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A startling image supposedly showing a tourist at Yellowstone National Park who received a face full of quills after taking a selfie with a porcupine is frequently circulated on social media: When the image was shared in June 2019, it was accompanied by a bit of text describing how this alleged touron, a derogatory term that combines tourist and moron, managed to get his entire face and torso covered in porcupine quills: This is a genuine photograph that does not appear to have been digitally altered in any way. However, the image has nothing to do with tourons, Yellowstone National Park, or porcupines. This photograph was taken circa May 2018 in Morocco and shows a student from the Institute of Fine Arts in Tetouan preparing for a performance art project. According to the Morocco news outlet Le 360, this student covered his body in plastic needles and then took to the streets of Tetouan. The student's appearance was so startling that he was eventually stopped by local law enforcement: A few photographs of this student standing in a highly trafficked area with a police officer can be seen in the following video report:
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