Pyramid Pete originally was started on 4chan on the 7th of August, 2015. The picture consists of an autistic child “pretending” to hold a pyramid. A 4chan user posted a thread with the content
"Hey guys,
I was wondering if you could photoshop the pyramid on my sons hand.
He hasn’t seen the pictures yet, so could be fun to show him doing something for once!
Thanks /b/!"
After this was posted, many people edited the picture into various things such as Pyramid Pete holding a ball sack or himself.
One hour later there was over 50+ original pictures of Pyramid Pete developed by various 4chan users.