Who was that?
Passersby have been doing more and more double takes at the sight of what looks like a superhero dashing about Peoria.
Flowing tresses, billowing cape, oversized hammer: Could that be Thor?
Verily, ‘tis the thunder god, jogging around town and spreading cheer.
“I love making someone’s day, especially during COVID,” he says, in a kinda-British accent like Thor in the Marvel movies. “’Tis most enchanting.”
The Norse do-gooder s alter ego is Chris McGovern, 40, a Peoria biology technician who specializes in corn genetics. He and wife Amy or, “Milady,” as he fondly says live in Far North Peoria with their two sons, ages 10 and 7, plus a feline house pet nobly dubbed Sir Cat.