The Rape Sloth meme, also frequently referred to as 'Sloth Facing,' features a brown-throated three-toed sloth looking over its shoulder with a wide-eyed, unsettling grin. It first gained viral notoriety around 2011 on platforms like Reddit and 4chan, where users paired the image with captions suggesting a creepy, invasive presence or dark situational humor, often accompanied by the whisper 'Shhh.' Over time, the meme evolved into a broader symbol for anything unexpectedly creepy or inevitable. While its name originates from a more provocative era of internet culture, it remains a staple for shock humor and absurd situational comedy, representing the ultimate 'creeper' archetype in the animal kingdom.