Stranger Things fans think they’ve spotted Jeffrey Dahmer strolling behind Sadie Sink in season 4 episode-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

Stranger Things fans think they’ve spotted an unlikely high schooler strolling around in the background of a recent episode.

Following the release of new true crime drama Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which stars American Horror Story star Evan Peters as Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Netflix viewers actually think they’ve seen Dahmer in a scene featuring Sadie Sink, who plays Max Mayfield.

Dahmer was convicted of brutally killing 17 victims, all male, between the years of 1978 and 1991. Following his capture by police, he was eventually imprisoned in 1992, and once in prison, died at the age of 34 after being beaten to death by another inmate.

Stranger Things 4 meanwhile, set in the fictional town Hawkins, Indiana, takes place in the mid-1980s, when Dahmer would have been around 25-years-old.

But that hasn’t stopped fans thinking he’s featured in the background of an episode, after seeing someone who looks almost like him.

TikTok users have gotten caught up in the bizarre crossover, as the clip of Max getting off the school bus has circulated.

Evan Peters plays the cannibal serial killer in Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Picture: Netflix / BACKGRID)

‘Help why is he here,’ one fan wrote, while another added: ‘He was there and I didn’t notice that, like what.’

Many more shared how stunned they were, writing: ‘Omg,’ although one clarified: ‘That’s wrong because Dahmer graduated from high school in ’78 and Stranger Things season 4 was based in the year ’86.’

‘He just looks like any other 80’s kid,’ someone else commented, with another adding: ‘A lot of people from that era wore those glasses and had their hair that way.’

Fans think ‘Jeffrey’ was behind Max during an episode of Stranger Things (Picture: Netflix)

Viewers have been left feeling pretty traumatised after watching Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, while many are praising the fact that it doesn’t glamourise the serial killer.

Dahmer operated in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States and while still at large, he was referred to as the Milwaukee Monster by the media.

He was eventually caught when a victim of his managed to escape from captivity and flag down two police officers.

The ‘twisted’ series has left viewers feeling sick (Picture: Netflix)

Dahmer was convicted of brutally killing 17 victims (Picture:: Kypros/REX/Shutterstock)

The ten-part series is told through the lives of the victims who were impacted by the systemic racism and institutional failures of the police that allowed Dahmer to continue his killing spree from 1978 to 1991.

It also focuses on errors made by the Wisconsin police forces during their hunt for him, and has been praised by viewers for not glamourising serial killers.

‘”Please let’s not romanticise or glamorise Jeffrey Dahmer.” Why is everybody repeating that? They must have not actually watched this. There is no romanticizing or glamorizing,’ one person wrote.

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Another penned: ‘If anyone thinks that the Dahmer series was made to glorify another serial killer, it definitely doesn’t. It left me with tears in my eyes and had me sick to my stomach, and 100% paints him as the monster he was.’

A third wrote: ‘I was kinda p***ed that there was another Jeffrey Dahmer show on Netflix but I think this one was needed. Most of the time serial killer shows get portrayed with an attractive persona. And sometime they almost glorify the actual person. But this new show is just repulsing.’

Stranger Things and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story are both available to watch on Netflix.

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