We received a letter from Poland containing a really weird CD.
Written on the disc is what looks like a product key, however upon examining the contents of the CD it’s quite clear that this is a puzzle of some sort.
The CD contains a video of this creepy looking dude in what appears to be an abandoned building doing.. stuff..
There are tons of clues in his actions, for one he seems to be blinking in morse code (or something similar, possibly binary) with a light in his hand. There are also symbols popping in and out around him. There might also be clues in his body language, albeit more subtle.
In the DVD menu there is also a clue, which I almost missed.
Clearly a lot of effort was put into making this, and I’m personally very curious as to what it actually is.
I haven’t put all that much time on trying to decode it. I tried googling the letters on the CD and in the video, to no avail. I also checked the disc for hidden files, but there’s just the video. Also there didn’t seem to be any clues on the envelope itself, just our address and a polish stamp.
And while there are a few similar puzzles like this, I couldn’t find anything about this one.
And while there are a few similar puzzles like this, I couldn’t find anything about this one.
So I’m reaching out to you to try and help decode this.
Here is the actual video:
If you know what it is or if you manage to crack it, please leave a comment, or send us a message in the contact section.
It would be great to know what this oddity actually is.
Update 1:
This post has received a lot of attention. It’s getting closer to an answer.
Somebody on Reddit put the sound into a spectrogram and this came out. One thing is for sure, there are indeed hidden messages in the video.
This comment was also posted:
So it would seem I’m not the only one who has received this. Couldn’t find anything about that ‘Parker Wright’ though.
And lastly, someone has screencapped all the hidden messages and put them into an album. Thanks!
Update 2:
Someone has found a message in morse code that translates to ‘RED LIPSLIFE TENTH’
Not sure if this has any relevance, but it’s interesting at least.
I have also received emails asking questions about this. To sum up, I received the letter several months ago, didn’t really think to post it until recently. The letter was addressed simply to ‘Gadgetzz’ and our PO box.
Note, you can find our addresses on the website, and they chose to send it to our Swedish adress and not the one in the US.
Note, you can find our addresses on the website, and they chose to send it to our Swedish adress and not the one in the US.
Whatever this is, we might be getting an answer soon. Thanks to anyone who has helped figure this out
Update 3:
It’s getting really weird now.
First of, people are saying it looks like the kind of mask doctors wore during the black death plague. The beak is to fill with various herbs. Somewhat interesting.
And this is where it starts to get seriously creepy.
But the sickest part is that when decoding images from the sound, disturbing images where uncovered.. Basically what looks like women being tortured, or something.. That’s obviously NSFW, so I won’t post it, but you can find it easily if you look around a bit.
Now there are so many theories about this. Some say Illuminati, some say serial killer or even a threat directed at me. Perhaps, perhaps not, but I am highly skeptical. It makes sense to send it to me if it’s an elaborate joke or experiment, but if it were a serious threat I doubt it would be sent to a tech blog.
One person commented this, and it makes a lot of sense.:
But it’s still very odd and interesting. Together we have made quite a bit of progress figuring this thing out. Quite impressive people! Let’s keep going.
Update 4:
It seems the first place this was posted to has been found. A post on the ‘paranormal’ board on the imageboard 4chan. This was one the 9th of May.
Possibly that was the person who made it, but the post says that the CD was found on a park bench. Either way, it makes me wonder even more how it ended up in my mail.
Update 5:
I almost missed this, apparently there is a different image from the sound in the DVD menu.
Update 6:
Someone might have found voices in the audio. Nothing specific yet though.
Update 7:
Well, since my last update this thing has reached a lot of people. More than I could have ever expected. Unfortunately nothing major has been uncovered and we aren’t much closer to an answer. But some interesting things have indeed been found.
The Daily Dot has found an even earlier version of the video than the Parker Wright one. Apparently this guy also claims to have found it on a park bench, just like the person in the 4chan thread. The Daily Dot reached out to him and he insisted he was not the one who sent it to me. But clearly we’re starting to see that this thing has been floating around more than we thought.
Oh and an interesting thing, the binary in the title translates to ‘Muerte’ which means death. Not sure where the uploader got that though.
This might be an important clue. It’s part of an email someone sent me and is referring to the audio track.
This person also found more imagery in the spectogram, although it’s hard to say if this a clue or just a random pattern.
Also people on a German forum seem to have uncovered a hidden 3D stereogram in the audio, which apparently reads, “you die.” I can barely see it, but many people say it’s there. The trick is to cross your eyes, like in one of those split 3D images.
I also decided to include a link to the ISO that has been floating around since many people are asking for it. You can find it here.
That link is down because of too much traffic. Here is our ISO.
Update 8:
This is pretty major! I have found the envelope in which the CD came. I have included pictures of every angle.
Apparently I remember a few things about it incorrectly. There were several stamps, not just one. Also it was addressed to me rather than just the blog. The mystery deepens
I think there’s a possibility that the stamps are clues. On one of the stamps it looks like a person with a mask, not like the one in the video, but it still caught my attention.
The date stamps are very hard to read, but I think it says it was sent on may 23. Also it might have been sent from Warsaw, at least it stopped by there, the date stamps are from Warsaw.
Here are more images:
I didn’t resize the images, so they might take a while to load. A tip would be to open them in a new tab
Also this comment just came in
One last note: Sorry I can’t answer all your emails, I’m just getting so many. But if your email includes something new that hasn’t been seen before I’ll make sure to try and post about it.
Update 9:
Well, this is no doubt the most interesting theory yet:
Update 10:
Some pretty major stuff has been uncovered.
Someone has found the house in which the video was filmed! It’s an old mental hospital near Warsaw, the full Polish name is Zakład dla Nerwowo i Psychicznie Chorych Żydów Zofiówka.
Another major thing is that the origin of at least two of the gruesome images have been found.
Image of girl is the same as this image from the German movie Slasher made in 2007. I’ll link it to you, but be warned, it’s very much NSFW.
In the Audio Spectrograph, one of the images you can see, looks like a tortured girl BUT it also looks veeery close to Courbet’s Painting “Origin of the World”. The diferences are that the spectrograph version is shaved. Wich is an Andrey Keske art based on the Courbets.
I’ll link that too, but same warning, not safe for work. You can find it here
I’ll link that too, but same warning, not safe for work. You can find it here
This is certainly a relief for me, even though I was skeptical, we now know it’s not a serial killer at least.
Also a ‘Capricorn symbol’ was found on one of the stamps.
Someone tried to contact Maxell and find out where the DVD was sold. Unfortunately they couldn’t tell us.
More hidden messages found:
The last major breakthrough is that the people at ‘Cognitive Journeys’ seem to have found Parker Wright. And a lot suggests it’s the right person. You can look it up if you like, but I don’t want to risk starting a witch hunt on the guy.
While we are getting more answers all the time it does not seem like we are actually getting closer to finding out what the point of this CD was. So many theories but nothing substantial. But let’s keep working and maybe we’ll find out.
Also, thanks to everyone who is emailing me these answers. It’s getting really hard to respond to everyone at this point.
Update 11:
The origin of two more of the hidden images has been found:
Regarding that Parker Wright who seemed to fit the profile fairly well, he has now come out denying any involvement in this.
Also there’s this picture that was uploaded by the person who first uploaded the video to youtube.
Update 11:
So yeah.. Remember this picture? It was posted by the first uploader. He has contacted me asking to have it removed. Since he explained why I will respect his wishes. 
It was a nonsense message to throw the ‘researchers’ of. It said something along the lines of : ‘And give you the return of all, would still be the same?’ ‘Not everything you see can be, something only a mirror can see’. That, and coordinates to the easter island. I can see why he would feel like doing something like this, good thing he came clean though. Also this makes me fairly sure, that even though he was the original uploader he did not create this thing. It doesn’t exactly fit the ‘feel’ of the video either. Although one might just as well suspect the opposite, that he did in fact do it, and now regrets the whole thing. If you still think it’s worth looking into, others have posted it elsewhere. Note AETBX also made up the stuff about ‘one year or less’.
It was a nonsense message to throw the ‘researchers’ of. It said something along the lines of : ‘And give you the return of all, would still be the same?’ ‘Not everything you see can be, something only a mirror can see’. That, and coordinates to the easter island. I can see why he would feel like doing something like this, good thing he came clean though. Also this makes me fairly sure, that even though he was the original uploader he did not create this thing. It doesn’t exactly fit the ‘feel’ of the video either. Although one might just as well suspect the opposite, that he did in fact do it, and now regrets the whole thing. If you still think it’s worth looking into, others have posted it elsewhere. Note AETBX also made up the stuff about ‘one year or less’.Update 12:
For some unknown reason Facebook blocked all links to our website. That is of course extremely weird, and sort of adds to the mystery. Obviously no other news outlet that covered this has been blocked. But we are trying to resolve it, if you want to help you can report an issue to Facebook explaining this.
Update 13:
I forgot to mention something that was found a while ago. ‘We are the antivirus’ has been found in the spectrogram. Most of you have already seen it, I just forgot to write it up. Thanks to those who reminded me. A so called Pigpen cipher has been decoded, it holds the message ‘AD OPPUGNARE HOMINES’ which is latin for ‘To target men’. Enigma code has also been found, but so far no luck with deciphering it. AETBX keeps spreading supposedly false information. This new spectrogram was sent to Reddit user theufomusic, it includes this message:
So the questions, what on earth is this guy trying to do. He claims he didn’t create the video, yet he very much acts like it. You can get our ISO here. If this one also goes down there are tons of copies floating around, just google it.Update 13:
Not much substantial seems to have happened since the last update. Although it is getting kind of hard to keep track of everything, so feel free to let me know if I missed anything. In the meanwhile I obviously have a blog to run, a job to do and my studies to worry about. But I am trying my best to report on any news regarding this. Also, I ask that you keep comments about the puzzle in this post or the one about the different theories. Thank you
Update 14:
The origin of another image in the spectrogram has been found. It’s a stock photo created by Jeff Thrower. You can see it here Thanks Ky0 13 ani (and?) 50 was part of one of the decrypted messages. It’s been suggested this might refer to 13 stripes and 50 stars on the U.S flag. So far the only solid theory, others have however suggested it might be a date or a year. Someone pointed out this whole thing might be created by the same person who made a website called Magibon.com. It certainly is as creepy, if not more creepy. This was posted about the Magibon project by it’s creator (Danung)
Update 15:
The origin of two more pictures has been found. The skull in the menu spectrogram The bonesin the DVD menu
Update 16:
This discovery makes the whole thing seem even more absurd.
Can anyone confirm? This was posted in the comments below. Confirmed.
Update 17:
There’s still a lot of talk about the puzzle. But nothing substantial has been found since the last update. Although there are som many theories and small things that kind of fit, it’s really amazing. You can check the comments to see what I mean. If there’s something you’d like me to include in the next update, do email me. I’m having a pretty hard time keeping track of what’s going on. There has however been some rather funny stuff floating around!
Yeah.. Someone dressed up as ‘Birdman’ for Halloween.
We also have some funnies regarding the video..
So yeah.. It really is ridiculous how far this has gone.
It would be awesome to finally get some real answers.
It would be awesome to finally get some real answers.
There is an IRC chat I found on Reddit with people investigating this, feel free to check it out.
Update 18:
A new video has popped up. Presumably not by the same creator as the original, due to differences in style. But you never know, so I’ll add it anyway. Even if it’s just the work of copycats it’s pretty interesting.
Apparently the footage is from a music video.
There have actually been a few videos claiming to be sequels. (In the original video there is the message ‘There will be three’, some say this means there will be three videos.) The difference is that those videos are mainly ‘remixes’ of the original.
There have actually been a few videos claiming to be sequels. (In the original video there is the message ‘There will be three’, some say this means there will be three videos.) The difference is that those videos are mainly ‘remixes’ of the original.
Update 19:
This might be of use:
People have also been asking me to check the envelope with a UV light. Unfortunately I don’t have one that would do the trick. I might buy one at some point though.
Update 20:
This is somewhat interesting, not sure if it’s useful though
Capricorn symbol on the stamps is also a part of Wingdings font and it represents letter G
Update 21:
It has been suggested that Anonymous has something to do with this video somehow.
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