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tukmol
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REAL Cloverfield Related Explosion in Culver City California Yesterday there was this mysterious explosion that happened in Culver City California (few miles away from LAX)
I was working at a nearby establishment there and noticed some smoke filled creature with growling sounds.
Apparently after 1hr, authorities and some sort of Special Forces (in Hazmat) quarantined the area.
For some reason only few news showcased it but now Im scared if the Cloverfield Monster is somehow true.
This is true and here are some related links from local news
http://cbs2.com/local/Explosion.Culver.City.2.792762.html
CBS News
http://www.knbc.com/news/17161701/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
NBC News
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:15 pm
avpruler
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an explosion with no fire, odd, but I dont believe your 'smoke filled monster.' Just saying thats a bit far-fetched...
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:01 am
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Probably filming something. Lots of tv and movies are shot in the area, and there's lots of shows currently in production.
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:04 am
avpruler
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no the news sites said it was an explosion in an unserground vault
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:12 am
Gregoriev
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avpruler wrote:
no the news sites said it was an explosion in an unserground vault
Far more likely a
bank
vault robbery than a smoke monster.
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:16 am
Chrizzy
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In a related story, Clover also made an appearance in northern Toronto...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/world/americas/11canada.html
As in the OP, initial reports mentioned a "smoke filled creature with growling sounds", but this was later found to have been caused by footage of one of Jean Chretien's speeches accidentally being projected onto the smoke.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:15 pm
Gregoriev
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Chrizzy wrote:
In a related story, Clover also made an appearance in northern Toronto...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/world/americas/11canada.html
As in the OP, initial reports mentioned a "smoke filled creature with growling sounds", but this was later found to have been caused by footage of one of Jean Chretien's speeches accidentally being projected onto the smoke.
ARG's are one thing, but exploding things for Cloverfield 2? Too RL for promotion.
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:30 pm
Chrizzy
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^ Exactly
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:38 pm
lupinechaos
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Gregoryn95 wrote:
ARG's are one thing, but exploding things for Cloverfield 2? Too RL for promotion.
oh not really. remeber the incident with the promotion for the aqua teen hunger force movie a year ago or so and recently with the dark kinght when 42 entertainment sent those joker cakes...all i'm sayin is that there could be a possiblity that this incident could be a set up too you know
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:34 am
Gregoriev
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lupinechaos wrote:
Gregoryn95 wrote:
ARG's are one thing, but exploding things for Cloverfield 2? Too RL for promotion.
oh not really. remeber the incident with the promotion for the aqua teen hunger force movie a year ago or so and recently with the dark kinght when 42 entertainment sent those joker cakes...all i'm sayin is that there could be a possiblity that this incident could be a set up too you know
Yes, but not propane explosions! Food is one thing(are Joker cakes food? =P I know Tru Blood was sent out, which is a drink), but dangerous explosives are another.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:49 am
lupinechaos
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Gregoryn95 wrote:
Yes, but not propane explosions! Food is one thing(are Joker cakes food? =P I know Tru Blood was sent out, which is a drink), but dangerous explosives are another.
yes very true of what you said but it can be a stunt gone wrong trying to promote something so yes very bad what in toronto
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:52 pm
thebruce
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what happened in toronto was not a stunt, not marketing, not viral - it was a very real, dangerous, devastating thing that's caused some divisive lines between residents and authorities, and a fireman's death (possibly among others). Not even worth kidding about.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:08 pm
lupinechaos
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thebruce wrote:
what happened in toronto was not a stunt, not marketing, not viral - it was a very real, dangerous, devastating thing that's caused some divisive lines between residents and authorities, and a fireman's death (possibly among others). Not even worth kidding about.
okay you gotta point there but what can say about the thing in Cali(forna)?
also i apollogize if i pissed people off about the toronto incident being a stunt
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:49 pm
Chrizzy
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I'm in Canada, and you didn't even piss me off. Hell, if I remember correctly, I was the one who started the Toronto-half of this discussion (actually, I was just making a point, but anywho...), so if anyone should apologize it should be me...but, good luck getting me to do that.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:05 pm
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