Dunedin mosh pit poo ‘the size of a shoe’ goes international

A bizarre incident at a Devilskin concert in Dunedin, New Zealand, where a man allegedly defecated in a mosh pit, has gained international media attention. The band has responded to the viral story by jokingly marketing a 'Diaper of Doom' to prevent future occurrences.
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The chaos caused by a Dunedin man’s loose deuce being shaken out on the dance floor has made headlines across the globe. After it was revealed yesterday a pit pooper left a large, steaming biohazard in the mosh pit of a Devilskin concert at the University of Otago’s Union Hall on Saturday, the story has floated across the world. News sites in the United Kingdom, in the United States, and beyond have picked up the news. American online media magazine Loudwire published a story under the headline “New Zealand Metal Show Ruined by ‘Huge Mess of S*** in the Pit’.”, and United Kingdom alternative music media company Louder had a headline that read “’And then everyone else starts vomiting’ Metal gig in New Zealand marred by extreme poo incident in moshpit”. Devilskin themselves have got in the act and come up with a novel way of preventing repeat incidents.
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