Polish meme based on viral video on YouTube "Alligator Attack in ILLINOIS !". Popular due to epic mixture of Polish and English language.

forfiter – (n.) living thing that has at least four feet

Story
On 9th on august 2008 Youtube user kr3wsk4ta posted video titled "Alligator Attack in ILLINOIS !". The video comment says:

My uncle feeding a wild alligator in Illinois.Someone must of released it into the waters.My uncle gets attacked by the alligator

Original Video:

Video is about kayak ride with camera. The cameramen starts taping in the moment when alligator is going to appear. He says "Imma gonna give'em a chicken". Aligator eats and is calm, by the time.

The point of whole meme (besides the alligator) is the language. The unique mixture of English and Polish language is EPIC.

Spread

The video goes viral on beginning of 2010. Around February meme gains FORFITER Official Facebook Page, where it spreads. On FB it is common to share photos that consist some features or words from the original video (alligator, crocodile, predator, franca, etc.).

The meme was quickly incorporated. There is also official FORFITER merchandise like t-shitrs, hats, stickers, beach toys. It is also popular to take photo of yourself with FORFITER gadgests and post it on FB Page.

On Google you can find lots of mainstream press articles. Also whenever there's article about FORFITER, or even article about topic that resembles it, fans are posting comments with quotes from the original video.

The original video is exploitable from its original audio and have many remixes. Most recent one is pretty good blues cover.

Subtitles Version

Polak karmi aligatora NAPISY // Polack feeding a gator [with SUBTITLES]

Remixes, remakes, and stuff:

Forfiter Movie Trailer

Peter Pan

Forfiter: Ostateczny spoczynek szwagra – Jaws

Forfiter vs Egzekutor: Powrót Francy

bolek lolek i franca – FORFITER

Hydro Forfiter [forom Hydrozagadka – old Polish movie]

Songs / covers:

MerC 'N CeZik – Forfiter Blues

FORFITER | Mix

FORFITER | Gary Muvaut – DubFiter

In Polish press:
gazeta.pl
wiadomosci24.pl
zyciewarszawy.pl