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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 害羞草研究所榗hestburster害羞草研究所� model.

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captured the sequence that starts as an innocent maternity shoot in the pumpkin patch at at McNab害羞草研究所檚 Corn Maze in Ladysmith before an alien bursts through Nicole害羞草研究所檚 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 害羞草研究所渟tumbled in as the best zombie I害羞草研究所檝e ever seen.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淪he害羞草研究所檚 no stranger to getting herself full of blood for a costume,害羞草研究所� Cameron said.

Alien is also among his favourite from the thriller genre and his late father害羞草研究所檚 name is James Cameron, although there is no relation to the director.

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This isn害羞草研究所檛 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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