Photo of cloaked figure sparks Facebook frenzy

[lester1/2jr]

Is this actually a still from a movie anyone here has seen?

http://www.gastongazette.com/article/20150817/NEWS/150819052

Some online commenters suggested the cloaked person was performing a Pagan ritual.
If that is true, there's no reason to feel threatened, according to Heather Darnell with Piedmont Pagan Pride.
A Pagan person may make offerings while wearing a cloak, but there would be nothing violent about it, she said, and it likely wouldn't be done in an apartment complex during the day.
"We do it privately. It's not for publicconsumption," she said.
Darnell speculated that the photos were either staged or potentially the act of someone new to Paganism.
If it is a hoax, Darnell said she finds the photos offensive.
"It looks like someone is deliberately trying to create havoc," she said. "I think it's pretty ugly and irresponsible if someone is just trying to get attention."

[claws]

Must be a slow social media day. Always amazing how people give way too much attention over, well, nothing.

[Jack]

Not 100% sure but I think it's from this movie

[akiratubo]

That was the first thing that came to my mind as well: someone cosplaying The Emperor.

[lester1/2jr]

Claws- you sound like you know something better fess up

[claws]

haha no, I only meant what I said. Put a cloaked friend in your backyard and snap a pic through your window. "Uuuuuuuh how disturbing! Evil cloaked figure is prowling the neighborhood!" 

[Chainsawmidget]

haha no, I only meant what I said. Put a cloaked friend in your backyard and snap a pic through your window. "Uuuuuuuh how disturbing! Evil cloaked figure is prowling the neighborhood!" 

Oh, like you've never had an evil cloaked figure prowling your neighborhood.   

[lester1/2jr]

It's totally real. There is a magical dark person doing strange rituals it's the end of the world.