Viral 'Cat in the Hat' TikTok trend sparks fun fake videos but also real fear
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The Cat in the Hat, a character from the eponymous Dr Seuss book, has been depicted on screen multiple times, including photographed here on a US talk show "He's so scary!"
帽子里的猫，来自同名苏斯博士小说的角色，多次出现在银幕上，包括在美国一档脱口秀节目中被拍摄 "他太吓人了！"
says 16-year-old Skye, recoiling at the mention of the Cat in the Hat. Viral images purporting to show a life-sized version of the Dr Seuss character on the streets after dark have sparked fear and confusion among teenagers.
16岁的斯凯说，提到帽子里的猫时有些退缩。 声称在夜晚街头出现真人大小的苏斯博士形象的病毒式图片，引发了青少年的恐惧和困惑。
The posts, seen by millions, have convinced some young people that the character is real and that they might encounter it, prompting police forces in Ireland and the UK to issue statements confirming that the images and videos are fake.
这些帖子被数百万人看到，使一些年轻人相信这个角色是真实存在的，并且他们可能会遇到它，这促使爱尔兰和英国警方发布声明，确认这些图片和视频是假的。
"I was having a sleepover," Skye elaborates, "but everyone started watching Cat in the Hat videos. It was 3am.
"我当时在开睡衣派对，"斯凯解释道，"但大家都开始看《帽子里的猫》的视频。那时是凌晨3点。
I wanted to go home. When I started walking down my friends' driveway, I got totally freaked out that the Cat in the Hat was going to jump out. I had to call my mum to pick me up." A quick scroll through TikTok reveals numerous accounts, many of them created in the past few weeks, sharing photos and videos of an elusive black-and-white feline wearing the famous, towering, crooked red-and-white striped hat.
我想回家。 当我开始走在朋友家的车道上时，我完全被那个戴帽子的猫吓了一跳。 我不得不打电话给我妈妈来接我。" 快速浏览TikTok，会发现许多账号，其中许多是过去几周创建的，分享着一只神秘的黑白猫咪戴着著名、高大、歪斜的红白条纹帽子的照片和视频。
One post showing the original Cat in the Hat costume, accompanied by the caption "Help, what do I do?", has received 14.6m views in just three weeks.
一条展示原版帽子里的猫服装的帖子，配文"救命，我该怎么办？"，仅三周内就获得了1460万次浏览。
The comments add to the sense of frenzy, with followers asking, "Why is he taxidermied?"
这些评论增添了狂热感，粉丝们纷纷问："他为什么要被剥制？"
Others zoom in on parts of the costume and post conspiracy theories about Mike Myers, who played the character in the 2003 film, being trapped inside. Another popular account set up this week, posts videos of a real person dressed in a cat in the hat costume, dancing, with captions like "Kent I'm coming. lock your doors."
还有人放大了服装的部分，并发布了关于2003年电影中饰演该角色的迈克·迈尔斯被困在里面的阴谋论。 本周另一个热门账号发布了一个穿着猫戴帽子服装跳舞的真实人物视频，配文如"Kent，我来了。锁好门。"
Other users are sharing the videos, adding their own captions and locations across the UK. Many of the AI generated images have been centred on the Irish counties of Limerick and Wexford, where shaky videos purportedly showed the character wandering through the streets, causing alarm and confusion among residents.
其他用户分享视频，添加他们在英国各地的字幕和地点。 许多AI生成的图像集中在爱尔兰的利默里克和韦克斯福德县，视频晃动显示角色在街头游荡，引发居民的担忧和困惑。
In Wexford, the local Gardaí (police force) quickly dismissed the sightings as fake and confirmed that the images had been generated using artificial intelligence.
在韦克斯福德，当地警察迅速否认这些目击事件是假的，并确认这些图像是用人工智能生成的。
That has not stopped the pictures and videos from spreading online - along with unverified claims posted without evidence that the Cat in the Hat has been involved in violent assaults.
但这并未阻止照片和视频在网上传播——还有未经证实、毫无证据的说法，称帽子里的猫涉及暴力袭击。
"I low-key wanna go meet him…" says 14-year-old Lily, who heard that the Cat in the Hat had arranged a "meet and greet", inviting local TikTok followers to come to the woods in Galashiels, a small town in the Scottish Borders.
"我其实很想去见他......"14岁的莉莉说，她听说帽子里的猫安排了"见面会"，邀请当地TikTok粉丝来到苏格兰边境小镇加拉希尔斯的树林里。
Her mother was horrified by the prospect.
她的母亲对此感到震惊。
"You are not going to meet anyone in the woods in the middle of the night!" she told her.
"你半夜在树林里可别想遇到任何人！"她对她说。
There is a point at which viral dancing videos and AI-generated clips of the Cat in the Hat become something potentially more sinister, with real-world consequences beyond their impact on teenage imaginations.
在某个阶段，病毒式传播的舞蹈视频和AI生成的"帽子猫"片段可能会变得更阴险，现实世界的影响远超出对青少年想象力的影响。
In England, South Yorkshire Police has denied social media claims that a 'killer Cat in the Hat' has been spotted.
在英格兰，南约克郡警方否认了社交媒体上关于"帽子里的杀人猫"被发现的说法。
Posts about the alleged sightings have attracted hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok. There is also a fake Facebook post claiming to be from Yorkshire Police - no force with that name actually exists - and suggesting that the force is taking the rumoured sighting seriously.
关于这些疑似目击事件的帖子在TikTok上吸引了数十万次观看。 还有一条假的Facebook帖子声称来自约克郡警察局——实际上并没有同名警队存在——暗示警队对传闻中的目击事件非常重视。
In response, a South Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: "If you do see posts online providing policing updates and advice, please check that they are from an official policing account.
对此，南约克郡警察发言人表示："如果你在网上看到提供警务更新和建议的帖子，请确认这些帖子来自官方警务账号。
The cat is not out of the hat on this one… Please don't believe everything you read on social media." As with so many trends driven by TikTok, comedic reaction and spoofery is what will be appearing right now on many people's For You page.
这次可不是猫儿......请不要相信社交媒体上看到的所有信息。" 和许多由TikTok推动的潮流一样，喜剧反应和恶搞将成为许多人"为你推荐"页面上出现的主题。
In recent days, depending largely on what your algorithm serves up, you may be seeing nearly as many people in Cat in the Hat costumes dancing to Beyonce as those stalking the streets.
最近几天，主要取决于你的算法结果，你可能会看到穿着《帽子里的猫》服装跳碧昂丝舞的人，和街头游荡的人差不多。
There are several jokey videos depicting police chasing human sized cats, and Scottish drag performer Ellie Diamond has issued a video declaring that she is not the Cat in the Hat killer. And Irish TikTok star Garron Noone said on one post that it should have been obvious it was a hoax "because even the most soulless, evil, vicious monster" would be "traumatised looking in the window of a Wexford person".
有几段幽默视频描绘警察追逐真人大小的猫，苏格兰变装艺人艾莉·戴蒙德发布视频宣称她不是"帽子里的猫"杀手。 爱尔兰TikTok明星加伦·努恩在一条帖子中说，这本该很明显是骗局，"因为即使是最无灵魂、最邪恶、最凶狠的怪物"也会"看到韦克斯福德人的窗户而受到创伤"。
Snapchat filters and images shared in group chats suggest that many teenagers - and those not so young - are simply having harmless fun with the trend.
Snapchat滤镜和群聊中分享的图片表明，许多青少年——甚至不那么年轻的——只是在无害地玩弄这股潮流。
But some do remain perturbed, including another teenager in the Scottish borders, 16-year-old Ellie, who says: "I was so scared of him when I was little," Ellie confides.
但还是有些人感到不安，包括苏格兰边境的另一位青少年艾莉，16岁，她说："我小时候非常害怕他。"艾莉坦言。
"Now it's like he's actually come to life to haunt me." Not all Cat in the Hats are scary - this one is my brother Nicholas demonstrating the Snapchat filter A post on X that appears to have accelerated the current viral phenomenon appears to have been made on 8 August, by DiscussingFilm, when the pop culture site posted that the original costume was being auctioned off by Propstore.
"现在感觉他真的活过来了，来缠着我。" 并不是所有《帽子里的猫》都吓人——这张是我哥哥Nicholas演示Snapchat滤镜的视频 X网站上发布了一条似乎加速了当前病毒现象的帖子，似乎是在8月8日由DiscussioningFilm发布的，当时该流行文化网站发布了原始服装正在被Propstore拍卖。
The post has 10 million views. , externalComments describe it as "nightmare fuel" and "genuinely haunting", suggesting it had been pulled from a 'cursed attic'.
该帖子有1000万次浏览。外部评论称其为"噩梦燃料"和"真正令人毛骨悚然"，暗示它是从"被诅咒的阁楼"中取出的。
The lot is scheduled to be sold, external on Wednesday as part of an auction of 1,400 pieces of film and TV memorabilia and is predicted to fetch a price of up to $24,000 (£17,500).
该拍品计划于周三作为1400件电影和电视纪念品拍卖的一部分进行外部拍卖，预计最高可售出24000美元（17500英镑）。
The costume, which has shown noticeable signs of disrepair, was put up for auction by online retailer Propstore for $12,000-$24,000 Emily, a mother in Scotland, says the trend reminds her of the "Momo Challenge", a notorious internet hoax and digital urban legend.
这套服装已显现出明显的破损迹象，被在线零售商Propstore以12,000至24,000美元的价格拍卖 苏格兰的母亲艾米丽说，这个趋势让她想起了"Momo挑战"，一个臭名昭著的网络骗局和数字都市传说。
At the time, fact-checkers and authorities found no verified evidence linking the meme to children harming themselves, although the frightening images were still capable of causing distress.
当时，事实核查人员和当局未发现任何经过验证的证据将该表情包与儿童自残联系起来，尽管这些令人恐惧的图片仍然可能引发痛苦。
"I'm not worried about my daughters, but there could be people with bad intentions who might take advantage of this trend to manipulate teenagers."
"我不担心我的女儿们，但可能会有人怀有恶意，利用这种趋势去操控青少年。"
For now, the evidence points not to a real, roaming Cat in the Hat, but to a rapidly evolving online story built from an auctioned film costume, people in costume, AI-generated material and unverified posts. Whether the claims began as a joke or were deliberately designed to frighten and manipulate, the advice from police is the same: pause before sharing, check the original source and date, look for confirmation from official police accounts, and treat invitations to meet strangers, especially at night or in isolated places, as a serious warning sign.
目前，证据指向的并非真实的"帽子猫"，而是由拍卖的电影服装、穿着服装的人、AI生成的材料和未经验证的帖子构建的快速发展的网络故事。 无论这些说法最初是开玩笑还是故意制造恐吓和操控，警方的建议都是一样的：在分享前请暂停，核对原始消息来源和日期，寻找官方警方报告的证实，并将邀请陌生人，尤其是在夜间或偏僻地点，视为严重的警示信号。
The rapidly evolving trend terrorising or tantalising teenagers on TikTok across the UK and Ireland is a reminder that online fear can quickly spill into the real world.
英国和爱尔兰TikTok上快速演变的恐吓或诱惑青少年的趋势提醒我们，网络恐惧可能迅速蔓延到现实世界。
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