Police are hoping someone will recognise the unidentified man (Picture: CEN)

Police have appealed to the public to help them identify a man who was run over after appearing on a busy road in just his socks and acting like a dog.

The man was taken to hospital in Brno, a city in the south-eastern part of the Czech Republic, after being knocked over by a driver who had not seen him because he was on all fours and weaving in and out of moving traffic.

A witness told local TV:

‘The man ran out of a forest on all fours, wearing only socks.


‘He was growling and barking, and making out as if he was going to try and bite the car tyres,’ he said.



‘He even lifted his leg to wee on one car as it pulled to a stop, and barked at the owner when he got out of the car to complain.’

A police spokesperson said when they found the semi-naked man at the scene he was ‘whimpering’.

The man is now in an artificial coma (Picture: CEN)

‘When police arrived after complaints about a traffic disturbance he had already been hit by a car and run over,’ said Pavel Svab.

The man, who is now in an artificial coma, had no form of identification because he was only wearing socks.

Police have asked anyone who recognises the man from the pictures to contact them.