Listening to Radio 1 today, I heard Fearne Cotton play a clip of a man shouting at his dog “Benton”. Even though I could only hear the audio, the sound of the owners screams becoming more and manic made me chuckle. Fearne was in absolute hysterics listening to clip, and before long #benton was trending on Twitter so I had to locate the video for myself!
The video above shows a tourist filming deer at Richmond Park in London. In the background you can hear the shouts of “Benton” getting louder and more manic, when suddenly a herd of deer chased by Benton the dog zoom past followed closely by the owner. It’s an extremely funny video although admittedly it looked quite dangerous as the herd of deer run across a road.
Maybe there will be a follow up video with an interview of the Benton the dogs owner. Having been in a similar situation myself in the past (it wasn’t filmed – to my knowledge!) I know exactly how the poor guy feels. I can just imagine him getting home after the incident, and telling his wife what had happened only for her to say she had already seen it all on YouTube!
Hopefully Benton didn’t get into too much trouble afterwards – although I imagine the walk home would have been awkward!