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CrossFit group jogging past restaurant sparks mass panic and everyone starts running

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Published 15:29 25 Sep 2022 GMT+1

CrossFit group jogging past restaurant sparks mass panic and everyone starts running

A video has revealed the chaotic moment customers at a restaurant mistook a group of CrossFit runners for something far more sinister

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

A video has captured the chaotic moment customers at a restaurant mistook a group of CrossFit runners for something far more sinister.

On Saturday, 24 September, CCTV captured people sat outside at Cervejaria Alphaiate bar and restaurant in Ed California condo, Brazil, enjoying a meal or drink.

However, the footage then showed a sudden moment of mass panic at around 9:00pm, when customers saw a group of people running straight towards them.

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Be prepared to be just as confused as the customers were: 

The CCTV footage shows a woman coming into the shot from the left, followed by a dog and a series of other runners.

Upon seeing the group running towards them, the diners quickly stand up and begin to flee the scene, overturning chairs and tables in their fright.

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The venue's staff can also be seen looking questioningly at the group of runners, before they also begin to get up and run away in confused panic.

A woman, followed by a dog, ran past the restaurant.
@BernardoBcabral/ Twitter

The video has gone viral on sites such as Reddit and Twitter, amassing millions of views.

It has since been revealed that customers and staff believed the runners were thieves who were targeting them for their personal belongings.

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One user commented: "They thought they were the victims of 'arrastão', a type of crime where a group of thieves runs across gathered people robbing their valuables at gunpoint. Very common on Rio de Janeiro beaches."

Doctor Amyr Kelner, who claims to have been at the restaurant when the panic broke out, told G1: "It was very fast. People were coming slowly, then, when they got close to our table, they started running.

"I told my friend to call and hold her bag. She got up and, at that moment, someone shouted that it was a robbery.

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"That’s when I got up, shouted that it was also a robber and ran away."

Thankfully, the customers and staff were informed by the runners that they were part of a CrossFit group, and were not attempting to nick anything.

"After a few minutes, we saw that nothing was happening. Everyone started laughing and went back to the tables as if nothing had happened.

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"When I got up, I put my cell phone and wallet in my pocket. There were people who thought I was pulling out a gun. It’s something to live in a city as insecure as ours.

"Thank God, I’ve never been robbed, nor have I experienced anything like that, but you’re in an extremely dangerous city and you see three people running towards you," Dr. Kelner recalled.

The restaurant later clarified in a statement: "[The incident was] nothing more than a misunderstanding."

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Featured Image Credit: @bernardobcabral/Twitter

Topics: World News, Social Media, Reddit, Viral, Twitter

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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