As someone who has dressed as a mascot for events, it always amazes me that people do not remember that there is a person inside. It's really amazing how mean and physically violent people get towards mascots. Kids will kick you, hit you and be generally idiotic and the parents sit and laugh because it's funny to watch the fuzzy thing get pummeled.
But nobody groped my tits, for which I was disappointed.
And yes, these costumes are frickin' hotter than hell. The last one I did was as McGruff the Crime Dog and it was like 100 outside and the fan was broken. The cops thought he was going to be funny by having me show the kids how to ride a bike. I couldn't fit the helmet on and since you HAVE NO VISION it was really, really hard.