Video Shows Man Flying Through Times Square on Giant Drone

It's the Green Goblin come to life.

Green Goblin IRL

A new video going viral on social media shows a helmeted daredevil shooting through Times Square in New York City — on what appears to be a giant, eight-rotor drone, cruising a solid ten feet above the ground.

It’s a stunt particularly reminiscent of the Green Goblin, played by Willem Dafoe, flying through NYC in director Sam Raimi’s blockbuster “Spider-Man” (2002).

Is this really future of personal transportation — or was it a reckless stunt that could’ve gotten somebody hurt? Either way, it’s pretty wild to watch.

Human Drone

It’s still unclear when the video was taken or who the pilot is — but there’s a chance we may have seen him before. In late April, a video emerged of a man shooting through a city landscape on what looked like a very similar high-powered drone featuring eight propellers.

In fact, a YouTuber named Hunter Kowald may have been behind the stunt. Recent behind-the-scenes videos uploaded to his channel show all the prep work that went into a similar-looking stunt in late April.

It’s unclear, however, if the channel was behind the Times Square stunt as well.

The contraption itself was likely built by a company called Omni Hoverboards and likely costs upwards of $20,000, as TMZ pointed out earlier this year.

Promotional videos of the hoverboard show a daring pilot soaring above the tree line over the top of a country-side pond.

We don’t know if the latest joyride through Times Square was permitted by local law enforcement — but it certainly managed to turn many heads.

More on the stunt: Man Sighted Flying Through City on Giant Drone

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