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Twitter goes barking over lost dog Benton

Forget Hugh Grant at the Leveson inquiry . The viral video going bonkers on Twitter is this: a man, apparently chasing a dog, chasing deer in London's Richmond Park . Within hours @BentonsOwner had his own spoof Twitter account, reflecting the debate raging on the social network: was dog chaser man repeatedly, and increasingly desperately, shouting "Benton" or "Fenton" at his ill-disciplined mutt? And now, signifying that we have a fully-fledged internet meme on our hands, The Poke has got in on the act, mashing up the dog-chaser audio with the "stick to the road" moor scene from An American Werewolf in London . All together now: "Benton, Benton, Bentonnnn … Oh Jesus Christ!"

Source: The Guardian ↗

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