Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) or the more recent iteration, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), are movies that got stitched in the memories of many children of our world.
For that precise reason, when a real-life “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” event in Glasgow,Scotland, surfaced on the internet, many people didn’t think twice before buying a ticket for it, especially for their kids. But when they showed up for what was advertised as a “journey filled with wondrous creations and enchanting surprises at every turn,” they founddisappointmentin a nearly empty warehouse. Scroll down to read the full story!
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Childhood dreams are usually wonderful, but they can also make us more susceptible to some ridiculous scammers’ schemes
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A man saw an online ad for a Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory-themed event, which was supposed to be the ultimate experience
When he and his family got there, it took them 2 minutes to find their way through, only to reach a massive crowd of complaining people
But while thefunctionwas described as a fullWilly Wonkaexperience with chocolate fountains, what they found once they arrived was disappointing, to say the least. The man wrote that it took them 2 minutes to get through, just to see a complaining queue of people around the ‘showrunner.’
Once they got inside, instead of the promised attractions and performances, all they found was a near-empty warehouse with only a few decorations
However, in their Facebook profile, theHouse of Illuminaticompany that advertised the event kept trying to calm the situation. The page runner posted that they were made aware of someone called Richard Bone, who only pretended to be part of the company, and that they had no idea who he was. They promised returns for the tickets and announced that the company would not hold any other events in the foreseeable future.
People started demanding returns and even got the police involved, but the event still went on for a good while before being shut down
At the event, there were many people who traveled there from all over the UK, only to be left disappointed. There also were hired actors who were given large scripts for learning months in advance, just to be told to drop them at the last minute and improvise.
Communicationfrom the organizers at the time of the event was practically non-existent, and the tickets were still being sold online despite everyone saying that the event was canceled. The venue manager was just as dumbfounded as the people attending the event and kept emphasizing that his company was not responsible for any of this.
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For the cherry on top of this absurd story, theDaily Mailshared that the real person running this con is Billy Coull, a self-published author who has written 17 Chat-GPT-generated novels on Amazon, all in the last year. Aside from the House of Illuminati, Coull also runs companies Billy De Savage and Nexuma Holdings, which were formed within the previous year and registered under the same address in London.
As of yet, there is no information if any legal action is or will be taken against the con man behind the “Willy’s Chocolate Experience.” However, with how this story blew up, we can be sure that if something does happen, none of it will go down silently. But for now, all that’s left to do is enjoy the memes that are the products of this bizarre event and, for the attendees’ sake, hope that the promised refunds weren’t just another part of the scam.
The commenters were laughing at the absurdity of the situation and questioned how people fell for this con
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