A man spent £12,500 to turn himself into a real dog

A bloke spent £12,500 buying an outfit to help him live life like a real dog, and he has managed to take his obsession one step further by buying a giant cage to sleep in

This bloke got locked in a cage while dressed as a dog (Image: YOUTUBE/ @I_want_to_be_an_animal)

A bloke who spent £12,500 on a costume to turn himself into a very realistic-looking dog has now started locking himself in a cage at night.

Toko, from Japan, spent the eye-watering sum transforming himself into a rough collie and uploads videos of his bizarre escapades to his YouTube channel.

In an introductory video he explains: “I became a rough collie because I wanted to be an animal. From now on I’m thinking of uploading videos at my own pace.”

And in his latest video, on the channel called I Want To Be An Animal, he is bizarrely filmed walking – on all fours – into a huge dog cage.

He spent £12,500 on the outfit and appears to be really committed to living the doggy lifestyle (Image: YOUTUBE/ @I_want_to_be_an_animal)

He appears to really struggle to fit into the cage, which is clearly not made for human-sized animals, but eventually backs himself up into it.

The person recording the video shuts the cage doors, trapping Toko inside.

He just barely fits, however, as his nose . . . or snout . . . is right up against the door.

The bloke inside the costume then starts pawing at the door, before the lights in the room are eventfully turned off so that he can go to sleep.

He started barking after being locked in (Image: YOUTUBE/ @I_want_to_be_an_animal)

But he doesn’t, because he just starts barking until the person filming him turns the light back on, returns and unlocks the cage to let him out.

The video also shows him being petted, chasing after a dog toy someone throws at him and then walking around with it in his mouth.

And then, in what can only be described as one of the oddest things this reporter has ever seen, a harness and lead is put on the giant man dog who proceeds to start rolling around on the floor in a very excited fashion.

The YouTube video comments were full of people expressing their love for the man dog.