[Grammar] Man up and vanished like a fart in the wind

[Madness1]

In "Shawshank Redemption" warden Samuel Norton discovers that Andy has escaped from prison. Then he makes this comment: "Lord! It's a miracle! Man up and vanished like a fart in the wind."

Shouldn't this actually be 'The man up and vanished...'?

Why is there no article before "man"?

 

[Rover_KE]

In "The Shawshank Redemption" warden Samuel Norton discovers that Andy has escaped from prison. Then he makes this comment: "Lord! It's a miracle! Man up and vanished like a fart in the wind."

Shouldn't this actually be 'The man up and vanished...'? Yes.

Why is there no article before "man"?

Omitting words is common in casual, informal conversation.

 

[Madness1]

I do know that omitting words happens quite a lot, but I can't say I have ever heard anyone omit articles, save for a few widely recognised exceptions.
If I had read this sentence not knowing where it originally came from I would assume it was uttered by a non-native who forgot the article rather than assuming that it was dropped on purpose.

 

[jutfrank]

It's not very common to omit articles like that, which I suppose explains why it seems so odd to you. In fact, I'd say it's common only to a few dialects.