A Nanaimo couplessa国际传媒� horror-inspired maternity photo shoot in a local pumpkin patch has turned into a viral sensation thatsa国际传媒檚 gone around the world.

Todd Cameron and his wife Nicole are expecting their first child on Oct. 17 and decided to break from tradition with a photo shoot inspired by the chestburster scene from the 1979 film Alien.

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The Dad-to-be was rummaging through a garage sale this past summer when he found a silicone sa国际传媒榗hestburstersa国际传媒� model.

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captured the sequence that starts as an innocent maternity shoot in the pumpkin patch at at McNabsa国际传媒檚 Corn Maze in Ladysmith before an alien bursts through Nicolesa国际传媒檚 stomach and tries to make its escape. Eventually Todd captures the young extraterrestrial and comforts it with a soother and bottle of blood.

In less than 24 hours, the photos have been shared over 140,000 times and garnered over 60,000 likes. The couple have received media requests from across the United States including the Good Morning America website.

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The couple actually met on Halloween when Cameron was hosting a karaoke show and Nicole sa国际传媒渟tumbled in as the best zombie Isa国际传媒檝e ever seen.sa国际传媒�

sa国际传媒淪hesa国际传媒檚 no stranger to getting herself full of blood for a costume,sa国际传媒� Cameron said.

Alien is also among his favourite from the thriller genre and his late fathersa国际传媒檚 name is James Cameron, although there is no relation to the director.

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This isnsa国际传媒檛 the first time the Camerons have broken from tradition in the spirit of a good laugh.

Last year they made headlines for a proposal, wedding and baby announcement

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The real surprise for the Camerons could arrive any day.

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