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epiphany
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Joined: 10 Jul 2005
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Been away for too long...this looks like a good one to get my teeth back in to.

Thought I'd type out all the text (incl hidden) from the videos in case it helps...(my comments in []).


Text from the 11014960 1581072685505729 1797802790 n video:

Quote:
join ice
we are a research group in greenland
[flickers to briefly show] we are a romaniansoundcollage
searching for science in the snow
[flickers to briefly show] searching for the ghost of our souls
we will bring you bring you the future
[flickers to briefly show] we will bring you SALVATION
[flickers to briefly show] let us bring you the flood
let us bring you the future of science
[cut to blue screen]
International
Research
of
Polytechnics
and
Biological Science


The only reference to "Romanian Sound Collage" I could find was lyrics to a song by Deerhunter called Saved By Old Times. Lyrics are as follows (or head over to http://genius.com/Deerhunter-saved-by-old-times-lyrics/ to hear it for yourselves, with annotations):

Quote:

Mrs. Hemmings was OAO
Pretty soon we were all OAO
We were captured by Victorian vampires
With elaborate designs, with elaborate designs

This is the land of OAO
This is the land of OAO
This is the land of OAO
This is the land of OAO

We are a Romanian sound collage
(Old black bandit)
Searching for the ghost of hsaC ynnhoJ
(I can't stand it)
But this futile coffin will not let us gain entry
(I'm your planet, old black bandit)
Into the immortal soul of the redneck
(I can't stand it)
You are trapped in your basement for a war of 16 years
(I'm your planet, old black bandit)
In a combat for victory
In a combat with ourselves
In combat with these cultural vampires
We were trapped in the basement
We were trapped in the basement
Of a motherfucking teenage halfway house

I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times

I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times


Somehow, I don't think this is about searching for the ghost of Johnny Cash, but you never know...lol.

Text from the 13840_4444_337722031 video (exmplar.mp4) is as follows:

Quote:
S
time is always limited
A
spend it while you can
V
soon we will be washed away
E
THEM
we're always there
join ice
join the ark
6:13 [with image of two people]


Two people could be referencing how God commanded Noah to fill the ark with two of every kind of creature (kind of - some animals were more).

So presumably, whatever is the vessel of salvation from the oncoming flood is located at ice.


I do also highly suspect the video names are code. I haven't tried them through any decoders yet but here they are for your reference:
11070491 1579599942319670 1926900105 n
11014960 1581072685505729 1797802790 n
8908_8412_273921828
13840_4444_337722031

PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:10 am
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AdvantageFire
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(Kinda off topic but i fuckin love deerhunter, good to see a reference to them ^^)

also i just recieved another email from them... i'm not going to post a screencap just yet because it also states where i live... i dont know how they got that info but they have it.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:25 am
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epiphany
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Joined: 10 Jul 2005
Posts: 110

Just had a Facebook conversation with Join Ice (starts at 9pm-ish, Australian AEST). Transcript as follows:

Quote:
Me: Greetings. I too am searching for the ghost of my soul. I would like to know how I can join the ark? How do we go about saving "them?"
Join Ice: What Ark?...
Me: The Ark that saves us from the Flood...
Join Ice: What Flood? we've been locked out of the account for 2 days, we usually let the bot post important Info Packets but thats all we did...
Me: Who am I speaking to? Where does the bot receive it's info packets from? It has been posting cryptic messages inviting people to receive salvation...to join the ark & join Ice...
to save them (whoever "them" are)
Join Ice: Join Ice is our research station, the bot posts packets from the main server, to post anything else would be impossible, ssomeone may've highjacked the account without us knowing...
Me: Someone or something...?
It seems the problems may have started when you uncovered the black snow?
Join Ice: We're not sure... we'll keep this page updated with anything useful, we'll also check the server just in case...
Me: Is there anything we can do to help?
Join Ice: We dont know... just keep an eye on our main accounts, inform us of anything out of the usual
Me: So far, we only have this Join Ice facebook page. Are there any other accounts we should be looking at?
Join Ice: theres a youtube account, its not operated by us but it should be monitored just in case.
-Ray
Me: Ok. Will do. Is this the best method of contacting you...in case something happens?
Join Ice: Unfortunately yes, our connection and wifi is very limited at times due to the shit weather.
Me: Ok. Stay warm & safe. Sounds like odd things are happening, if the info about Wilsted & Wells is anything to go by. Out of interest...how many of you are there at the base?
Join Ice: Currently we have 32 staff here
Me: Big research station! Were wells & Wilsted in direct contact with the snow? It sounds terribly coincidental....
That it was found shortly before the station went offline & 2 staff members died...
Join Ice: yeah, they were part of the crew that found it n the first place. me an Price were on security
Me: How are the other crew members acting? How are YOU feeling?
Join Ice: I'm tired and confused, the others are too...
Me: No voices or visions?
Join Ice: not that i can think of... i cant say the same for Price though.
Me: That's good to hear. Hey - just one more question before I leave you to rest....have you heard the song Saved By Old Times? There was an odd reference in one of the videos posted to the Join Ice youtube account...about a romaniansoundcollage...it reminded me of that song. And the whole themes of searching, being trapped & salvation...
Join Ice: Yeah... i'm a fan of the band that done the song... its pretty odd that they referenced the lyric in an old tv advert
Me: No chance of finding the ghost of Johnny Cash, then...lol
Join Ice: yeah xD the futile coffin will not let us into the immortal soul
Me: I wonder what it would take to open the coffin.....?
Join Ice: I dont know... probably something big, something of magical proportions?
Me: Hmmmmmmm....now there's something to ponder....maybe you'll find something in the snow?
Join Ice: Maybe... we're going on another run in a couple hours to where we found the black snow, we'll have gasmasks though so thats all set.
-Ray
Me: Good luck. Let us know how it goes!
Join Ice: Thank you ! we will update this account with anything of interest.


It sounds like something big is going to happen.....& that that song has more meaning to it...

PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:39 am
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RefriedResearcher
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Joined: 06 Apr 2015
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The conversation there does provide some vital information. The page is commonly run by a bot, which receives transmissions and posts them. These can safely be assumed to be the posts beginning as transmissions. The remaining posts, with now indication as such, as well as the conversation posted earlier, indicate that someone has some other access to the page, and is leaving the posts referencing the Flood and the Ark. Given the behavior of the researchers exposed to Black-Snow, this may have been one of them.

The song lyric is a good catch, though perhaps nothing more than a small connection. The lines 'I was saved by the old times' may be relevant. The song should be cross-referenced with further development though, in case of further connection.

The names very much are likely to be encoded. The format isn't anything that pops into my head, but the two ending with the letter n are interesting for their use of the letter, possibly in relation to geographic coordinates. [n=north]. I'll take some time to see what can be extracted from them today.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:43 pm
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AdvantageFire
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this the email i got this morning.


PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:13 pm
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Geeoitch
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What! Lucky!

PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:47 pm
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Geeoitch
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Are you able to go? Do you know of a nearby farm?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:31 pm
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madmarbles
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Joined: 06 Apr 2015
Posts: 6
Location: Oregon, USA

Good luck on finding that farm!

Also two questions: 1. Who is Daemen Malmstenn? They were the author of the original e-mail and when I searched for them they seem to be connected to the FB page for Join Ice, yet no one has actually talked to them. 2. Has anyone figured out if the audio clips from the videos are linked to any known music?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:44 am
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AdvantageFire
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apparently hes one of the founders of the station, Ray i guess is a security member telling from the messages posted above.

Also there is a farm nearby, its more of a grove but i'll check that this afternoon, i'll post my findings in video format.

EDIT: Founders List from the FB page.
Quote:
Carl M. Lindersenn
Liam R. Enfield
Adam P. Phillips
Daemen Malmsteen


also the song from "11014960 1581072685505729 1797802790 n"
was labelled by Shazam as "Speak To Me Of Love" by Lucienne Boyer

PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:16 am
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madmarbles
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Location: Oregon, USA

Yep this song seems to match the vocals and the piano is definitely the same. Thanks for answering my two questions! Now stay safe out there and I look forward to your findings!

PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:40 am
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00bs00
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Joined: 31 Mar 2014
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RefriedResearcher wrote:
I've gathered the audio for the second video, and cut it down to just the voice.
Uploaded at: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0dPL9EDQ79W


Geeoitch wrote:
I had a bilingual guy listen to the audio clip. its not spanish...maybe italian? He said it is definitely a Latin Based Language...so that rules out Russian too...I have another guy who may be able to listen and break it.


It's Romanian, an ad for/from this radio: http://www.rvesv.ro/

Can't be more specific sorry, as I don't really know Romanian. :/

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AdvantageFire
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madmarbles wrote:
Yep this song seems to match the vocals and the piano is definitely the same. Thanks for answering my two questions! Now stay safe out there and I look forward to your findings!


No problem !
I'll make sure the post them when i get back.

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epiphany
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Quote:
I had a bilingual guy listen to the audio clip. its not spanish...maybe italian? He said it is definitely a Latin Based Language...so that rules out Russian too...I have another guy who may be able to listen and break it.

It's Romanian, an ad for/from this radio: http://www.rvesv.ro/

Can't be more specific sorry, as I don't really know Romanian. :/



Ooooh...well, that's something. It may not really matter...like the song, etc, might just be setting the scene...

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epiphany wrote:
Quote:
I had a bilingual guy listen to the audio clip. its not spanish...maybe italian? He said it is definitely a Latin Based Language...so that rules out Russian too...I have another guy who may be able to listen and break it.

It's Romanian, an ad for/from this radio: http://www.rvesv.ro/

Can't be more specific sorry, as I don't really know Romanian. :/



Ooooh...well, that's something. It may not really matter...like the song, etc, might just be setting the scene...


Yeah, if it is to set the scene well they succeeded, gives it a really odd feel to it.

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The Condor
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Their youtube name is UCptWFkYjwUHFD5JR3-MKxYg

Yeah that ain't hard to track down.
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