Last year in England, pairs of people began popping up at events that generally only cater to A-list celebrities. They were spotted at Wimbledon, The Harrods Summer Sale, and Elton John’s white tie ball. One even seemed to have his own chauffeur, and was driven to several of these events in style. Two notable couples were photographed; a man and woman with light hair and a man and woman with dark hair. All four wore matching black suits, grey-toned striped ties, black shirts and slacks. All four were missing something very crucial… their faces.

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At first it was speculated that they were aliens, pranksters, protesters, or possibly a viral marketing campaign for an upcoming horror movie. Some even thought they could be celebrities that were sick of being photographed, and came to these events with no faces, in protest of the way a-listers are hounded by paparazzi. The alien theory was ruled out quickly when the photographs were reviewed and small holes were found that allowed these faceless individuals to breathe and see. That didn’t stop them from giving  people they walked past in the street (or sat next to at events) an absolute chill up their spine. Still, nobody knew what they were doing there, who sent them, or why.

Eventually all confused persons found facelesspeople.com and discovered that they were indeed a viral marketing campaign; for Lotus, advertising a new car. Anticlimactic in my opinion. But we can still imagine that those people were truly faceless, genetically engineered to exist without some orifices you and I take for granted. If they ever wanted to blend with the rest of the world, a good Halloween mask on the appropriate day might do the trick. Then again, they might be creepier staying just the way they are.

May we reconvene under the blood red moon,
-Black Widow