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[TRAILHEAD] thehumanpet...ARG or something really sick?
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Ript
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Sunflowers.
Genesis



PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:35 am
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CWallaby55
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Tried fiddling around with the clip, based on the awesome new clue.

There is no 8:32.
I looked at 2:38, but it wasn't anything special.
As 8:23, 2:83, and 3:82 also don't exist, I tried taking a look at 3:28.

In the right-hand picture frame, a picture of the codemaster is transitioning into a picture of Eric. 3:28 captures both faces in a strange sort of between state. I don't know if it means anything, but I capped it.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:35 pm
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CortezTheKiller
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Ript: Genius! Nice one mate. We were stumped by that one. And nice info about the sunflowers too.

Please do not apologise for posting solutions. Laughing

Am thinking of the prefix to that decode:

"In the right place at the right time."

EDIT:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

I get:

ATTHERI
8:32
ANDTHER

Possibly meaning 'At the right time and the right place'.



Now, I was going to hold this back until I'd heard back from Eric's father on the subject of which part of LA Eric's apartment was located as it could be completely off-target, but...

...there is a bus no 851 which passes through Sunflower Avenue en route from West Covina to Glendora (in LA) at 8:32.

This of course could just be a total coincidence, we need to hear from Eric's father to see if Eric lived near there or if it means anything to him.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:52 pm
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Ript
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Bus Stop

Awesome work cortez. I got that same thing for the second cypher, just didnt even think about prefixing it to a common saying.

I was also thinking... I don't know if this ARG is big enough for the PM to spend money on advertising, but here in America (don't know if they have these in the UK where you are from) the bench-backs at bus stops are sold to advertisers to put a sign on them or their company logo.

If anyone reading this lives around that area, could we possibly drop by there to see if he rented that space at the 8:32 bus stop and put something there for the next clue? I would, but i'm in Las Vegas and really don't feel like taking time off work for a whim that might not be there.

Hope he hurries though. Three weeks is a long time to ponder if Eric is still alive...lol.

P.S. - Good work CWallaby. I think you found more than you know. If you read deeper into the still picture: The old victims are present, Eric is present, the killer is present, and the note at that time is to us. Maybe warning us to back off or we are next?
Since half the people who started this thread aren't involved anymore, you might be our next video expert. Hah.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:46 pm
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Sorry for the absence. That had to have been what I was right about. Nice job thus far everyone!

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Welcome back Norristian.

Yeah Ript, we have those here too. I know exactly what you mean...we could still do with hearing back from Michael Taylor to see if Eric was living in or near that area, otherwise some poor soul has to drive round LA looking at bus shelters on a hunch. I posted a PM to him a week ago and also a message on his forum, but still no response as yet. He was much quicker to respond to my question about Eric's wallet...maybe something is happening behind the curtain? (Or maybe my idea about the bus was too ridiculous and not worth a response.)
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Yaaay, Norristian is back! Very Happy

Here's something I also thought of. Mentor mentioned earlier the bible verse of John 8:32, which is:

Quote:
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.


With the encoded words being "at the right time", the CM could quite easily be combining the two together and telling us that we will "know the truth and the truth will set us free...at the right time".

Maybe some big event in the story will be coming up soon and taking place at 8:32?

Or even this...CWallaby screencapped the shot of 8:32 in the video with Eric's face and the CM's face blended into one. Maybe this could be a suddle hint to something dealing with Eric's real identity? I think somebody mentioned earlier in the thread that they thought Eric was setting this up himself as a hoax or something along the lines of faking his kiddnapping.

Well the last idea may be pretty farfetched, but i'm just trying to keep all options open. Just thought i'd put that all out there for you guys to ponder over. Smile

However, Cortez, I REALLY like the thing you found about the bus. From what you posted, it really does sound like more than a coincidence and should really be kept in mind.

Other than that, I guess we'll just have to wait for a response from the CM now.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:07 pm
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Contact?

Just curious. Has anyone tried contacting the killer?

I've contacted the father with all of our new information but have yet to hear back from him.

I know from the wayyyyy early postings that someone actually wrote an e-mail or IM'ed the killer. Just wondering if anyone still has this information and/or has used it.

Getting bored, hope the PM gives us something soon.

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I've contacted the killer via youtube. Problem is, well, he read the message and yet no response. But then again, at the time, I asked probably one of the lamest questions.

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Das Llama
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Heres a longshot. That 8:32 thing got to me.
This is a link to a member of the finderictaylor board.

http://lorne-delacroix.livejournal.com/

Read the 2nd entry

Its odd, her friend Derek went missing 4 days before our Eric was kidnapped. She says She is in Hawaii but Derek is friend from a BBS so it could be a long distance aquantiance.

my 2 cents 4 now

Also, can anyone read the smaller words under "Sieze the day" on the pic.


aqui un llama

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Wabonan
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I've contacted him several times. He even emails me back sometimes. But I think I piss him off too much to be able to get info out of him. Also I read that blog before I thought it was OOG..I don't even remember how I found it..I could be wrong though..maybe I was wrong thinking it was OOG

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El Neil
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seize the day

the woman in the "seize the day" pic is rinoa fron the final fantasy games. just checked "rinoa" on google and went through all the images but couldnt see it. the ones that say vgcats.com are from a normal looking comic art website. the one that says "fantasy" quickly flicks to "eternal" every so often, and theres also one that says "in the end only kindness matters".

any ideas?


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El Neil
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seize the day

just tried enlarging and sharpening the pic but its far too low res. the only chance we have of reading it is finding a bigger version or being able to read it as it is.


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Very odd-- the itty-bitty purposely unreadable text is pretty common among livejournal icon makers, but as (he?) is a member of the finderictaylor forum, I'm not sure it's justifiable to say the text is meaningless.

However (and this is just going off my extensive livejournal addiction experience) the Rinoa icon looks different in style to some of the others-- many of the other icons were premade by the vgcats website, others look like they are simply cropped and resized artwork, and three of the others with text (Fantasy, Dying Dream, and Kindness) appear to be very simply made, just adding text or doing a very simple animation. The Rinoa icon, however, looks very much like the kind of icon made by much more skilled icon makers (the kind who frequently use the tiny text). I suspect the icon was made by someone else and Lorne is using it without giving credit. This is kind of a livejournal no-no, but it leads me to believe that the icon is not an IG message. I could be totally wrong, but that is my hunch.

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Well it seems we may be hearing up for more action. I received a response from Eric's dad with regards to the location of Eric's apartment - he lived in Hollywood (nowhere near Covina), so the bus thing may be just a coincidence.

Also, the Codemaster left me a comment on YouTube with regards to the clean-up of the face, so it looks like some action is about to happen. Here's hoping.
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