Oct 1 (Reuters) - An Indian man has come up with a novel way of making ends meet - he dresses as a monkey to scare away monkeys for money.

Acchan Miyan, alias Gudde, is employed by the railways administration in Lucknow, in India's northern Uttar Pradesh, to stop monkeys menacing passengers.

Well it's safe to say this is one of the strangest videos in the history of The Stool. How fucked up was that mask? And the tail! The problem is we've seen this story 1000 times in literature. Man dresses up as monkey... man falls in love with monkey... man eventually quits his job dressing up as monkey and literally joins the tribe of monkeys. As they say, truth imitates fiction once again. It's just a shame this guy only gets $7 an hour and David Blaine is a millionaire.