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Photo of Peppers from the Ohio Electronic Sex offender Registry

Brian Peppers (born November 1, 1968) is a resident of Maumee, Ohio, a suburb of Toledo, Ohio who became the subject of an Internet meme that originated in 2005, concerning the circulation of his photograph, obtained from the Ohio Electronic Sex offender Registry.

The appearance of the photograph led many viewers to suggest that it was faked. Snopes investigated the case and was unable to establish that it was a fake. The Ohio Attorney General's office told them "This is an accurate photo of this offender."

Snopes suggests that Peppers' unusual appearance may be due to malformation of the cranium caused by a branchial arch condition such as Apert syndrome or Crouzon syndrome.

Crimes

Peppers was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 5 years probation thereafter in 1998 for the crime of "Gross Sexual Imposition". Gross Sexual Imposition is defined as unwilling sexual contact with one who is not one's spouse.

Internet meme

It is unclear where the meme originated. There are conflicting reports of which internet forum it was posted in first. It is known that his image was entered on Hot or Not. It is currently one of the popular fads on ytmnd, which has been going on since Fall 2005.

The actual truth about Brian Peppers?

On January 31st, 2006, YTMND user grimaf made a YTMND, The Actual Truth About Brian Peppers (sad story), which outlined the 'truth' about Mr. Peppers' condition. It stated that he is wheelchair bound, currently resides in a nursing home, and that his charges of gross sexual imposition were for groping a nurse.

Shortly after grimaf's site gained popularity throughout YTMND, February 1st 2006, a user claiming to be Brian Peppers' brother, Allen Peppers, signed up for an account and proceeded to create 'Letter About Brian Peppers', a YTMND outlining how grimaf's site had 'inspired him' to speak out about his brother and ask the YTMND users making derogatory sites about him to stop.

Allen Peppers became the subject of wide speculation, as many users did not believe him to be Brian Peppers brother, rather a YTMND user's alternate account leeching off the popularity of the Brian Peppers fad.

All speculation halted when Allen Peppers released a second site, 'From Allen Peppers', explaining that he had received considerable harrassment through emails and phone messages from people wanting to know the truth behind him. It then mentioned how Brian Peppers had 'left this world for good' the morning he created the YTMND. The letter soon changed to another slide showing Brian Peppers in a photoshop of Marty McFly from the 'Back to the Future' series, and the text 'btw, he left in a time machine, lol'.

Brian Peppers
Original YTMND:
Brian Peppers!
by DancinJesus
March 3, 2005
Worthy Spinoffs:
Brian Peppers, sexual predator Ewok Peppers Strikes! BRIAN PEPPERS IS BACK!!!1!11 Brian Peppers piano teacher Brian Peppers as told by Dr. Seuss
Used Music:
Yasunori Mitsuda - Bobonga (Chrono Trigger)

Brian Peppers as a fad

Brian No! is a fad about Brian Peppers, a registered sex offender with a facial deformity. The first YTMND was created by DancinJesus [1]. It featured a picture of Brian Peppers, together with the song "Yakety Sax", and text that reads "YOU GON GET RAPED!." However, the most popular take on this was an YTMND that included Brian Peppers hiding in a mailbox to look at a woman on a garden bench. The music used was "Burn! Bobonga!" from the SNES video game Chrono Trigger. This YTMND, "Brian Peppers, sexual predator", was created by user luvmoz on April 25, 2005.

The Reality Of Brian Peppers

When it comes down to it, the Brian Peppers "meme" basically amounts to "Let's pick on the fat kid with glasses that probably just wants to be left alone" played out on a global scale via the Internet. Brian Peppers is clearly a private citizen with a congenital defect who has certainly received more attention than he bargained for, and having a Wikipedia page on him gives the "meme" more currency than it deserves. Brian Peppers is not a photograph, not an entry on the Ohio Sex Offenders Registry, not an "internet phenomenon" or a "meme", not a YTMND, not that song from Chrono Trigger; he's an actual person. Sure, this is more of an appeal to emotion than logic and "process", but there are times when these things should be taken into account.

References

Snopes.com - Who's A Pepper?

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