UPDATED(2/13)This is possibly the most disturbing thing I’ve seen on the Interweb. I’m sorry for inflicting this upon all of you.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Always consult a mushroom field guide before consuming wild mushrooms. Eating random wild mushrooms may result in various side effects, including DEATH.
The mushroom featured in this video is Amanita Muscaria, a psychedelic but otherwise harmless mushroom. Thanks to the hundreds of mushroom experts that have commented. I am in your debt.
After a rigorous session of super-sleuthing, I was able to find out more about this guy. It seems that he is a performance artist from Japan that goes by the name of ‘wotaken.’ Here’s his home page: http://katura.is.land.to/index.html
So this video was created by a third year Game Development student at UOIT. This is the final animation for an Animation Arts class. My friend Colin used all the techniques that were taught by this professor. And as you can see, he made the best animation with what was taught. Seriously, it’s genius.