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Faceless 'aliens' spotted in crowd at Wimbledon

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With the blankest of blank expressions on their faces, these mysterious figures have been popping up in the most unlikely of places.

The faceless mutants have a penchant for A-list celebrity bashes and have been spotted at Elton John's White tie ball and Harrods summer sale, opened by Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall.

With a membrane of skin stretched tightly over their eyes, noses and mouths, the alien-like figures were most recently snapped 'watching' a match perched on Murray Mount at Wimbledon.

Close inspection of the pictures rules out an alien invasion - small perforations around the eye areas of the masks allow the people beneath to see the world outside.

But nobody knows who the faceless figures, who often appear as motionless couples are, or why they are turning up at high profile events.

Theories include the possibilities that they are limelight-seeking pranksters, performance artists or that they are at the centre of a viral marketing campaign for an as-yet unknown product of forthcoming horror film.

Speculation has even arisen that the masks hide a pair of well-know faces, fed up with being harrassed by the paparazzi.

One blogger wrote on the Moue Magazine website: "They probably aren’t just random people off of the street.

"If it ends up being a pair of celebrities who have had it with being photographed all of the time and are staging a protest, I vow to support every project they appear on from now on.

"Whatever their purpose, I want to join them. And I have a new Halloween costume for this year."
danieldewinter

9 responses // Faceless 'aliens' spotted in crowd at Wimbledon

  • clever! A closeup of the mask showed series of pin-holes around the eyes so they can see.
    gruven_reuven
  • From ABC News (International)

    The most popular theory is that the stunt is pure marketing, part of a viral ad campaign for Lotus cars.

    There is a Lotus logo on the Web site http://www.facelesspeople.com, which redirects users to the Lotus company site.

    One blogger, who thinks the faceless whim could be connected to Lotus, said, "Apparently, you're a faceless droid until you drop a few hundred thousand pounds to "buy" a personality in the form of a Lotus."

    Lotus spokespeople declined to comment and did not admit a connection to the faceless people.

    Jonathan Gabay, a brand consultant from Brand Forensics, told ABC News the faceless frenzy is a classic example of guerrilla marketing.

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    I went to facelesspeople.com and it says "True character will emerge in" and has a countdown clock. Today it's at 17 days.

    This sucks. I hoped it would be unadulterated performance art...but I suppose I look at a lot of graphic design/advertising/packaging as art...so this type of ad is no different.

    It's just not the kind of art I had hoped.
    flamegarden
  • I know her,she owes me money!!!
    regularrf
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  • faceless people have no business in society. you can not walk up on people without a face, it's not right.
    keeshii768
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  • Expect them.
    Dmitri_Molotov
  • These people are from the future with global warming
    our eyes need to be slits the sun is going to wreak
    havoc on this planet. They are here for a reason
    its not to watch grass court tennis. even though the williams sisters will compete.
    regularrf
  • ...um, they're just part of a crappy car ad.
    donkeyfly69

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