By William Hetherington /
Yangmingshan National Park’s Qingtiangang (擎天崗) nature area has gone viral after a park livestream camera observed a couple in the throes of intimate congress, which was broadcast live on YouTube, drawing large late-night crowds and sparking a backlash over noise, bright lights and disruption to wildlife habitat.The area’s livestream footage appeared to show a couple engaging in sexual activity on a picnic table in the park on Friday last week, with the uncensored footage streamed publicly online. The footage quickly spread across social media, prompting a tide of visitors to travel to the site to “check in” and recreate the scene with the table where the incident took place.In an apparent attempt to curb the trend of copycats, park staff removed the table on Friday afternoon. It did not stay away for long, as visitors later moved it back to its original spot for photos, prompting comments from social media users, making comments such as “preservation of a non-cultural heritage site,” “Taiwanese people have a remarkable way of creating shared memories” and “a tendency to unite over the most unexpected things.”
A screengrab from Yangmingshan National Park’s livestream shows people watching a person dance at the site on Saturday evening.
