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[VIDEO] Entry #38
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I was thinking that the people sacrificed their criminals to The Operator; tying them to the tree was done to make them look more similar to Him.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:31 pm
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emevas
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swenson wrote:
I'll add another theory to the batch. One of the other things from the original mythos was the whole "he doesn't exist unless you think about him" thing, which implies that he's a being created by people's thoughts and fears. So let's say there was a particularly fertile patch of forest with an isolated village nearby full of superstitious country folk. Weird stuff seemed to happen around there, either because there really was something weird going or it was just coincidence--forests can be dangerous places, after all. So they started doing the whole tying-to-trees thing. Over time, especially after the boy died, they began to fear that part of the forest and tell stories about an evil spirit that lived there, like the spirit of the trees or something. These thoughts and fears ultimately coalesced into... Slendy!

Huh, maybe that's why Slendy craves the camera so much. He wants people to remember him so he can continue to exist... which means that all of us watching Marble Hornets are helping him. *shudder*


I like this! The people invented him by believing in him and by using the camera, he forces the rest of the world, or the viewers, at least, to keep him alive. But then what is the Ark? What is that used for? This doesn't explain it.

However, this could explain why slendy has been around for centuries(in the myths) because people just thought of something very frightning and it made him real. . .

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Hey, remember that "distortion hole" from Entry 21?

...I think that's where a tree used to be, but was uprooted... or burned...

...or where something was buried...

...but no matter what, that spot is definitely important. Jay should do more thorough investigating in that hole--

Some Forum Troll: That's what she said!

Shocked ...but yeah, I think it's connected.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:42 pm
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TwentyThree wrote:
Hey, remember that "distortion hole" from Entry 21?

...I think that's where a tree used to be, but was uprooted... or burned...


Ooh, I like that idea. Man, why do I have to live with a forest out back? Oh well, at least my current house doesn't have very many trees around it. Where I used to live was smack in the middle of a square mile of woods!

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For reference: #38 is the most recent one, #29 is the entry with lots of distortion and Slenderman in a tunnel, #31 is the one where Jay thinks someone is following him but he has headphones on the whole time. They all take place in forests.

I'm not so sure that #38, #29, and #31 all show the same forest. Part of the problem with comparing 38 and 31 is that its later at night in 38, and 21 has so much distortion that it's hard to tell. The creek in the forest in 31 isn't something I saw in any of the other videos, and I don't see anything man-made at ALL in either 38 or 29 that could be the tunnel.

I'm not sure that they depict three DIFFERENT forests, but I find it unlikely that they all depict the same forest. It's hard to know which forests are the same, though. If we assume that Jay spend the most of the missing 7 months at least NEAR the hotel that season 2 began in, then there is a good chance that 38 and 31 are the same forest, but again I haven't yet noticed any identifying features of the forests that repeat themselves.

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Camero
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I just noticed that there is a forest in #21 as well, which is the forest near the red tower. Although it has a creek like the one in #31, they are definitely not the same place because Jay is in a different place(at the hotel) and I would think he would have noticed the red tower.

However, the red tower's connection to all this craziness means that it is possible that it is the same location as #38 or #29. I'm leaning towards #38 because we never saw a tunnel in any of the entries that involved the red tower(which is where 21 takes place)

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Megarain wrote:
Rogue Thoughts wrote:
Antifringe wrote:
Is anyone else uneasy with the direction the story is going? I don't think that Marble Hornets needs a long brick of demystifying exposition about the Slenderman's origins.

I agree. A backstory kills the "fear of the unknown" vibe, so now Slendy's actually gonna have to do something to be scary again. Besides standing there menacingly.


Also @iFaux
I completely disagree. He's still an unknown force. Is he the reason the trees grow fast? Or is that for some other reason. Perhaps the form he takes is due to all the people killed there. Who knows. I surely don't


I completely disagree also, if you read a few posts later from my original Razz My post was mostly post-video quick thoughts

TwentyThree wrote:
Hey, remember that "distortion hole" from Entry 21?

...I think that's where a tree used to be, but was uprooted... or burned...

...or where something was buried...

...but no matter what, that spot is definitely important. Jay should do more thorough investigating in that hole--

Some Forum Troll: That's what she said!

Shocked ...but yeah, I think it's connected.


I swear if you're right. Back in the day when tunnels and holes and basements were trendy in MH, I pushed for that hole so hard. I acted like that hole was the freakin' Holy Grail of MH.

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TheCrimsonKnight
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TwentyThree wrote:
Hey, remember that "distortion hole" from Entry 21?

...I think that's where a tree used to be, but was uprooted... or burned...

...or where something was buried...


Bollocks....
The hole wasn´t really big, so I will asume something (maybe remains from someone?) is buried ther
This entry wasn´t exactly what I expected, but it was good nonetheless. Taking the mystery off Slendy... they must have something really good planned.

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Geneaux486
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I think the Operator is likely some kind of combination of the criminals who died in the forest, perhaps formed by whatever catalysed the enhanced growth rate of the forest (if Alex's story is to be believed). Perhaps the Ark was the cause of this anomaly.

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Camero
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I doubt that we would get a Slender Man origin story--it's hard to even envision a situation where Alex or Jay could even figure it out. More likely is that they are coming to the realization that this is FAR from the first time in history that he has appeared.

The forest didn't necessarily give birth to Slender man, it's just possible that he was there doing his thing back in the 1800s as well.

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iSweet
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For the people taking credit for the hole theory in Entry 21, I already mentioned this on the TTA video, Broadcast discussion page.

Look it up.

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Geneaux486
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iSweet wrote:
For the people taking credit for the hole theory in Entry 21, I already mentioned this on the TTA video, Broadcast discussion page.

Look it up.


It's good to have stuff like that on record for posterity, ain't it.

Also, hinting at Operator's backstory won't make him less spooky. If they went overboard and somehow told us everything about his origins, that's a different story. Really, the only thing that might make him less scary is if he starts communicating in a direct fashion. What makes Operator so scary to me is the fact that you have no idea what its thinking or why its there, just that it clearly should not be there.

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There's something that's bugging me: Why hasn't Jay posted on his twitter yet? That breaks routine. If Troy had time to upload the video, then he had time to update the Twitter...

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iSweet
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Geneaux486 wrote:
iSweet wrote:
For the people taking credit for the hole theory in Entry 21, I already mentioned this on the TTA video, Broadcast discussion page.

Look it up.


It's good to have stuff like that on record for posterity, ain't it.


It's just an honor thing for me. I'd rather be wrong and be the one that everyone calls stupid for a theory than have it be right and have someone else to praised for it.

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guillaume
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heres why alex is acting weird: Hes about to kill himself via operator.

Heres what goes down: Alex just bought Jay a hotel room for the night, and takes him out to the woods.
-entry 38-
-tape runs out-
-Jay stops recording for a while for whatever reason-
Alex says "wait here" and is gone for a long time
Jay comes running to find him
-entry 29-
-Jay wakes up in the hotel with no memory of anything happening
-Tim puts his mask back on, kidnaps Jessica, and plants the safe code in her room(knowing Jay doesn't remember him being tim)

As for what the Operator is, he may be "God" or whatever was making that land "blessed"

also I Love alex's use of the word "TRIALS" Makes me think of a certain bad HABIT Wink

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