Everyone else here at home is asleep now... except me and my dog, so I can safely get on to update. I've been having trouble keeping up with happenings in the active cases, what with being on the road and keeping people from getting suspicious. Tonight though, I've caught up on Josh Rallus' case and, well, see for youself.
Josh linked this unlisted video on Friday (3/4), which I saw the day I left. Saturday morning he tweeted about heading out to Nathan's house with Austin and Spencer and since then, he's obviously been severely affected by something, as evidenced by his recent tweets. Amongst the messages were a number of URLs, encoded in ROT-13, that led to more hidden videos on his channel. I'm posting them here.
There is... a lot to discuss here. My most pressing question here is if the entity attacking them at the end truly is the Slender Man? He hasn't been seen wearing a hat in the videos previous to this, and the only record I know of at this point of Slender Man wearing a hat come from one of the Matthew Selby sketches from the Just Another Fool case... Is it an impostor or proxy dressed as him, or is his appearance undergoing an evolution?
From what I saw in the conclusion of the last video, it's some mirace Josh survived to be posting this. Josh, we've spoken before... please try to contact me if there's anything I can do. And be safe. I hope your mental state can recover from this.
My dog hasn't been reacting or acting suspiciously since I got home, and I take that to be a good thing. One assumes that animals can sense something so threatening and she'd give me some kind of sign if he was near. We have precedent for this with Rocky (Alex Kralie's dog) and Sparky reacting to the Rake. But this got me thinking... what is Slender Man's relation/behavior with animals? Does anyone have any stories to share about this? Has he been known to attack animals? Will animals attack him or simply flee?
3.07.2011
Ignorance
Haven't seen or heard a peep from you-know-who or fearfulXbenefactor since I was recording this early in the morning on Friday... but let me tell you, it's really screwed up my Spring Break plans. Yeah, shockingly I still had them, but I really don't want to take the chance of Him following me to my planned destination. So what am I doing right now? Be-bopping across the state to various relatives. One night each. All told maybe about 12 hours at each destination. Unfortunately, I've on the last one. I have little choice but to go "home" until the school reopens on Sunday.
My parents... and the rest of my family... have no fucking clue what's going on here. I've done everything in my power to keep them ignorant of the world of cosmic horrors just below the surface of my daily life. As someone who grew up with a close-knit family and deep seated commitments to them... distancing myself from them has been a painful and trying experience. But it's for the best... because they currently hold the most powerful card in the game...
Ignorance. Ignorance, not truth is the strongest card to hold. But Cairo, you may ask, then why all this work towards finding the Truth? Because... truth is the second strongest card. And if you know ANYTHING, if you've seen anything, if you've so much as heard His name, you can never hold the ignorance card again. We all start with it... but the moment you start playing the game you lose it and can never get it back. And I'm doing everything in my power to keep them out of the game.
So... contact will be limited while I'm there. Can't take the chance of them looking over my shoulder and asking what I'm working on. I'll try and get what I'm working on now up tomorrow before I leave, if not, you'll have to wait for Sunday. I pray nothing happens... if it does, I'll bolt for a hotel somewhere instead, although my limited funds may lead to a few nights in the car.
One last thing, please. If anything ever happens with me... don't try to contact my family, my friends, or anyone else who knew me. Don't drag them down with me.
3.04.2011
I Shouldn't Have Done That
I let my guard down last night. I am regretting it.
Late last night, eh, probably about 1:00 AM, I was filming a short video update for the Youtube channel. Basically just a place for people to request blogs for compilation and a brief bit of me talking about "Liar" and the benefactor situation. How did I let my guard down?
I had my door open. I used to let it hang open all the time, so that I could talk with passerby and friends on the floor. Invite them in to play some Smash Bros and what not. I always close, lock and/or bar the door when I'm asleep or out. But last night, for some reason, I had my door open, if only to feel a little less alone.
I saw what I can only assume was Benefactor. Don't know who he was, but I got some kind of idea. He was smaller than one might expect. Dare I say it, Slender... *slaps self* Bad joke, sorry. Jeans and a black hoodie with the hood drawn. Couldn't make out any details of his hair or face as he had his back to me almost the whole time. Well, he showed up at my door... evidently had the balls to leave a message on it with me standing right there. Soon as I saw that envelope with the Operator Symbol on it I chased after him. Unfortunately, he's quite fast and I'm quite fat. (This I plan to address over the summer, assuming I make it that far.) He made it to those tunnels you saw in the Fire Alarm video and I lost him... it's kind of a maze down there with lots and lots of doors.
So, I made it back to the room and checked out that envelope. You'll see what was in it shortly. But that's not the reason I didn't sleep last night.
I found it odd I hadn't seen him since that day in January.
Late last night, eh, probably about 1:00 AM, I was filming a short video update for the Youtube channel. Basically just a place for people to request blogs for compilation and a brief bit of me talking about "Liar" and the benefactor situation. How did I let my guard down?
I had my door open. I used to let it hang open all the time, so that I could talk with passerby and friends on the floor. Invite them in to play some Smash Bros and what not. I always close, lock and/or bar the door when I'm asleep or out. But last night, for some reason, I had my door open, if only to feel a little less alone.
I saw what I can only assume was Benefactor. Don't know who he was, but I got some kind of idea. He was smaller than one might expect. Dare I say it, Slender... *slaps self* Bad joke, sorry. Jeans and a black hoodie with the hood drawn. Couldn't make out any details of his hair or face as he had his back to me almost the whole time. Well, he showed up at my door... evidently had the balls to leave a message on it with me standing right there. Soon as I saw that envelope with the Operator Symbol on it I chased after him. Unfortunately, he's quite fast and I'm quite fat. (This I plan to address over the summer, assuming I make it that far.) He made it to those tunnels you saw in the Fire Alarm video and I lost him... it's kind of a maze down there with lots and lots of doors.
So, I made it back to the room and checked out that envelope. You'll see what was in it shortly. But that's not the reason I didn't sleep last night.
I found it odd I hadn't seen him since that day in January.
2.18.2011
Update on The Benefactor Situation
Well... after that sign showed up on my door Wednesday night, I had planned another round of walking around my floor and asking "Who the fuck is fucking with me?" but I never had the chance.
It seems that fearfulXbenefactor or not only knows my campus, but my building as well... I suppose that shouldn't surprise me if he carved those initials into the elevator. He may very well be on this floor for all I know.
As previously stated, precautions have been taken. I've got a pocketknife now. I've packed an emergency supply bag in case I need to get moving quickly (thanks for the idea GreyouTT) and I bar my door at night in addition to locking it. Then again, that seems to do little good against some of these guys.
I wanna take a minute to examine what he's done so far.
While I felt he was fake at the time and basically ignored it, I went back and more closely examined thefirst.avi. The gist of the message is that this isn't a game and that I was going to die. Vague threat is vague. Although taken with thethird.avi, I guess that was my first warning.
thesecond.avi was just him standing in the center of campus and turning around slowly... with some kind of weird distortion in one part that was repeated. The audio, as discovered by Hellershanks, was a warped version of a single line from this song. It makes no fucking sense to me.
Then thethird.avi comes up yesterday and some things make sense. He's pissed I ignored his "warning". He put's up the stop sign and says "2 of 3". Does that mean this is the second of three warnings?
HEED IT
NOT A JOKE
YOU VIOLATE THE OATH
I was asked about this on Twitter, and again, I have no clue what he means. Last oath I took was in the cub scouts when I was 11. Haven't testified on anything... I guess you consider the pledge of allegiance one but I don't see what that has to do with anything. I'll let you know if anything comes to mind.
Going to finish a new video tonight. everymanHYBRID compilation incoming. (So yeah, I'm not stopping. Up yours B(x)F.)
It seems that fearfulXbenefactor or not only knows my campus, but my building as well... I suppose that shouldn't surprise me if he carved those initials into the elevator. He may very well be on this floor for all I know.
As previously stated, precautions have been taken. I've got a pocketknife now. I've packed an emergency supply bag in case I need to get moving quickly (thanks for the idea GreyouTT) and I bar my door at night in addition to locking it. Then again, that seems to do little good against some of these guys.
I wanna take a minute to examine what he's done so far.
While I felt he was fake at the time and basically ignored it, I went back and more closely examined thefirst.avi. The gist of the message is that this isn't a game and that I was going to die. Vague threat is vague. Although taken with thethird.avi, I guess that was my first warning.
thesecond.avi was just him standing in the center of campus and turning around slowly... with some kind of weird distortion in one part that was repeated. The audio, as discovered by Hellershanks, was a warped version of a single line from this song. It makes no fucking sense to me.
Then thethird.avi comes up yesterday and some things make sense. He's pissed I ignored his "warning". He put's up the stop sign and says "2 of 3". Does that mean this is the second of three warnings?
HEED IT
NOT A JOKE
YOU VIOLATE THE OATH
I was asked about this on Twitter, and again, I have no clue what he means. Last oath I took was in the cub scouts when I was 11. Haven't testified on anything... I guess you consider the pledge of allegiance one but I don't see what that has to do with anything. I'll let you know if anything comes to mind.
Going to finish a new video tonight. everymanHYBRID compilation incoming. (So yeah, I'm not stopping. Up yours B(x)F.)
2.11.2011
Fragments
I've been sick the last few days. No coughing. At all. Just obscenely, constantly exhausted.
Today I want to share my thoughts on what I'm sure everyone else is thinking of:
No word if Jay's seen this yet.
"you are broken"
"you cannot be fixed"
I speculate this is referring to Jay's missing memories. Now how is this message meant to be taken? A statement? A warning? A threat? Why has totheark been silent until now?
I've heard some speculation that the photo is of Alex Kralie, but I'm not quite sold on that. I can't make out the similarities aside from the glasses. Hopefully someone else will make a breakthrough on this.
Also heard about this other channel called "TheBoneCreekStory". It's apparently owned by two guys named Tim and Robbie who recently had their camera and laptop stolen, and videos from that camera were uploaded to MyDarkJournal. He's called DarkJournal an attention-whore (as have I).
I've already caught in ambiguity in his story. The "Hey Robbie" video he says he recorded and Journal uploaded, Tim's voice says that he's recording it on a droid phone, yet in this video he keeps referring to his camera being stolen. Unless he's using them as synonyms, I'm a bit confused.
Finally, some of you may have already seen this, but I was only made aware of it yesterday. I've been hiding my location for my safety, but fearfulXbenefactor clearly already knew where I was after that first video. Now he's decided to give away my location to everyone, and there's not much I can do to stop him. So, you'll all know eventually, and I might as well show you now.
Googling the sign at the end is all it takes to know where I am. I still don't know if he's a real proxy or some dick on my floor being funny, but either way he's indirectly exposed me to danger now. Also, the audio is weird... anyone have an idea what that sound is? At all?
Today I want to share my thoughts on what I'm sure everyone else is thinking of:
No word if Jay's seen this yet.
"you are broken"
"you cannot be fixed"
I speculate this is referring to Jay's missing memories. Now how is this message meant to be taken? A statement? A warning? A threat? Why has totheark been silent until now?
I've heard some speculation that the photo is of Alex Kralie, but I'm not quite sold on that. I can't make out the similarities aside from the glasses. Hopefully someone else will make a breakthrough on this.
Also heard about this other channel called "TheBoneCreekStory". It's apparently owned by two guys named Tim and Robbie who recently had their camera and laptop stolen, and videos from that camera were uploaded to MyDarkJournal. He's called DarkJournal an attention-whore (as have I).
I've already caught in ambiguity in his story. The "Hey Robbie" video he says he recorded and Journal uploaded, Tim's voice says that he's recording it on a droid phone, yet in this video he keeps referring to his camera being stolen. Unless he's using them as synonyms, I'm a bit confused.
Finally, some of you may have already seen this, but I was only made aware of it yesterday. I've been hiding my location for my safety, but fearfulXbenefactor clearly already knew where I was after that first video. Now he's decided to give away my location to everyone, and there's not much I can do to stop him. So, you'll all know eventually, and I might as well show you now.
Googling the sign at the end is all it takes to know where I am. I still don't know if he's a real proxy or some dick on my floor being funny, but either way he's indirectly exposed me to danger now. Also, the audio is weird... anyone have an idea what that sound is? At all?
2.03.2011
Like A Cosmic Nexus of Shit Hitting Various Fans
SO MUCH IS HAPPENING TONIGHT.
First off, a moment of silence for Mark from Outside Agents. In all probability, he's dead or worse after that.
Second of all, seems I've caught the P.T.C.'s interest. Not sure how I feel about that yet... they seem to be on our side but I've always had a distrust of secret organizations. I tweeted about them telling you not to trust Nightcrawler back in January after there was a blog post saying they were hunting runners again, but since it's been [REDACTED] after the defection of B2, and may have very well been lies. Or not. Who knows. We'll see how things play out.
Third, Josh and Austin got chased all over their neighborhood and got some more strange messages.
Fourth, Noah's Thanksgiving footage concluded today, and I'm a bit disturbed to say the least. Three particular things I want point out... I'm gonna skip over the obvious for now, since the videos right there and it would be redundant.
First of all, there's an unexplained shadow figure present at the table while Noah, Sarah and her friend are playing their game.
Second, the man shown at the end of the second video seems to be different from the one shown in the last video.
The first seems to have a mustache and beard, and though obscured by the tape in the second pic, he appears clean shaven. They may be two separate people, and he mentions joining "us"... and I'm all but sure that he/they are the Observer. The question is, does "us" refer to a group collectively known as the Observer, or to The Observer and Slender Man as we had previously been led to believe.
And fifth, according to their Twitter, everymanHYBRID will be uploading the video of Alex's room tonight.
Last, and definitely least, I experienced a slight loss of time today... was walking through the campus and the next thing I knew I was in the Pub listening to a poetry slam. Normally, that would freak me out, but after seeing what everyone else is going through at the moment, I feel lucky.
I normally don't care for poetry, but anyone who can make a poem about Super Mario Bros that includes a legitimate life lesson is OK with me.
First off, a moment of silence for Mark from Outside Agents. In all probability, he's dead or worse after that.
Second of all, seems I've caught the P.T.C.'s interest. Not sure how I feel about that yet... they seem to be on our side but I've always had a distrust of secret organizations. I tweeted about them telling you not to trust Nightcrawler back in January after there was a blog post saying they were hunting runners again, but since it's been [REDACTED] after the defection of B2, and may have very well been lies. Or not. Who knows. We'll see how things play out.
Third, Josh and Austin got chased all over their neighborhood and got some more strange messages.
Fourth, Noah's Thanksgiving footage concluded today, and I'm a bit disturbed to say the least. Three particular things I want point out... I'm gonna skip over the obvious for now, since the videos right there and it would be redundant.
First of all, there's an unexplained shadow figure present at the table while Noah, Sarah and her friend are playing their game.
And fifth, according to their Twitter, everymanHYBRID will be uploading the video of Alex's room tonight.
Last, and definitely least, I experienced a slight loss of time today... was walking through the campus and the next thing I knew I was in the Pub listening to a poetry slam. Normally, that would freak me out, but after seeing what everyone else is going through at the moment, I feel lucky.
I normally don't care for poetry, but anyone who can make a poem about Super Mario Bros that includes a legitimate life lesson is OK with me.
2.01.2011
Bracing for Thunder-snow
Lighting during a snow storm? That's actually a thing? Crap...
Currently bracing for this huge-record-breaking-super-special-awesome-super-storm, which is projected to drop between 6" and 16" by tomorrow at noon. Got e-mail from most professors explaining the contingency procedures if classes are canceled. Stocked up on food. Just got to worry about the one big thing... if we get snowed in it'll be difficult to run if he shows up in the building.
Regardless, if they do cancel classes tomorrow, I'll spend the day compiling. Assuming we still have power... not sure how sturdy the grid is here, but back home power would drop out if we got more than 3 inches. I'm about 35% done with the next everymanHYBRID compilation atm. After than, I'm thinking of taking on the second hidden video, and then going back to finish Seeking Truth and Dreams in Darkness's videos.
Oh, and read Robert Sage's new post. Robert, if you're reading this, count me the fuck in. I don't know how much I'll be able to do... but we'll come up with something. And for everyone leaving me encouraging comments over the last few days, thanks. It really helps keep my spirit up.
Currently bracing for this huge-record-breaking-super-special-awesome-super-storm, which is projected to drop between 6" and 16" by tomorrow at noon. Got e-mail from most professors explaining the contingency procedures if classes are canceled. Stocked up on food. Just got to worry about the one big thing... if we get snowed in it'll be difficult to run if he shows up in the building.
Regardless, if they do cancel classes tomorrow, I'll spend the day compiling. Assuming we still have power... not sure how sturdy the grid is here, but back home power would drop out if we got more than 3 inches. I'm about 35% done with the next everymanHYBRID compilation atm. After than, I'm thinking of taking on the second hidden video, and then going back to finish Seeking Truth and Dreams in Darkness's videos.
Oh, and read Robert Sage's new post. Robert, if you're reading this, count me the fuck in. I don't know how much I'll be able to do... but we'll come up with something. And for everyone leaving me encouraging comments over the last few days, thanks. It really helps keep my spirit up.
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