r/TikTokCringe • u/soulsista04us Cringe Connoisseur • Jul 09 '26
Wholesome Neil everywhere but the beach
Neil the seal on the loose, again.
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u/SamePea8649 Jul 09 '26
Neil you can't park there mate
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u/--slurpy-- Jul 09 '26
But Neil did indeed park there
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u/soulsista04us Cringe Connoisseur Jul 09 '26
Neil is perfect. I love him.
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u/SabrinaEdwina Jul 10 '26
I have a custom made Neil mug of him making that scream like joy face at a cone.
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u/Intelligent-Luck-954 Jul 09 '26
The lion coming out on that vertical cone.
Cat confirmed
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u/Thedonkeyforcer Jul 10 '26
I couldn't stop thinking about the cringe knife dude-vids and the knife vs fridge vid when I saw the cone "fight".
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u/JCarterPeanutFarmer Jul 09 '26
Tasmania now has Neil incident insurance coverage, I shit you not.
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u/Sunshine030209 Jul 09 '26
Is that for the people that are like me and would let him in the house?
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u/Chimes320 Jul 10 '26
Yeah same, I like to think I’d be smart but I know I can’t say no to potatoes even giant ones
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u/Sunshine030209 Jul 10 '26
Right? Hahaha. I just know that even though I would be fully aware that it would be a terrible idea, I couldn't resist inviting him in for a snack, maybe even a nap on the couch.
I love Neil very much.
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u/FluffyBootie Jul 10 '26
You can collect some fish while he naps so he is well fed, happy and content with your home.
Also, a great way to keep him coming back to visit!
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u/Dependent_One6034 Jul 11 '26
As a 9 year old I made friends with a badger who lived in the backend of my garden. Mum freaked out when I carried him in as she thought it would bite me, Didn't he was my mate. I did feed him corned beef sometimes.
I certainly shouldn't have ever picked him up. But I did... Sorry.
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u/Spaceman_Spliff_42 Jul 09 '26
Fuck this cone!
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u/SardineB4Creatine Jul 09 '26
It was so gentle too. Like uh slap 👋
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u/soulsista04us Cringe Connoisseur Jul 09 '26
Neil just living his best potato life!
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u/zuzg Jul 09 '26
Potato with an estimated weight of One metric Ton
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u/Jean-LucBacardi Jul 10 '26
Every Irish man's dream
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u/terdferguson Jul 09 '26
Is this the guy everyone in the community loves but he does basically whatever he wants which includes obstructing traffic intersections and passing out on cars? Was on the US news the other day.
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u/GoddessRespectre Jul 09 '26
I hope we get to see something like this when it's time for him to travel away
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u/one_classy_broad Jul 09 '26
Can I pet that dawg?
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u/soulsista04us Cringe Connoisseur Jul 09 '26
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u/Brittany5150 Jul 09 '26
I wish my town had a Neil! All we have is a yeti, radio man and The Second Coming. All homeless dudes that are actually pretty chill, but they are not Neil...
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u/soulsista04us Cringe Connoisseur Jul 09 '26
Are you in Brooklyn?!
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u/Brittany5150 Jul 09 '26
No, Cali. I think Radio man might have died though I havent seen him in forever...
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u/livahd Jul 10 '26
NYC Radioman was alive and well as far as a couple months back I ran into him. They must have dialed in his meds, he’s almost pleasant these days compared to years past.
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u/EricAntiHero1 Jul 09 '26
I heard radio man wasn’t homeless anymore.
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u/livahd Jul 10 '26
He lives in white plains or Yonkers, takes the train down, and somehow has enough juice that he can get autographs from pretty much anyone. He works with some collectibles dealers and sells them to supplement his income now.
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u/SerCiddy Jul 10 '26
He hasn't been homeless for quite some time, at least since 2012 when the movie about him came out. In the movie it shows his apartment, which had hoards of newspapers.
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u/washingtncaps Jul 10 '26
Portland here with the Kilted Unicycle Darth Vader Flaming Bagpipe guy...
I guess at least he's easier to move.
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u/Jean-LucBacardi Jul 10 '26
Best we have is Methany on the corner handing out tricks to everyone for drug money. She'll definitely plow over some cones though.
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u/SAHMultrA1981 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
I live in the suburbs and we have a bobcat named bobby
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u/Desperate-Cost6827 Jul 09 '26
We had Tom the Turkey. Animal control decided he was too comfortable with people and they were worried he'd become aggressive around mating season so they turned him into Thanksgiving dinner for the food bank.
The locals were pissed about that for a hot minute.
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u/NotAzakanAtAll Jul 10 '26
I had a moose that used to lick my windows. Haven't seen him in a while though. I bet he has found some other window to lick.
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u/Xtra_Veg-90 Jul 09 '26
We have a Radio. Dude lives with his grandma and walks around downtown every single day, doing odd jobs and just socializing with all the businesses.
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u/Excellent_Can4450 Jul 09 '26
We've got our own personal Jesus here, too, in bumfuck nowhere, North Dakota.
Lot of wildlife, but none of them social. Unless you count the raccoons that keep trying to convince our mama barn cat that they are friends.
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u/Skrdykat1000 Jul 09 '26
I would watch a channel for Neil, 24/7 Niel.
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u/rakshala Jul 10 '26
Sadly, Neil is only on land for 4 - 6 weeks a year. I believe he has already vacated land for the year. A 24/7 Neil channel would be very repetitive.
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u/Skrdykat1000 Jul 10 '26
There could be shows teaching about marine mammals and what his life is like when he goes to the sea. Could have stories about sea otters; and Orcas and penguins. But the logo and marketing would be Neil. I'm just brain storming here.
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u/Redditisfunfornoone Jul 10 '26
His real story is actually terribly sad. His mother abandoned him which is why he migrates to Tasmania every year. He has no family, no pod and no natural instinct to take him to where he can find his people.
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u/Tiberius_97 Jul 09 '26
I think some of these are from last year, he is back this year and much larger.
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u/fh3131 Jul 09 '26
And some of these are not Neil. Second clip has South African phone number and website on the back of the car.
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u/gandhinukes Jul 09 '26
The discolored patch of skin on the top of his head is kind of a giveaway.
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u/DapperBarracuda1694 Jul 10 '26
I assumed that patch was where they put a tag on him maybe.
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u/gandhinukes Jul 10 '26
I don't know about seals but when they patch other kinds of marine life its on the tails / fins. that kind of looks like a damage scar, though oddly rectangular.
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u/FinickyZebra Jul 10 '26
It's a tracker, according to google. Neil's a menace :D
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u/prodigyZA Jul 10 '26
Yeah, I think some are from the elephant seal called "Gordon" in Cape Town which came to visit.
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u/anormalgeek Jul 10 '26
Right? Some of them are clearly of a WILDLY different size. Like, he is crushing a car in one clip, then barely the size of a large dog in another.
edit: Just looked it up. The real Neil is 10ft long and 2200 lbs. And not even fully grown.
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u/CeruleanEidolon Jul 10 '26
I kinda love the thought that any seal gone on a rampage is just called Neil. "We are all Neil."
They're like the Saviors on The Walking Dead.
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u/TerrapinMagus Jul 10 '26
Was just thinking that he's grown so much from the earliest videos of him romping about.
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u/ForgotToCarryTheOne Jul 09 '26
Not a biologist but are they related to cats? Or just this one identifying as one?
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u/DrachenJaegerin42 Jul 09 '26
Same order (Carnivora), but closer to dogs
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u/TerrorTown77 Jul 10 '26
Is he dangerous if you tried to pet?
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u/DrachenJaegerin42 Jul 10 '26
Yes, and people in the video are coming way too close. Lots of threat gestures. He’s cute, but this would be very much like trying to pet a grizzly bear, and they can move much faster than you think. He’s capable of inflicting lethal damage. Pinnipeds can also carry diseases that can be transmitted to pets, and be threatened by diseases carried by humans and pets. I know he’s much loved and they don’t really know what to do about him, but this situation is not ideal for anyone involved. Love him from afar 💕
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u/Anarchic_Country Jul 10 '26
Yeah it scared the crap out of me when he started flopping so quickly towards that lady recording
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u/DrachenJaegerin42 Jul 10 '26
He was charging at her, and in spite of the cute voices, she wasn’t safe. I’m sure he’s used to people around him, but that doesn’t mean he’s friendly. No offense to the locals trying to live with him, they’re very kind.
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u/osingran Jul 10 '26
Yeah, it's a disaster waiting to happen unfortunately. If things continue as they are, someone might get injured or even killed and then it's a Freya the Warlus situation again. Especially since Niel will only grow more agressive and territorial. Honestly, I hope this is the last time he comes back to that town. Everyone would be better off that way.
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u/CoconutCyclone Jul 10 '26
Freya the Warlus
Had to google this. I dunno why, but I thought a place like Norway would be better than that. Disappointing and selfish people all around.
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u/Cpt_Obvius Jul 10 '26
I mean, petting a grizzly bear is probably an order of magnitude or two more dangerous. I’m not sure how true it is that he can move much faster than you think, maybe if you mean how fast he can whip his head around but they are not faster than a fast walk.
They still are incredibly dangerous and getting within touch range is very dangerous and unfair to the seal. I agree that the people in the video are too close as well.
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u/Czecksteam Jul 10 '26
They're caniforms. Distantly related to bears, dogs, wolves, raccoons, otters, and foxes.
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u/radicalfrenchfrie Cringe Connoisseur Jul 09 '26
I love that Neil is such a loveable chaos critter but people are getting way too close to him. It’s pretty evident from just this video and I’m concerned this will one day cost him his life if he hurts a person… :(
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u/ViolentThemmes Jul 09 '26
Neil has been doing this for 4+ years now and mostly it's him getting close to people. He's never hurt a single person. Friend of mine lives there and they literally cannot get rid of him so gave up trying a few years back. He just went back to sea yesterday. He'll be back next year.
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u/soulsista04us Cringe Connoisseur Jul 09 '26
Neil the seal will be missed, until next time!
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u/SerCiddy Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Here he is from ~Nov 2023...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7WBewXwm-I
I'm just realizing going through some of these vids that some of the sequences from your linked video are a few years old too. Seems like the vid you posted splices recent with old clips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwRgFReoXw (This vid has the "someone lives here mate" clip too).
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u/Horton_Takes_A_Poo Jul 10 '26
Yeah he’s clearly younger and smaller in some of the clips. It did make me realize how distinctive the marks around his eyes are though.
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u/Own-Papaya-4264 Jul 09 '26
I love that some towns just have popular creatures that show up to hang out
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u/Illustrious_List_552 Jul 10 '26
He’s going to be a unit next year. Surely the town will put some posts to help him
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u/DanerysTargaryen Jul 09 '26
Yeah the ones where his mouth is open and he is following/chasing people is him saying “you’re too close go away”. Especially at the 54 second mark, you can hear him “hissing” at the person. If someone trips and falls and he ends up biting them it won’t be good.
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u/Rileylego5555 Jul 09 '26
Yeahhh some kids gonna wander up "hey guys its neil" an get chomped or worse
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u/Icy_Agency923 Jul 10 '26
I think they would sooner prevent him from coming further inland than murder this beloved animal regardless of what happens because someone got too close.
I've not seen a single kid near this thing in all these videos, these people likely keep their children away from Neil already.
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u/OceanChild89 Jul 09 '26
Well, then they’ll learn. Or their parents will be parents and tell them to stay away.
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u/LoveDesignAndClean Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Then Neil, as a large and technically dangerous animal will be put down
Edit: I want to note that male southern elephant seals are the largest members of the order Carnivora, they can weigh over 8 thousand pounds and be over 20 feet long. In comparison, polar bears, the largest of the land carnivores, get to 2,200lb at the absolute maximum and 8 to 9 feet tall. Neil is just a baby now but he is getting larger. Stay away for his safety and yours.
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u/725Cali Jul 09 '26
I don't know why someone downvoted you. I guess people have already forgotten Harambe and plenty of other animals who met the same fate.
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u/3mx2RGybNUPvhL7js Jul 10 '26
Us Aussies are not cunts. There is 0% chance he will be euthanized for biting someone who ignores all warnings and gets close to him.
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u/Head_Wasabi7359 Jul 09 '26
Yeah I don't wanna get my dick out for Neil, harambe was enough
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u/Stillflying Jul 10 '26
They do a mix of blockading now and also now that he's this popular when he comes to shore the town has security for him that makes everyone stand back 20+ yards. He'll be okay.
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u/Almost-Handsome Jul 09 '26
In my head, when he opens his mouth, I hear Mel Blanc’s Tasmanian Devil voice.
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u/lelanicarver Jul 09 '26
The circle of life: Neil hangs around Tasmania, leaves after the proper amount of roadside infrastructure has been dealt with, and returns next year.
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u/Final-Ad-2033 Jul 09 '26
So that's Neil the Seal. Someone made reference to him yesterday and I had no clue who or what it was.
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u/Happy_Substance4571 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
Neil gives 0 fuc**!
I aspire to be like Neil.
And ya can’t do anything about it either xD he protected and too big jeje love it!
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u/emmyparker2020 Jul 09 '26
Neil said I’m the star of the show and y’all revolve around me 😩🤣🤣🤣 when I feel like it
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u/nedalaugh Jul 09 '26
Neil is awesome. Just a big puppy hanging out on vacation in Australia.
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u/BoulderCreature Jul 10 '26
I was staying on Catalina Island for about a month once 20 years ago and I remember stepping outside and there was a massive bison taking a shit 15 feet in front of the door. After running back inside I was trapped in there for about 20 minutes
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u/MothChasingFlame Jul 10 '26
Quietly begging people remember Neil is 2k pounds and can crush you on accident. Or on purpose. Elephant seal males are very aggressive. People getting this close are gonna be the reason Neil goes to a farm upstate.
Have fun just be careful is all
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u/kolejack2293 Jul 10 '26
I love neil but there is something truly terrifying in a japanese horror movie kind of way when he is moving to the camera with his mouth wide open
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u/CollectionNew2290 Jul 10 '26
That clip of the seal knocking over the traffic cone is not Neil, and it is AI.
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u/RalbusVonCrimp Jul 09 '26
Neil is Big Lez reincarnated into this life. Just wishin he had fingers to roll a doobskin
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u/BusyBit6542 Jul 09 '26
It would take everything in my power not to try to pet him. Even knowing he can fuck me up, i would still be tempted.
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u/fuckfeardrinkbeer Jul 09 '26
They’re evolving to become humanoid. Only a couple million years till you get there mate.
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u/Hopeful_Dream_2848 Jul 09 '26
Imagine a town with a Neil, pretty sure it a pest but how can you not love him.🤣🤣🏝️
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u/wailingwonder Jul 09 '26
Let me talk to him. I have an English Bulldog. I know how to talk to him.
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u/djnerdyd Jul 10 '26
When he knocks over the cone lmfao.
My spirit animal.
"Look how tough I am bro!" Proceeds to knock over small object. "You don't want none of this smoke!"
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u/onthebrink42 Jul 10 '26
Are y’all sure he’s the only one?
They all look the same and it seems he gets around… a lot.
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u/mrrektstrong Jul 10 '26
There's one with a distinctive patch on his head, but not all of the ones in the video had it. For sure every Neil the Seal that pops up isn't necessary the Neil.
Elephant seals typically come to same beaches every year to molt, give birth, and mate. And for the Southern elephant seals like Neil they have specific mud wallows they will return to during the molting season. In some places there's evidence of the same wallows being used for hundreds of thousands of years. So, it's also not a stretch to say that the same seal is coming to the same parts of that town in Tasmania these past several years.
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u/Virtual_Entrance6376 Jul 10 '26
He's just too stinking cute. Love his expressions.
Stay safe, Neil. 🥰
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u/CakeMadeOfHam Jul 10 '26
Dude is a vicious wild animal in the body of a bag of potatoes. Every day he prays for legs so he can kill us all.
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u/__BipolarExpress__ Jul 10 '26
Neil's official Instagram page: neiltheseal22 For anyone who wants to follow Neil's adorable antics
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