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[TRAILHEAD] Peace of Mind
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Future Sith
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[TRAILHEAD] Peace of Mind

Just discovered this: http://www.youtube.com/robertaura

Looks like it could turn into something. From what they've posted so far, it looks to be horror-ish and potentially a mystery too. Exciting stuff!

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Does that audio distortion sound a little familiar to anyone? Very Happy

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DLT
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Not to me, but then I've not gotten into many ARGs. Its certainly odd, vid title looks at first glance like a phone number or something.

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chubbthehippo
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DLT wrote:
Not to me, but then I've not gotten into many ARGs. Its certainly odd, vid title looks at first glance like a phone number or something.


http://twitter.com/marblehornets

Seems a lot like Marble Hornets. We'll see where this goes.

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DLT
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Well, I just watched all the Marble Hornets stuff (holy crap its scary) and I agree it sounds pretty similar, but perhaps not close enough to rule out a coincidence? Suppose all we can do at this point is wait and see.

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Morgensterne
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hmmm...

vey interesting.. count me in. I'll be watching this thread and seeing what I come up with. Good luck, all.

Morgensterne

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DLT
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Okay, we've heard nothing since yesterday so I'm officially biting on the only possible lead we've had, which is that the video might be inspired by, or based on the same Slenderman myths, as marble hornets.

Based on that, I've sent RobertAura this message on Youtube:

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Hey Robert,

I read your story and it sounds pretty horrible, sorry about your son. I've a few questions though:

The visual and audio distortion on the video sounds a little familiar to me, and sorry if I sound a bit cryptic here but I don't want to worry you needlessly in case my hunch is way off.
Have you got any other videos of your son filming himself? Or any other videos at all with similar audio and visual distortion?
Also, when your son was outside/acting paranoid, did you ever get the impression he felt like he was being followed?
And lastly, whats the significance of the wierd video name?

Thanks for any answers, and good luck finding him.

DLT.


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I am watching this one too. I noticed in the video that that right about the 24 second mark, when the vid goes to static that in the static is the word "Walking". I can not get a pic of it as I have crappy software and can not figure out how to download the vid. If anybody can get it go for it.

Also at the same point the static looks like what you would see on an equalizer. Not sure if its relevant but who knows.

**Edit**


Its not a very good picture but on the left side just less than half way down you can make out where it says "Walking"

Almost I guess. Sorry for the crappy pic. Laughing
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DLT
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Good eye, I hadn't noticed anything like that. So far there's been no reply to my PM on youtube, so either this isn't related to MH and the PM just didn't want to reply to a message that was completely off track, or they're just slow at checking/replying in general.

Anyone searched for a blog or something?

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I have looked for blogs or any google hits for "Robert Aura", "Michael Aura" and "Marion Aura" (the wife). Nothing yet. I am also trying to figure out a way to do frame by frame for the video. I have downloaded it using google dloadhelper. But being new to ARG's its hard to figure out where to go next. Any suggestions?
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I just sent a message to robert on Youtube telling him that I was sorry for his loss and letting him know that there are people willing to step up and help look for his son. I also asked if there were any other clues left behind and where he was when he disappeared.

Lets see if this generates anything.
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Slowly clawing my way through progress with this, here's the short convo via youtube I've had with Robert Aura so far:

His first reply to my asking about the video distortion etc:

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Hello DemonLordTyrus,

I very much appreciate your concern for the well being of my son, and I will try to answer your questions as best as I can. The audio and visual 'distortion' in the video that was left on my son's camera is a mystery to me and may as well be some kind of an error. The camera was in bad condition when I found it on the ground while looking for him, and it is possible that some mud or water may have seeped through beforehand. My son was usually busy with his friends like any normal child his age and I am unsure as to whether or not his behavior was different around them. In regards to the video name, I am unfamiliar with the programing of the camera and chose to upload with the name it was automatically assigned.

I hope this has helped. Thank you again.

Robert D. Aura.


So I assumed from that that any relation to Marble Hornets is either coincidental, or its a plot point not ready to be revealed yet. So I replied with this:

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All right, thanks for the reply. Seems my hunch was just a coincidence, as I thought, but we'll see.

Don't suppose there's a chance your son had a blog? or a myspace? Or something of that nature? I'm just wondering where to start looking.



To which he replied:

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DemonLordTyrus,

From what I currently know, I do not believe my son had a blog, or anything of the sort. He was, however, very fond of this website. His username, MJBson, is currently inoperable. I will begin to try to contact this website's service to try and re-establish his account. Maybe I will have some sort of a lead there. I thank you again for your concern.

Robert D. Aura.


So essentially it seems we've got no major leads now until this MJBson youtube account becomes (re)active. Until such time I guess we're just being led in this story, unless anyone's got any bright ideas on what to ask next. Wink

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Aura

Sorry to just jump in, but I've been lurking for a few days. Does anyone have any thoughts about Robert and Michael's last name, "Aura," possibly being significant? Significant as in one's aura?

Just a thought.

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DLT
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Possibly, but at this point I'm not sure how it helps. It did occur to me as a slightly odd name, but then ARG characters often seem to have slightly unusual names, but its worth keeping it in mind in case it becomes relevant later.

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two things about the name..

1. I googled different spellings of Roberts name, his wife and son and got nothing from any of it. (Dont know if that means anything)

2. Robert D. Aura sounds a bit like Robert D' Oro or "of Gold" so maybe google around Robert Gold?

I am out the door in a few so maybe I will jump on that when I get back.
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