I clicked on your link & then right clicked on the message. The box that came up doesn't even offer me "open image in new tab". Windows 10 & Edge.
browser.
I clicked everything but no improvement. "Save picture as" just saves the Photobucket image below.
Back again, anorak to the death.
I am on Windows 7 and using Chrome. The scenario I described used this setup.
I read and replied to Tug Fanatic's post from my Iphone.
Back on my laptop (rebooted) I could still see the photographs instead of the ransom note but after I cleared my cache I was back to square one with the ransom note. The fix obviously works for me while the image is still in my cache.
All mildly interesting but not of any practical use if I am the only person on Mayhem who can see the images in the post and am willing to keep a huge picture cache.
Andy