GameStop shares surged as much as 13% in post-market trading on 2026-05-12 after cryptic posts from Keith Gill’s Roaring Kitty account appeared and were deleted, before the stock reversed some of the gain. [1, 2]
Gill, the financial influencer known as Roaring Kitty, was a key figure in the 2021 meme-stock rally that sent GameStop shares soaring. [1, 2]
The posts were deleted shortly after they were published. The Edge Malaysia said that happened less than an hour later, around 5:40 p.m. New York time on 2026-05-12. [1]
Chewy shares also rose after the posts and then erased those gains. The stock was up as much as 3% before turning lower. [1]
Social media users speculated about possible account hacking, fraud or a rug pull after the posts appeared and vanished. [2]
The reports differed on the content of the deleted post. The Edge Malaysia described images including a cat and Pepe the Frog wearing Roaring Kitty’s red bandanna, while the Chinese-language report described a suspicious tweet pointing to a PumpFun token contract address on Solana. [1, 2]
The Chinese-language report said the Roaring Kitty X account had been inactive for about 16 months before the post appeared on 2026-05-11. [2]
The account’s rapid deletion kept traders guessing after the posts briefly jolted GameStop and Chewy shares. [1, 2]
