It's okay. Calm down. Just breathe. Everything is fine.
The acid has not turned on you -- that demented, vaguely avian vision you see is just the 2015 Women's World Cup mascot.
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Her name is Shuéme, and she's a young female Great White Owl. She was first unveiled in June, but most soccer fans got their first look at her on Saturday during the draw for the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.
Per FIFA:
Shuéme, whose name is inspired by the French word for owl (chouette) as a tribute to Canada’s status as a bilingual nation, embraces the expansive and inclusive soul of Canada as a multicultural country, and will become a familiar sight from coast to coast in the months ahead.
She also looks pretty freaky in pseudo-humanoid form, as seen atop this post, and here:
To be fair, though, Shuéme does look much better in cartoon form:
Aw, what a cute little owl mascot! But this one? This one will have us sleeping with one eye open, gripping our pillows tight, for weeks to come:
Sweet dreams, kiddos.
Still, Shuéme's creepiness factor is nothing compared to the New Orleans Pelicans' mascot, Pierre:
Now that's scary.
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