Fear of 'The Unknown' and a red-faced Oompa Loompa - Silver linings from a 'shambolic' Willy Wonka-inspired event

One of the biggest news stories this week is also the most amusing unless you're one of the parents who forked out £35 for the shambolic Willy Wonka-inspired event in Glasgow.

It's the story that keeps on giving. The more details that emerge the greater the disbelief at what the organisers were thinking when admitting to a paying public.

Those expecting an 'immersive' wonderland found underwhelming props dotted around a warehouse as empty as the organiser's promises. In a video clip taken from the event, a mum pans the camera around to show a handful of props, including a bar of Wonka chocolate, a blue pipe, candy sticks and a solitary Oompa Loompa behind a pop-up table.

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Countless memes of this visibly embarrassed Oompa Loompa hired for the event were shared online. The despondent employee playing the part has since come in for praise for not only summing up the experience in a single facial expression, but for resolutely trying her best despite the hand dealt.

Another viral moment has been kids at the event becoming visibly frightened at 'the unknown' - a creepy mask-wearing villain who emerges jerkily from behind a full-length mirror. Strangely, this character created as part of the event's AI-generated script appears to have since gained a considerable cult following and may have run George Galloway close in Rochdale had 'it' ran.

But such was the initial disappointment at the 'Willy Wonka Chocolate Experience' police were called when angry parents vented their rage at organisers of the event, which was later shut down.

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