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KitsuneFox59 · Greenhorn Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Posts: 6

I was messing around with the audio clip when I came across something interesting. I took the longest part of the whisper (it's still alive/help us) and put both the reversed and forward clips together. It resulted in "Help us, It's still alive" in what sounds like a complete sentence, meant to be heard together.

EDIT: Here's a picture of the sound files if anyone wants to try it themselves.
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2641/huisarc9.jpg

**Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:07 am

Lunastar · Boot Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 63

Totally creepy, it gave me chills! Shocked

My Boyfriend and I listened and agree that it sounds like "Help us, its still alive." I mean the exhale during the pause between the end of "us" and beginning of "its" sounds like a pause one would get if taking a breath and exhaling between words. This is really cool!

PS- Loved the movie and MGP!! Very Happy

**Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:09 am

Vendicare · Boot Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Posts: 45

Or, "Help us! We're still alive!" It would be creepy to think of them pinned under all that rubble, still breathing.

On another topic, I would love to see the shot in the movie where they were in the kitchen discussing Rob and Beth again. I want to check out the pics on the fridge. I wonder if we've seen them before...

**Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:19 am

J0shuaKane · Veteran Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 113

where did the video go?

my gf wanted to leave right after the movie Evil or Very Mad

edit: nm, found on youtube thats its just audio Rolling Eyes

**Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:52 am

rhesusmonkeyboy · Decorated Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 183 Location: SEARCH

Definitely ITS STILL ALIVE

**Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:05 pm

malemunyon · Boot Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 51

The YTMND I linked before got updated, it actually looks kinda nice now.

http://cloverfieldmessage.ytmnd.com/

**Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:41 pm

KitsuneFox59 · Greenhorn Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Posts: 6

Wow, 215 downloads.

**Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:13 pm

Sanfam · Boot Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 10

Just chiming in with my two cents. While it is possible that the message says "Help Us, It's still alive!", occam's razor would have us side with the idea of the message simply being the latter, "It's still alive!". The most likely intention of this message was to indicate not the survival of the characters, but rather the sequel-spamming license that is the survival of the monster.

While one might certainly be able to make a message out of the sound in reverse, it's clearly designed to be heard as the camcorder or radio of some sort starting up again (static starting out strong, fading) with a person saying the message after. But attempting to make this into a two-part backward-forward message is just a bit silly. The care that would have gone into the selection of words would have been absurd for the intended purpose when they could have just gone the less complicated route of simply saying "Help us, It's Still Alive!". Why would the producers layer this basic hint so thoroughly? Again, simplicity typically prevails, and it just seems improbable that this would be "help us" *or* a two-way/two-piece message.

But it was damned cool, that's for sure. After reading this thread, I just had to jump in. There is rampant overthinking for what amounts to a sub-three second hint. I don't feel up to the task of repeating myself in defense, so if someone feels like shooting me down, go for it. I made my case, I won't mind.

edit: grammatical malfunction

Phoenixka · Kl00 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 42

Over thinking solves ARG's.

I was just going through the Dark Night ARG thread and there is a part involving a safe. People were running through different sites, trying to find numbers. The solution to this puzzle was setting your computers clock to 7:38, which was a time listed in one of the sites. Basically you have to analyze and try out everything to make progress with these.

**Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:28 am

TheMaximum · Veteran Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 135

The whisper at the end is meant to be reversed to hear "It's still alive." The "help us" that we hear is just us trying to make sense out of the strange sounds that we don't understand.

It's only "It's still alive." Not a two-part phrase.

The "help us" is just a trick of the sound, and product of our over-attentive ears.

**Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:32 am

Sanfam · Boot Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 10

Of course, thinking outside the box is key, but this isn't some complex puzzle, it's just a sound which plays a voice in reverse. My suspicion as to why it wasn't played at a normal speed was just for this purpose, for us to latch onto the mystery and flip it around while not making some of the viewers feel as if it was a massive cop-out. I've been involved in a couple ARE/ARGs before, but this one has been fairly simple, seemingly designed for mass-consumption rather than the enjoyment of the veteran ARG-er (to some dismay within the community, I've noticed).

Edit: Damn my wordyness. Beaten! Wink

OliMango · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 1189 Location: Vegas

**Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:37 am

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**Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:18 am

beesbees · Kilroy Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

Am I the only one who hears:

**Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:51 am