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[VIDEO] Entry #39
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Olmstead
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IonCharge wrote:
watched this entry and just went through the entire thread. Loved the Entry, and I think that the thing that comes up to Jay's back window is The Operator... But has anyone else noticed how the person looks directly at the camera, not at Jay? Seems odd....


If you go to Page 12, you can see my lengthy theory. It was actually the first thing that I noticed while taking another look at this video.

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Pathomer
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George G wrote:
One more grainy screenshot, kay?



Definitely looks more like someone in an unzipped hoodie to me.

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ToTheAlex
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Pathomer wrote:
George G wrote:
One more grainy screenshot, kay?



Definitely looks more like someone in an unzipped hoodie to me.


I agree; that's exactly what I thought when I saw it. To be honest, I didn't think it was the operator to begin with.

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GameGodOfAll
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It was clearly a new character. I shall name him "Moderately Tall Person".

I was gonna go for Moderately Tall Man, but there seems to be some quesion regarding gender in this discussion.

Alright case closed. Now lets move on to the rest of the video.

Crazy Theory #1: Jay is sleeping in his car so he does not get hypnotized and walk through a portal.

See the portals are only like doors in houses. Car doors aren't big enough. That's why he was sleeping in the car.

Crazy Theory #2: Contradicting the above, perhaps Jay WAS hypnotized and portalized out of the car and it just was not caught on camera. He could have went through the front door or something. Then, Moderately Tall Person (or MTP) was coming for him, looked around and saw that he was not there.

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cemetrygates
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George G wrote:
One more grainy screenshot, kay?


Okay, YOU are starting to sell me on the idea that this may not be the Operator. But I'm still not fully convinced.

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czaaaaaa
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I think this entry and the appearance of this blurred and shadowy character is because of influence on how we were able to make a pretty good guess that Masky was Tim from matching up facial and body (the sideburns!) features. Troy and Alex must of caught on and used this interesting filming concept to shake up a game we thought we had down.

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Just read through all the theories over the past 15 pages, and I have came to my own personal conclusion that it isn't The Operator, I believe all the "brightened" up pictures that we have been given indicates a guy, with a hoodie. But this still raise the question who it might be? ToThePark or Tim, or maybe even Alex are my bets. But I guess we'll -hopefully- find out soon.

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I'm not going to Spoiler this. Regardless of what people might think of its OOG nature, it's an important point: We are clearly meant to think (or at least Jay does) that this is The Operator. This is the simplest explanation.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Also, I find it rather laughable that Troy would create a completely new or throwaway character for this video, unless it proves to be a major Deus Ex Machina for the rest of the season. And we all know that Troy knows we would hate him forever if he did that.


Regarding the lack of visual tearing, I originally had this thought as well, but remember this: The tearing only ever appears when The Operator "shows up" outside the visible range of the camera. Every time he shows up on the camera directly, we do not see the tearing.

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desteef
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I'm sure it's not the Operator.
Look closely at when he/she/whatever-it-is walks away.
I noticed long hair (right next to the face, to the torso) and what might be a cap (on the head obviously). The object in the hand is either a cell phone or a camera.
So my guess is either Jessica or totheark, and not Alex, because it's weird that he wants to film Jay.

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Sass
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cemetrygates wrote:
George G wrote:
One more grainy screenshot, kay?


Okay, YOU are starting to sell me on the idea that this may not be the Operator. But I'm still not fully convinced.


Definitely. To me it appears to be an unzipped hoodie, with some sort of design on the front. I've got to wonder if we have seen the design?

Also, while I do not believe it was Alex, it has been said the person appears to have been holding their arm awkwardly. While it might be a cellphone or something like that, couldn't it be because of that cut Alex received from Tim in Entry 35?

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Itsnottim
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First post!
Im typing this up on my cellphone at work so forgive any mistakes.

I dont think this is the operator for a couple of reasons. The first time i watched it i was like "omg slenderz", but the lack of visual distortion is a loss for me.

1. Marble hornets has been great at showing us when its actually the operator and i dont think oog they would slip up on the distortion connection to the operator that they basically invented.

2. slendy never bends arms. In entry 14 he opens the door to alexs room in the least convenient way to avoid arm bending.

3. I also think its out of character for him to walk up and look in and dissapear. If they wanted to do an operator shot it would be best to do one farther back where height issues wouldnt be challenged.

Edit: i think if this was alex he wouldve woken jay up, given his impatientness with jay recently

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GameGodOfAll
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Zarggg wrote:
Every time he shows up on the camera directly, we do not see the tearing.


Well Moderately Tall Person was off camera before he walked up to the car and right after.

What if it's Alex? He's already being a secretive dick. Maybe he's watching Jay sleep because...uh...I don't know.

The reason I don't want it to be the Operator is not because I'm looking for a mystery or a new character. I don't want it to be the Operator because I feel that was not a good representation of the character. He was not that tall, he walked quicker than usual, he bent down awkwardly... I just didn't see that as his usual style and swagger. He's usually slow moving and very methodical. He's either just standing there in the background, or slowly walking by. It's not because he's slow, or anything negative. It adds to his character. He doesn't need to hurry. He's got no reason to rush. He is always in control.

But that's just me.

It does look like him. I can't make out any facial features or hair. He looks like he is wearing a suit. The height and motion is off and that makes me want to believe it wasn't him.

Alright that's my rant.

Is anyone else like me? Does anyone want it not to be the Operator because this entry didn't fit the Operator's character? Maybe I'm alone.

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Itsnottim
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GameGodOfAll wrote:
Zarggg wrote:
Every time he shows up on the camera directly, we do not see the tearing.


Well Moderately Tall Person was off camera before he walked up to the car and right after.

What if it's Alex? He's already being a secretive dick. Maybe he's watching Jay sleep because...uh...I don't know.

The reason I don't want it to be the Operator is not because I'm looking for a mystery or a new character. I don't want it to be the Operator because I feel that was not a good representation of the character. He was not that tall, he walked quicker than usual, he bent down awkwardly... I just didn't see that as his usual style and swagger. He's usually slow moving and very methodical. He's either just standing there in the background, or slowly walking by. It's not because he's slow, or anything negative. It adds to his character. He doesn't need to hurry. He's got no reason to rush. He is always in control.

But that's just me.

It does look like him. I can't make out any facial features or hair. He looks like he is wearing a suit. The height and motion is off and that makes me want to believe it wasn't him.

Alright that's my rant.

Is anyone else like me? Does anyone want it not to be the Operator because this entry didn't fit the Operator's character? Maybe I'm alone.


Right above you. Third point.

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GameGodOfAll wrote:
The reason I don't want it to be the Operator is not because I'm looking for a mystery or a new character. I don't want it to be the Operator because I feel that was not a good representation of the character. ...

Is anyone else like me? Does anyone want it not to be the Operator because this entry didn't fit the Operator's character? Maybe I'm alone.


I registered an account solely to agree with you. Smile

(Also because I've been following the Slender-stories more and more obsessively lately and it seemed like time.)

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Aurastys
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With such excellent framing and suspense, I have to say that was a bit of a let down.

The Almighty Tallest seemed to be more of just a peeping tom than a malignant entity that hell hath no.

I'm still hoping that this is all leading up to some dramatic event later on in the season though. Hopefully one that includes Slendy acting a little more like himself.

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