Travis Scott’s Concert Called ‘Satanic Panic Ritual?' Wild Conspiracy Theory Grows On Social Media
"Satanic Panic" began trending on social media Monday, days after Travis Scott's Astroworld concert performance in Houston, where eight people died and hundreds were injured.
Conspiracy theorists have seized on the appearance of the stage.
“Anyone else notice that the stage is an inverted cross leading to a portal to Hell?” one TikTok video questioned.
The video received more than a million views in a day.
The tragedy at AstroWorld, a music festival that attracted 50,000 attendees, has gained national attention.
Conspiracy theories have often followed events that involved events that led to deaths. In October, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was found liable for damages in defamation lawsuits brought by the parents of children killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012. Jones, who hosts the far-right program "InfoWars," had claimed that the mass shooting was a hoax.
Social media users have cited symbols from the concert as evidence of a "demonic purpose."
Other theories on social media point to the numbers on Scott's shirt. Also noted was that Kris Jenner, the mother of Scott's girlfriend Kylie Jenner, celebrated her 66th birthday on Nov. 5 and that “Astroworld was exactly 666 months + 6 days after the founding of the Church of Satan,” one Twitter post reads.
Conspiracy theorists also cited Scott's tweet on Tuesday, “Feast this Friday,” as a suspicion of a “sacrifice.”
Henrik Palmgren, the head of redice.tv.com, tweeted on Saturday, “Travis Scott did a sacrifice,” suggesting the deaths at the concert were a satanic sacrifice.
He also pointed to the concert’s marketing phrase, “See you on the other side,” as a reference to hell.
Daily Wire podcaster Matt Walsh tweeted on Monday, “Travis Scott is a satanic weirdo who regularly encourages his crowds to get out of control and violent. He kept playing that night even as people were dying all around him. He's 100 percent responsible and should be arrested and charged. This shouldn't even be a discussion.”
The idea of a “satanic panic” stems from the 1980s and 1990s when some believed that satanic cults were indoctrinating children through heavy metal music.
Some users on Twitter quickly dismissed the “satanic panic” trend.
"If you’re claiming that what happened at that travis scott concert was witchcraft or a ritual sacrifice you’re extremely tone deaf. people died because of extreme negligence, stupidity, and disregard for safety and you’re on the internet trying to claim that the devil did this," a Twitter user tweeted.
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