It all started with a conversation with an old friend.
And if Spider-Man walked around Val-de-Marne, how would he be received?
This is the question an inhabitant of Choisy-le-Roi tried to answer.
The start of a crazy story.
For more than a month, a man dressed in a costume of the hero of the Marvel saga has been regularly noticed by onlookers who find him perched on cars or perched on bus stops.
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This native of Créteil, who wishes to remain anonymous, confided to the newspaper
Le Parisien
that it was first of all his "
costume that made the difference
"
.
“
There are thousands of them, replicas of this disguise, but when I received this one in a package from the United States, it clicked.
Two days later, I was dating for the first time,
”he recalls.
The reaction of the Choisyans was not long in coming.
“I had the impression that France had just won the World Cup.
Around me a traffic jam was created, it was like being on the A86 ”
, he says.
Our Spider-Man seems to have a primary motivation for cultivating smiles. He explains that he is there for "
fun
" and wishes to entertain the inhabitants of Choisy-le-Roi, especially those in difficult situations such as hospitalized people. On social networks, they do not hesitate to challenge him and Spider-Man creates the buzz. Internet users regularly post videos and photos of this strange man on Twitter who can appear at any time of their day.
The person concerned, employed in a sector which is
idling
because of the pandemic and “
living off odd jobs
”, reveals that some town halls wished to use his services.
If the spider man does all this on a voluntary basis, he admits, however, that the unexpected recognition his hobby arouses makes him want to make it a more regular occupation.
And paid.
The chosen Peter Parker isn't the first person to don a Spider-Man costume.
A Barcelona Spiderman has already distinguished himself by offering good deeds in the street and some Brazilian candidates have even played superheroes for their political communication.
Appropriating this disguise is not always intended to spread good humor. On July 23, in England, a man also wearing the spider-man costume caused a scandal over his attack on salespeople in a London supermarket.