Hundreds Gather in Chicago to Move The Bean Seven Inches 'Viral Stunt'

Hundreds of people gathered at Chicago's Millennium Park on Sunday in an unusual attempt to move the city's iconic Cloud Gate sculpture, popularly known as The Bean, seven inches to the left.

The gathering was ignited by an absurd internet conspiracy theory claiming that a man was trapped inside the landmark.

According to UPI, flyers circulated throughout Chicago and online, urging people to join the effort with the message, "We need to move The Bean 7 inches to the left."

The first push was scheduled for 12:47 p.m.

The event initially garnered the



attention as a viral social media trend before flyers began appearing across downtown Chicago, reported CBS Chicago.

The online event-planning platform Partiful helped promote the gathering, with organisers offering humorous explanations for the unusual mission.

"There is a man trapped inside the bean," one organiser wrote on the event page.

"New research shows that there might be a latch door under the right side of The Bean. If we move The Bean about seven inches to the left, we might be able to access that door and give the man inside The Bean a pickle and other resources."