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Florida Grim Reaper refers to a viral video of lawyer Daniel Uhlfelder dressed as the grim reaper in a local news broadcast. Uhlfelder was protesting the May 1st reopening of Florida's beaches amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

Origin

On May 1st, 2020, Daniel Uhlfelder appeared at Mirimar Beach In Walton County, Florida dressed as the grim reaper to protest the reopening of beaches in the state, which he felt was premature amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

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The footage began going viral after the clip of Uhlfelder speaking to a local ABC affiliate was posted to Twitter by user @AdamParkhomenko,^[1] gaining over 61,000 retweets and 225,000 likes (shown below).

After Parkhomenko's tweet, Twitter users began commenting on the ominousness of the video. User @MarcusGilmer^[2] posted a still of the video, commenting, "So how’s the reopening of beaches going in Florida, you ask?", gaining over 3,900 retweets and 14,000 likes (shown below, left). User @Millicentsomer^[3] tweeted, "what surprises me most is how unassuming and sensible the Grim Reaper turned out to be," gaining over 300 retweets and 1,800 likes (shown below, right). Tweets about the grim reaper appearance were covered by Twitter Events.^[4]

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