A member of pop-punk Waterparks was accused of being a in a new internet bit. was suddenly slammed with controversy and allegations of being a mass murderer. Awsten Knight, the quirky lead singer of the band, only sought to feed into the joke, making it difficult for outsiders to tell the truth of the matter.
He unearthed an old video of himself giving an interview where he basically predicted the future. In the interview, he said: "'Where's Otto?' Um, not here! Usually I don't know where Otto is. I'm like, 'What are you doing?' He's like, 'I'm just doing some stuff,' so if Otto turns out to be a serial killer in like six years this is gonna age horribly.
" Luckily, the drummer is not a serial killer, but the bit did begin due to a very real murderer. Unfortunately, the musician shares a name with a Depression-era criminal from North Carolina. He spent much of his early life riddled with legal trouble until it all amounted to a murder trial.
The late Otto wood was convicted of second-degree murder in 1923, but escaped from prison multiple times, leading to his own murder by police officers. With this in mind, fans took everything a bit too seriously, posting on social media as if their beloved drummer really was the killer. Awsten, who keeps a bit of an eccentric existence online, only furthered the belief and blurred the lines between reality and fiction.
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