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[TRAILHEAD] The Attic Tapes
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armchairmod
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 		Probably irrelevant at this point but Matt says the number of his house is 38 (source below). Worth mentioning I guess because numbers seem to be playing an important role in the puzzles so far.

http://mattzesiger.blogspot.com/2010/06/codes-in-second-video.html?showComment=1277917089884#c6834256551292913382

PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:28 pm
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AzureWolf
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 		Email exchange

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show details 9:52 AM (7 hours ago)

Hey,

So I randomly stumbled on your blog and videos and the code in your second attic video is "Find me" and "Welcome" at the end.

Just thought I'd let you know.

Azure


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Hey Azure,

Somebody already pointed that out to me. Thanks though. Still not sure what it means though. Can you make anything of the pattern of the numbered switches?

Matt

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nils
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 		Did you check full headers etc of the email? Who knows, may have some hidden hints.

I guess the switches are our next goal to tackle. I can't make anything of them. I did consider that they might be a number in base-4, 1302 base-4 is 114 decimal. But that's not getting us anywhere. The reason for assuming base-4 is that, well, there are four of them and the "4" on the door in the beginning could also be a hint that way.

I don't think we are supposed to instruct Matt to "do" anything with them, since he doesn't know where that abandoned factory is.

I think the 38 number of his house is probably fluff / red herring, but who knows.

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nils
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 		Looked a it again. Let me draw a picture...

Switches:

Code:

    X1      X3
       o   o

X0 o   o
        X2


The order is X1,X3,X0,X2

The "stick man" spray painting has this order:


Code:

4
_________2
    |     |
1_.|     |
     """""|
           |3


Okay, doesn't look so nice. The order is: Lower Left - Upper Right - Lower Right - Upper Left

So the order does not appear to be the same.

If we "connect the dots" of the switches, we get a Z. It occurs to me that, if you simply wanted to show the switches and didn't do it in any specific way, this is probably the order you'd film them in.

If we order them by the order of the stick man's appearing appendages, I get X0,X3,X2,X1 - doesn't look too random, tho I doubt this is what we're after. Opinions?

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 		There's a new blog post up, but nothing much besides the fact that the door to his attic was stuck. Kinda weird, but probably nothing.

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natas wrote:
There's a new blog post up, but nothing much besides the fact that the door to his attic was stuck. Kinda weird, but probably nothing.


And the cold air? I don't know, it does have something menacing about it. I suppose it is possible that we can fail this if we are too slow?

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 		could this be tied to paranormal activity 2 that just dropped their trailer?
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armchairmod
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 		i think the ball will really start rolling once he uploads the third tape. the switch puzzle and the weird spray paint thing seem like they will be important later on.

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Mister_Servo
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nils wrote:
natas wrote:
There's a new blog post up, but nothing much besides the fact that the door to his attic was stuck. Kinda weird, but probably nothing.


And the cold air? I don't know, it does have something menacing about it. I suppose it is possible that we can fail this if we are too slow?


It kind of reminds of how a window is left open in a room and when you open the door you feel a draft. My guess is someone was up there and put something or was pushing on the door to keep him out. Maybe they had an attic window open to get some air? O_o Either way, that was pretty creepy.

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 		plants
just as an fyi: the plants are of the succulent variety in the picture on pg 1 Smile

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sim0006
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 		Flowers
Hey, fairly new to all this but this looks like an interesting one to get my feet wet with.

I think it might be a good idea to let him know about the flower images. If they were hidden like that, they must be there for a reason. I'm thinking it may be something around his property since everything from the first video was. If he checked it out, there may be something hidden there. Let me know, I can send an email if you guys think it may be worth while.

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 		Buildings
Hello - I'm new so please bare with me Razz

Don't know how this could help, but just making some general observations - perhaps obvious. Razz It seems like there are two or three different buildings in the video.

It looks like the first building, blue and white, is shown at the beginning and, from a different and more distant angle, later. It almost seems like an old private residence estate that was later converted for business use of some kind. I'm not an architect but I know a bit about history and I'm guessing the building was built between 1900 and 1920.

The 2nd building is the large red brick building - an institute of some sort or old factory - but I'm thinking more of an old institute. Perhaps tuberculosis hospital or something like that. Build between 1890 and 1915? The 3rd building may be attached to the second, also made of red brick it is an amazingly tall tower - I'm guessing a smoke stack.

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Also, under the funny dancing creepy spray-paint guy - just under his raised leg - it looks like there are some numbers? 014.112 with a 0 or a blob in the middle. Maybe not numbers, maybe just my eyes trying to find something Razz

My two cents just to keep a conversation going. I don't know where to begin with the voltage switches.

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trin cat
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 		It looks like if the switches are turned in the order the stick man's limbs appear (X0-X3-X2-X1) it turns the power on in that abandoned building, or electrifies the fence, since the stick man looks like he has one arm stuck in a wall socket, and after that the "high voltage' warning and graphic are shown.

That was probably stating the too obvious; sorry. New.

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Crescent
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 		regarding the switches - could 'x' also be 10? so we have 10, 11, 12 and 13
or j,k,l and m?
just another thought

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nils
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 		I did tell him about the flower images in a comment, didn't ask any questions related to it though.

About the numbers under the spray paint guy, I honestly think these are just bits of the plaster missing. They DO look a little like numbers, but I don't think they actually are.

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