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Man Dressed As A Gorilla Is Currently Still Doing The London Marathon

Man Dressed As A Gorilla Is Currently Still Doing The London Marathon

Fair play to him!

Mel Ramsay

Mel Ramsay

A bloke in a monkey suit is currently still doing the London marathon as he decided to crawl the whole 26.2 miles.

Fair bloody play to the bloke. I imagine he was sat there and thought: 'How can I raise money for gorillas and somehow incorporate the London marathon?!' And then had some kind of lightbulb moment...

Monkeys walk around on all fours sometimes, so why not do a marathon on all fours?! GENIUS.

The man, known only as Mr Gorilla, is raising cash for The Gorilla Organization, whose aim is to save endangered gorillas from extinction.

He wrote on his JustGiving page: "I am crawling the London Marathon on 23 April 2017 for The Gorilla Organization because it's not been done yet and gorillas need our help."

He added: "I have practised crawling at least twice now. It was most unpleasant I can tell you. 26.2 miles of crawling is going to be absolute purgatory, but, in for a penny and all that. Talking of pennies. Where are yours? Come on, cough up a few for the Gorillas Organisation!"

He's aiming to raise £1,750, which is a pretty modest amount, and is (at the time of writing) just £115 away from his goal.

He's been updating his followers via Twitter...

Lovely natural grass! Sun's out. Great day for crawling!



People have taken to the social network to share their own images of Mr Gorilla as he completes his painstaking task.



We're behind you, Mr Gorilla!

If you'd like to donate, you can visit his JustGiving page here.

Featured Image Credit: Twitter

Topics: Gorilla, Costume, monkey