MR TAYTO IS facing a vicious campaign of online abuse from a group lobbying him to ‘Bring Back The Old Snax’.

After launching on Facebook last month, the Bring Back The Old Snax campaign has taken to Twitter, where they are indefatigably replying to anyone talking about crisps.

Basically, the ghost of original Snax is bitter and it wants revenge.

It is calling for an investigation:

It hints at dark, dark secrets in the Tayto factory:

@Cait_RnR not one pack of real snax though.I bet they didn't show you the basement they keep us in. — Original Snax (@bringbacksnax) March 24, 2014 Source: Original Snax /Twitter

It makes outright accusations:

It makes True Detective references:

We like to consider ourselves the #RustCohle of the crisp world.immersed in darkness but fighting everyday to get back to the light — Original Snax (@bringbacksnax) March 11, 2014 Source: Original Snax /Twitter

Even Mr Tayto’s bumbling appearance on Australian TV could not appease the Snaxtivists:

We asked the campaign whether they had heard from Tayto. This is all we got:

Mr Tayto is yet to reply. But surely it can only be a matter of time?