Welcome to Yet Another Dose of Disturbing Dark Web Videos Featuring: THE GRIFTER! Is the Grifter just a Prop for a CreepyPasta OR Could it be Proof of Illegal Human Experimentation?! Decide For Yourselves.
The Story Goes that the Video was first mentioned on 4Chan’s X Image Board.
The Very First Copy of The Actual Grifter Video was posted on September 8, 2009 by a user Named Jojacob666
The First Thread for The Grifter stated “A Video so Disturbing that it would take a HUGE Toll on the Mental State of Anyone Who Watched it.
The Second Thread pertaining to The Grifter referenced the Video in greater Detail Referencing “A Bath Tub Full of Maggots”, ‘Text in a Different Language”, and “A Cradle with a Child in It.” the Writer also wrote an Warning stating watching The Grifter is a Soul Rendering Experience Far More Horrible than Anything You Can Imagine.
The Strange Text that appears towards the End of the Video is written in the International Auxiliary Language Esperanto.
International Auxiliary Languages (IALs) are Languages Constructed with the Aim of Facilitating Communication between People who would Otherwise have No Other Language in Common. They are designed to be Significantly Simpler, and thus more Easily Learnt, then National or “Natural” Languages.
Esperanto has become “The Most Outlandishly Successful invented Language ever” and is the Most Widely Spoken Constructed International Auxiliary Language. Esperanto is believed to be one of Fifty Languages that are Most Used Internationally.
The Message that appears towards the end of the Video Translates to: “This Child is Still Alive and Now a Young Man living in a Local Shelter (Name Not Given). He Never Spoke and is still in a Catatonic State.”
We here at FYB came across a Person/Group that goes by foundontape. Their Mission statement is rather simple. Whoever was Posting The Video’s claimed Their Content was All found on Old School VHS Video Tapes. Three of Their Videos became the Center of an Investigation by Internet Users most Notable Those from 4Chan.
The Video Post Titled Clip 094.mp4 was the Original Video that Peaked People’s Curiosity which led to the Initial Investigation into What The Fuck was Going on in and with This and the Subsequent Two Other Related Posts Clip 95 and Clip 084.mp4.
Now not Only are the Videos Bizarrely Strange and Disturbing there still more to this Story. In the Second Clip in the Series Clip 095 a Weird Decoder Ring of Sorts appears and Matches up Letters with Numbers. Users quickly discovered it was a Hexadecimal Strain that led Them to the Hidden Link Encoded in the Video. The Link sent the User a Map File for the Game Half Life 2 where the User found Themselves in an Abandoned Room containing a Bed, Empty Food Containers, A Wash Tub, and and Empty Jug. The User though was essentially stuck being Unable to Freely Move Around the Room. That didn’t stop some Users who discovered a way to “Unlock” themselves and wonder around the Room checking out the Various Items. The User eventually would locate a Door and Upon Exiting the Room a Scare Shot (The Head wedged in the Stairs from Clip 094.mp4) and then the Game Crashed ending the Adventure.
A Second Link was uncovered Encoded in the Subsequent Clip 095 which took Users to a Very Basic Game where the User has to Navigate through a System of Air Ducts. Finally the User comes across a Large Blood Stain at the Top of a Huge Fall down an Adjoining Air Duct. The User has No Option but to Jump down said Air Duct which causes Their Death before again Crashing at Completion of The Death Drop.
There has also been Code located in Clip 084.mp4, BUT unlike the Other Previous Clips The Code in Clip 084.mp4 HAS NEVER BEEN DECODED at least Not Yet Anyway.
An interesting Side Note: 10 User who “Played” the Game were Actually Contacted by foundontape and given a New Link to the Game. When the User accessed the Link They were taken back into the Air accept this time they could cross through a hole in a Wall and found a New Tunnel System. Also The Player could return to the Room (the room Clip 095 brought them to), but this time there was far more shit in the Room to check out. In the End You pass a Burned Corpse, find more Blood Stains, and plummet down an Air Duct. This time though the Player wouldn’t die but instead landed in a Sewer with only a Flash Light to Guide Them. After a brief while a Monster comes charging at you as the Screen shakes as it Gets Closer Until it inevitably Killed the Player and Yes once again the Game would then Crash. No Other Encrypted Videos were Posted, and No Other Links to the “Game” were ever Disclosed.
Alright Readers We are Seriously taking this Shit Up a Few Notches in The Bizarre and Disturbing Categories. From Singing Robots to RayRays gone Rouge FYB Now Presents “THE PLAUGE DOCTOR”!!!
First Off Nothing is Known about Who or Whom in fact made this Video or Why. The Video has been Worked Over by Fans, Skeptics, Critics, The Curious, and The Tech Community Extensively. And while Several Secrets have been Discovered within The Video Still No One is Any Closer to Decoding its Meaning and Purpose.
A Fun Historical Fact about Plague Doctors: Plague Doctors wore what were effectively the earliest version of a Gas Mask. They did so because even though Medival Medicine was quite crude They Medical Community was Learning about Infection. That is to say They were studying How Illnesses were transmitted between Patients/People. And at the time of the Black Plague They had realized the Illnesses could some how be transmitted via the Air.
So Plague Doctors wore these Masks that covered Their entire Face, which allowed Them to see through Goggles built into the Mask itself. The most notable and noticeable thing about these Plague Masks was that they Protruded out into what looks like a Large Beak. The Beak was packed with Popery, Fresh Flowers or Strips of Cloth Sprayed Down with Perfume.
This was Due to a Few Factors about the Black Plague the First and Foremost being that it Killed 2/3 of Europe so The Stench of Death and Decomposition was Over Powering .People were simply Dying Faster than They could Be Buried. The Land was Literally Littered with Decaying Corpses.
The Second contributing Factor was the Patients Afflicted with the Black Plague Stunk to High Heaven. Remember there was No Sewage or Plumbing so Patients became Decrepit, and would End up Pissing and Shitting Themselves Not to Mention Vomit as Well. Not only that But Victims of the Black Plague had Festering, Infected, Septic Open Sores that wreaked of Gangrene and Rotting Flesh. It was a Bad time to have a Good Sense of Smell thats for Sure.
Anyway Back to The Subject at Hand.
The Actual Official Title of the Video is Written in Binary Code and is as Follows: 01101101 o111o1o1 o11oo1o
The Video was sent to Swedish Tech Blog GadgetZZ in a DVD.
A Description of the Video was Included which is also Written in Binary Code that Translates to “You Have 1 Year or Less.”
GadgetZZ Claims to have received the DVD in the Mail, BUT the Video itself had First Appeared on the “Paranormal” Board of 4Chan much earlier on.
The Plague Doctor appears to use a Hidden light concealed in one of Their Hands to Create a Morse Code Message that Spells Out REDLIPSLIKETENTH.
REDLIPSLIKETENTH is Thought by Some to be an Anagram for “Kill The President” (Who was Obama at the time the Video Appeared.)
Also Hidden in the Video are the Exact Geographical Coordinates for The White House.
The Anonymous User who Posted the Video on 4Chan claims that He just happened to Find a Unlabeled Copy on a Park Bench.
There are Several Other Cryptographic clues that can be found through out the entire Video, Some only Lasting a Single Frame.
The Audio accompanying the Video seems to be White Noise, BUT Online Decoders claim that when the Audio Represented Visually it Reveals Even More Additional Clues Hidden Within.
A Spectrogram (a Visual Representation of a Audio Frequencies) Reveals an Image of a Woman being Tied Up or Possibly even Tortured accompanied by the Grimly Ominous Message “You Are Already Dead.
Another Spectrogram Reveals the Image of a Human Skull.
Other Hidden Clues in the Video have yet to be Decoded, including the Plague Doctor’s Bizarre Body Movement.
NOW oh Course The Skeptical Naysayers dismiss The Plague Doctor Video as an Elaborate Performance Art Piece by Some Artist since the Video has a Artistic Qualities/Characteristics. Others blow it off claiming its an Advertising/Marketing Campaign for a New Video Game or Upcoming Movie. Thats because Spectrograms have in fact been Used in Viral Ads for Games, Movies, and Music.
NOTE: You Will Want to Lower the Volume on Whatever Device You’re Using or Just Mute the fucker since the Soundtrack is ABRASIVE.
Presented By Les Sober
By Les Sober
Presented By Les Sober