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draghkar
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 		and a new movie:


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Elethamei
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 		Oh God, this is so creepy. I love it Smile
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Amelić
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 		I... should not have watched that on day one of being home alone for a week Razz

I love this series, more! MOAR!!

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Tenshi Akui
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 		So we have a creature that can mimic voices.

There are a lot of those in mythology almost every culture has some variation of a creature that does such a thing.

What ever this thing is, these videos are certainly nail biters LOL
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degravedi
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 		Loving the eerie! Thought I would gather some of the key info from the videos as I was getting a little confused between real life elements of the filming locations and the story the PMs are actually trying to present.
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The characters: Parker, Emma, and Randall the cameraman.

Location: West Naval Base in Massachusetts where 3,000 people disappeared. No record of where any of them relocated to, why they left, or why the base shut down.

Log 2.5 - On the base, three unknown people are observed running across the street, without flashlights or any other illumination.

Log 4 - While investigating the base's graveyard, someone/something unseen seems to be throwing rocks or other objects at the group. Randall is knocked over the head and given a concussion.

Log 6 - Parker and Randall return alone and investigate the dig site, a 50+ foot deep quarry with an unknown depth of water inside. While leaving, there's a ground tremor and they encounter an unknown roaring creature/entity (SP1). As they flee, they find their trail markers are missing, and end up back at the base despite protests that they had been moving away in a straight line. Parker seem not to know where they are even though it's the location they just left. Without moving to do so, they find themselves back in the woods, the previous location nowhere in sight.

Log 7 - The next morning, daylight, they've been moving through the woods all night. However, the time on their devices hasn't changed and still states that it's 3:06AM. None of the devices seem to be losing any of their charge. While separated, Randall hears Parker's voice calling his name from a distance, telling him to "Come, quick!". But Parker arrives immediately thereafter, not having been the one shouting. As they flee, they hear another unknown shrieking (SP2), not the same as the night before.

I'm liking ghosts right at the moment. Military weaponized spirits! Laughing The sound of SP1 seems like a mix of whale echolocation and the smoke monster from LOST to me, almost a split between vocal noise and mechanical.

In Log 3, Parker says that the people in Log 2.5 were running from the "fuzz" (police/military police?) but no one is seen chasing them and there aren't any moving lights. So, maybe this was actually their first encounter? Or an even creepier prospect now that the most recent logs seem to hint at time or space distortion: maybe the three people were actually them. Shocked

In Log 4, I figured the writing on the ground "Tetra Tech Dig Safe" and "No MNG" had been sprayed by the PMs, and so might be important. However, Tetra Tech is an actual company that consults on water contamination and NAS Brunswick actually has concerns over contaminated groundwater in something called the Eastern Plume. So, it may be nothing? Although, the characters do call attention to it, and investigate the "dig site", so it might have been incorporated into the game anyway.

Also, a transcript of the twitter document so people can search the forums.
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Philip Grendon
WNAS Visit
1983-07-12
{scribbled} 291?
My visit to West Naval Air Station proved to be surprisingly un-eventful. The idea to center a government facility around a [redacted] still concerns me. I do not understand the reason for it but [redacted] assures me it is for a purpose. I spoke with Col. [redacted] at length about this new weapon being developed. They are calling it a "[redacted]", which seems quite grim in hindsight and I do not understand the science of it one bit. West is a very interesting and peculiar place if you ever find yourself near [redacted], MA.
Reviewed By: Michael Mickens

So, WNAS was built around something. It could be an intangible idea, but maybe a reference to something specific, like the dig site or whatever they excavated from it. Ghost/ancient tech/aliens/demon/dinosaur, whatever, it seems that they tried and likely succeeded in developing it into a supernatural weapon that is either capable of or causes the side effect of time and space distortion and mental confusion/memory loss.

The "non-Parker" in Log 7 might have been something mimicking the voice to draw in Randall as prey. Or maybe it actually was Parker, another Parker from another time or another reality. Because at the end with SP2's shrieking, the non-Parker still seems to be calling for help at the same time.

Edit: the typewriter letters in the document are mono-spaced, so the redacted word lengths in order are:
Code:
B-------- (9) - base's subject matter, likely a noun
------ --------- (6 & 9) - a person or organization's name
--------- (9) - the Colonel's surname
---------------- (16) - weapon's codename, likely a compound noun

The first word word definitely begins with a capital B, and I believe the last letter is an l. So:
The idea to center a government facility around a [Bombshell, Bacchanal, Blackball, Blackmail]... Yeah maybe not. Anyone want to play Madlibs?

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Atropanocturna
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 		Looks interesting! Watching the videos to get caught up and noticed this in Log 4:

EDIT: Sorry, the screen shots are in the wrong order, oops!
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Elethamei
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 		I actually noticed that, but I guess I immediately forgot it. It's like... something affected my memory. Dun dun duuuun.
No, but seriously, good catch!
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*hylo*
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 		This is my new favourite series,I wish more people watched it

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Tenshi Akui
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 		Nice catch Atropanocturna! Smile I honestly don't know if I even noticed it before LOL

So anyone have theories of what we may be dealing with?
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thebruceModerator
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 		Oooh, ok the silhouette is a nice, creepy surprise. Count me among those who missed it the first time!
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SLUSHO_ZOOM!
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 		Same guy as the Canonfodder videos
Just realized the camera man is the same guy from the Canonfodder series that kind of petered out. There was a journal with weird notes and symbols and a guy vanishes. Anyone recall it? The videos have been taken down.

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Kaefha
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 		Theory with time overlaps looks interesting indeed. So, Parker at the end of Log 7 didn't have a Randall's cellphone?

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*hylo*
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 		This is just a shot in the dark theory, but I think that the Parker we saw at the end of this log isn't the real Parker Shocked

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SteamPunkV
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 		New tweet from Henry

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Henry Phillips ‏@HenryPh66344731 12h
A painting I saw in this hotel. It had no name or anything so I had no clue who painted it. pic.twitter.com/8bYUvAzzIm


The painting looks like somewhere familiar.....


EDIT: Found the painting

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Gustav Klimt - Birch Forest: http://www.canvasreplicas.com/Klimt107.htm


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draghkar
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 		did anyone spot the silhouette in the picture?

its not someone taking the pic, because then the arms would be up a bit..
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