While researching various topics to cover in these videos.
I often come across many strange and interesting Reddit mysteries
that are begging to be explored further, but that I haven't been able
to cover due to the leads on the mystery falling off or there simply
not being enough information on it for a full video.
However, many of these Mysteries are still very interesting with
extensive research into them.
and Our communities created for solving them.
In addition,
I believe many could use an extra pair of eyes, as a couple of these
Mysteries could still be solved today.
So, let's take a look at five of my favorite unsolved
Reddit Mysteries.
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First off, we have the bridge.
Exploration videos are hugely popular nowadays, but one of the
creepiest accounts of a journey into the unknown was documented on
Reddit on the subreddit.
r/letsnotmeet back
known simply as the bridge.
The original text only post recounted how a redditor had explored
a bridge in North Wales, UK
with a group of friends, when they were teenagers.
In the post, the Op vividly describes
"It wasn't long before we had removed the heavy steel discs and started
descending down the ladder into the structure.
Once we had all safely, reached the bottom we decided to progress to the
other side.
At this point.
We are totally confined into the narrow space that leads into the main
area.
If you were confused as to what the hell, what this bridge is supposed
to be, you probably should be because it was rather peculiar."
He went on to describe the
Claustrophobic journey in detail and states that at some point, they
came across a room which chilled them to the core.
"In front of me, was a single foldable chair
positioned facing a wall.
On the wall was a partially torn page from a newspaper or magazine
showing a fully naked lady in an erotic position. More disturbingly,
the eyes of the woman on display
had been cut from the page.
Removed with precision, not just, hastily ripped off.
It was a chilling story, for sure, but as is often the case on Reddit.
The community needed some proof
So the Op returned to the bridge.
Bearing in mind, he was no longer a teenager but a grown adult.
by this time, and took pictures
For everyone to see the scene was just as he had described.
For everyone to see the scene was just as he had described,
perhaps even worse.
A dilapidated scene was found with, just about every detail the
user recounted, still existing.
So the question then became, what was the point of this strange room
in this abandoned Bridge?
The homeless bifid Cipher our second read.
It mystery is a classic from almost a decade ago, and is actually
quite extensive and has a chilling resolution.
It all started when a creditor posted, the following to
r/askreddit
Today, a homeless looking man handed me $50 and this note.
Do you have any idea of what it means?
Internet sleuths quickly deduced that the note was a bifid cipher,
which is essentially
a means of hiding messages in a seemingly random jumble of letters.
The bifid cipher is well known in cryptography and was invented in
1901.
But what cryptic message had supposedly been handed to the OP by a
homeless man?
Well once decoded it read, "there's plenty more money to make figure
this out and prepare to meet July 19th, 56 and 6, hot dog, stand
outside Rue57 Cafe."
Ask for Mr. Input.
However, things would not go so smoothly and while there was
eventually a meet-up involving OP and many Reddit followers and even
the NYPD ended up getting involved, a second message was soon
found which said "You have managed to find the message with the help of friends
You changed the rules so now will I.
So now will I July 12, 4PM. Find the blue jay at six and a half and
fifty-sixth and tell him you are the last.
Now, Redditors had name to track down.
Mr. Input from the first message and the Blue Jay
from the second.
Things got a little crazy from then on, with some
redditors jumping ship and calling the whole affair BS
while those who continue to down the rabbit hole ended up,
transcribing names into IP addresses, figuring out Unix codes and even
tracking down retired professors.
Strange coincidences were unraveled.
Such as
The OP's phone number corresponding to a HEX of a Department of Defense IP address.
As well as it having a sum total of 42, which has
become somewhat of an internet meme as the quote-unquote answer to
life the universe and everything.
If you visit the original Reddit post today, you can see that it was
last edited with a chilling message from the OP that states received
"Received a phone call today threatening violence against me and
my family. Going so far as to name members of my family and their
addresses, unless I delete this post, the caller also told me to not
show up on the 19th and to inform anyone planning it to show up on the
19th that nothing would happen.
This will be my last message from this account before I delete it.
I'll also be changing my number later today.
I'm sorry, if a resolution to this never happens, but I'm not willing
to risk my family's safety
for a few extra dollars."
There is still no real consensus on the purpose of the whole Affair
but it was a fun journey.
And if you have some spare time on your hands, you should give it a
look and let me know what you think of it.
Bugged extension cord.
Our next mystery, is a disturbing case where a reddit user found a
SIM card and recording device, in a power strip that had exploded
While he was using his computer.
After opening, the burnt MacBook charger, redditor
shadybusiness15, posted pictures of his extension cable and the
unsettling intruder on the subreddit r/whatisthisthing
after being cross posted to the Reddit Bureau of investigation's
Other Reddit users quickly identified the presence of a microphone
and concluded that
the hidden object was most likely a bug or listening device. Capable of
recording OP, when the SIM cards number was dialed as you might
as you might expect this led to many questions as to why
u/shadybusiness15 might be being monitored. the poster eventually revealed
the poster eventually revealed
that they were simply a university student and that they were almost
certain that it was a plug they took from their home when moving out
but also noted that anyone
who works for the accommodation has access to the room so it could
have been changed without him knowing at any point.
When the student called the number on the SIM card
He only got an automated message saying that the service was now
closed and if he had a Voicemail, he could turn it on.
In other words, the card had been deactivated.
upon calling the phone company,
The redditor was told that he would need a warrant to find out who may
have called the number, or to gain access to any recordings that might
have been made. suffice to say this was not really possible or feasible
for the student, and the questions of who and why still remain unanswered.
shadybusiness15
did say that they hadn't ruled out the possibility that their
parents were being monitored.
Though If true, the reason for the listening device remains a mystery.
The box of crazy.
In 2013 Reddit got its first glimpse into the madness or possible
genius of the so-called box of crazy. Posted by Reddit, user TramStopDan
Posted by Reddit, user, TramStopDan in r/whatsinthisthing?
The contents of the Box included, some impressive, technical drawings,
artistic hand-drawn Maps
As well as some more bizarre handwritten notes
and illustrations containing UFOs, and mythical creatures.
The old wooden box was allegedly found by Dan's friend.
Just lying in the street next to some trash. When considering who, it
may have belonged to originally Dan speculated
"Clearly something had happened to the guy that was very memorable.
It measures, it roughly 29 by 38 inches and almost all the drawings
are very large.
It appears that he was making a diorama.
/ tabletop display.
Why?
I have no idea."
There are a numbered parts and instructions / explanations
A subreddit dedicated to understanding the box of crazy has been
established under the name investigators of Daniel Christensen's
mystery box, and various
theories have been put forward to try and explain what some of the
notes and drawings mean.
The most persistent, theory to date
is that the boxes original owner went a bit crazy
over the Book of Ezekiel as the quote unquote, aliens in The Crazy
Box's drawing resembles creatures mentioned in the book of the Bible
user, u/flyboy_will explains
Apparently.
The guy went, slightly insane over finding extraterrestrials in the
Bible. He obsessed with living creatures that are described as having
four faces the first,
Face was the face of a cherub, the second, the face of a man.
The third, the face of a lion and the fourth, the face of an eagle.
Which matched up with the drawings in the box pretty well.
One of the technical drawings looked like a patent application
and is pretty detailed.
The OP did some research into it, but could not find any
registered patent containing such a design
pinning down a timeline has also proved frustrating.
As TramStopDan explains "the dates are all over the place late 30s.
All the way to early 80s."
We may never know what exactly was going on.
In the original owners head, and it's kind of sad to think that his work
was just discarded in the trash
Yet, thanks to Reddit
It will now live on as an internet mystery and who knows,
Maybe one day we'll get some more answers.
The 432 mystery. Our last mystery actually, originated on 4chan.
but like many internet phenomena has since been adopted by Reddit.
There is also a dedicated Wiki for it being the 432mystery
Things all started when a 4chan user posted a screenshot of an ominous email
They received. The email read the following.
You have been selected.
Where have you gone?
We are watching, and a link was provided to an onion site.
A browser used for accessing the Deep Web.
Upon following a link those who dared be directed to a site with more
Sinister messages, such as you have always been awake, enter your cage
and the story has just begun. The last of those contained
Another link which pointed to the address of the original author of
the message. Over time.
The onion site was updated and modified to include more cryptic,
puzzles, and as an increasing number of people started to
investigate and decode them, the site, continued to develop and progress.
Events took an interesting and dark turn when changes began to appear,
which correlated directly to the 432 mystery thread.
The Mastermind behind 432, was clearly watching them and wanted this
to be known. Soon after, the names
and even pictures of some community members started to appear on the
onions site without their permission.
Eventually and perhaps, thankfully, the onion site stopped being updated.
However, the Reddit thread and Quest For answers continues and the
Mystery still remains unsolved.
And that is all the reddit mysteries I have for today.
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