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If you, like the rest of the internet, have been swept up in the trainwreck that was the Willy Wonka Experience held in an empty warehouse in Glasgow last weekend, we have good news. While you may no longer be able to witness the real event in person, you can always relive it vicariously through your Sims. <\/p>\n

Glasgow’s Willy Wonka Experience has gone viral for its emptily-decorated space<\/a>, its AI-generated scripts<\/a>, and the random shadowy figure called The Unknown<\/a> who was scaring children.<\/p>\n

The whole thing went so badly, it was cancelled halfway through Saturday<\/a> after police were called to the event, but not before someone could snap one of the most memorable pictures from it – a sad Oompa Loompa<\/a> being forced to conduct experiments by event organiser House of Illuminati.<\/p>\n

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If you, like the rest of the internet, have been swept up in the trainwreck that was the Willy Wonka Experience held in an empty warehouse in Glasgow last weekend, we have good news. While you may no longer be able to witness the real event in person, you can always relive it vicariously through your Sims. Glasgow’s Willy Wonka Experience has gone viral for its emptily-decorated space, its AI-generated scripts, and the random shadowy figure called The Unknown who was scaring children. The whole thing went so badly, it was cancelled halfway through Saturday after police were called to the event, but not before someone could snap one of the most memorable pictures from it – a sad Oompa Loompa being forced to conduct…<\/p>\n

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