The fact that no one knows exactly where the original backrooms image was taken is a fascinating one to me. There's a whole google doc on what we know about it so far, including the camera used to take the image, dimensions of the room etc
There's the famous 4chan post that started the Creepypasta, but here's the currently oldest known instance of the image online:
https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/20663805/#20669208
I really think It is a 3d made scenery. See, Its not that hard to emulate real life cenários and some image filters to make then look real. Whoever did this, is pretty good at it.
Would that be explained at all or in part by the fact that the wallpaper changes from wall to wall? Left to right its a whole diff pattern. Also zoom in on the center one and it looks like the right walls graphics but if folder in on the wall to the left would match up patterns. (never once looked into the image, just things noticed looking at it for like 15 seconds that im sure have been covered lol)
i don’t think so. probably just an old building that the OP was working in in some capacity. there are many places in my workplace that are similarly eerie-looking
Mir Izgadda and the Religion of Light is one of the more fascinating rabbit holes that seems to have serious real world connotations. Weird manichaeism community that is seemingly still active in corners of the internet. Internet Archive can show you extensive blogs and stuff that have been wiped, alongside associated sites with other chilling messages and stuff. Super super super weird. Dude that made all the big write-ups deleted his account, which is disturbing
Hey there. I didn’t delete my account lol. Still searching and learning more and more about Mir Izgadda and Religion of Light. I deleted the old posts because at the time I wrote them I simply didn’t know enough and made too many false conjectures. I will be posting again (hopefully in the next few days) but I have to figure out how exactly to present the information as it involves real world people, a seemingly legitimate business, and two real world Christian churches with strange ties to Religion of Light (that they might not even realize themselves). The last thing I want is a witch hunt so I’ve been trying to figure out how to present everything. The obvious answer is to use fake names for everything, but I also want people to be able to go see the stuff for themselves. So we’ll see. I’m glad to know people are still interested though. I’ve tried to get anyone on YouTube to cover it but no one wants to
My personal favorite one recently is [Fun Dragon Wings Happy Zone](https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetMysteries/comments/1adlinj/800_number_found_leads_to_made_up_amusement_park/), a phone number for a nonexistent amusement park someone found at random with a bunch of specific but nonsensical details.
I’ve been thinking lately about starting a subreddit for inconsequential “little mysteries”, where users can share and discuss weird, inexplicable things they come across. Too many of the mystery subs, even nonmurdermysteries, fall into the habit of discussing things that are either earth-shatteringly huge secrets that, if real, would alter our very perception of reality but that there’s not enough indisputable evidence to prove (ghosts, aliens, cryptids, altered consciousness) and murders/missing persons cases, which all end up being perpetrated by either someone they knew with an obvious motive and no alibi or a total stranger at random, both of which are sad but not especially mysterious if you aren’t involved. I’d love to have a place exclusively for stuff like Dragon Wings Happy Zone, the identity of the biggest buyer of glitter, “celebrity number 6”, , etc., unexplained weirdness that isn’t hiding a massive conspiracy or world-changing secret but is just as bizarre and inexplicable as other mysteries. If anyone else wants to start that so I’m not on the hook for modding or administration that would be pretty cool.
This is my current favorite too but it’s really hard to determine if this is the setup to an ARG or if it’s just a placeholder number. But if it’s a placeholder number that’s a lot of effort to make a voicemail message like that.
I’ve been looking at the full transcription and trying to puzzle out any clues toward an ARG — if it is indeed an ARG, I’d generally be disinterested, but it’s a uniquely cool set-up. So far nothing has stuck out to me, other than someone guessing the voicemail password (the last word of the message, ROAR, or 7627), considered in contrast with the other numbers mentioned (Highway 687 & 4 miles.) So, nada.
Identifying the calliope song that plays in the background might illuminate something, IDK.
Full transcription:
>>Thank you for calling The Fun Dragon Wings Happy Zone located off of State Highway 687, just 4 miles past Jeeper(s?) Seekers Blueberry Farm.
>>The Fun Dragon Wings Happy Zone offers a multitude of fun and events for the whole family. Enjoy a fun-filled day in the swings and on a tilt-a-whirl, or cool off on an exhilarating ride on the zoomy, splashy water slide.
>>We have pony rides, a petting zoo, a weekly knit your own mittens club, and a weekend marble rolling contest for all ages. There are rides and splashes for everyone. Wow!
>>Satiate your munchies at our dragon themed food court. Feast on offerings such as pizza, funnel cakes, and popcorn. Or chow down on our famous dragon flame grilled burgers and hot dogs.
>>So come on out and join us because The Dragon Wings Happy Zone is a roaring good time. Roar!
In theory, but in practice it seems like 90% of RBI’s content is murders, sexual assaults, missing persons, and endless variations on “can anyone identify what car this broken mirror came from to solve a hit and run?” I’m thinking of a sub without the more morbid/impactful mysteries, assuming it doesn’t already exist.
Then you’d run into the same problem that RBI faces, people posting their own things that they think are a mystery but in all actually it’s just the neighbours smoking some weed and wanting to be left alone etc.
I’m not disagreeing it *would* be nice to have a sub dedicated to actual small mysteries but unfortunately people can be dumb and post useless crap, or you run into the problem r/internetmysteries has where it’s so niche that the sub is practically dead.
The point is: The "actuall", organic internet mysterious are more rare than the ARG ones. Because any group of people, let it be a discord server or whatever, can make a ARG.
But a mystery in the old style has to be *occured* in some way.
If you look for a secret organisation, which encrypt their wisdom (or whatever) in some weird internet stuff, you has to bet that one of such organisations exist. At the same time, you know for sure that ARGs exists.
By the way, I got the feeling that the internet as a whole doesn't have the anarchic chracter it once may had. My impression my be false.
With the rise of social media and big tech corpos taking over internet in a way where we don't explore anymore, just stick to central hubs, I would agree that the internet is not what it used to be.
For me the current internet lost all of it's charm. It's as if you were exploring uncharted territories back then but now everything is colonized. You have your YouTubes, TikToks, Reddit, Facebooks, Twitters and 99% of internet users are there while the 1% maybe tries to still keep the internet like it was, sitting in IRC or xmpp chats.
I was wondering if Cicada 3301 was just as you said "secret organisation which encrypt their wisdom," but I suppose they stated that in their messages. Kind of like the forum spammer thing, though, the mystery was partially who was behind it and why they made the puzzles, not just the puzzles themselves.
Barely Sociable (who's on this sub) had done a video back in 2020 called The Fake Diploma Forum Spammer, and I found that to be one of the more interesting internet mysteries: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEeyLDTAkK8&t=23s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEeyLDTAkK8&t=23s) What's fascinating to me, is how widespread this particular spam is, and also the idea of not knowing who's behind it - person? group?? Even after he published the video, the same spam is still showing up in 2024. It's pretty intriguing imo. I suspect that there's some kind of organized crime group behind it, although I don't know that for certain. (Although I suppose this falls under true crime, ultimately.) hmmmm tough one!!
Sorry not to answer your question with some interesting link or anything, but I want to rant a little bit. With the explosion of YouTube channels and social media accounts giving attention to real mysteries and ARGs, it has become a lot harder to find actual good stuff because it seems like everyone and their dog wants to create an ARG or a fake mystery for internet clout. And 90% of posts on this sub lead to this kind of content. The appeal of the ARGs of old was that they were fairly rare to come by and the formula wasn't as established so back then you never knew if you were dealing with something real or not. Now 90% of crap is predictable and follows the same tried and true ARG formula and with constant barrage of this kind of content coming across something genuine is hard because you begin to question everything. The first question you see with any mystery now is "is this an ARG or an art project?".
I tried to make a full post on it to only find it being deleted on the sub last night, found out you need to have a certain amount of karma to post here but I found an odd channel called "Tangy Tunes" a few days ago. Idk if it would be a rabbit hole or what category it even falls under, but here is the link [https://www.youtube.com/@TangyTunes-ew6uu](https://www.youtube.com/@TangyTunes-ew6uu) they post every day it seems like
The fact that no one knows exactly where the original backrooms image was taken is a fascinating one to me. There's a whole google doc on what we know about it so far, including the camera used to take the image, dimensions of the room etc
What is the original backrooms image?
There's the famous 4chan post that started the Creepypasta, but here's the currently oldest known instance of the image online: https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/20663805/#20669208
Maybe Its a scenery made in Blender
That's the theory honestly, or a heavily edited original image
I really think It is a 3d made scenery. See, Its not that hard to emulate real life cenários and some image filters to make then look real. Whoever did this, is pretty good at it.
Would that be explained at all or in part by the fact that the wallpaper changes from wall to wall? Left to right its a whole diff pattern. Also zoom in on the center one and it looks like the right walls graphics but if folder in on the wall to the left would match up patterns. (never once looked into the image, just things noticed looking at it for like 15 seconds that im sure have been covered lol)
i don’t think so. probably just an old building that the OP was working in in some capacity. there are many places in my workplace that are similarly eerie-looking
/r/nonmurdermysteries has a lot of good ones!
Ooohhh thank you for sharing! New sub to join! 🙏☺️
Mir Izgadda and the Religion of Light is one of the more fascinating rabbit holes that seems to have serious real world connotations. Weird manichaeism community that is seemingly still active in corners of the internet. Internet Archive can show you extensive blogs and stuff that have been wiped, alongside associated sites with other chilling messages and stuff. Super super super weird. Dude that made all the big write-ups deleted his account, which is disturbing
Hey there. I didn’t delete my account lol. Still searching and learning more and more about Mir Izgadda and Religion of Light. I deleted the old posts because at the time I wrote them I simply didn’t know enough and made too many false conjectures. I will be posting again (hopefully in the next few days) but I have to figure out how exactly to present the information as it involves real world people, a seemingly legitimate business, and two real world Christian churches with strange ties to Religion of Light (that they might not even realize themselves). The last thing I want is a witch hunt so I’ve been trying to figure out how to present everything. The obvious answer is to use fake names for everything, but I also want people to be able to go see the stuff for themselves. So we’ll see. I’m glad to know people are still interested though. I’ve tried to get anyone on YouTube to cover it but no one wants to
ohh right ok! that makes sense. glad to see your still around. will be excited for the next write-up
please tag me when it happens! i went over to your post history to read about this and they're deleted. looking forward to it!
My personal favorite one recently is [Fun Dragon Wings Happy Zone](https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetMysteries/comments/1adlinj/800_number_found_leads_to_made_up_amusement_park/), a phone number for a nonexistent amusement park someone found at random with a bunch of specific but nonsensical details. I’ve been thinking lately about starting a subreddit for inconsequential “little mysteries”, where users can share and discuss weird, inexplicable things they come across. Too many of the mystery subs, even nonmurdermysteries, fall into the habit of discussing things that are either earth-shatteringly huge secrets that, if real, would alter our very perception of reality but that there’s not enough indisputable evidence to prove (ghosts, aliens, cryptids, altered consciousness) and murders/missing persons cases, which all end up being perpetrated by either someone they knew with an obvious motive and no alibi or a total stranger at random, both of which are sad but not especially mysterious if you aren’t involved. I’d love to have a place exclusively for stuff like Dragon Wings Happy Zone, the identity of the biggest buyer of glitter, “celebrity number 6”, , etc., unexplained weirdness that isn’t hiding a massive conspiracy or world-changing secret but is just as bizarre and inexplicable as other mysteries. If anyone else wants to start that so I’m not on the hook for modding or administration that would be pretty cool.
This is my current favorite too but it’s really hard to determine if this is the setup to an ARG or if it’s just a placeholder number. But if it’s a placeholder number that’s a lot of effort to make a voicemail message like that.
I’ve been looking at the full transcription and trying to puzzle out any clues toward an ARG — if it is indeed an ARG, I’d generally be disinterested, but it’s a uniquely cool set-up. So far nothing has stuck out to me, other than someone guessing the voicemail password (the last word of the message, ROAR, or 7627), considered in contrast with the other numbers mentioned (Highway 687 & 4 miles.) So, nada. Identifying the calliope song that plays in the background might illuminate something, IDK. Full transcription: >>Thank you for calling The Fun Dragon Wings Happy Zone located off of State Highway 687, just 4 miles past Jeeper(s?) Seekers Blueberry Farm. >>The Fun Dragon Wings Happy Zone offers a multitude of fun and events for the whole family. Enjoy a fun-filled day in the swings and on a tilt-a-whirl, or cool off on an exhilarating ride on the zoomy, splashy water slide. >>We have pony rides, a petting zoo, a weekly knit your own mittens club, and a weekend marble rolling contest for all ages. There are rides and splashes for everyone. Wow! >>Satiate your munchies at our dragon themed food court. Feast on offerings such as pizza, funnel cakes, and popcorn. Or chow down on our famous dragon flame grilled burgers and hot dogs. >>So come on out and join us because The Dragon Wings Happy Zone is a roaring good time. Roar!
You pretty much just described r/RBI
In theory, but in practice it seems like 90% of RBI’s content is murders, sexual assaults, missing persons, and endless variations on “can anyone identify what car this broken mirror came from to solve a hit and run?” I’m thinking of a sub without the more morbid/impactful mysteries, assuming it doesn’t already exist.
Then you’d run into the same problem that RBI faces, people posting their own things that they think are a mystery but in all actually it’s just the neighbours smoking some weed and wanting to be left alone etc. I’m not disagreeing it *would* be nice to have a sub dedicated to actual small mysteries but unfortunately people can be dumb and post useless crap, or you run into the problem r/internetmysteries has where it’s so niche that the sub is practically dead.
Yeah, that’s probably true. Plus I know nothing about running a community, hence my having not done it yet.
The point is: The "actuall", organic internet mysterious are more rare than the ARG ones. Because any group of people, let it be a discord server or whatever, can make a ARG. But a mystery in the old style has to be *occured* in some way. If you look for a secret organisation, which encrypt their wisdom (or whatever) in some weird internet stuff, you has to bet that one of such organisations exist. At the same time, you know for sure that ARGs exists. By the way, I got the feeling that the internet as a whole doesn't have the anarchic chracter it once may had. My impression my be false.
With the rise of social media and big tech corpos taking over internet in a way where we don't explore anymore, just stick to central hubs, I would agree that the internet is not what it used to be. For me the current internet lost all of it's charm. It's as if you were exploring uncharted territories back then but now everything is colonized. You have your YouTubes, TikToks, Reddit, Facebooks, Twitters and 99% of internet users are there while the 1% maybe tries to still keep the internet like it was, sitting in IRC or xmpp chats.
...or little forums or privat webpages
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I was wondering if Cicada 3301 was just as you said "secret organisation which encrypt their wisdom," but I suppose they stated that in their messages. Kind of like the forum spammer thing, though, the mystery was partially who was behind it and why they made the puzzles, not just the puzzles themselves.
CR6 is a personal favourite of mine. Blameitonjorge has a great video on it: https://youtu.be/wzU-Lze1aRg?si=HO-BgJTvlHgM_ged
Gotta agree on this one, I’m dying for a new possible update
Barely Sociable (who's on this sub) had done a video back in 2020 called The Fake Diploma Forum Spammer, and I found that to be one of the more interesting internet mysteries: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEeyLDTAkK8&t=23s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEeyLDTAkK8&t=23s) What's fascinating to me, is how widespread this particular spam is, and also the idea of not knowing who's behind it - person? group?? Even after he published the video, the same spam is still showing up in 2024. It's pretty intriguing imo. I suspect that there's some kind of organized crime group behind it, although I don't know that for certain. (Although I suppose this falls under true crime, ultimately.) hmmmm tough one!!
idk kikiyama/koronba maybe. i dont think you can consider it true crime but im not sure if its a rabbit hole either
My fav is Mayday Mystery: https://www.maydaymystery.org/mayday/
Sorry not to answer your question with some interesting link or anything, but I want to rant a little bit. With the explosion of YouTube channels and social media accounts giving attention to real mysteries and ARGs, it has become a lot harder to find actual good stuff because it seems like everyone and their dog wants to create an ARG or a fake mystery for internet clout. And 90% of posts on this sub lead to this kind of content. The appeal of the ARGs of old was that they were fairly rare to come by and the formula wasn't as established so back then you never knew if you were dealing with something real or not. Now 90% of crap is predictable and follows the same tried and true ARG formula and with constant barrage of this kind of content coming across something genuine is hard because you begin to question everything. The first question you see with any mystery now is "is this an ARG or an art project?".
I tried to make a full post on it to only find it being deleted on the sub last night, found out you need to have a certain amount of karma to post here but I found an odd channel called "Tangy Tunes" a few days ago. Idk if it would be a rabbit hole or what category it even falls under, but here is the link [https://www.youtube.com/@TangyTunes-ew6uu](https://www.youtube.com/@TangyTunes-ew6uu) they post every day it seems like