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Man In Rat Mask And Costume Rides The Subway In NY

This is too darn funny, and kinda creepy! You think people have gotten creative with mask for coronavirus. This one is way overboard. Meet Buddy  the Rat. Buddy is actually…

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Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

This is too darn funny, and kinda creepy!

You think people have gotten creative with mask for coronavirus. This one is way overboard. Meet Buddy  the Rat.

Buddy is actually performance artist Jonothon Lyons spending these days perched on seats in in the NY subway

Lyons, a native of Arizona who moved to New York 15 years ago, He is shocked that the sight of a man in a rat costume doesn’t phase most people.

He says “Most New Yorkers are totally indifferent, though he added that some people do get excited and occasionally scared when Buddy appears."

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