Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
 
The time now is Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:58 pm
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)
View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Low-Volume Games
[BBR][TRAILHEAD] The Beast of Black River
View previous topicView next topic
Page 2 of 10 [137 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 8, 9, 10  Next
Author Message
Wabonan
Entrenched


Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 1185

Either join the board kid or quit posting it makes me feel like a PM is here which is a violation of the TOS of this forum.
EDIT:
I think that they are trying to make something out of the beast of blackriver falls

http://www.cnb-scene.com/brayroadlog.html

PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:02 am
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
blackhawk127
Decorated


Joined: 28 Nov 2006
Posts: 278

i just got a phone call from that camp as well, but i wasnt there to answer it because i was in class and had my phone on silent =(

PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:33 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Kid that you know Wabonan
Guest


no worries

No worries Wabonan. You already know me, and I am not a PM.

Got a nice phone call last night telling me,

"You were the first to know, and you will be the last"

threatening eh?

Also, I'd appreciate it if you didn't question me. I have my reasons for no account.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:02 pm
 Back to top 
Wabonan
Entrenched


Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 1185

What camp??... You mean the teen club?? I got a hang up call from the teen club today. I was out at the time I hated to miss it. I also asked about the forked tail to Jared. the black falls beast had no tail... yet everyone involved here says its forked they are being veague in describing it though... I keep telling them that there are a bunch of different forked tails... I just want a discription.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:04 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
thebruce
Dances With Wikis


Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Posts: 6899
Location: Kitchener, Ontario

Firstly, 'Kid', welcome to UF. There are guidelines and rules for the use of the forums, and while posting as a guest is permitted, we strongly encourage people to register for an account - primarily because it offers a number of advantages and features that anonymous posting doesn't, but also because we don't know whether the poster is actually a puppet-master or a player. And PMs shilling their own games is strictly against the terms of service for the unfiction forums. So if you could, please register a nickname, and people will have a better sense of who you are Smile

So moving on...

Yup, just the PM on AIM from jaredmathison.
hehe, at first I thought it was spam, before I caught on. Smile the only place I posted my AIM is here...
Anyway, quote
Quote:
pre-realization...
jaredmathison: do you live in black river?
thethebruce0: nope
jaredmathison: oh
jaredmathison: do I know you?
jaredmathison: you're on my buddy list
thethebruce0: yeah, you added me...
jaredmathison: oh
jaredmathison: ...?
thethebruce0: I didn't add you, msg'd me last week. was waiting for you to msg...
jaredmathison: oh yeah, i remember
thethebruce0: so how'd you find this address?
jaredmathison: I have this program
jaredmathison: it picks random s/ns from the web and adds them to my bl
thethebruce0: uh huh... useful. /sarcasm
jaredmathison: Have you ever heard of the beast of black river?
thethebruce0: nope
jaredmathison: oh
jaredmathison: that happened in my town... hold on, let me get you a link
thethebruce0: not particularly interested
jaredmathison: http://www.webspawner.com/users/beastofblackriver/index.html
jaredmathison: oh
jaredmathison: ...
jaredmathison: thanks anyway, I guess...
realization! (hopeful, at least)
thethebruce0: hm
thethebruce0: I'll take a look anyway...
thethebruce0: beast of black river though? what 'happened'? (since he just basically said 'the beast of black river happened in his hometown)
jaredmathison: really?
jaredmathison: thanks!
jaredmathison: well
jaredmathison: in 2005 people in my town started seeing this creature around
jaredmathison: like 1/4 of the people saw it
jaredmathison: that link has some eyewitness testimonies, etc.
jaredmathison: descriptions
jaredmathison: but to make a long story short, I was on the way home from the Teen Club and my brother's girlfriend was attacked
jaredmathison: she died from the beast
jaredmathison: a few days later, the thing disappeared
jaredmathison: it hasn't been seen since
thethebruce0: was she the only victim?
jaredmathison: yeah
jaredmathison: recently, though, people have been seeing men dressed in black suits around town, strangers that no one knows
jaredmathison: one girl was threatened
jaredmathison: and another woman was attacked, but we don't know by what
jaredmathison: she's incoherent... they put her in an asylum.
thethebruce0: so this thing was only first reported in 2005?
jaredmathison: yeah
jaredmathison: and that's the last time it was seen too
thethebruce0: when was your brother's girlfriend attacked?
jaredmathison: Feb. 11
jaredmathison: never forgot that
jaredmathison: the article is wrong
jaredmathison: it wasn't a four-day absence of sightings, it was a three-day.
jaredmathison: and the last reported sighting was the 14th
jaredmathison: not the 13th
thethebruce0: ah, yeah just noticed that... so the fishermen on Black River got the last sighting...
thethebruce0: are you trying to find this beast?
jaredmathison: yep
jaredmathison: well, I don't know
jaredmathison: I want to know more about it
jaredmathison: but I REALLY don't want to find it, per se
jaredmathison: lol
thethebruce0: heh, well personally I guess not. but it would be an interesting discovery to say the least...
thethebruce0: sounds a lot like a darker, angry Nessy
jaredmathison: yeah, no kidding
jaredmathison: lol
jaredmathison: or Evil Sasquatch
jaredmathison: that's what some of us call it
thethebruce0: have you tried finding out anything else yourself? Or is this article all you've found so far?
jaredmathison: That's really all I've found online
jaredmathison: but I've been asking some of the people in Black River about their experiences
jaredmathison: my friend Tom saw it, with his entire family, on the second day of the sightings
jaredmathison: I've been thinking about putting together a documentary
jaredmathison: but I have NO experience with filmmaking, lol
thethebruce0: heh so you want people who can help you make a documentary?
jaredmathison: oh no lol, my friend Ben and I will probably just wind up screwing around one day
jaredmathison: but if you could spread the word about the beast, I think a lot of us here in Black River would appreciate it
thethebruce0: sure, I'm also already seeing if there's any other reference to this creature, any other sightings and such
jaredmathison: I think a few of the cryptoozoological forums out there have posts
jaredmathison: but they all seem to think we're making it up
thethebruce0: yeah noticed a couple already
jaredmathison: which makes me and a lot of the people in my town really, really angry
jaredmathison: I hate how no one believes us
thethebruce0: well if it's real, I'm sure the beast will be found sometime, then we'll see who's laughing
jaredmathison: haha lol

not much new info than has already been mentioned. So just a note of the sites I've found, and have been mentioned already pertaining to this creature...

trailheads:
http://www.webspawner.com/users/beastofblackriver/index.html
http://www.fictionpress.com/~jmathison
http://www.cryptozoology.com/forum/topic_view_thread.php?tid=4&pid=444652

in-game:
http://man-and-beast.blogspot.com/2007/01/black-river.html
http://blackriverteenclub.googlepages.com
http://www.cnb-scene.com/brayroadlog.html
Jared Cell: (603) 319-1478
BRTC: (603) 583-4687

other references:
http://www.cryptozoology.com/
http://tinwiki.org/wiki/Cryptid
_________________
@4DFiction/@Wikibruce/Contact
ARGFest 2013 - Seattle! ARGFest.com


PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:12 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
Wabonan
Entrenched


Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 1185

Hey thanks for getting all that stuff together..it will make it easier for new people...Also thanks for explaining to the kid what I was talking about

PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:18 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
degravedi
Unfictologist


Joined: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 1458
Location: New Orleans

I would just like to put in the hilarity that Black River hits the New Hampshire border right next to Missing Link Rd.

Which, btw, you may see for yourself if you like by entering "fort no.4 charlestown, nh" into Google maps. If you use hybrid view, Black River connects with the Connecticut River from the NW right above the A marker on the map (you might need to zoom in a bit to see it).

You can also read about Black River here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_River_%28Connecticut_River%29

Completely unrelated topic, if you check out the backlogs of the Wiki site that lists the Beast of Black River (http://tinwiki.org/wiki/Cryptid), the PM's probable IP is 208.53.138.234 . Not that it particularly does any good...just saying.

EDIT: Also, has anyone figured out what this is about?

Quote:
Benjy105362: did you hear about what happened to Christina?
Jaredmathison: Christina who?
Benjy105362: sheck
Jaredmathison: no
Jaredmathison: … what happened?
Benjy105362: she was out this morning and some guy in black started following her
Benjy105362: she said he told her to stop asking questions about the beast
Benjy105362: and to just forget it
Jaredmathison: you kidding me?
Benjy105362: no
Benjy105362: she was hysterical
Benjy105362: I was at the post office and I heard Mrs. Brigg talking about it.
Jaredmathison: dude, that's just weird
Benjy105362: I know! Like, what the hell is this guy thinking?
Jaredmathison: dressed in black?
Benjy105362: that's what mrs. Brigg said
Jaredmathison: http://en. what's that?
Benjy105362: is that about that movie
Jaredmathison: no
Jaredmathison: click on it
Benjy105362: dude that's weird
Benjy105362: do you think that's what chased Christina?

Jaredmathison: idk
Benjy105362: well I hope one of them creeps doesn't come around me
Benjy105362: I'll whoop its ass


EDIT2: Maybe he was talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_Black?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:03 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
Wabonan
Entrenched


Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 1185

We came to the conclusion that the web addy was incomplete for some reason. dono what movie they could be referencing could be men in black or rhe beast of brey road... sorry I couldn't be more help

PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:58 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
blackhawk127
Decorated


Joined: 28 Nov 2006
Posts: 278

i think that ip traces back to chicago and the area code 603 encompasses all of NH so it has to be someone with a phone in NH

PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:10 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
kid
Guest


hsrt
hstr

The phones in nh are private phones, which means u can get them created over the internet. No one will ever answer them, its a voicemail sort of thing that they can use to check and get ur number, then call back.

Next, jared often tells me about how there is only one movie theatre in his town and they all usually see the movie b4 it goes out, so they were probally just having an everyday convo.

As for the liink, it is a high possibility that it is that wiki page bc jared showed me it a while ago now.

kk? any questions email me on zkid_okSPLATyahoo.com

PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:23 pm
 Back to top 
AprilAWZ
Veteran

Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Posts: 115

Hi guys...

I'm new to all of this, so if I totally f-up, just give me a spanking and send me to the corner.... Rolling Eyes

But anyway, I did email the teen center, and in the response, was given a URL...

http://www.blackrivermovies.tk

I tried the link mentioned, but it looks like the domain name was reserved, but the site wasn't up yet.

fixed link - thebruce

PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:17 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
degravedi
Unfictologist


Joined: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 1458
Location: New Orleans

Cool beans and it's there, you just need to take the period off the end Wink http://www.blackrivermovies.tk/

Just Talked to Jared on AIM
Quote:
Degravedi (5:57:01 PM): Hi, I got your SN from Fictionpress. I read your story. That must have been really scarey!
jaredmathison (5:57:59 PM): yeah, no kidding
jaredmathison (5:58:00 PM): lol
jaredmathison (5:58:04 PM): want to chat with some other friends of mine?
Degravedi (5:57:40 PM): Uh sure ^^
Degravedi (6:07:34 PM): Anyway, I was reading the AIM convo you posted with your friend, and I really just IMed you to say that I think it's a good idea to try and do a documentary or something to get the word out.
jaredmathison (6:08:37 PM): i think I'm going to go ahead with that
jaredmathison (6:08:41 PM): it probably won't turn out well

jaredmathison (6:08:45 PM): but you never know
jaredmathison (6:08:46 PM): lol
jaredmathison (6:08:51 PM): I'm not an experienced filmmaker or anything
Degravedi (6:09:14 PM): Well look at what people do with You Tube or Goggle Video. You don't have to be a professional to get your videos to the public anymore
jaredmathison (6:09:55 PM): yeah, i know
jaredmathison (6:09:58 PM): thanks for the encouragement
jaredmathison (6:10:02 PM): tell as many people as you can, ok?
jaredmathison (6:10:10 PM): in case Black River is wiped off the map, so someone remembers us

Degravedi (6:10:06 PM): Sure, I can do that
jaredmathison (6:10:44 PM): thank you so much
jaredmathison (6:10:46 PM): i really appreciate it
jaredmathison (6:10:48 PM): talk to you soon?
Degravedi (6:10:31 PM): sure thing, stay safe
jaredmathison (6:11:40 PM): you too.


I bolded the only things that were mildly interesting. Sounds like maybe he's going to disappear sometime too? Anyway, he also invited me into an AIM chait called "blackriver", but nothing much interesting happened. (although I do have to laugh at the fact that he said they're supposed to get snow tomorrow and then proceeded to say he thought he heard thunder and should shut down his computer).

PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:31 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
AngBa
Unfettered


Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 532
Location: the pit of misery, KS

I just got a call from Ben -

He told me that Stephen got a call saying "It begins tomorrow", and that Ben's call said "Are you ready"...

I guess it's tomorrow...
_________________
Played: WiBS; AV; Enoch of Gatewood
Watching/Interacting: Gabriel Lawson???

I'm only angry because I hate bananas...


PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:58 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
thebruce
Dances With Wikis


Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Posts: 6899
Location: Kitchener, Ontario

Ok, well, another AIM chat, and a long post to follow.

Here's what I've made a note of, and a summary of what we know so far...


People:
- 'cryptofreak11' - person spreading word (trailhead)
- Jared Mathison - main contact (AIM:jaredmathison) (cell:603-319-1478)
- Jason Mathison - Jared's brother
- Kelly Smith - Jared's brother's g/f, killed by the beast
- Ben Stieh - Jared's friend (AIM:benjy105362)
- Christina Sheck - goes to Jamestown Memorial High
- Freddie? (uncertain if in-game or just a chat lurker)
- Thomas Meltzer (Tom) - lives behind Paul's Meats
- Paul Selznick - owner of Paul's Meats
- Carl Monroe - police officer on duty during the first sighting
- Kevin Monroe - runs the Black River movie theatre
- April James - first sighting
- Kyle Lauer - first sighting
- Mrs. Brigg - filed a sighting report

Sites (revised):
- Jared's blog: http://www.fictionpress.com/~jmathison
- - "Footprints": Jan21
- - "Living with the beast" (4 ch.s, Jan18-Jan23): Dreaming, AIM Convo, Footprints in the Snow, The Men in Black
- - "The pain of loss": Jan17
- Info on the beast: http://www.webspawner.com/users/beastofblackriver/index.html
- Likely OOG info on the beast in real life: http://www.cnb-scene.com/brayroadlog.html
- Black River Teen Club: http://blackriverteenclub.googlepages.com/
- - 352 Main Street, Black River, New Hampshire
- - (603) 583-4687
- - blackriverteenclubSPLATgmail.com
- - Mon-Fri: 8 AM to 10 pm
- - Sat-Sun: 9 AM to 11 pm
- - Of interest: "We do Birthday Parties! For a price inquiry, send us an email with how many guests you'd like to have, and we'll let you know how much it's gonna cost you!"
- Christina's blog: http://man-and-beast.blogspot.com
- Black River movie theatre - http://www.blackrivermovies.tk/
- - 360 Main Street
- - founded in 1965, run by the Monroe family - currently Kevin Monroe
- - blackrivermoviesSPLATgmail.com
- - Current movie playing is Freedom Writers
- - Note: the background image is the latin space-filler "lorum ipsum" text
- Pazzini's Pizza in Black River? (Pazzini's is a part of Connie's Pizza, and a real store)


Topics of note:
- Cryptozoology (trailheads were posted in various topical forums by cryptofreak11)
- Cryptids


Basically, this is the timeline...

* Feb 1, 2005 - first sighting
April and Kyle were driving, the beast jumping in front of the car, described:
Quote:
"The thing had dark brown or black fur, it was kind of hard to see. Its eyes were glowing red, like fire. Its back was arched, and it had a forked tail. It was on all fours, but when Kyle honked his horn it got up on two legs. Then it beat its, like, paws against its chest and gave, like, these two high-pitched squeaks. Then it ran off into the woods on two legs."

Officer Monroe arrived, sent the two home, and went to investigate the next sighting a mile away at an older woman's home. She said it barked "in this really strange, high-pitched way" before running off.

* Feb 2, 2005
This morning, 'between 5 to 9' reports came in to the station about the beast. One was Paul of Paul's Meats, who spotted the beast rooting through his garbage, leaving saliva all over the area. Thomas and his family also saw it standing on their front porch. Descriptions similar: black fur, red eyes, forked tail.

* the next week and a half
246 more reports came in, all similar. Usually the beast emits 2 high-pitched squeaks before running off; only one violent incident.

* The 'incident' (Feb 10 11, 2005 - the article is wrong, re: my chat with Jared)
Jared, Jason and Kelly were walking home after visiting the Black River Teen Club. The beast killed Kelly by deep gauges to her stomach. Soon Jason (her boyfriend, Jared's brother) committed suicide.

* Feb 13 14, 2005 - the article is wrong, re: my chat with Jared
Last reported sighting. Three men fishing at black river saw it climb out of the river and head into the mountains away from the town.

* Jan 20, 2007
(from Mountaingirl's chat)
A girl was stalked by a man in black. People have been seeing shapes, and a girl was recently stalked by a man in black. The "North New Hampshire Record" reported on the beast (the webspawner page above).
The girl who was stalked is named Christina Sheck, who owns the 'man-and-beast' blogspot. She describes the stalking incident in her first entry.

* Jan 21, 2007
Christina posts again with a little more info about herself, and that she filed a report with Carl Monroe.

* Jan 22, 2007
Christina posts a short update mentioning Mrs. Brigg, and something happening.
People have received phone calls saying basically "You were the first to know, and you will be the last"
A woman was attacked (Mrs. Brigg?), and is now incoherent and placed in an asylum (re:my chat with jared) (or missing?).

* Jan 23, 2007
Christina talks about strange happenings in the town. Men in black are appearing eerily all over town to people, and disappearing.
This morning men in black were outside people's homes.
The sky in Black River was black, going to grey all day and black again at night, no sun was seen all day.
Tom's mother overheard mention of a car crash outside town with just a folded black suit inside.
Jared received a call - "It begins tomorrow. Are you ready?"
Ben also received the call.

------------------------------
Among other interesting memories and points from a chat today:
- Jason built Jared and Ben a treehouse when they were younger, and often they had Pazzini's pizza delivered.
- Jared and Ben both know Christina.

Finally. I think I got everything. Smile
A lot of the events and tidbits I didn't link to the specific sources, but everything in this post is covered by websites and chats referenced within.
_________________
@4DFiction/@Wikibruce/Contact
ARGFest 2013 - Seattle! ARGFest.com


PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:38 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
ZoneandonlyBEN
Boot

Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Posts: 32

ok
i'm here

Hi. My name is Ben Fallon. I am one of the kid posters, and the other is a friend of mine who I met through a friend in CA. We have been in on this thing since the beginning ok. I have been called about 7-8 times.

My friend was the first to take interest in Jareds story and has been in chats left and right w/ Jared. If you want to ask any question, we are probally the ones to ask. email is zkid_okSPLATyahoo.com (if it comes up as splat it meanns the at sign)

Now to confirm some things for you guys:

Ok, well, another AIM chat, and a long post to follow.

Here's what I've made a note of, and a summary of what we know so far...


People:
- 'cryptofreak11' - I've never come into contact w/ this kid
- Jared Mathison - Age 17. Cell comes up from Exeter a nearby town.
- Jason Mathison - Jared's brother
- Kelly Smith - Jared's brother's g/f, killed by the beast
- Ben Stieh - Jared's friend (AIM:benjy105362)
- Christina Sheck - goes to Jamestown Memorial High, stalked by a man in a black suit. maybe a mib.
- Freddie? Friend of my friend in Cali. (jared does not like him)
- Thomas Meltzer (Tom) - lives behind Paul's Meats
- Paul Selznick - owner of Paul's Meats
- Carl Monroe - police officer on duty during the first sighting
- Kevin Monroe - runs the Black River movie theatre
- April James - first sighting
- Kyle Lauer - first sighting
- Mrs. Brigg - filed a sighting report, now found incoherent in her basement



As for other notable things that were not said above.

My friends are mentioned in Jared third blog entry for living w/ the beast.

Yes, Tom and Jared both went to the pizza place on sunday i believe.

The cop does not like Jared, and does not believe him.

Jared thought he saw an mib outside of his window one night while in chat w/ my friends. A friend of mine then prompted him to examine the footprints and they were seen around his windows and circling the house. Could they be looking to see if he is telling people?

Ha i think so, because I myself have been getting threatening phone calls from someone that is not associated w/ the teen club. you see. I called the teen club and found out that it is a privateperson phone account, which can be set up by anyone across the us. I found this out because they weren't quick enough to change the generic vm message to their own yet. that means that the teen club could quite possibly be a false account. Secondly I've gotten two calls from the movie theatre itself. The callers name was Christopher Diab -Coordinator for Teen Club. Following that call i got a recording of their phone call adept whoose name is Nadine. Then, after that I've recieved numerous calls from an blocked caller who will not identify himself. He has told me numerous threatening messages ranging from "Let sleeping beasts lie" to "its best that you never speak to jared again" and even to a small one, "are you ready?" (yeah I'm ready for the creepy ass man to not call me)

From there you can further question my friends out in California who have been in phone conversations w/ jared himself. They can be found in chat rooms w/ jared, or you can email them at my email address.

-Ben

(I left out alot of the small things that have been said before. If you have any questions just ask us! we probally know the answer!)

PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:59 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 2 of 10 [137 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 8, 9, 10  Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Low-Volume Games
Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group