I've been tipped off on a channel that appears to be predicting celebrity deaths
Even stranger, the accuracy of each upload is perfectly on the nose of the actual
date of their passing. But most bewildering of all, these videos were all created in 2017
and sat unnoticed within the YouTube algorithm for nearly three years.
The channel I'm talking about is one named '2020 Vision' and at the time of writing,
its amassed a whopping 50 videos that were all uploaded from the span of June 15th through August
20th of 2017. Their channel description contains some... eccentric claims - like the idea that
they've been "blessed with the visions of the pink eye" and that they're "starting a death cult".
Tt definitely screams ARG, and heading to their Twitter mostly cements that theory.
Even further, after joining their Discord server, I was met with a live stream that
appeared to be playing some strange static on repeat. While it is odd in its own right,
I wanted to keep this video focused and contained on the actual celebrity death predictions
since that's the primary factor that's freaking people out. How do they pull this off? Why are
they doing this? And most importantly, how do they know which public figures we're going to pass?
Scrolling through their videos, we can notice the names of prominent figures like Chadwick Boseman
and Kobe Bryant. The videos themselves are all the same length and follow the same format - an eye
blinks three times with the month date and year appearing, before it closes and the video ends.
It's definitely eerie, and it's understandable how a casual viewer might be freaked out after
encountering something like this for the first time. What most people are unaware of, however,
is the fact that the most likely explanation just might be baked into the YouTube platform itself...
You might recall a Twitter account by the name of @beyoncefan666.
If my memory serves me correctly fellow, YouTuber ScareTheater made a video about them
years ago and how they accurately predicted random but prominent events that hadn't happened yet
through Twitter. It was admittedly a bizarre phenomenon back then, however Scare's theory about
how they pulled it off seemed to be the correct one. He postulated that the owner of the account
had put out tons of tweets about events that had 50/50 chances of happening one way or the other,
and once the event actually occurred, they'd delete the incorrect one.
This effectively left an account full of claims that were all accurate and predicted ahead of
time which, as we're seeing with 2020 Vision, is highly reminiscent of what's happening here.
So, if that's how @beyoncefan666 did it, then did 2020 Vision upload a metric ton of videos
with random celebrities and dates? Eh, not quite. You see, baked within the YouTube Studio exists
an editor function that allows creators to blur and trim out certain portions of pre-existing
uploads. What I'm led to believe here was the possibility that the channel creator uploaded
these videos with tons of random celebrity names and with each day of the year being displayed
within the eye. Considering the fact that the videos are roughly five to six seconds long,
then that means the untrimmed versions would range from roughly 30 minutes and 24 seconds
to around 36 minutes and 30 seconds in length. These uploads are only displayed in 720p too,
which means the render, upload, and trim times would be incredibly quick.
To confirm this, I tried to check the Internet Archive for old screenshots of their accounts,
however it seems that the earliest available capture was on the first of February of this year.
It seems that, unfortunately, webpages are only captured after they've amassed
a certain amount of traction. A bit frustrating, but it is what it is...
So, why are they doing this? After checking out their following list on Twitter and their
recommended channels on YouTube I noticed that the only redundant profile was that of a musical
artist by the name of 'Elly Space'. It seems that they're pretty self-aware by that discovery, too,
since some have called them out about it, to which they respond simply claiming that they're a fan.
If you ask me, while it could be to promote their music, it honestly seems a bit too on the nose.
With all the cult lingo and the strange broadcast coming from their Discord live stream,
I'm betting that they're kick-starting an ARG. Now, I could be wrong but - think about it...
If you're THIS forward about following this artist, why go through the effort of
conjuring up claims about a cult and utilizing a Discord server as a means of interaction?
You've already gone semi-viral, and if you're merely promoting a musical artist,
why go through the extra effort? Eh, I don't know... We've seen this sort of phenomenon before
with mysteries like Erratas, and to be honest, I wouldn't put it past them. What I do know,
however, is that the creator of these videos aren't some god predicting the future.
All they've done is, four years ago, premeditated a phenomenon that they knew would gather traction
down the road. There's no conspiracy, nor someone dictating death dates, just a YouTube channel that
did what it set out to do... At the expense of those the world lost in a terrible 2020.
Thanks so much for watching, I'll see you soon, I love you all, and good night.
<3