Most creepy internet mysteries are solved pretty quickly, given that so many people
invest their time in uncovering the truth behind them.
However, there are many unsolved mysteries that still boggle the minds of internet sleuths
and they may remain mysteries of the internet forever.
5.
Publius Enigma
The Publius Enigma internet mystery started on Pink Floyd’s last tour together in 1994
in which they featured songs from the albums “The Division Bell”, “The Wall” and
“Dark Side of the Moon”.
A 194-foot-long airship named “The Division Belle” flew between concert venues and a
promo was released in which a spokesman for the band stated: ” You have spotted the
Pink Floyd Airship.
Do not be alarmed.
Pink Floyd have sent their airship to North America to deliver a message.
The Pink Floyd Airship is headed towards a destination where all will be explained upon
arrival.
Pink Floyd will communicate".
On the 11th of June that year, a message was posted to the "alt.music.pink-floyd" Usenet
newsgroup that stated: “My friends, you have heard the message Pink Floyd has delivered,
but have you listened?
Perhaps I can be your guide, but I will not solve the enigma for you.
All of you must open your minds and communicate with each other, as this is the only way the
answers can be revealed.
I may help you, but only if obstacles arise.
Listen.
Read.
Think.
Communicate.
If I don't promise you the answers would you go?
Publius.
A follow-up message explained that a unique prize awaited the person who could find the
solution to a puzzle contained within the Division Bell album’s lyrics, artwork and
music, accompanied by a further cryptic clue which read: “Monday, July 18, East Rutherford,
New Jersey.
Approximately 10:30pm.
Flashing white lights.
There is an enigma.
Trust”.
On the 18th of July, as promised, lights on the front of the stage spelled out the words
“ENIGMA PUBLIUS”.
It would later be revealed that the band was not responsible for the mystery, but that
it was an idea that their record company, EMI Records, came up with.
Many fans speculated that the riddle was unsolvable, but drummer Nick Mason stated that the prize
was something like a crop of trees planted in a forest clearing or something similarly
philanthropic.
Despite the best efforts of many fans and groups of people to unravel the mystery, it
was never solved and remains so to this day.
4.
Kanye Quest 3030
On the 22nd of July, 2013, an unlicensed role-playing video game named Kanye Quest 3030, created
by a RPG Maker user named “Phenix” was released.
It was published with the description that it was a hip hop-themed, science-fiction,
2D role-playing game.
Gameplay starts off during the year 2010 with Kanye West taking out his garbage, tripping
and falling into a portal which transports him to the year 3030.
Upon reaching the other side, he realizes that the United States has become a dystopian
society which is ruled by rapper Lil B, who proclaims himself to be a god.
He learns of a prophecy which foretells that he would return to overthrow Lil B and he
travels throughout the dystopian society, teaming up with other musicians that include
Jay-Z, 2Pac and RZA who are there to help him in his quest.
As they progress through the game, they face challenges from other musicians such as Eminem,
Nicki Minaj, De La Soul and LL Cool J, who must all be defeated before West can proclaim
himself to be a god and return to 2010 where he then finally puts his garbage away.
In 2015, it was revealed in a pastebin article that, if a player were to type the word “Ascend”
into an in-game console, they would be moved to a secret game section where they are told
that the rest of the game was just a front and that this was the actual game.
Here, the player would enter a room with a QR code which would redirect them to a dead
IP-logger site.
Commands then needed to be inputted into various terminals before players are asked to provide
personal details and told to wait to be contacted.
Many people believed that the game was connected to a cult called “Ascensionism” which
was said to have been created at roughly the same time as the game’s release and that
they were attempting to recruit members through the game.
Some people also believe that the group had ties to record labels such as Ascensionism
Records, later renamed Ascend Records.
The true purpose of the game, however, remains an unsolved internet mystery.
3.
GhostNet
In March of 2009, researchers at the Information Warfare Monitor discovered a large-scale cyber-spying
operation which they dubbed GhostNet.
It was found that its command and control infrastructure was mainly based in China and
that it had compromised valuable political, media and economic locations in 103 countries.
This came after a 10-month investigation which found that the office of the Dalai Lama may
have been infiltrated and his representative in Geneva was contacted.
At first, investigations were focused on allegations that Chinese cyber-espionage was being carried
out against the Tibetan exile community including the extraction of email correspondence.
Targeted and compromised systems included those of the Indian, South Korean, Indonesian
and German embassies, among others, as well as the foreign ministries of Latvia, Indonesia,
Barbados and Bangladesh, to name but a few.
Government offices of the United States and the UK were not targeted; however, the Washington
DC-based Indian embassy’s computers were compromised.
These organizations were targeted via emails that contained contextually relevant information,
but with attachments which included malicious software that communicated with a server located
in China.
This server then sent commands to the infected computer, causing it to download and install
a Trojan named Gh0st Rat which hands over control of that computer to the attackers.
The computer could then be inspected and controlled by an attacker who had the ability to record
using the computer’s camera and audio software.
Investigators from the Information Warfare Monitor stated that they could not say beyond
a doubt that the Chinese government was responsible for the attack; however, researchers from
Cambridge University stated that they believed the attack on the Dalai Lama’s office to
have originated from that government.
Researchers did not exclude the possibility that GhostNet was being run by private Chinese
citizens who were out to make a profit, or were carrying out the attacks as a sign of
patriotism.
They also didn’t rule out that it may have been created by intelligence agencies from
Russia or the United States.
They did state, however, that when GhostNet is detected, it has been found to be controlled
by IP addresses located on Hainan (hay nuhn) Island where the Lingshui Signals Intelligence
Facility and the Third Technical Department of the People’s Liberation Army are located.
It was also later revealed that one of the four control servers used by GhostNet belongs
to the Chinese government, though no one has been able to prove exactly where the attacks
originated from and it remains an unsolved mystery.
2.
Blank Room Soup.avi
The Blank Room Soup video was originally uploaded to the YouTube in 2005 under the title “Freaky
Soup Guy” and since it gained traction years later, its purpose and origin have been speculated
over by internet sleuths who have still been unable to crack this unsolved internet mystery.
The minute-long video features a man in a white tank top, his eyes blacked out by a
sensor bar, eating what looks like soup from a bowl with an oversized, wooden spoon.
Someone wearing a costume with a blank face and black hair then approaches from a door
behind the man and starts to gently pat him on the back while he eats.
The man can be heard crying as another identical figure emerges from the right of the screen,
who then also starts to pat the man on his back.
This carries on for a short while before the video abruptly ends, giving us no clue as
to who the man is or why he and the characters are there.
Some people speculated that the man was being held against his will and forced to eat something
questionable, while others theorized that it was just a video that was made to creep
people out.
It would later be discovered that the two characters were the creation of Raymond S.
Persi, who worked on 5 episodes of the series “The Twisted Adventures of Felix the Cat”
before working as a character layout artist on “The Simpsons”.
The two characters are collectively known as RayRay and the costumes were created between
1998 and 2002, allowing them to appear in their own skits and on stage on various platforms
including the RayRayVision YouTube channel, the RayRayVille MySpace page and the RayRayWorld
domain, among others.
It would later be discovered that the two RayRay suits seen in the Blank Room Soup video,
were stolen from Persi after a performance at a club on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip in
the early 2000s and never recovered.
The video was sent to him in an email and he uploaded it to YouTube with the description
“We don’t know what this is “to share it with what he calls “his group”, presumably
the crew that he was working with at the time.
He also noted that the characters moved exactly as he intended them to, suggesting that the
people in the video were familiar with RayRay.
No one has been able to identify the creator of the video, the people in the RayRay suits
or the man eating soup and it remains an internet mystery that may never be solved.
1.
Mariana’s Web
Mariana’s Web is alleged to be the deepest place on the internet, deeper than the dark
web and hence, it is named after the Mariana Trench, which is the deepest oceanic trench
on Earth.
It is speculated that it holds secrets belonging to the most powerful governments in the world
and that secret archival information on the Vatican as well as the location of the Lost
City of Atlantis can be found here.
Some people claim that it houses an incredibly powerful AI that controls the entire internet
and that only quantum computers have the capability of accessing it.
Its impenetrability can be attributed to two factors.
It is said that users need to have knowledge of Polymeric Falcighol Derivation, which is
an extremely complicated algorithm needed to access the network.
Secondly, the algorithm can only be calculated with the use of quantum computers, which some
believe are owned only by the most powerful governments in the world.
Others have speculated that the Mariana’s Web is, in fact, the powerful AI itself and
that it is incredibly dangerous due to the fact that it has access to so much information.
Other theories suggest that it was created to distract from Dark Web black market takedowns.
This disinformation campaign is supposedly the creation of hackers who were blackmailed
by the FBI into spreading rumors of the Mariana’s Web’s existence.
In 2015, the existence of quantum computers was confirmed in a partnership formed between
NASA, Google and the Universal Space Research Association.
These computers can, however, only run in an environment where a vacuum with pressure
10 billion times lower than that of earth’s is present.
The vacuum also needs to be at a temperature of 0.015 degrees above absolute zero.
There are also those who speculate that this part of the internet is guarded by closed
shell systems, meaning that it would be accessible by invitation only.
Each member would be evaluated beforehand, making it completely private and virtually
insusceptible to attacks and intrusions.
Though many more theories abound on whether the Mariana’s Web actually exists, no one
has ever been able to unequivocally prove any of the theories that have been posited
and the mystery surrounding it remains a creepy
internet mystery.