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Hope is missing - Find Hope Wilcott - New Game??

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Optomitol
Boot

Joined: 04 Oct 2007
Posts: 32

Wooo... How come I've just noticed the cipher text in the contact page of americandistro.com? Has it just been added? Anyway, check it out Contact page.

Reads: synt ba onypbal ng guerr uhaqerq

Using the rot-it script. rotation 13 comes out as:
flag on balcony at three hundred

This seems too well formed to be a coincidence. (I don't think it is a false positive). Any ideas what it could mean?

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:14 am

andyjacsmom
Guest

Hope missing
hmmm

I thought that at the beginning of the tape that the other voice said "I wish you could see her"

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:53 pm

knumar
Guest

Can anyone tell me wether this is just a game or if Hope Wilcott is a real missing person?

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:25 pm

nilesneverman
Guest

Letter

"Are you wondering why it is so incredibly hot over in this..." Can't make out the last word, hah. I don't think anyone can. Pretty sure it starts with "S" and ends with "ce." Sauce? Hah. Source?

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:33 pm

CAPNcrunch
Kilroy

Joined: 09 Oct 2007
Posts: 1
Location: N ur basement

About the ZIP

I have never heard of ARG before tonight, but I'm totally enthralled already, being a natural born puzzle-solver!
I can address 3 points here, not sure if they are any help but here goes:

1. The pic where the street address was unhidden states "560 2nd AVE" or possibly 56Q?
I can tell you that the ZIP on the envelope is a valid zip for San Fran, but NOT for 2nd AVE in San Fran. Per the USPS website, there are 2 valid zip codes for any address on this street, 94118 & 94122.

2. Previous post believes the cypher may be "flag on balcony at three hundred". If the 300 refers to a street address, that is an apt bldg on 2nd AVE. Source again is the USPS website- states the range (apt range I guess?) is 1-6

3. About the aforementioned hotline.. 415-659-8348 ... this exchange (415-659) is owned by Level3, so it is probably resold to a VOIP provider like Vonage or some such (somebody mentioned privatephone earlier?). The interesting thing is, this exchange is homed out of the ZIP 94107. I have a hard time thinking that's coincidence.

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:14 pm

madmad59
Decorated

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 188
Location: TEXAS

I am ready to help
I know this group can find her

Am reading all I can on info provided so far. TTYS! :O)

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:51 pm

BubbleBoy
Decorated

Joined: 16 Jul 2007
Posts: 271
Location: United States

New Video

New video up, this one has some information. So far (I've only been watching it for a couple of minutes) there are these numbers.

4673 47 25483

I'm sure that there is more as he mentions something about "I'm sure that the answer to what happened to Hope lies within these frames" (talking about the video).

Will update when I have more.

Edit 1 of ?: The phrase "It's so dark where I am" flash quickly at 1:36. There are also some really cool noises, which I will record and upload within the hour if no one beats me to it.

Edit 2: The numbers "-119.00833" without quotes and possibly a location flash at 1:46.

Edit 3: 2:01 - the words "BOTCH.MOM" appear.

EDIT 4: 2:10 - the following letters come up.

Quote:

ORARNGU GUR FGVYY
JNGREF BS N QNEX
YNXR QBRF QNZANGVBA
BE ERQRZCGVBA JNVG

SVIR FGNTRF QBG OBGPU QBG ZBZ

Translation?

Quote:

Beneath the still waters of a dark lake does damnation or revelution wait.

five stages dot botch dot mom

2:18 - something that looks like that green sticker that was on that package flashes. See picture below.

2:31 - 38.01667

Right, so take the -119.00833 from before and the 38.01667 from now, stick it into Yahoo Maps and you get a nice spot called "MONO LAKE" located in California. [url="http://maps.yahoo.com/broadband#mvt=m&q1=-119.00833%2C+38.01667&trf=0&lon=-119.008026&lat=38.016993&mag=7"]here[/url] (yeah, someone is going to have to edit that to make it work. In the meantime, put it in your browser)

A split second later the words "Let us Kill" pop up. Picture of that is also below. I will try to get the pictures of the other frames as well.

strangesymbol1.gif
Description	Symbol at 2:18
Filesize	256.18KB
Viewed	280 Time(s)

3801667.gif
Description	38.01667
Filesize	23.33KB
Viewed	1885 Time(s)

letuskill.gif
Description	Let us Kill
Filesize	46.56KB
Viewed	144 Time(s)

voicesonnewvideo.mp3
Description	Voices on the new video	Download
Filename	voicesonnewvideo.mp3
Filesize	342.04KB
Downloaded	231 Time(s)

voicesfirstpartreversed.mp3
Description	I reversed the first part of the audio, before she says "Can you hear that?" and... woohoo... take a listen.	Download
Filename	voicesfirstpartreversed.mp3
Filesize	220.41KB
Downloaded	279 Time(s)

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:11 am

Digitalwiki
Greenhorn

Joined: 10 Oct 2007
Posts: 3

Numbers!
All the Number Pointing to A Place

If you take your number 30.01667

I take it as a map poistion then same as you. However i took the clue before as well.

Beneath the still waters of a dark lake does damnation or revelution wait.

five stages dot botch dot mom

I then wen to this site:

http://www.brainygeography.com/types/VA.dam.html

and search on the latidue with that number and there are 5 Dams on that latidue. "Five Stages" "Still water of a Dark Lake"

Sorry for the jumbled up reply but thats how my brain works. Anyone agree with this?

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:54 am

Optomitol
Boot

Joined: 04 Oct 2007
Posts: 32

Re: New Video

BubbleBoy wrote:

2:18 - something that looks like that green sticker that was on that package flashes. See picture below.

It's a shotcode. There is also one of the package which leads to http://www.americandistro.com

I don't have a fancy phone, so am waiting for someone who is able to read it:

http://www.shotcode.com/

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:08 am

nilesneverman
Guest

Quote:

Beneath the still waters of a dark lake does damnation or revelution wait.

five stages dot botch dot mom

"five stages," as in the five stages of death?

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:13 am

Optomitol
Boot

Joined: 04 Oct 2007
Posts: 32

nilesneverman wrote:

Quote:

Beneath the still waters of a dark lake does damnation or revelution wait.

five stages dot botch dot mom

"five stages," as in the five stages of death?

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

http://denial.htmob.com/

None of the others seem to be up

http://5stages.htmob.com/ <<- this is the lake the coords point to mono lake. It also matches the outline around "let us kill" message.

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:18 am

Optomitol
Boot

Joined: 04 Oct 2007
Posts: 32

From denial.htmob.com

This disorder is typified by repeated awakenings from sleep with detailed recall of frightening dreams. These dreams are typically vivid and quite extended and usually include threats to survival, security, or self-esteem. Often there is a recurrence of the same or similar themes. The dream experience or the sleep disturbance resulting from the awakenings causes significant distress. The major diagnostic criteria is as follows:

The person repeatedly awakens with detailed recall of long, frightening dreams. These usually occur in the second half of the sleep or nap period and concern threats to security, self-esteem or survival.

The person quickly becomes alert and oriented upon awakening.

These experiences (or resulting sleep disturbance) cause clinically important distress or impair work, social or personal functioning.

They don't occur solely during another mental disorder (such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder or a delirium).

The symptoms are not directly caused by a general medical condition or substance use, including medications and drugs of abuse.

angry dot htmob dot com @#$I!)#@(%$*)%^($)#^()#%(^)%__)$##%$)#%()(%)$#(Y u

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:25 am

natas
PHP Ninja

Joined: 06 Oct 2007
Posts: 3177
Location: Northwest Indiana

website

is he directing us to fivestages.botch.com???? it's not a site, but botch.com is

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:37 am

Optomitol
Boot

Joined: 04 Oct 2007
Posts: 32

Re: website

natas wrote:

is he directing us to fivestages.botch.com???? it's not a site, but botch.com is

People on stage6 have commented that botch.mom is an anagram of
htmob.com

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:44 am

secretlifeofx
Greenhorn

Joined: 10 Oct 2007
Posts: 7

five stages???

soooo i searched htmob in google and it brought me to the youtube site for head trauma. i dont know if this has been said already but there are five stages of "head trauma" as someone mentioned before.

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:18 pm

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