Everton fan appears to wipe snot on lady's head - but what if he's innocent?

The Vine of the incident in question went viral overnight.

On Sunday night, during Everton’s 1-1 draw against Sunderland, an Everton fan was filmed doing something that at first glance appears completely gross.

He's been getting a bit of a doing online aftr a Vine of the incident went viral with everyone (understandably) calling him disgusting for appearing to wipe snot on a oblivious lady's head.

BUT we present a different theory.

On (too many) repeated viewings, we're beginning to wonder if he was just scratching his nose AND that maybe he knows the lady in question and was just trying to catch her attention.

Let's have a look again.

He seems to wait for her to turn around, does't he? Why would you do that if you had just wiped your boogers on her?

Now, granted, it doesn't look great but we're willing to give him the benefit of the doubt - it's hard to get the full story in six seconds. Because the alternative is too horrible to think about.

What do you think?

[H/T: Joe.ie]