About

Hurricane Milton's Face refers to an aerial infrared satellite image of the October 2024 Hurricane Milton that resembled the side profile of a human face. Many called the face creepy, akin to a creepypasta. Others perceived it as a skull, comparing it to the human-like face seen in 2016's Hurricane Matthew. Fan art of Hurricane Milton spread en masse after the image of its face went viral on social media platforms like Twitter / X and Reddit, among others.

Origin

On October 8th, 2024, X^[1] user @AndrewElswickWX tweeted a side-by-side comparison between 2016's Hurricane Matthew and 2024's Hurricane Milton, highlighting their similar face-like appearances. Over two days, the tweet received roughly 5,300 likes (shown below).

Soon after, also on October 8th, Milton's "face" developed further. An image of its more widely known face was initially tweeted by the X^[2] account of @DramaAlert, which captioned it, "IT HAS REACHED ITS FINAL FORM." Over two days the tweet received over 18,000 likes (shown below).

Spread

Viral posts about Hurricane Milton's Face continued on X as the storm approached Florida. For instance, on October 9th, 2024, X^[3] user @cerismon3 posted a screencap of a weather news coverage, writing, "Dude why is it a creepypasta face," receiving over 83,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Soon after, on October 9th, X^[4] user @ethaaan22 shared some fan art of Hurricane Milton, joking that the hurricane looked like a character from the Adult Swim cartoon Smiling Friends. @ethaaan22 gave Milton "he/they" pronouns in the image. In a day, the tweet amassed over 175,000 likes (shown below).

During the same timeframe, viral posts about Hurricane Milton's Face spread on other social media platforms. For instance, on October 9th, Threads ^[5] user @raytheimmortal posted the side-by-side images of Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Milton, gaining over 3,200 likes in a day.

Similar posts surfaced on Reddit, like one /r/orlando^[6] post that was shared on October 8th.

Also on October 9th, 2024, TikToker^[7] @joe_losgar posted a video of Hurricane Milton's face forming set to the song "Animal Cannibal" by Karen Skladany from the short 1983 horror film Possibly in Michigan, receiving over 8.2 million plays and 938,500 likes in a day (shown below).

Similarly, on October 9th, TikToker^[8] @lookitstoddles posted a video using the same sound as the abovementioned video, proclaiming, "do y'all realize that every hurricane that has a face or skull shape always ends up begin the deadliest," amassing over 534,400 plays and 102,100 likes in a day (shown below).

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