Much like dash cam footage stemming from Russia, our friends in the Far East always have something peculiar going on. This time it's not a wrecked supercar, either.
This week marks a Moon-celebrating festival in China. And in one particular city, Fuzhou, it had displayed a gigantic moon balloon.
There was just one minor problem. A typhoon was making its way towards the city and much like a hurricane the storm's precursor brought some high-speed winds and damaging weather to the area. Unfortunately, this large moon balloon was set loose by the winds and it wound up going for a sightseeing tour around Fuzhou.
That made for some rather interesting and scary moments.
Caught on camera, the fake moon appears to roll over anything in its past. It does. But because it is just a balloon, it appears to not have injured anyone or caused any damage. It just blew over and past everything in its way.
See the clip below and let us know if you would have been a bit freaked out by this anomaly.
An inflatable moon was blown through the city of Fuzhou, rolling over everything in it's path.
Giant inflatable moon rolls over people, bikes, cars, city...
...The annual Mid-Autumn Festival begins tomorrow in China, a celebration of many things, but, principally, the moon, which has long been an important totem in East Asia.
The moon is also given form here on Earth in many different ways, most famously with moon cakes, but, also, as seen in the video above, with giant moon balloons.
This one got loose in Fuzhou, on the southern coast of the country, blown away by strong winds that have arrived ahead of Typhoon Meranti, which could be the strongest typhoon to hit China this year.
The video comes from the state-controlled Xinhua News Agency, which didn't say if anyone got hurt. From the looks of it though, the balloon seems relatively harmless, just a big, dark blob, softly bowling over anyone in its path.
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