A butt-naked humanoid creep is the internet’s worst new viral star. The main character in a video known only as “Hi Stranger” has been described as “the creepiest thing ever,” “exceptionally weird,” ...

What hath God (or late-night TV chat shows) wrought? If you’ve existed on the internet over the last month, you’ve probably seen “Hi Stranger,” Kirsten Lepore’s creepy, ASMR-ish bit of stop-motion ...

Animator Kirsten Lepore uploaded “Hi Stranger,” a stop-motion cartoon of a soft-speaking naked man, to her Vimeo collection in October, but she kept it private for months. This week, Lepore unlocked ...

As someone who sorts through internet content for a living, many of my normal human responses have been deadened. Shame, horror, and the more pleasant side effects of emotional manipulation, like joy, ...