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nyc_jester
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And we've come to the end of Marble Hornets...Season 1!

Seriously, though...very nice work, and it does look like we're headed to a prolonged break while creators prep for phase 2.

Something smells fishy here. So, Alex washes his hands completely clean of everything to do with SM (except for not getting rid of the camera...not smart, Alex; not smart), and yet somehow knows exactly where Jay is to send him the missing tape?

I don't think so. The only person I can think of that would have a constant knowledge of Jay's whereabouts would be Masky. I think Alex is being held captive in the same place that Brian, Sarah, Alex's dog and whoever else has disappeared since this thing began...and Masky sent out the tape to try and lure Jay into getting captured as well.

TL;DR version: Don't do it, J!!! It's a trap!!!!

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Caustic wrote:
Slendy strolls right past Alex, goes straight for the girl.

Thoughts?


Well, according to Facebook...
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Aerokinetic wrote:
IMO the operator symbol means to not 'operate' a camera - the circle being the lens of a camcorder or similar recording device.


Yes. Whenever you see the circle with an X through it, it is a warning to STOP FUCKING FILMING. If you don't, slendy will be aggressive.

ALSO, isn't it cool that, as she turns to face slendy, you can here the audio static increase slightly? It's like slenderman is made of interference!

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OK I'M BACK, BEEN GONE SINCE 3AM O: What'd I miss? :3

And as suggested before, perhaps the tape is the ark. Both Slendy and Masky want it oh so very dearly, which is why Slendy went for the girl?

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This shot was shown for about 2 frames at 4:19. Who's legs are these? Shocked

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Caustic wrote:
Hello. Here's something I noticed.



Slendy strolls right past Alex, goes straight for the girl.

Thoughts?


I think Slendy was going for the hair gel, personally.

Actually, I think Slendy specifically targets cameras. I haven't been able to wrap my head around why...but I think he was more interested in the holder of the camera (IE: The Operator)

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So here's a couple things I picked up on during this latest viewing.

1:54- audio static at very beginning of shot
3:19- video freezes for 2 seconds, audio stutters just before recovery
3:26- distorted sigh?
4:13- humming as Slender Man comes into frame

If any of you have paid attention to the gaming community, you might have picked up on Valve's awesome teaser campaign for Portal 2, which in part involved hiding images in sound files (steganography). Could the flashing lights that start at 2:38 be a reverse process- hiding sound in flashes of light? One can wonder.

I also think that Skulley was, perhaps, a first-generation Masky mask, with Masky experimenting with different styles to help him evade Slender Man's notice. He had plenty of time to refine the look between when Alex gave J the tapes and J started going through them.

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nyc_jester wrote:
Actually, I think Slendy specifically targets cameras. I haven't been able to wrap my head around why...but I think he was more interested in the holder of the camera (IE: The Operator)


I think you might have something there! He went after Alex, he went after Seth, he went after whoever the cameraperson was for Return, he went after this new girl. All of them were holding cameras at the time!

I may or may not be back with a bigass post of my thoughts later. Because damn, we've just been handed an assload of new puzzle pieces.

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badluckshadow13 wrote:
There's an idea, somebody, likely Masky wants this all resolved, so he did something to get Slendy riled up, then led him to Alex's.
Still, it also seems likely to me that hostile-slendy was reacting to the girlfriend's scream. Or maybe her running.

I find it hard to believe that the sound of a woman screaming would be enough to set Slendy off like that. Initially I thought that Slendy had come to the house because of something Alex had done but after reading this thread I think there's more evidence that the camera or the tape somehow attracted Slendy to the location. I still think the camera was planted there by someone (Masky seems a likely culprit) who knew it would bring Slenderman. I also believe that everything we see up until the girlfriend turns the camera to show her face is being recorded by this mystery cameraman.

Here's my timeline for entry 26:
3:57 PM- Mystery man enters the house, being careful to check corners so as to avoid detection.
3:59 PM- Mystery man enters the kitchen and checks the window for Slenderman, a wise move considering he's holding what basically amounts to a slenderbeacon.
4:00-4:01 PM- Knowing he doesn't have much time left, mystery man ditches the camera in the closet and hauls ass out of there.
4:03 PM- Girlfriend finds camera.
4:04 PM- Alex realizes whats up and mentally braces for impact. Moments later, shit is formally introduced to the fan.

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spaekle wrote:
nyc_jester wrote:
Actually, I think Slendy specifically targets cameras. I haven't been able to wrap my head around why...but I think he was more interested in the holder of the camera (IE: The Operator)


I think you might have something there! He went after Alex, he went after Seth, he went after whoever the cameraperson was for Return, he went after this new girl. All of them were holding cameras at the time!

I may or may not be back with a bigass post of my thoughts later. Because damn, we've just been handed an assload of new puzzle pieces.
What if the camera can somehow act as Slenderman's eyes? It's never established how Slenderman finds his way around at all and he's known to do something to electrical items. Perhaps he goes for cameras because he wants to integrate them into his body, thus giving him the ability to see his surroundings?

It's a really wacky theory, but isn't that what this thread is here for?

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OK, MY timeline of events.

At ~2:36, where someone is walking down a hall. There are actually TWO flashes of light. The first one fills only a bit of the room, and the second fills the WHOLE room.

At 3:57 PM, someone picks up the camera and starts recording. (Presumably Alex's hot new girlfriend.)
They stop recording after a few seconds, and begin again in 2 minutes. (3:59 PM)

Camera gets turned off again at 4:01, only to be turned back on again in two minutes (4:03)

With the dimples on that girl, she looks like a puppet Razz (Just so you know)

from 3:18-3:20, the video freezes.

video cutting at 4:03

She turns to face slendy at 4:12. It appears that he actually starts moving.

From some estimates made of the blurry shots following the attack, this is what I've concluded.

4:13 - She slams a door on Slendy, it appears by this time she is on the ground.

4:14-4:16- Running down stairs

4:16 - I'm fairly sure I see a deformed looking hand. Its owner is currently a mystery.

The hand grabs something. (Presumably the girl)
And she appears to be trying to pull away.

4:17 - video goes dark

4:18 - video goes light, showing very blurry shots of a brown room.

4:18 - We see a shot of Slenderman's legs

4:19-4:20 - Camera operator crawling along a hall, looking behind her.

4:21 - Slenderman down the hall. He appears to be in an aggressive, yet neutral position.

4:22 - Slendy doesn't move, despite the operator being within mere feet of him. He appears to be staring at her.

4:22 - Slendy raises his right arm and shifts over, effectively blocking the camera's line of sight to him. He then freezes in the same position as before.

4:26-4:28 - Operator crawls over to window, looks outside, and turns around. Slendy still hasn't moved. However, his arms now look more like tentacles, and his head is tilted at a weird angle. Video freezes

4:30 - Bright light appears, whiting out everything on screen.

4:32 - The "Help" with the Operator symbol appears. It moves around as if held by an unsteady hand.

4:34 - Video goes black.

Tape END

NOTE:
After PERSONALLY reviewing the shots of outside the house multiple times, Slenderman isn't outside D:
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spaekle wrote:
nyc_jester wrote:
Actually, I think Slendy specifically targets cameras. I haven't been able to wrap my head around why...but I think he was more interested in the holder of the camera (IE: The Operator)


I think you might have something there! He went after Alex, he went after Seth, he went after whoever the cameraperson was for Return, he went after this new girl. All of them were holding cameras at the time!

I may or may not be back with a bigass post of my thoughts later. Because damn, we've just been handed an assload of new puzzle pieces.

I haven't read through the thread yet, so my apologies if it's been discussed, but from how Alex looked and how the girl reacted, that was the first time she had seen Slendy. Assuming they've been living together, they've probably been together for a while. Given that it sounded like that camera hadn't been used by Alex in a long time, it seems as if Slendy was definitely brought out by its use.

Also, is it me or does that girl sound horny when talking to Alex. I have an idea about what she wanted to use that camera for...

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The way that Alex was so calm and how Slendy, after Alex calmed (sort of) the girl down, it seemed to me like Slendy was waiting for Alex to regain memory of the incidents, and was waiting to...I don't know, talk? to him.

Also, the other masky seemed to me to have blonde hair, much like the girl.

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Fiasco wrote:

Also, is it me or does that girl sound horny when talking to Alex. I have an idea about what she wanted to use that camera for...

Maybe that's why he told her to turn it off and put it away
"last time I got freaky infront of a camera, I almost ended up in a live action tentacle hentai. *Shudders* the slendicles will haunt me always."
afwfwfawf wrote:

The way that Alex was so calm and how Slendy, after Alex calmed (sort of) the girl down, it seemed to me like Slendy was waiting for Alex to regain memory of the incidents, and was waiting to...I don't know, talk? to him.

Also, the other masky seemed to me to have blonde hair, much like the girl.


Trout no, we've been over it, look closer. The yellow-ish stuff around the mask is distortion, you can make out short hair cropped close to Masky's head.

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I'm wondering if it'll start up again on June 20th, the day that the intro entry was posted. Razz I'm going to be F5ing like a madperson that day, hoping something happens.

I wonder what that timer was counting down to. it was going pretty fast. It reminded me of a bomb timer. "Thank you for pressing the RECORD button. Your head will self-destruct in exactly 98 milliseconds."

I'm also wondering what the P's that appeared where the timer had been at 4:30 were for. Weird.

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