Tattooed Philly Super-Fan Makes Stop In Bristol

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, PA — A Philadephia super-fan whose tattooed chest and belly became a viral sensation made a stop in Bristol on Wednesday — for a good cause.

Rob Dunphy caught the nation's attention when he traveled to Green Bay for the Eagles' game against the Packers late last month.

He was caught on camera bare-chested, sporting a tattooed torso that includes images of an I-95 sign, the Ben Franklin Bridge, an eagle, the city skyline, 1776, "We the People" and more Philly iconography.

The most prominent image, though, may be his tattoo of the Phanatic, placed so that his belly button helps form part of the iconic mascot's snout.

Dunphy went viral and, soon afterward, he started using that online celebrity for good.

He's raising money for Storm the Heavens, a charity that contributes to research for a rare but aggressive form of childhood cancer, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG).

On Wednesday, Dunphy visited Farmer's Insurance agent Steve Mooney in Bristol. Mooney, in turn, wrote Dunphy a $1,000 check to help the cause.

"It started as a joke, like a GoFundMe," Dunphy said in a video shared by Mooney on Facebook. "And then my tattoo artist reached out to me and said if we can raise the $10,000 we had set as a goal, and donate it to charity, then he'd do all my tattoos for free."

Dunphy raised his original goal of $10,000 in less than 48 hours and is now shooting for $100,000 for the charity by Christmas. He said that, in roughly two weeks, he's raised more than $20,000.

On Wednesday, Dunphy was joined by Storm the Heavens founder Mina Carroll, whose daughter, Philomena Stendaro, died from the disease in 2017, when she was eight years old.

And what's next for Dunphy, in addition to all the fund-raising? He says he's got plans to add a tattoo of Gritty to his canvas of Philly icons.

Take a look at the video below: