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Summary

Video Shows Someone Mario Karting Through The Streets Of Downtown Montreal

Look out for turtle shells!
Senior Editor

If you're walking through Ville-Marie, watch out for any banana peels... or turtle shells. A video captured in December of last year shows someone Mario Karting through downtown Montreal.

The video taken by Instagram user unapologetically_val shows the toy car rider zooming down boulevard Robert-Bourassa at around 1:25 p.m.

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It looks like they even throw some objects on the road.

The identity of the real-life Nintendo game player is unclear, but Instagram user parkourporpoise posted a photo and story showing someone dressed as Mario alongside a pink toy car.

MTL Blog reached out to parkourporpoise for a comment and will update this article when we get a response.

In the meantime, let's just add this stunt to the long list of the funniest (and weirdest) things to happen in Montreal lately alongside the mysterious watermelon deposits and this orange cone photoshoot.

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    • Senior Editor

      Thomas MacDonald was the Senior Editor of MTL Blog. He received a B.A. with honours from McGill University in 2018 and worked as a Writer and Associate Editor before entering his current role. He is proud to lead the MTL Blog team and to provide its readers with the information they need to make the most of their city.

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