When Mark Warren, a 66-year-old Alaskan, was told Vladimir Putin intended to bring him a new motorbike he understandably thought it was a far-fetched scam. In fact, he thought it sounded 'bats**t crazy.'
But, astonishingly, the Russian president did indeed bring a motorbike and sidecar to his summit with Donald Trump, and his officials then delivered it to Warren in a hotel parking lot in Anchorage.
As publicity stunts go it was perhaps the most bizarre Putin has ever performed and Warren, a retired fire inspector, is still trying to make sense of it.
'I'm dumbfounded,' Warren told the Daily Mail. 'I guess I should probably write Putin a thank you letter or something. I haven't. I've been so busy it hasn't really sunk in yet.
'It's super cool, you know? I mean, it's just such a unique bike.'
