Mysterious black-robed figures at Bayern Munich game stir up controversy

Eleven men dressed in identical black robes were present in the stands to the surprise of bewildered fans at the Allianz Arena.

A group of mysterious figures caused a stir in the crowd at Bayern Munich's clash with Hertha Berlin at the Allianz Arena on Saturday.

The 11 unknown men, each dressed in black robes and sitting in a line, were spotted making strange synchronized gestures during the league match, which Bayern won 3-2.

Situated six rows from the pitch just beside the halfway line in the stand opposite the broadcasting gantry, the group was also seen by TV viewers all across the world.

One fan, Torsten Schmidt, said: "It was very weird. They sat very still for a long time but then would hold their hands up together, or stand up in unison and then sit down again. Everyone near me was very confused. Some people laughed, some looked astonished. It was just very weird."

A key feature of their clothing was a circular symbol on the chest of their robes. It clearly resembled the logo spotted at a series of linked unexplained event over the past week.

The same symbol has been seen at locations across the globe, starting with the appearance of a hologram on Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf mountain on Sunday, 20 October.

A three-meter football displaying the sign then gouged a huge hole in the turf at London's amateur football hub Hackney Marshes 24 hours later, while New York City's Times Square was struck by similar images on the tourist spot's world famous digital billboards.

Further sightings of the symbol have been witnessed in the Copacabana neighborhood of Rio and on the Brazilian city's Santa Marta hill, but this is the first time that the mystery has spread to a professional football arena. Also repeatedly spotted at the locations has been the message: #WINNERTAKESEARTH

Reader Comments

poooolish · 2013-10-31T01:15:01Z

embarrasing

dear sott.net,
do you have some 13 year old on your team who is playing too many video games in his/her free time and is losing track of what's video game and what's real? and who is given permission to post those embarrassing articles under "news"? posting stuff like this on your website which apparently has not gone through even the most basic scrutiny is kind of embarrassing.
is there some internal sabotage going on on your team?

the professional and high gloss style of this video makes it pretty clear that this is a marketing gig: [Link]same for the website: [Link]
here it's spelled out for you: [Link]

apeguia · 2013-10-31T06:44:45Z

Indeed, it is obviously a publicity stunt. But you will notice that this was placed under the 'Don't Panic! Lighten Up!' category. So why don't you?

sass · 2013-11-01T18:01:42Z

Yes, yes, yes and especially yes > "the professional and high gloss style of this video makes it pretty clear that this is a marketing gig" der.

Comments on Youtube referring to that it's a Samsung campaign
[Link]:

Lucure I 2 days ago
Whois > MysteriousCirclesDOTcom
red.samsung.co.kr
green.samsung.co.kr

EvilMrDark 10 hours ago
wait, what?

Mario Dzidzanovic 24 minutes ago
I like that

Sophia Bomhof 1 hour ago
fuck you samsung go to hell

Rex Polanco 1 hour ago
Watch the new Video,This is a Samsung ad For Football.It explains it in the new video
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meriem ben 2 hours ago
samsung pleaase !! Shut up !!!!!

strangecaptain · 2013-10-31T06:25:45Z

It's obvious.

They're just trying to awaken Cthulu. That's all.

poooolish · 2013-10-31T12:49:36Z

this is the right category for it

initially it was under "society's child" - that's what was embarrassing about it.

sass · 2013-11-01T18:05:23Z

Should be under Society's Child; there's nothing light about the sophisticated sleight of hand marketing used to hypnotise us. And further, it's certainly not as it seems; not really about selling products actually.

poooolish · 2013-11-02T04:59:59Z

the title is crucial

if it was under "society's child" with the title "sophisticated sleight of hand marketing used to hypnotize us and condition us to see occult, dark and satanic symbols as normal everyday occurrences" then yes, society's child would be the right category.

but if it they put an article about an obvious marketing gig with the title "Mysterious black-robed figures at Bayern Munich game stir up controversy" under the society's child then it would lead one to believe that sott.net got duped themselves with that very marketing gig.

which i guess they realized now what happened. better late than never.