# I Knew This Was Happening I Knew This Was Happening is a viral catchphrase from a mid-2010s Surrey Creep Catchers sting video, where a man named Edward calmly greets his ambusher. The clip roared back on TikTok in late 2024 and early 2025 through '99.99% Accuracy' recreations and mashups with other trending audio. ## Overview I Knew This Was Happening is a viral video and catchphrase pulled from a mid-2010s 'predator-catching' sting by the Canadian vigilante group Surrey Creep Catchers[2]. In the clip, a short man named Edward, wearing a blue Armani Exchange shirt with sunglasses propped on his head, greets the cameraman with, 'Oh, yeah, I knew this was happening... Yeah, I know this! I know this is happening. Thank you!'[1]. His stature earned him the nickname '4'11 Pred' among viewers. The footage sat mostly dormant for years before blowing up on TikTok across late 2024 and early 2025 through '99.99% Accuracy' recreations, greenscreen edits, and mashups with other trending audio clips[1]. ## How It Spread YouTuber Mike Fox published a reaction breakdown on September 25th, 2021, which drew roughly 193,700 views over four years[2]. The bigger jump came after @creepcatchercanada's 2024 TikTok repost. On August 20th, 2024, TikToker @igreenscreenthings uploaded a greenscreen template of the scene that pulled in over 18,200 likes in five months[3]. Creators started dropping Edward into new scenarios. On August 30th, 2024, TikToker @youngboywannab placed the footage in a school hallway with a POV caption about catching a friend walking around with a freshman, hitting more than 51,700 likes[1]. By January 2025, users were splicing Edward's line together with clips from other viral videos like Johnnie Walker in the War Room With Tristan Tate and Friggin' Packet Yo[1]. TikToker @reidosu posted one such stitched mashup on January 18th, 2025, that earned over 225,700 likes in ten days[5]. On January 27th, 2025, TikToker @sniff_maxwell_jr posted a '97.53% Accuracy' recreation shot inside Fortnite that received over 60,100 likes in a single day[4]. ## How to Use Recreations typically match Edward's wardrobe (blue AX shirt, sunglasses on top of the head) and mimic his line delivery beat-for-beat, with an 'accuracy' percentage in the caption. Others drop the source clip into greenscreens with POV captions about catching a friend or classmate, or edit Edward's line together with quotes from other viral videos into stitched mashups. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is I Knew This Was Happening? It's a viral catchphrase from a Surrey Creep Catchers sting video, in which a man named Edward calmly tells the cameraman, 'Oh, yeah, I knew this was happening... Yeah, I know this! I know this is happening. Thank you!'[1]. ### Where did I Knew This Was Happening come from? The original confrontation was filmed by the Canadian vigilante group Surrey Creep Catchers and posted to their Facebook and YouTube channels in 2016[2]. ### What does I Knew This Was Happening mean? Online, the line is used as a 'caught in the act' response, treating Edward's oddly casual reaction as a reusable reaction quote[1]. ### How do you use I Knew This Was Happening? TikTokers mostly recreate the scene with an 'accuracy' percentage in the title, drop the clip into greenscreen POVs, or splice the line into mashups with other trending audio like Friggin' Packet Yo[1]. ### Is I Knew This Was Happening still popular? It peaked on TikTok in late 2024 and early 2025, with recreations like @sniff_maxwell_jr's Fortnite version pulling over 60,100 likes in a day in late January 2025[4]. ## References 1. [https://www.tiktok.com/@creepcatchercanada/video/7352265758593797381]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-knew-this-was-happening]() 3. [https://www.tiktok.com/@igreenscreenthings]() 4. [https://www.tiktok.com/@sniff_maxwell_jr]() 5. [https://www.tiktok.com/@reidosu]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/i-knew-this-was-happening Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library