Broncos Fans Rally Around Orange Lobster Saved From Certain Doom At Red Lobster

Denver Broncos fans have saved a rare orange lobster from certain doom after it wound up in the tank at a local Red Lobster.

According to The Denver Post, the Red Lobster location in Pueblo, Colorado — which apparently hasn't fallen victim to the company's financial woes — got a shipment of the chain's namesake crustacean.

Now, for us, a trip to Red Lobster is a happy occasion filled with the scent of Cheddar Bay Biscuits wafting through the air. It's so beloved that Flavor Flav has made it his business to keep it afloat.

But for lobsters? Red Lobster is hell on Earth.

It's a cavalcade of people celebrating those weird, middling birthdays that aren't really special occasions (27, 32, 58, etc.; anything without a zero or five at the end) and tourists who were too scared to ask locals where to eat, wandering past, eyeing you, and imagining you with your butt split open and drenched in butter.

Like I said; hell on Earth…

However, one lobster lucked out by being saved from being lunch (or early, 4 pm old-person dinner) all thanks to a rare genetic characteristic that made it orange, something that happens to only 1-in-30 million lobsters.

I won't lie: had someone not told me this was a special lobster, I'd have no idea. It looks like any lobster I've ever seen, and I don't think I'd pick up on its orangeness being unique. I'd have figured it would come out nice and red when steamed up and served next to a baked potato.

Fortunately, others know more about lobsters than I do and plucked this guy out of the tank because of its rarity as well as the fact that he shares a color with the Denver Broncos.

The Lobster has since been named "Crush" after the team's famed Orange Crush defense.

Crush is in quarantine for 30 days, but after that, he'll take up residence at Denver's Downtown Aquarium.

"We’re hoping he’s on exhibit in time for the regular season and that he brings them good luck this season," Downtown Aquarium General Curator Ryan Herman said.

I mean… I think the Broncos might need a little more than a lucky lobster this season if they want to make the playoffs, but best of luck to them.