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icymist

(15,888 posts)
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 06:25 PM Oct 2015

What the Hell?! My FB feed shows The Daily Dot claiming to have a video threatening the President!

Has anybody seen this yet? It's a very bizarre two minute video which uses morse code, binary numbers, and who knows what else!

http://www.dailydot.com/technology/creepy-puzzle-video-poland-11b-x-1371/?fb=dd

That creepy puzzle video just keeps getting creepier

Earlier this week, we reported on an endlessly creepy puzzle video that was confounding and unsettling everyone who watched it. In the days since, the story has grown far stranger—but the identity of the person responsible for the threatening messages remains as clouded as ever.

The video, which spread quickly across YouTube and was allegedly discovered on a DVD on a park bench in Spain, contains a seemingly endless number of puzzles, both obvious and obscure. Numerous interested parties have been working to unearth the mysteries held within, and several bits of new information have emerged.

Perhaps most disturbing revelation of all is that the Morse code puzzle, which was translated into “RED LIPSLIKE TENTH,” has been discovered to be an anagram of “KILL THE PRESIDENT.” This, coupled with the previously discovered hidden GPS coordinates of the White House, paints a vivid threat.
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What the Hell?! My FB feed shows The Daily Dot claiming to have a video threatening the President! (Original Post) icymist Oct 2015 OP
Which president? Found in Spain, right? randys1 Oct 2015 #1
Presumably the US President... TDale313 Oct 2015 #2
That was my first impression... icymist Oct 2015 #3
Here is the Reddit page LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #4
Wow! It's even more creepy than I first thought! icymist Oct 2015 #6
Very well done viral marketing for a movie. AngryAmish Oct 2015 #5
Threatening the President as marketing?! icymist Oct 2015 #7
It sure seems to have gotten the marks worked up. AngryAmish Oct 2015 #8
Okay. If this is marketing for a movie then it's very stupid marketing. icymist Oct 2015 #9

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
2. Presumably the US President...
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 06:41 PM
Oct 2015

Since they mention GPS coordinates to the White House. Very, very strange. Hopefully not a real threat. Possibly a game, test, or PR stunt? Don't know what to make of it.

icymist

(15,888 posts)
3. That was my first impression...
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 06:42 PM
Oct 2015

However, the coordinates derived from the binary code is the White House. I hoping this whole thing is somebody screwing around. After all, this video was known to exist since May, 2015. (at least that's what I thought I read). Very strange with that person wearing what looks like a doctors mask from the plague times, only this one has eye googles.

icymist

(15,888 posts)
6. Wow! It's even more creepy than I first thought!
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 07:02 PM
Oct 2015

Looks like the good people at Reddit has been on this for a while!

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
5. Very well done viral marketing for a movie.
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 07:00 PM
Oct 2015

And I saw Blair Witch the first weekend, so I know how to be a mark.

icymist

(15,888 posts)
7. Threatening the President as marketing?!
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 07:03 PM
Oct 2015

I think the Secret Service would like to talk to these people.

icymist

(15,888 posts)
9. Okay. If this is marketing for a movie then it's very stupid marketing.
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 07:17 PM
Oct 2015

From the Reddit thread:

[–]johnnyredleg 14 points 1 day ago
I don't buy it. A movie directed by Ron Howard (AKA Richie Cunningham) and starring All-American Typewriter collector, Tom Hanks, would not make use of images containing dismembered/tortured people.
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