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[TRAILHEAD] Crescent
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Manta
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[TRAILHEAD] Crescent

Hello everyone, a possible trailhead has been posted on 4chan's /x/, that stated:

The time is not right.

But when it is, you must follow me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h68SCAK144c


And gave a link to the video. From the looks of it, it may be an ARG or at least some form of interactive story.

Not much was known until someone posted this link: http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/767/767.F2d.1151.84-3314.html

It is the court records of the trial of Pan Am flight 759 that crashed in Kenner, LA

When searching for information on Flight 759, this video proved useful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svwPtWdPsl8 It was the news report of the plane crash. Turns out the original video uses clips from this news report.

This is where we get most of the info as of now:
- One child was pulled from the wreckage "Melissa Trehan"
- In the video, a map is flashed with a strange symbol on it. The symbol marks the spot where the plane crashed. In between Hudson and Taylor on 17th street.
- More searching brings up this picture: http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/07/crash071007.gif
it shows how the plane crashed.

This is the majority of the info so far, so if you guys want to take a look at it, be my guest! I know I will Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:51 pm
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CaptKing
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Looks interesting! I'm taking a stab at it now.

That map with that strange logo on it, actually stands for "home" in aztec.

And matching up where the plane crashed to the map in the video shows that 1705 Taylor, is where Melissa Tahran lived.

The chart states that 2 people died, and 1 was injured: Melissa.

The plot thickens! Very Happy
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I decided to rip the video from YouTube and look at the frames individually. Most seem to be from the newsfeed, but those that seemed more interesting I attached to this post.

Also split the audio from the video since there seems to be more to it.
At 00:31 there's the weather guy going on about the weather picture. I can hear him say "Is behow"?... At least something along those lines...

Further at 00:34 when the ambulance shows up there's this odd audio that sounds like a really stretched/morphed/synthetic voice... Going to fiddle with this and see if I can get any wiser.
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Subrosante
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Apologies for the blatant air of speculation in my post, but if that survivor was a baby when she was recovered from the wreckage, how old would she be exactly?

Just seems like a relevant factor if we are focusing on this plane crash. Also the bottom of the legal document there is a list of people with compensation rewarded to them by the courts, they are all family members of the names on that wall in those snapshots.

Right now I'm just typing observations, hope they prove useful.

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drejl
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July 10, 1982 - plane crash
Baby found was 18 months according to first notice, 16months according to second notice (end of newsfeed).

Thus d.o.b.: Dec. 1980 or Jan. 1981
Current age: 27

Unless my math is completley off, which wouldn't be the first time. ^_~

Listening to the original newsfeed makes me realise that the first voice sample from the audio is the weather guy saying 'gizmo'.

Edit: If anyone else wants to fiddle with the audio: Download.

Edit2: On another note. The YT video description:

Quote:
WILL YOU FOLLOW ME?

The Crescent !!z8gUHIJL5hj


Any clue on decode?
Googling it leads to the [x] page...

PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:10 am
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Arcas
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Crescent City

New Orleans has "The Crescent City" as one of it's nicknames (among many other I'm sure).

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degravedi
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Wow, this is awesome. If anything needs to be done out in the real world, I live in Kenner. Shocked

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CaptKing
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On his comment page, he states "the locations will be of importance. The only people that matter are you and I"

So, as locations go, we have:
-Kenner, LA
-1701 Taylor

Thats really about it...

And for the new string of numbers in the info section of the movie, (The Crescent !!z8gUHIJL5hj), that is just his tripcode on 4chan
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:48 pm
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lurkeratworker
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the map (satellite? infrared?) posted above as frame904.jpg seems to put the red dot closer to Slidell, LA

PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:09 pm
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Gregoriev
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Probably a trout, but this is 1080, after being discovered (1701 17th St & Hudson St, Kenner, Jefferson, Louisiana 70062, United States[as written on Gmaps when searched and compared]) (Please disregard the A)
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:11 am
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A_champion
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Wow, i wanna live where he does!
This is the street camera picture of
1701 17th St & Hudson St, Kenner, Jefferson, Louisiana 70062, United States (thank you Gregoryn95)

Check for yourself if you dont believe me.
I think someone should go & knock on his house Very Happy
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A_champion
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Sorry boutthe double post,
New video added: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKYHRfI17S0

This is what i can see so far within it:

Edit: Another image added. It would appear "miquiztli" is aztec for death, and the time it gives is 7.59am
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Gregoriev
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A_champion wrote:
Wow, i wanna live where he does!
This is the street camera picture of
1701 17th St & Hudson St, Kenner, Jefferson, Louisiana 70062, United States (thank you Gregoryn95)

Check for yourself if you dont believe me.
I think someone should go & knock on his house Very Happy


It's no problem. Did anybody notice that the temple thing in Google Maps is one block away from his house?
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The Crescent
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I am pleased you have decided to follow me.

The Crescent !!z8gUHIJL5hj

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CaptKing
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I think the phases of the moon in the video may give us clues to the dates.

So, if we look at the video, a waning crescent moon is visible, and if we look at a moon phase calender: http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon/ That phase seems to match up with Aug 28, which is tomorrow.

So, it seems we have a possible date, but location.... I'm not quite sure.

We have Kenner, LA, as one idea. Maybe even the crash site of flight 759?

EDIT:
Looking at his post on /x/
Quote:
When.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKYHRfI17S0


I think this video shows the TIME, not the LOCATION? So, 7:59... oh shit. Flight 759, the one that crashed in Kenner, LA. That means something... but what

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