Hooded Figure Photographed In North Carolina Woods in The Gasp Menagerie
Mr. Dark
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This one is an exercise in both the positives and the negatives of the Internet.
It all started with a tweet.
A cloaked person reportedly dropped raw meat at a playground. Did you see it? Do you have more photos to share? pic.twitter.com/ThNfXYwMvi
— Diane Turbyfill (@GazetteDiane) August 17, 2015
Diane Turbyfill works for the Gaston Gazette, the local paper for Gaston County, NC and the city of Gastonia. She tweeted this photo looking for more information after it and another similar photo were posted to a Facebook group.
(Image credit Gaston Gazette)
Raw meat? Dropped near children? Dark robes? Pale figures?!?
You can see why this went viral fairly quickly.
I’m just now reporting here in the Gasp Menagerie because I was waiting for more information. At this point, I have enough to comment on.
This is almost definitely a case of the Internet passing information with knowledge or confirmation. According to a follow-up story by the Gazette, the photos have no provable source. They may be from anywhere, there’s no way to confirm they were even taken in Gastonia. There’s no direct link to the meat and the figure in the photos. Reports of meat being dropped happened about the time of the photos, and they began to be linked without any actual evidence or eyewitness accounts.
So who is depicted in these images? We have no idea. What are they doing? Ditto. Are they connected to reports of raw meat at playgrounds? We’ve got nothing.
At this point, odds are this is the beginning of what’s commonly known as ‘creepypasta’ such as Slenderman. A few people post unrelated images and text, and the Net just composes a mythos around them.
Unless more comes along, this individual likely has no place in our Menagerie. But the ‘what ifs’ are strong enough to present them here for your consideration.
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