There is truly never a dull moment in the 6ix. Toronto Police Services reported at around 2:50 PM this Tuesday via their official Twitter account that an unidentified man in a Spider-Man costume in Toronto had “webbed up" a sidewalk and thrown a rope across streetcar wires at the intersection of Spadina Avenue and Queen Street. Police officially labelled the incident a safety hazard, and as you could probably guess, residents are now jumping at the chance to comment on the bizarre news. It probably doesn’t help that police tweeted out that the man was “webbing off part of the sidewalk,” seemingly playing into the fact that it really was Spider-Man out there causing havoc. As for the reaction online, Torontonians were eager to take part in the joke, demanding that “Spider-Man” be arrested while some declared him a menace or a villain, in a nod to the comic book character’s fictional adversary J. Jonah Jameson who runs the Daily Bugle, a newspaper that loathes the wallcrawler. toronto spiderman is the villain our city shouldn't have to deal with right now.— pure, hazelnut grace. (@caitlinevelyn) June 4, 2019 pic.twitter.com/ECE575gwnd— snakes the legend (@YellowGoalie85) June 4, 2019 This guy is a disaster. He needs to stop before someone gets hurt. If you want to walk around dressed like a Super Hero fine, but when you start endangering lives then you've just taken it too far.— Sandra P. Cole (@Sandra_Cole44) June 4, 2019 pic.twitter.com/Vorqrb0yY8— Simon (@shunggler) June 4, 2019 It wasn’t all bad news for Spidey, a lot of Twitter users showed their support for the masked man calling him a hero and celebrating his goofy antics. @acciohobi the hero we needed is right here in our city *cue Miles morales theme song*— Dee (@dee81197) June 4, 2019 Hazard? Guy sounds like he’s having the time of his life!— MadManMatt (@mdhunter99) June 4, 2019 that's not a hazard, that's a hero— imagine getting kink shamed by a cannibal (@GuusHenkBremer) June 4, 2019 GO SPIDEY GO— DJ Brian Emo🏴💀🏴 (@Max_Damage01) June 4, 2019 This isn’t the first time Toronto's Spider-Man has popped up. In fact, those who live in the city are probably used to the impersonator at this point, whether it’s one man or a few different Spidey-imposters would be hard to say, but Toronto Spidey has been around for years: saw him Sunday in Kensington too— JK (@SeeJanie_tweet) June 4, 2019 I've seen this guy on Spadina for years now...I just walk past and don't make eye contact. The kids love him LOL— Shelagh Hall (@HallShelagh68) June 4, 2019 He’s there every day. Usually on the CIBC window bars.— Fidgell (@IamFidgell) June 4, 2019 Spider-Man downtown Toronto ! #OtakusUnited pic.twitter.com/vDLFROrnCy— C͓̽h͓̽a͓̽r͓̽i͓̽o͓̽c͓̽e͓̽🦋 (@arcade_marauder) June 29, 2018 View this post on Instagram Até o Spider-Man está aproveitando o sol hoje. #spiderman #torontospiderman #toronto #torontolife #ontario #intercambios #estudenocanada #studyabroad #ilovecanada #studyabroad2019 #toronto2019 #studentlife #vemparaocanada #vocenocanada #vidadeintercambista #viajar #estudarfora #estudarnocanada #spidermantoronto #thecanadianexperience A post shared by The Canadian Experience (@thecanadianexp) on May 25, 2019 at 8:56pm PDT View this post on Instagram Stumbled upon this magical moment in #kensingtonmarket this afternoon #spiderman #torontospiderman A post shared by Kyla King (@kylaalyk) on May 19, 2019 at 10:41am PDT According to the latest update by Toronto Police Services, officers arrived on scene and discovered that despite his initial bad reputation, Spider-Man hadn’t disrupted any sidewalks or streetcars with his antics. The web-head is reportedly back to doing what he does best, performing for the people. HAZARD: Spadina Av + Queen St-Officers have attended-No streetcars were affected-No impediment to the sidewalk-Spiderman is back to performing for people^dh— Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) June 4, 2019
