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Man Sits In Bean Dip For 24hrs To Promote California Restaurant
By Ben Hooper
March 10 (UPI) - - A California stuntman spent 24 hours sitting in a pool of bean dip to promote a Los Angeles-area restaurant that has suffered loss- es from the COVID-19 pan- demic.
Hunter Ray Barker said he climbed into the wading pool filled with bean dip out- side Los Toros Mexican Restaurant in Chatsworth at 3
p.m. Monday because he want- ed to support the restaurant, which he described as one of his favorites for years.
Baker's 24-hour tenure in the pool coincided with a block party at the eatery, which fea- tured the stunt- man receiving a tattoo of the restaurant's logo while sitting in the dip.
"Obviously, a stunt like this is ridiculous -- it's
absurd, it's wild, but as with any stunt, I'm always in favor of some- thing that edges on the side of absurdity if it can celebrate and at least make a cou- ple of people laugh,"
Barker told Patch before climbing into the bean dip.
"If we can get more attention and turn a few more people into lifelong cus- tomers, that's what I love about it, too."
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