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In a TikTok trend, grisly scenes of purple milkshake horror

In a photo provided by McDonald’s shows, the Grimace Shake introduced as part of the Grimace Birthday Meal. After McDonald’s introduced a beverage named after its bloblike character, Grimace, online video makers went to work. (Photo: New York Times)

NEW YORK: The scenes on social media are grisly. A body dangles out of the trunk of a sedan, dribbling purple goo. Another is draped across a basketball hoop with a net that has been stained lilac. A third splutters in a bathtub covered in dusky handprints.

The liquid splashed across these tableaus is not blood. It is an extremely purple milkshake from McDonald’s.

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