Authorities say the ‘werewolf’ fled the scene after the alleged incident where the 44-year-old is seen battering a 12-year-old girl in the face after she ‘lightly punched him’
A ‘werewolf’ performer was filmed decking a 12-year-old girl during a Halloween party. The bizarre incident was captured on camera at a restaurant in the Melbourne suburb of Templestowe at around 8.30pm on Friday (October 30).
The performer had been hired by the restaurant as part of its Halloween festivities and then “did a runner” after the alleged beatdown. Cops said the girl, 12, approached the bloke, 44, who was dressed in costume, and lightly punched him in the arm.
In a video seen by your Daily Star the ‘werewolf’ then piles in to the girl, launching a savage right hook that sends her flying backwards. “He punched her!” yells someone off camera.
Speaking to local outlet 7NEWS the girl’s mother claimed her daughter now has “cuts and bruises round her mouth” and requires dental work. The alleged victim is “seeing an orthodontist on Wednesday,” said the mum.
“She had blood streaming out of her mouth – like a mountain of blood,” a witness told local news. “She had braces too – and then he just ran off after that.”
The performer allegedly fled the scene after the incident but police have since identified the man, who is from a neighbouring suburb called Ferntree Gully.
He is expected to be interviewed by investigators in the coming days and investigations into the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault remain ongoing.
According to authorities the 12-year-old spent the night in hospital following the alleged attack.
The incident is not dissimilar to a tourist’s experience at a Philippines amusement park, dubbed “the world’s scariest”.
In one clip from the park, a person dressed in a Bigfoot costume emerges from the jungle and “lamps” a little boy in the face.
“That looked personal to me,” said one onlooker.
“Do you like trauma? I know the place for you,” wrote another.