A SantaCon reveler risked life and limb Saturday to brazenly jump across electrified train tacks in Penn Station, New York, with the dangerous stunt captured on camera.

It's not known if the unidentified man was drunk or sober.

He took the run and jump over the tracks, part of the Long Island Railroad Railway, in Penn Station. The incident was captured on camera and soon posted on Twitter.

Judging by his Santa's hat the man was taking part in SantaCon, the annual, often inebriated gathering of people dressed as Santa Claus who go barhopping.

The event is held in more than 120 cities in the United States and abroad, according to SantaCon.info.

The video shows the man, who was also wearing sunglasses and a sweater emblazoned with the word, 'Christmas,' taking a long run up to the edge of the platform, through a small gap next to another passenger, before jumping through the air and landing on the other side.

A SantaCon reveler risked life and limb to brazenly jump across electrified train tacks in Penn Station, New York. The whole prank was videoed, presumably by a friend

The man took a long run up to the edge of the platform, before jumping through a small gap next to another passenger and soaring through the air

He might have cleared the train track but the reveler didn't have much room for error as he landed on the yellow paint line on the platform edge.

The dangerous prank was over in a matter of seconds with bystanders hardly having any time to react. The man is seen to walk towards the camera, presumably held by a friend, grinning and celebrating his achievement.

One false step and the video's ending could have been very different.

He just makes it onto the yellow paint line on the platform edge - had he fallen he would have faced sudden death on the electrified track

Brazen: The track has a shock six times stronger than an electric wall socket that can kill a person instantly

The Long Island Railroad Railway zaps 750 volts of electricity into hundreds of its trains a day, according to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen publication.

The LIRR's uses a third rail to power its electric trains - the rail carries a shock six times stronger than an electric wall socket that can kill a person instantly.

'You definitely do not want to step on it under any circumstances,' said Mark Groce, an employee of New York City Transit.

The MTA have said they are invesitgating the incident.

A spokesman said: 'Reckless stunts like this have no place on any part of the MTA system. MTA Police are actively investigating.'

The Federal Transportation Administration cites trespassing, walking on the tracks, as the top cause of death on U.S. railroads.

An alcohol ban on mass transit went into effect at noon Saturday in New York.

New York Police Department said that nothing unusual was reported during SantaCon. As this video showed, though, social media told a different story.

One drunken reveler was seen falling over on a Manhattan sidewalk and tripping another woman as she walked by.

The man lost his balance and appeared to be on the verge of passing out.

As he landed face first on the pavement, a passerby's foot got caught underneath his head, sending her flying into the concrete.

In the past, the annual pub crawl has resulted in revelers being flagged for public urination, littering, and the usual disorder that results from mass drunkenness.

New York Police Department said that nothing unusual was reported during SantaCon. As this video showed, though, social media told a different story



