'Welcome to your nightmares': Sochi mascots include 'giant pedo bear' [pics, Vine]

It’s official: The Sochi Olympic mascots are creepy as hell.

The mascots take the stage #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/URZm4ofKD3

— Olympics (@Olympics) February 7, 2014

Especially this guy:

welcome to your nightmares pic.twitter.com/Tgkh7tw4Wj

— heather schmelzlen (@anchorlines) February 7, 2014

So that’s what happens when you drink the face water.

The Sochi mascot bear is creepy af

— Kay ☮ (@Kaylee_OBrien) February 7, 2014

That bear mascot at the Sochi Olympic ceremonies is creeping me out. #justsayin

— Bill West (@BillWest5) February 7, 2014

#Sochi2014 mascot looks high. #WinterOlympics #SochiBear pic.twitter.com/NuwJBkdrr5

— Peter Kash (@PeterKash) February 7, 2014

https://twitter.com/j_ferguson1878/status/431849251661180929

Sochi's bear mascot looks high as fuck lmao

— Zachary Taylor (@5thTheGawd) February 7, 2014

#SochiBear is the Jacqueline Bisset of the #Olympics.

— Lori Rackl (@lorirackl) February 7, 2014

Well, that’s one way to put it.

https://twitter.com/BlancoQR/status/431849509925044224

https://twitter.com/ASouthernHippie/status/431844641361498112

The Sochi Olympics bear mascot really scares me pic.twitter.com/rqe83324Wm

— Matt (@MattyRadz) February 7, 2014

https://twitter.com/jamesprazuch/status/431850933446647808

https://twitter.com/PaulSzoldra/status/431855656115519488

So, one of the #sochi mascots is a slightly tipsy bear? Okay makes sense. pic.twitter.com/OLVo9rntiu

— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) February 7, 2014

https://twitter.com/Flavia_Isabel/status/431849880646975488

"@SochiVines: The terrifying Sochi Bear blinking its horrible eyes at the Opening Ceremony http://t.co/3M3aLXaNBL" / jajajaja

— Francisco Muñoz (@pacomunoz81) February 7, 2014

Gah!

Sochi bear staaaaahp

— OG Babanoby (@BaBaJ0n) February 7, 2014

Seriously. It was bad enough the first time around:

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/431847224776355841

Wasn't this Sochi Opening Ceremonies bear dancing with Miley at those VMAs? pic.twitter.com/OcBtFauQcK via @anchorlines

— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) February 7, 2014

So what now? Do we try to resist the terrible bear stare, or do we just accept defeat?

I, for one, welcome our new terrifying Sochi bear mascot overlords.

— Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) February 7, 2014