He shares his name with the King of Pop. But a Scottish alpaca has won his own celebrity status after his bad behaviour at a Clackmannanshire farm forced owners to cancel events, explaining ‘Elvis is a t*** at the moment’.
Rowhead Farm, in Dollar, explained the animal has developed a diva personality in recent months, spitting at guests, standing on legs when he sees anyone in a hat, and staring down bald people.
Caroline McKenzie, farm owner, said: ‘He’s completely wired. He’s good with a lot of people, but if he gets a bad vibe that’s it.’
She thinks Elvis became overly attached to humans after walking alongside them with his mother at just one week old and added: ‘We think he thinks he’s the same as humans are. He judges people like how a human would, so he’ll either love you or get a bad vibe.’
Ms McKenzie said the ‘final straw’ came when the furry fiend charged at a teacher who was leading a school trip.
The exasperated owner said: ‘I had to stand in front of her to try and protect her and he was just trying to run through me to get to this teacher.’
Elvis the Alpaca, whose anti-social behaviour has let to his owners cancelling planned walking trips
Elvis the Alpaca has also been attacking anyone wearing a hat
She added: ‘The kids thought it was hilarious. The other teacher just ran straight out of the field.’
However, the bad behaviour has won thousands of fans across the UK and Ireland, with people even offering to sign disclaimers in a bid to walk with the unruly alpaca.
Ms McKenzie joked: ‘You should see my inbox. People are sending me photoshopped pictures of Elvis and asking for t-shirts now, keyrings, and mugs with him on.’
Her update about the animal going rogue has gone viral and has been viewed almost four million times.
It says: ‘Why Elvis is a t*** update: So Elvis firstly decided it would be fun to chase the sheep and lambs and biting them.
‘So the Alpacas were moved to another field.
‘Then Elvis decide [sic] it would be fun to spit and try jump on visitors.
‘The final straw was when we had a school visit, Elvis took a real liking to one of the teachers and would not leave her alone. Poor teacher, she no longer likes Alpacas.
‘So Elvis is now on the naught [sic] step and will be back on attitude and walking training, wish me luck.’
