It’s only October 3, but Halloween has been won by an Oklahoma dad and his genius Area 51 costume.
The man’s daughter, Anna Beffer, tweeted a now-viral video of her dad in the costume, an inflatable bodysuit made to look like he’s being abducted by a lime green alien.
In the original Twitter clip, Beffer’s dad attempts to grab onto a tree, and yells out to the camera “Call Diane!” as he’s being rushed away by the extraterrestrial being.
“Had to share this,” Beffer writes in the video. “My dad just… wow.”
The video has nabbed about 639K shares on Facebook, with adoring comments such as, “It would be an honor to shake this guys hand,” from Facebooker Jessica Ferreira, and “Your dad is amazing ….thanks for the laugh really needed it…sorry gotta watch some more,” from user Liz Liz.
The costume hits all the marks this year, given the hubbub around the Area 51 raid which turned into a meme-driven sensation and a narrowly-avoided disaster among the small towns near the facility.
And the best part about the viral moment is the fact that the costume is widely available: Versions of it are on Amazon ranging from $16.79 to $99.97. Good luck pulling it off like Beffer’s dad, though.
