TROT THE HECK? Man Leads Horse Up Escalator

This is the bizarre, double-take moment when a young man leads a fully-grown horse up an escalator in Turkey.

A baffled passer-by caught the moment on their mobile phone in Izmir – a city of around three million people in western Turkey – last month.

The clip appeared in local media on 28th October.

The man had taken his mount through the underpass at the edge of Kahramanlar neighbourhood and then hopped onto the escalator to emerge in neighbouring Ege.

A man takes his horse to an overpass using an escalator in Izmir, Turkey, in an undated video. The identity of the young man was not disclosed. (CEN)

The footage shows how a man ahead of the horse and his owner looks back on the pair in disbelief as the escalator takes them to street level.

The footage was shared online, where it went down a treat with social media users.

‘Bisikletli deli kaptan’ took aim at his political opponents, writing: “Sheep [people who vote for Erdogan] use the escalator, why can’t a horse use it?”

A man takes his horse to an overpass using an escalator in Izmir, Turkey, in an undated video. The identity of the young man was not disclosed. (CEN)

And ‘Erman Kayra’ joked: “Hey! You should not stand on the left side, you noob!”