DNAInfo.com reports that an unidentified man dressed as Superman climbed atop the George Washington statue located in Union Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Monday.

"He was actually screaming," said Normal Bob Smith, a blogger and Union Square regular who was there to capture the chaos as it unfolded.

Smith said the man's ranting centered on freedom, and he shouted that while everyone else was fighting about the freedom of America, he was fighting for the freedom of the world.

Jessica De La Rosa, 32, who works nearby, was part of the crowd onlookers who gathered in front of the statue while the man hollered about freedom.

"I don't know if he was all there," De La Rosa said. "I mean, who wakes up in the morning and wants to put on a Superman suit?"

The unidentified 'Man of Steel' eventually came down from his lofty perch and was promptly handcuffed and strapped to a gurney by police before being taken away by ambulance.