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tehmasterplan
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 		Hey guys, i just got the email as well... it IS paris, i can confirm that because it is a view from the Eiffel tower that i have pictures of from my cousins visit.

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LadyLovelylocks
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Me:

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I see Paris. Is that where you're hiding?


malignanthatred:

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Close close close. Don't look so hard, you can't find just yet.

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rose
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 		Just for fun

Isacc Watts is an interesting guy. He wrote Joy to the World (and other hymns) his poem quoted in the video was parodied by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland as How Now Little Crocodile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Watts

I can't find the image that is the basis of the latest video.
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C.G.
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 		And here I am, -again-, now because this one self-proclaimed criminal is tired of his life, and wants us to catch him.

I hope this doesn't turn up into a fiasco. I'm not sure how active I'll be, but I'll keep an eye on this thread. In the meanwhile, the song from http://youtube.com/watch?v=LMrTINLg6Gw , it sounds like there's some backmask in there.

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LadyLovelylocks
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rose wrote:
I can't find the image that is the basis of the latest video.


I just found it!

It's a "Steam man"!
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rose
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 		Great job! From the above site:

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Ellis' The Steam Man of the Prairies is not only the first American science-fiction novel, but the first example in literature of a mechanical man. Why isn't it better known?


So I emailed him that i was interested and included all I knew so far, including the Steam Man image.

He replied:
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Ah, you are very smart. Keep in touch, you may just put me in prison yet.


Ialso, I replied asking why he should go to prison

he wrote:

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I have killed, and raped. I have been a part of drug trafficking.


Yikes. I'm not sure I want to be part of this one.

Does this remind anyone else of another game? I'm trying to think of what it may be. I'm afraid it reminds me of the one that turned out to be Christian viral marketing for a conference -but maybe I was just spooked by that one.

Anyway, I emailed to ask why he didn't just confess to the police.

edit his answer:
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I want to have some bloody fun first, of course!


I'll post if he answers me, but other than that - I have tons to do for the holidays!

Merry Christmas everyone

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Schrijvertje
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 		I just saw the e-mail. You guys have already done some good work. Some extra info: I sent a message back basically saying I'm willing to play. I asked why he's hiding and why he needs punishment.

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I am hiding for the same reason I must be punished. I have killed, raped, done drug trafficking.

They mean what I made them mean, but this is my game and you are playing.

Find me.


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miki_38x1
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 		So I just got a reply asking me what I see above me. He asked someone else what they saw to their right before. I told him what I saw (ceiling, the Christmas tree) and asked him what he saw.

And great find on the steam man. It might be too early to start looking for connections, but I can attempt to find any links between early robotics and Paris. Did anyone figure out what that first video was? Just some geometric shapes..?
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Shallow Violet
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I have killed, and raped. I have been a part of drug trafficking.


Sounds like my kind of people. Laughing

from correspondence:
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Of course. What challenge is there for a free man to kill?

No, the true challenge is to kill... behind bars.

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rose
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 		I forgot to add FYI

Chagall painted the ceiling of the Paris Opera House with an angel of Mozart and the Eiffel Tower. I don't know, the upside down font...hanging from the ceiling? Is it the Phantom come back again. Wink

oh also, for what it is worth the repeating text string seems to come from the leetkey extension to firefox. I have no idea how reliable this is, I just googled it and found these links.

http://leetkey.mozdev.org/

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Leetkey

I agree about too early for connections... I mean I see "watt"s and "steam" and i could be off searching like mad. But if you have good ideas go for it.

Time to run!!!
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haveblu
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LadyLovelylocks wrote:
I think I see some sort of angel in the "Take you down"-video. It pops up after about six seconds in the lower parts of the rhomb.


malignantReality's comment in the last video posted may be referring to your observation, LLl. "You say you see an angel?"

I see what you mean by an angel, but to me, it's just a coincidence of pixels.

I was not contacted directly. I picked up the trail thanks to Jas0n's post. The comments from the first video uʍop noʎ ǝʞɐʇ gives an email address.
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˙sǝnlɔ ǝɹoɯ ǝʌıƃ uɐɔ ı 'ǝɯ ʇɔɐʇuoɔ

ɯoɔ˙lıɐɯƃ@pǝɹʇɐɥʇuɐuƃılɐɯ


I wrote to malignanthatred and received this reply.
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Oh, very good. Look to your left. What do you see? I'm sure I can make a connection, between you and me.


This brief verse points to the gmail chat window, and I am only now able to chat. I missed my first chance.

I am writing out all of the steps I take so I can easily retrace them. If I am being too redundant, let me know.

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The Mirror
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 		Just got the trail head
Just checked my email and found the trail head! I'm SO EXCITED!!!!! This looks like it's gonna be awesome! I'm emailing him back now...

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Darren Knight
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 		Hey guys, got a trailhead and looking everything over, cant wait to start Very Happy
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The Mirror
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 		squares
Maybe those squares in the video are salt.

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tehmasterplan
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 		Hey guys, sent an email saying "I've seen that view from the Eiffel tower, are you there" to which he responded "I'm about 20 miles away."

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