An alarming incident unfolded at the '31st Hanteo Music Awards' as reports emerged of an audience member allegedly defecating in the standing section.

Across various online forums, netizens expressed astonishment at a series of incidents during the event, including accounts of individuals encountering human waste on the ground floor of the standing section.

On the social media platform X, Korean netizens recounted being able to detect the odor amid the crowd, prompting security guards to investigate the area. 

According to a post, pleas to "halt the event" surfaced "as attendees struggled to cope with the discomfort."

Some witnesses noted that several artists allegedly reacted to the odor, visibly displeased as they "pinched their noses" in response.

Meanwhile, a large portion of netizens expressed sympathy for the anonymous individual, with reports and speculations suggesting they may have been unable to navigate the densely packed crowd.

Moreover, the term for 'The person who pooped' trended on X in South Korea, sparking a flurry of over 13,000 posts on the platform.

More reactions include:

"If this happened because that person was handle it without being able to penetrate the crowd, then that person would have been f****** traumatized"

"This isn't funny, I pity the person...why couldn't they let them pass through..."

"Oh god, if it really was an accident, I feel sorry for them...what could that person do"

"I heard there was someone who peed before this person who pooped lol the event just became 'Toilet Awards'"

"I would have been hella traumatized if I pooped in front of my bias and saw my bias pinching their nose...I feel so sorry for the person"

"This makes me scared to ever go to the standing area"

"Oh my god..."

"The fans couldn't even go to the bathroom properly??"

"There were people shouting not to push because there was poop in front of them and apparently one of the security guards said it was a good thing this happened because people would then stop pushing and start being more careful lol"

"I'm so sorry; it's no laughing matter but I don't know why this makes me laugh so much..."

"This is still hard to believe...it sounds like some horror story"

"I can't believe this apparently happened right in front of the artists"

"This all has to do with the crazy 'seating' for the standing section. It's a good thing that what ended up happening was just some poop incident; imagine something greater and more serious had happened in that crazy crowd"

"They said this really happened, though. The security guard came with a flashlight"

"I don't believe that the person pooped because they wanted to... I just feel so bad for them"

"Can't we just pretend this never happened for the sake of the person"

"I can't believe that person will have to deal with this trauma their entire life"

"I wonder how that person got home safely...I feel so bad"

In related news, the '31st Hanteo Music Awards' is currently receiving criticism online for the lack of partitions in the standing area.