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[carpathianroses]

[TRAILHEAD?] 8-3-11

[Minz]

Interesting!
This website definitely represents a numbers station!
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station)
Each page plays a different set of sounds/morse code/numbers, so the first challenge is probably to decode them all

[cherrytree98765]

While I checked it out for like a minute when I tried to return this showed.

[draghkar]

same for me.. maybe brought online too early?

[carpathianroses]

Hmm well, I guess we'll find out when I get an email or when they get more bandwidth next month. definitely smells ARGish though. One of the sound clips was from "The Swedish Rhapsody" which has something to do with The Conet Project.

[TheArmadaBledd]

I'll keep an eye on this myself!

[kosmopol]

OK, people, do you mean this one?
http://8-3-11.info/



Very weird page. Looks like they are trying to go viral with all the flyers.

Interesting thing: at formspring (http://www.formspring.me/8X3X11)
somebody asked

[booba]

More then we need to know about the umbrella with the recording of the numbers station broadcast
http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2602/index.htm

Its just a umbrella, unless there is a later tie-in to:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jun/06/nickpatonwalsh

Think I'll sign up.

Edit to add: Here's a stretch

Alberta BelleM = cold war?

[leksu2]

I did a WHOIS search on the address.
This is what came up:


Domain ID:D38516641-LRMS
Domain Name:8-3-11.INFO
Created On:21-Jun-2011 02:17:39 UTC
Last Updated On:21-Jun-2011 02:17:39 UTC
Expiration Date:21-Jun-2012 02:17:39 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com Inc. (R171-LRMS)
Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:CR86237525
Registrant Name:Sam Eightthreeeleven
Registrant Organization:8-3-11
Registrant Street1:14926 Flowerwood
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Houston
Registrant State/Province:Texas
Registrant Postal Code:77062
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.8326339406
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:8slash3slash11@gmail.com
Admin ID:CR86237527
Admin Name:Sam Eightthreeeleven
Admin Organization:8-3-11
Admin Street1:14926 Flowerwood
Admin Street2:
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Houston
Admin State/Province:Texas
Admin Postal Code:77062
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.8326339406
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:8slash3slash11@gmail.com
Billing ID:CR86237528
Billing Name:Sam Eightthreeeleven
Billing Organization:8-3-11
Billing Street1:14926 Flowerwood
Billing Street2:
Billing Street3:
Billing City:Houston
Billing State/Province:Texas
Billing Postal Code:77062
Billing Country:US
Billing Phone:+1.8326339406
Billing Phone Ext.:
Billing FAX:
Billing FAX Ext.:
Billing Email:8slash3slash11@gmail.com
Tech ID:CR86237526
Tech Name:Sam Eightthreeeleven
Tech Organization:8-3-11
Tech Street1:14926 Flowerwood
Tech Street2:
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Houston
Tech State/Province:Texas
Tech Postal Code:77062
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.8326339406
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:8slash3slash11@gmail.com
Name Server:NS77.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server:NS78.DOMAINCONTROL.COM


What i found out by looking at it quickly.

Phone number:+1.8326339406 Might or might not be useful

Some kind of a street address:14926 Flowerwood I googled it and this came out.

Email address:8slash3slash11@gmail.com

Would someone mind calling the number?

[Billhouse]

A quick Google of the phone number show posts on YouTube and Yahoo Answers of someone trying to get people to prank call that number. The posts are from about 2 years ago.

[leksu2]

Interesting....

But why would people wanna prank call him/her/it/them.

Seriously, someone call that number.

[Euthanatos]

I have my doubts about this being an ARG, but I do know that at least one of the radio signals played on the site is straight from the wikipedia page. The "ENT, HOTIN, FOXTROT" or whatever it is she says is a straight downloadable thing from the wikipedia page on number stations.

EDIT: Also, I called the number above a couple of times. On each occasion it rang three times, then gave me a couple of seconds of either room tone or actual silence, then hung up. Not sure it leads anywhere. Maybe others will have better luck, but I don't think that leads to much of anything.

[Guest]

Did you try to say something to the phone?
Usually if nothing is heard on the phone, people will hang up.

[posse]

I don't think this is going to be helpful, but I did figure out which Conet Project tracks correspond to which mp3 that gets played on each of the pages of the site.

Here's the link to the tracks from The Conet Project (there's 150 of them total): http://www.archive.org/details/ird059. The "Tcp d# ##" refers to The Conet Project CD album (4-discs total), disc #, track #.

http://8-3-11.info
BrutalityUnec.mp3
Track 137 - Tcp d4 30 workshop irdial

http://8-3-11.info/HelpSpreadtheWordinYourArea.html
HelpHer.mp3
Track 4 - Tcp d1 04 phonetic alphabet nato irdial

http://8-3-11.info/Knowledge.html
Knowledge.mp3
Track 1 - Tcp d1 01 the swedish rhapsody irdial

http://8-3-11.info/GetInvolved.html
Involvement.mp3
Track 57 - Tcp d2 34 frank young peter irdial

[Euthanatos]

Maybe I should have said 'less than a second'. By the time I knew the phone was picked up and had drawn the breath to say anything, the call was already terminated.


Also, on closer listening, it seems like all of the audio on the site is from the Cornet Project. They may have altered the audio to up the creepy factor... though, honestly, the creepy factor is already pretty high on this stuff. Maybe it's a promo for them, or maybe it's simply inspired by the freakshow audio that these number stations pumped out over the decades.