A perplexing visual that sent ripples through social media platforms globally recently has left the online community in awe and spooked.
This puzzling and creepy image seemed to capture an impossible moment – students tucked away in a towering 9-story bunk bed within the confines of what appears to be a student dormitory.
However, the plot thickened when Aric Chen, editor, host, and producer affiliated with The Epoch Times, a New York City-based newspaper silenced in China, decided to weigh in.
With a cryptic note, Chen elevated the mystery, exclaiming, “Is this a student dormitory in China? I can’t believe it, I thought it was a prison for implementing torture! #CCPChina #EndCCP.” With his proclamation, the image gained notoriety, fueling the fervor of speculation.
Following Chen’s intriguing share, he unleashed further images onto the digital landscape, purporting to depict student dormitories nestled in the shadowy regions of Hubei and Guangxi, regions notorious for their sinister resemblance to high-security prisons.
Yet, the truth differs significantly from this ominous narrative. The mysterious image that bewildered countless netizens is not, in fact, a chilling portrayal of life within a Chinese student dormitory. Instead, it’s the artistic offspring of a comedic sketch.
This absurd multistory bunk bed scene, originally crafted for laughs, was inadvertently misconstrued as an eerie tableau of student existence in China’s dorms.
Adding to the intrigue, the image has now spread its wings, transcending borders to captivate the online community in the Philippines, where it has been embraced and shared by numerous Facebook pages and digital denizens.
In contrast to Chen’s conspiratorial claims about China’s CCP torture dorms, Filipino netizens have transformed the mysterious image into humorous posts and memes.
Peeling back the layers of this captivating conundrum, the mastermind behind the enigma emerges as “Yedi Orangutan” (“七颗猩猩”), known in the tangible world as Wang Zhixin.
Wang has carved a niche in the realm of online content, showering audiences with a treasure trove of witty sketches on the Douyin platform, amassing a legion of followers.
One particular creation, the “9-story bunk bed in China” video, was unleashed upon the digital realm on September 22, 2023.
Accompanied by a cryptic caption that asks, “How many toes do we have under our bed? #Contemporary College Student Mental State #Dormitory,” this video probes the intricate labyrinth of the mental state of dormitory-bound students.
Within this comedic odyssey lies a scene concealed by iron bars, evoking an eerie sense of mystery, much like a riddle yet to be unraveled.
The comedy sketch, from which the bewitching multistory bunk bed image was plucked, beckons viewers into a realm where humor and enigma dance hand in hand, leaving them pondering the unsolved enigma lying beneath the covers.
The Daily Netizen 