‘Psychopathic’ Manitoba AI Easter Bunny ‘maybe just dealing with a lot,’ says creator

Canadian History Ehx podcast used AI to generate an Easter Bunny suited to each province. Most are depicted as noble adventurers but Manitoba's is disturbing.

A Canadian history podcaster used AI to generate an Easter Bunny for every province and territory — an idea seemingly as sweet as a basket of chocolate Easter treats.

British Columbia’s plaid-clad bunny in hipster glasses against a picturesque mountain backdrop, Quebec’s impeccably-dressed bunny sipping coffee on a trendy patio and Nunavut’s Easter Bunny — so dapper in a parka on the tundra under the northern lights — garnered 38,000 shares and nearly 2,000 comments on Canadian History Ehx’s Facebook page.

Even Nova Scotia’s moody fishing bunny, navigating a rough sea, had charm, as did Newfoundland’s older, distinguished beer-loving bunny.

“Can I buy prints?” asked one Facebook commenter. “You did well in presenting each of our provinces… luv them all,” wrote another.

But stopping many mid-scroll was Manitoba’s Easter Bunny, looking possibly rabid in the driver’s seat of a rusted-out blue pickup truck — only slightly bluer than the rabbit’s dishevelled fur.

“Oooooh Manitoba bunny looks angry,” wrote one commenter. “Manitoba deserves a better bunny,” wrote another. Hundreds more expressed shock, confusion and a lot of LOLs.

Creator Craig Baird of Canadian History Ehx, grins when asked, “What’s up with Manitoba’s Easter Bunny?”

“I always like to have one that gets people talking,” Baird tells Global News from his home in Stony Plain, Alta., 40 km west of Edmonton.