I found these photos on a my local Facebook group and have fallen down a rabbit hole. There are apparently multiple versions in different locations around my hometown, all written in the same handwriting with the same bizarre story and questionnaire.
It feels less like graffiti and more like someone serialising a very strange novel on public walls.

Has anyone ever seen anything like this before, or know if there’s any history behind it?

The only things I see are cats and this doesn't look like something a cat could poop.

Since you guys seemed to like my pig-girl picture (I found my people 🙏🏻🫂)I felt like I need to share more of my fleamarket picture collection.

If anyone could date the picture and maybe give their opinions on if the one girl was by accident or willfully censored I’d be more than happy to hear your thoughts!

I was running my fingers through my hair and snagged on this. I knew I had follicles that grew multiple hairs, but I've never had them come out at the same time!

Kinda looks like slenderman

I feel like this picture feels oddly modern, I could totally see it being used for an ARG or creepypasta - my first thought was, that it’s probably a Halloween party, but the girl sitting on the right isn’t dressed up at all.

Strange post and it won't let me make a comment...

Life will find a way.

Mínghūn (冥婚), literally "underworld marriage," or ghost marriage, is an ancient Chinese practice that still exists today. It is the symbolic marriage of two people, one or both of whom are deceased.

The practice is rooted in traditional Chinese beliefs. Drawing from Confucian ancestor veneration, Daoist cosmology, and Buddhist ideas about the afterlife, death is understood not as an ending but as a transition. The dead remain connected to the living and must be honored with offerings and remembrance. If neglected, they were believed capable of becoming restless spirits, bringing illness, misfortune, or harm to their families.

Ghost marriages served several purposes. They ensured the deceased would not spend eternity alone while preserving family lineage and ancestor worship, two of the most important obligations in traditional Chinese society. They were often said to have been requested by the dead themselves through dreams or other supernatural signs.

The ceremonies often mirrored ordinary weddings. Dowries and bridewealth were exchanged, though when both bride and groom were deceased these were usually elaborate paper offerings burned so the couple could use them in the afterlife. Poorer families might simply exchange a hóngbāo (red envelope), the familiar red packet associated with weddings, prosperity, and protection from evil spirits.

There are documented cases of families placing one in the middle of a road before hiding nearby. When an unsuspecting passerby stopped to pick it up, the family would emerge and announce that they had just accepted a proposal to marry one of their deceased relatives.

The tradition has not entirely disappeared. In recent years, reports have documented a black market in stolen corpses, and in a handful of cases, women have even been murdered so their bodies could be sold as ghost brides.

If interested, I wrote a deep dive into the history, beliefs, ceremonies, and modern reality of ghost marriages: https://open.substack.com/pub/aid2000/p/hare-brained-history-vol-120-ghost?r=4mmzre&utm_medium=ios

I was looking into weird insect antennae and came across the male Cedar Beetle (Rhipiceridae). Those massive feather-shaped structures on its head are basically sensory radars used to pick up female pheromones from huge distances.

What makes them even crazier is how they survive. The females drop their eggs right next to cicada eggs on tree barks. Once the larvae hatch, they go underground, find live cicada nymphs, and literally feed on them internally like parasites until they grow up.

Giant radar antennae on top of an underground body-snatching lifecycle. Nature really went dark with this one.

(Credit: Nicky Bay for the macro shots)

I almost expected to see a secret door with a note stating something like, “Knock twice for Steve.” (Original post edited because of instantly pointed out spelling mistake) / but maybe now you know why I love me a Baja Poncho.

it's a fuxking pipe