Shoppers were left doing a double take after spotting what appeared to be Spider-Man scaling the glass roof of a busy shopping centre.
The web-slinging superhero lookalike was seen dangling from ropes as he made his way across an enormous 40,000-square-foot glass dome – roughly the size of 10 tennis courts.
At it’s highest point, the dome measures around 130ft above the shopping centre floor.
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Unfortunately for Marvel fanatics, there was a far less superhuman explanation for the sighting.
The masked climber was actually a specialist rope-access window cleaner carrying out one of the building’s regular maintenance jobs.
The unusual spectacle took place at Trinity Leeds.
Mitchell Payne, 31, from Leeds, was lowered onto the roof wearing the iconic suit as he cleaned the glass dome.
The roof covers around 40,000 square feet (3,700 square metres) and requires specialist abseiling teams to keep it sparkling because of its difficult access.
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The stunt was organised ahead of the UK release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
It isn’t the first time the shopping centre has turned its roof into an eye-catching spectacle.
Around nine years ago, members of the same specialist cleaning team dressed as Star Wars characters, including Darth Vader, while carrying out another routine clean ahead of a blockbuster film release.
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Steven Foster, Centre Director at Trinity Leeds, said: “Our glass dome is one of the city’s most iconic landmarks, so seeing Spider-Man on it certainly stopped people in their tracks.
“It’s a great visual moment and a fun way to celebrate the release of the new Spider-Man film later this month.
“Our window cleaning team do a great job year-round to keep the glass dome looking its brilliant best, but this week they excelled themselves, swinging into action for us like real-life superheroes.”
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