Published On: Mon, Jul 14th, 2014

Former Boca Raton Resident Streaks in World Cup Final

While everyone watching the World Cup final between Germany and Argentina from home saw a breathtaking view of Christ the Redeemer, fans inside the historic Maracanã saw something completely different.

The World Cup final was temporarily interrupted in the second half by a fan who ran on the field. The broadcast didn’t show the fan on the field, and instead cut away to the now famous shot of Christ the Redeemer, but former Miami Heat star, LeBron James managed to take a video of the streaker and post it to his Instagram account.

The streaker, Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, had “natural born prankster” written on his torso, and even tried to give Germany’s Benedikt Höwedes a kiss.

Screen Shot 2014-07-14 at 12.49.19 AMZdorovetskiy is a former Boca Raton resident who attended Boca Raton High School and was seen numerous times filming pranks at Florida Atlantic University. Zdorovetskiy has made a living off pranks, his is most known for his “Miami Zombie Attack Prank!” which has over 28 million views on YouTube.

He was apprehended by security and sent to jail, but that didn’t seem to stop the prankster:

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