overtime, and Chicago still lost 20-17 on a Rams field goal. So the coldest man in the world sat through all of it, in that weather, for a win that never came — which somehow makes the bit funnier, not sadder.

Viva La Stool

@VivaLaStool

The Coldest Man in the World is in studio!

Months of running the bit on the show finally turned into an actual studio visit, and the crew wasted no time putting their guest to work. A paper airplane contest broke out, and according to the Yak, Sante Dybowski came in dead last in a competition nobody else even bothered showing up for — the kind of pointless, self-inflicted L that fits a guy who already survived a negative-4 wind chill in an aloha shirt.

None of it matters more than the fact that the bit finally paid off in person. Big Cat built a running joke out of a shivering fan in the stands, and instead of it fading out after one viral photo, it turned into a recurring character who eventually got flown out to sit in the chairs himself. That's the whole Barstool playbook in miniature — find the moment, milk it, and eventually bring it home.