A little boy is going viral after his encounter with Gritty went about as well as you'd expect a surprise face-to-face meeting with a 7-foot, googly-eyed, orange-furred mascot to go: pure panic, followed by a smack. In a TikTok video posted by Barstool Sports in April 2016, the child is seen sitting in the stands at a Philadelphia Flyers game wearing a jersey. His mom keeps telling him to turn around as Gritty slowly creeps up behind him. A woman in the background explains it's his first time at a game and he's the birthday boy.