Gritty crashed a wedding and it was as gloriously weird as you'd hope
Nobody likes a wedding crasher -- unless that crasher is Philadelphia Flyers mascot and hero of the Weird Internet, Gritty.
On Friday, photos and videos surfaced from a wedding in Philadelphia where the Great Orange One appears to have dropped in unannounced to the utter delight to everyone involved.
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Now, there's still a question as to whether or not this is THE Gritty or simply an impostor that goes around Philly posing as the OG Gritty, kind of like a mall Santa. We've reached out to the Flyers for comment but either way, it seems the wedding guests were more than happy to have Gritty bring his weird, googly-eyed brand of fun to the party. Of course, observers on social media -- where Gritty became an instant legend -- were more than a little jealous.
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Gritty has been making the rounds since his debut this fall, appearing in wedding cake form and as the symbol of the resistance against a recent alt-right protest in Philadelphia.
It just goes to show how rapidly Gritty has risen to become the most powerful of symbols: he is whatever you want him to be.
Long live Gritty.
Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
