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New Netflix Bus Stop Ad Moves, Breathes, & Creeps People Out

A naked mannequin vacuum sealed in plastic is seen 'breathing' through a face mask at a West Hollywood bus stop. Is it creepy or cool?

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – The mundanity of heads buried in iPhones while waiting for the bus is no more. In West Hollywood, a new advertisement popped up at the bus stop at Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Heights and it'll send shivers down your spine.

A naked mannequin vacuum sealed in plastic, coated in thick white goo, is seen 'breathing' through a face mask, and it's creeping bus riders out.

"Is that a real person?" one asked a Fox 11 news anchor.

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"It's too, uh, like a ghost or a dead body," another one said.

Some, however, aren't so bothered.

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"It moves, yeah," one man told the news anchor.

"If it makes you uncomfortable they're doing the right thing artistically, right?" another said.

The ad is for the Netflix show 'Altered Carbon,' which examines life and death, and premieres on Netflix on Friday, according to Fox 11.

See the new life-like bus stop companion below:

Image via Youtube screen grab

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