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Street Performer's 'Super Moonwalk' Goes Viral (Video)

11:18 PM PDT 7/7/2012 by Aaron Couch
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The new take on the Michael Jackson move was dubbed “MoonRunning” by one YouTube commenter.

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Video of a man performing a “super moonwalk”, which shows him covering half a football field's distance at jogging speed has been getting a lot of attention online, receiving more than 1.25 million views in two days.

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The video was uploaded July 5 by a Santa Monica man named Eric Nash, who some media reports have identified as the person in the video, though it’s difficult to tell. (The performer is practically a blur.) As one YouTube commenter put it, “Can we please just agree_ to call this MoonRunning?”

Watch the video below. 

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