Eerie man dressed as creepy Squid Game character spotted walking through city centre
dailystar.co.ukSquid Game has been spotted wandering around a UK city centre.The man was seen donning the infamous red outfit worn by the Netflix show's creepy henchman in Coventry city centre, as well as in Cheylesmore and Finham.
Jaz Padam managed to grab a quick snap of the peculiar sighting on the city's Quinton Road, reports CoventryLive. "He was walking towards town," Jaz said."I'd just drove past him, then took a picture as I was getting out of the car."I actually thought it was from the kids game Among Us, because I used to play with my children."Then it clicked it was from Squid Game.
As he was heading towards the city centre I just thought he was probably heading to a stag do or something."The stag do theory would make sense, as dressing as comical or current characters is often part of the culture, but one or two things possibly rule it out.Firstly, the individual was alone, and were he on a stag you might expect him to be with others in similar attire.Secondly, CoventryLive understands someone dressed in the same outfit has been spotted several times around the city on different days.For the uninitiated, Squid Game is a fictional drama series which sees contestants play a host of children's games in an attempt to be the overall winner and scoop a huge prize - but those who don't win, die.It was released in September and quickly become wildly popular, particularly on social media where it created a huge amount of memes and gifs.It became so ingrained in culture children have been known to play Squid Game on school playgrounds during breaks.
The red outfit the individual seen in Coventry is wearing is that of Squid Game 'guards', also known as Pink Soldiers or Masked Men according to Squid-Game.fandom.com. For the latest.
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