good to know. Because it was so wrong

@Zoohome I agree. Some people have way too much time on their hands! *eyeroll

Have you read where this "thing" wa all about?

@Zoohome No, but oddly enough it popped up on a TV this evening when I was visiting my Mom and it freaked me out. I'll have to look into it. Any hints on what to Google?

@Zoohome Well, apparently googling "creepy face in the news" brought me right to it. And now that I've read a bit, I think I may have heard about this a while ago. Some crazy internet challenge or viral hoax... Trying to get kids to kill themselves. WTF is wrong with people?!?

@Zoohome, @scurry [nbcphiladelphia.com]

@scurry exactly!!! crazy crazy. Sorry, I replied to you earlier when I was in traffic, so I couldn't search for details on it. And the artist, who created this momo (I think from Japan), had no idea what this challenge was happening.

@scurry, @phxbillcee thank you. But still stupid and scary people make shit up like that

@Zoohome No worries at all - completely understandable. I did a quick voice google and it came right up. Still creepy!!

The picture is actually of a sculpture created by Japanese special effects company, Link Factory.

The real title of the artwork is Mother Bird and was on display at Tokyo’s horror art Vanilla Gallery.

But as pictures were shared around social media the story of its origin quickly became distorted and it was soon associated with the Momo game.

The sculpture was initially thought to be created by Japanese artist Midori Hayashi who is known for making bizarre dolls using different animal parts.

Neither Hayashi or Link Factory are associated with the Momo challenge.

So while it is still disturbing to look at, the original artwork was never meant to be a part of the sinister game it is being used for now.