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WATCH: BMX Bikers Take a (Highly Illegal) Ride of a Lifetime on Water Slides
A 15-minute video of their escapades on Thanksgiving has racked up nearly 4 million views on YouTube. Police are investigating.
CALVERTON, NY – Police and Splish Splash officials are none too happy with a group of BMX bikers who trespassed into the water park on Thanksgiving morning and rode up a storm all over the park's slides, but the internet certainly loves it.
Nearly 4 million people have watched a 15-minute YouTube video that was posted by Billy Perry, one of the BMX riders. At the start of the video, Perry, who is 21, according to his YouTube profile, says from a car on the way to the Calverton park that the day is "going to be insane, if we don't get arrested. Hopefully we don't get arrested."
Riverhead Town Police told Newsday that there are investigating the incident, but no arrests have been made.
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Perry, who is from West Islip, according to a Riverhead News-Review report, has a substantial following on YouTube and frequently posts videos of himself and his friends biking, mainly in New York City.
A Splish Splash general manager told Newsday the stunt at the park was "very dangerous. It’s why we have no-trespassing signs posted all over the property."
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