Man keeps dancing to Michael Jackson as Baltimore riots around him

The Michael Jackson impersonator has been spotted dancing to 'Beat It' as a state of emergency is declared in Baltimore.

As rioters took to the streets of Baltimore, social media has been awash with videos, photos and tweets showing exactly what is happening on the ground.

Looting and violence clashes erupted just hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray who died of a spinal injury in police custody and

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Amid the chaos, one man has decided to take a different, slightly more surreal approach to demonstrating - dancing to Michael Jackson's 'Beat It'.

The unknown dancer has been spotted multiple times in the city and people have been sharing sightings of him on Twitter.

One tweet shows him standing on top of a van still dancing as helicopters circle ominously above.

Another shows him demonstrating his impressive moonwalk.

Many have praised the man as being a spot of brightness in an otherwise dark night for the city of Baltimore.

Keep on dancing, mysterious MJ fan.