By Romy Stephens
A man in Belgrave has taken mandatory face masks to the next level, instead rolling around the main street in an inflatable bubble.
In a video posted on Facebook on 25 July, the man was seen walking down the middle of Burwood Highway inside his bubble.
Belgrave resident Janine Rigby, who filmed the video, said in her 25 years of living in the suburb, she had never seen anything like it.
“It was about 9.30am. I just went to Le Voltaire, which is a French restaurant, to pick up bread and a lemon tart and there he was,” Ms Rigby said.
“I didn’t think until later on how silly it was. It was a bit dangerous, but when I first saw it I just thought it was funny and light hearted and it gave people something else to think about.
“First he was talking to people while he was in the bubble then he just started rolling and saying ‘I’m the man in the bubble’.”
Ms Rigby said she couldn’t believe how popular the video had been on Facebook, with almost 50,000 views in less than five hours.
“I just thought we’re all going through tough times at the moment and so it was something nice to see, even though it was dangerous it was someone brightening up your day,” Ms Rigby said.
