Crazy antics of Skid Mark Sid go viral

THE spectacle of a man in pants skidding through a snowy street has left Dundonians bamboozled.

A 13-second video, which was posted online by a Douglas resident, appears to show the streaker running down Ballindean Road.

And the film has proved popular on social media, attracting more than 10,000 views and hundreds of shares.

He is seen covering his face with a black balaclava and wearing a single black glove and sock on his left hand and foot as he sprints and stumbles his way through the snow.

Witnesses also claim the strange runner was wearing women’s underwear but that is unclear in the footage.

The man in the video, who has been nicknamed Skid Mark Sid, is at first seen running and sliding along the pavement in the snow, before almost falling over and catching himself.

He then runs towards a nearby car, and throws himself over its bonnet before sprinting back down the street and into the distance while adjusting his pants.

It is unclear if he’s aware that he is being filmed.

The short video was posted to Facebook early on Thursday morning and it quickly attracted a huge amount of attention from puzzled locals.

Hundreds were drawn to the clip, and at the time of publications it had gained more than 13,000 views, with 429 shares and 205 reactions.

The video’s caption reads: “Random noises so we get up to see what’s going on outside at three in the morning.

“Only in Douglas can you find a guy running about in female knickers.

“Practically naked with a balaclava on doing slides in the snow... locals call him skid mark sid! Not your average burglar.”

The video also has a handful of comments, with one user saying: “Gotta love Dundee.”

Another added: “I thought my street was mad.”

Speaking to the Tele, the original poster of the video said the man, who they claim not to know, woke them up early in the morning with his shenanigans.

He said: “My wife heard loads of noises and went to the window to see what was going on.

“Both myself and my wife saw someone wearing no clothes and a balaclava with one sock and a single glove on doing what looked like the 100-metre hurdles.

“We both started giggling as it was pretty funny to see at three in the morning.

“The guy looked like he was clearly having fun and has done this many times.”