The Internet Is Freaking Out Over This Human-Faced Bird at the Olympic Closing Ceremony
The Internet took some time out of basking in the glow of the final night of the 2018 Olympics to have a mini freak-out over a puppet featured in the closing ceremony.
Known as Inmyeonjo, the human-faced bird—which appears in ancient cave drawings from the Goguryeo period of Korean history—first made waves during the Winter Games opening ceremony when viewers couldn’t decide whether they were scared of or in awe of the unique animal.
However, this time around, Inmyeonjo fans just seemed excited for the puppet to return, especially when it began dancing to EDM in PyeongChang Stadium. One particularly enthusiastic viewer even went so far as to photoshop the face of famed DJ Martin Garrix—who was performing at the ceremony—onto the bird’s original human face.
Garrix is one of only a few electronic music artists to perform at the Olympics, joining the ranks of Tiesto and Kygo, who played in 2004 and 2016, respectively.
The #inmyeonjo bird with a human face is in the stadium surrounded by dancing #Soohorang mascots pic.twitter.com/HCgJu6MfKT
— Korea Exposé (@KoreaExpose) February 25, 2018
OK, so this happened????@MartinGarrix#MartinGarrix #olympics #Olympics2018 #closingceremony #inmyeonjo #?????? #??? #??? pic.twitter.com/OjaKOWZ2Nn
— Nacho (@nacho_nachocho) February 25, 2018
See some of the reactions to Inmyeonjo below.
INMYEONJO GETTING DOWN #PyeongChang2018 pic.twitter.com/ToDiGz0QqS
— Joseph Kim (@josungkim) February 25, 2018
#Inmyeonjo came to the closing ceremony!!! #Yipee https://t.co/KvN3vqdZWQ
— C. S. Hamilton (@3choiprodigy) February 25, 2018
YESSSSSSSS THE HUMAN-FACED BIRD IS THERE TOO, I WAS HOPING TO SEE HIM AGAIN ????????
— Flute (@woodwinds) February 25, 2018
Lol the human faced bird(inmyeonjo) that was the biggest meme in Korea after the opening ceremony is making a return at the #ClosingCeremony dancing to EDM. pic.twitter.com/wvknMlDuug
— DKDKTV (@dkdktv92) February 25, 2018
Me, I love Inmyeonjo. https://t.co/jmWFy9wgMN
— rookling (@rookling) February 12, 2018
The human faced bird is back to say goodbye.
— dead inside. (@veryemployable) February 25, 2018