How a Grocery Store Rescue Lobster Called Leon Broke the Internet
His destiny was dinner until he won the lobster lottery.
Even by YouTube viral animal rescue tale standards, this is the most unlikely of successes. Yet the heart-warming story of how filmmaker Brady Brandwood bought a live lobster from his local grocery store and then cared for it rather than cooked it has racked up tens of millions of views on the video channel.
The comments alone (Video 1 has over 52,000 of them) are worth their weight in gold. People have literally been moved to tears, including seafood chefs and fishermen. “They are beautiful creatures, I am a chef and I know it may sound silly to some of you, but I’ve never been able to ‘dispatch’ one,” confesses Leon fan Physixz.
“I am a lobster fisherman and have kept small ones myself ,” confides fellow enthusiast Jeff Ross. “I do not eat them if anyone is wondering, never even tried it! Love watching him do his thing!”
Commenter Gadzooks is just as captivated: “Some of the bestest, most wholesome YouTube content in years,” he writes. “Bless the algorithm for bringing Leon into our lives!”
First catch your lobster
In his first video, bearing the irresistible title: Keeping a Grocery Store Lobster…
