When the program aired, the viewership soared by 2.3 percentage points in the last twenty minutes.
The next day, the tabloid headlines became unscrupulous:
The Daily Star: "Bloodsucking Demon King? Rumors of Mexico's strongman's 'special diet' are rampant!"
The Sun: "Human or Beast? Experts question Santos' abnormal physical traits!"
Paris Competition Magazine was relatively reserved, but the cover used a deep and penetrating close-up of Victor, with the title: "Under the Mask: The Mystery of Mexico."
More "professional" media began to delve into the so-called "mystical background."
A second-rate German science magazine published a long article tracing the "potential links from Aztec Sun God rituals to modern political worship," although the entire article was filled with "possibly," "perhaps," "scholars speculate," yet pieced together, it created an eerie atmosphere.
