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The original was posted on /r/sonicthehedgehog by /u/WOTPonderer on 2026-08-12 16:53:42+00:00.

I don't know if anyone cares to know this at this point, but I saw a few videos about it on YouTube.. choose whether to believe me or not but I really do assure you it's the honest to God truth (I don't know why anyone would lie about it).

I had an online friend around 2008/2009 who lived in Covina California. I was sending them memes of bootleg knockoff stuff I guess, and one day they sent me the infamous Obama/Harry Potter/Sonic photo. They thought I would find it funny. I posted it in a completely random thread on 4chan (somewhere on /b/) and forgot about it. Years later I saw it on the internet somewhere, some meme page. I couldn't believe it was popular at all, I have no idea how it got spread around from some 4chN thread. I never thought anyone would care about it at all.

That's really all there is to it. I saw someone say the backpack was from Los Angeles so perhaps it was, though for sure the person who took the pic lived in Covina. I assume no one cares about this but just thought I'd share!