Bumpityboo: The YouTuber Who Vanished

[@Draikinator]

This really hurt my heart to watch. He's very clearly a young autistic boy living with a single mom. I was an autistic kid and knew plenty of other autistic kids. Theres nothing about this thats Just Too Over The Top. The voice? The rocking head movements and word choices? Yeah, hes reasing a script. He wrote down his vlog before speaking to the camera. Hes clearly very particular. The comments are so hurtful to read, but just the things he has to say... Talking about how few friends he has, that he got pantsed at a party... That story about the party genuinely had my eyes burning. He was The Weird Kid and people didnt like him. He talked Weird, he dressed Weird, he had Weird interests, he parroted things his mother said- the pop music thing sounds SO much like he heard the music and his mother gave him that explanation as an extension of her sheltering nature- and kids just... Thought he was weird and they were mean to him because of it. I was also weird, and oeople were mean to me because of it. I'm sure this would be a very strange video to stumble upon for him, but i hope that if he does, it can offer some comfort that it empathizes with the little boy he used to be, who truly needed some empathy. And I hope very much that he is doing well and has found himself some new friends who are also obsessed with whatever deeply niche interests he now holds. I hope he never stopped making poetry, he seemed to really love it. Best wishes, Jeremy. I hope you're living a great life out there.

[@urfatherty]

yea this is pretty tone deaf imo. this kid doesnt need some lore breakdown with ominous undertones

[@creator_mayo]

Ya I can see what you mean tho I don’t like assuming something I’m autistic as well and I maybe see myself in him? ( Idk if I’m just saying that lol) it sucks that people are so mean to him when he’s just making vlogs and not hurting anyone

[@candycanekennie3302]

He reminds me so much of my awkward big brother. Didn't seem like an act at all. My brother also made 'vlogs' on his huge VHS camera (though back in the day we called them home movies) and documented his early years.

[@themodernfrontiersmen]

As someone who is autistic, I understand what it's like to grow up being bullied or treated poorly. But honestly, I am glad that it happened. It helped shape me into who I am today, and although it sucked at the time, looking back on it it made be a lot tougher. So we shouldn't show pity to people who were mistreated, but rather hope that they turned their mistreatment into something good.

[@Draikinator]

@themodernfrontiersmen I don't think that the bullying I went through made me a better person. I think that all it did was hurt.

[@GuyWithChainsaw]

Kid: Is genuine. Isn't ashamed of their passion. Cares about their education. Likes chess and respects their mother. Comment section psychologists: Must be a troll

[@beansproutbrynn]

all the comments in the OG videos and even here calling the single mom psychotic and abusive is nauseating

[@beansproutbrynn]

@@Liveforgigs no they don't, just like single dads don't ruin daughters.

[@HexOverride]

​@@Liveforgigs what are you talking about?

[@biogene9297]

@@beansproutbrynn single parent families ruin children unfortunately. there is a reason why children growing up with a single parent have a high chance of becoming criminals

[@Dmckenzie6]

​@@beansproutbrynn I dunno about psychotic and abusive but it's pretty clear that she didn't understand that she had to start treating him like a not 5 year old in how she talked to him.

[@anon-means-anon]

I'm so glad the internet wasn't a widespread thing when I was a young autismo.

[@misterdewott8766]

Same here. I was one of those kids who wanted to review cartoons and video games on my very own KZbin channel. To this day, I'm SO glad I didn't haha I would've been torn to shreds

[@DebunkFile]

@misterdewott8766 I was one of those kids and I DID do that. The results were AWFUL 😭 but I’m glad I have those memories still

[@ohoto3896]

@@DebunkFile Post em! Next vid DebunkFile: The Early Years

[@demontickler]

@@misterdewott8766 the internet (at least youtube) is a lot nicer now, so you could get away with something like that nowadays

[@NitwitsWorld]

@@misterdewott8766 Reviewing is easy. Cringe is not. Even the best child actors needed a couch to help them act better. 😅

[@Ogerpwned]

Was Low key expecting you to reveal you’re bumpityboo

[@dustyode1520]

Same- when the second person (with a lower quality mic i think?) came in and spoke about their channel, I swear their voice sounds like Bumpityboo's

[@TracksWithDax]

Glad I wasn't the only one thinking this, lol!!!

[@DebunkFile]

LOL 😭

[@madissongaster3577]

World was so mean to literal child, hope he's doing better now

[@blackpillz3479]

.. lmfao, I'm sure the current world is treating him better 😉😉🙄🙄 nothing has changed.. lol

[@paintingdemons]

@@blackpillz3479okay

[@rebeccababb4196]

This kid seems so kind hearted and lovable. It's a shame he was being bullied. He also appears to have autism. My heart goes out to him. Kids can be cruel. Being "weird" isn't a bad thing, it's just being different. Bumpityboo, wherever you are, I hope life is giving you the kindness and happiness you deserve.

[@tablescissors]

IS anyone just “weird” anymore though??

[@rebeccababb4196]

@tablescissors there are a ton a "weird" people. And of course I'm not a medical professional, but I really do think he's on the spectrum. It's his mannerisms and hyper focused drive for school. There is the possibility he was just a weird kid, but even most weird preteen kids don't really act like this imo

[@TravNash]

This kid is like a character from an unpublished Charles Dickens book, about a child born with a heart of gold that works at a textile Mill for threepence a day.

[@AvantHorizon]

😂😂 This comment has a heart of gold

[@davidbash3388]

I can't believe he grew up to become Wendigoon

[@daxx5428]

Lmao

[@ashleyshim2078]

😂😂😂😂

[@lolitabear12]

LMAOOOOO

[@The_Redneck_Hipster]

Hearing this kid talk about his folder system on his computer was like I was hearing him explain how my computer is organized. I have never heard of this kid before today, but I hella vibe with it on a spiritual level.

[@roxxyroll4540]

I related to his bookbag system so much 😭 my bag was color coded and labeled cause i never used my locker either

[@M3XW]

I feel a strong maternal instinct for this little guy :(

[@BatyBug]

Right?! Im 15 mins in and just…sobbing. Sweet kiddo.

[@GoblinDave152]

For real, a few minutes in and I'm already feeling bad for him & feel I need to comfort him 😟😟😟

[@pantherprincess]

Sameeeeeeeee

[@nervesinapattern7261]

I think you’d really like Big Brothers Big Sisters, youth mentoring is highly rewarding and where I’m from there’s a shortage of volunteers.

[@bloodyninja2411]

Cute not your kid still

[@Klinkertinlegs]

Forget Tesla man, we need to find this guy and make him the government efficiency person. I’m not as organized as him at nearly 40 as he was at 12. I totally see why his fans miss him. This kid was a gem

[@Bulma410]

I was literally exactly like this as a kid. If my parents didn't make me terrified of the internet, this would have been me.

[@endtimesninja1235]

At least since you were afraid of the internet you wouldn't be a dork. Unless you were

[@amberosioh]

⁠@@endtimesninja1235who cares about being a dork, far cooler to be genuinely dorky than ingenuinely pretending to be something you’re not

[@Lukasser88]

this is the real sheldon cooper

[@ANT-ej8ob]

I thought the same thing, 🖐️ High five.

[@Nocturnal_Mee]

He reminds me of Alfalfa from The Little Rascals a bit too.

[@eyuin5716]

Bazinga?

[@Sparky6Voltz]

​@@eyuin5716 my singing monsters

[@kernel6892]

As a real-life autismoid in the flesh I have a fuckin personal vendetta against Sheldon.

[@snarkybug4]

clicked on this expecting an ARG and ended up in tears by the end of the video

[@cuberfan08]

I’ve noticed with a lot of internet mysteries, I tend to enjoy the non args more than args at this point

[@omgnoi]

Im sick of ARGs

[@Jordi_Plays]

I'm really surprised that so many people think this was a bit. Yes the videos are obviously scripted, but they can be scripted and genuine simultaneously. My mom was pretty overprotective and I was very sheltered growing up, and the 'sex ed' thing totally felt like something my mom would have told me and I would have believed. (I love my mom though, I turned out okay lol) Autism is a spectrum. I have people in my family with autism that he acts EXACTLY like. I am positive these are genuine.

[@MashaRistova]

Why are you acting like autistic people can’t joke around? So what if this kid is autistic? He’s clearly joking around in several of these videos. People that act like he can’t be joking just because he’s autistic are being so judge mental of autistic people.

[@CamBoone]

This feels kinda nostalgic, but mostly just kind of weird & intrusive when you realize you’re just watching and digging in to the lore of a young autistic kid’s video diary.

[@spacegale]

i work with kids and i agree that kids actually do behave this way. i find it very sweet and genuine, seeing a young child just be themselves and share their passions and thoughts with the world, even though they are bullied both at school and by these horrible comments. i hope with all my heart this person is still out there, living their amazing authentic talented and shining self!

[@Xylot]

The comments calling others "sheltered" for thinking Bumpityboo was legit are just hilarious. Ironic, too, considering they're so sheltered that they've never gotten to know any autistic people. "This person cannot exist" like all people act a certain way.

[@amberosioh]

that comment got me too 😭😭😭 “there’s just no way people like this exist” it just highlights how even in the 2000’s autism was not understood & being taught to people. if my parents had been taught what autism was maybe i would’ve been tested but ya know 🤷‍♀️

[@conit4125]

Sorry I just don't buy it. It's not that this kinda kid couldn't exists, it's that Bumpityboo seems like the exact kinda character a kid from the 2000s would come up with to make fun of kids like that. Ulillillia was genuine, ChrisChan was genuine, Bumpityboo feels like a character.

[@NitwitsWorld]

@@conit4125 maybe he could be an actor that wants to be famous on Hollywood but never picked up so he just disappears into the shadows 😂

[@barrysteakfriessimp_real]

literally rolled my eyes when i heard that. people seem to act like autistic people are some sort of unicorn, a mythical creature we hear about but doesn't actually exist, when the complete opposite is true.

[@lolitabear12]

@@conit4125youve got a lot of people in the comments saying they were exactly the same, and i knew a few myself. its a spectrum for a reason.

[@MadSparrow]

I have a little tradition to watch his interpretive dance every 4th of July. I'm so glad to see one of my faves cover him.

[@dreamcast.0]

People saying he must have been a troll because he's way too exaggerated in this way or that seem to forget that there are autistic children. I just see a young autistic boy in Jeremy. Having special interests in elves and music and poetry, being awkward, writing down what he wants to say on camera, being "overly" attached to his mother. This is just a kid with autism who struggled to make friends in real life due to his autism and took to the internet instead to talk about his interests and his life. I'm like 90% sure he just had autism, and that's it, of course I don't know for sure, but I mean...It's pretty obvious.

[@jojobpcool]

My first thought exactly

[@steffymuze]

💯

[@mariaquiet6211]

My first thought too I've known kids like this I was one

[@NitwitsWorld]

It wouldn't be too far off. Many trolls started out as children and will do similar things like this. It's rare but it does happen. I could name examples but half of them lost their channels so I can’t name some of them. 😅

[@dreamcast.0]

@ I just think it’s wayyyyy more likely to just be a regular autistic boy. I have no interest in watching every video he made but unless he made videos ranting and raving about mean comments I think it being a “troll” is incredibly unlikely. A “troll” would interact with haters and rile them up not just benignly vlog about school and his interests. There’s more “over the top” autistic kids than there are “trolls”.

[@tropezando]

I can't tell you how many neurodivergent and homeschooled kids I've met who were very similar to this. The fact that he was familiar with poets and into interpretive dance, likely interests picked up from his mom/family, shows he probably spent the majority of his time with them and may have been quite sheltered, contributing to his social awkwardness. I hope he's still vibing and rhyming, wherever he is, and that his friend situation is no longer dire.

[@user-dk7su3lp6e]

i was this kid. unfortunately in the 80s/90s autism wasnt very well understood by schools and i got treated horribly by staff and students. i was nerdy, isolated and very close with my mother. though i can see how the internet not being widespread when i was young is a good thing, an outlet like this mightve stopped me from trying to delete myself. several times. life got better as an adult though. i can only hope hes doing well too.

[@NitwitsWorld]

I can not take someone seriously when they say “deleted” 😒

[@Iera_Thaumaturgy]

My brother also got mistreated in school by staff and teachers cuz he was autistic, it’s so infuriating because most autistic people are so nice.

[@user-dk7su3lp6e]

@@NitwitsWorld fine. brutally tried to kill myself. blame youtube. not me.

[@sjlovesbread]

@@NitwitsWorld it was so youtube wouldnt censor the comment. i cannot take people seriously when they go out of their way to be a prick.

[@NitwitsWorld]

@@sjlovesbread The ironic part is that the word unalive was taken from Deadpool of all characters. So I just assume he’s making a poor distasteful joke by using the word unalive Unironically

[@beansproutbrynn]

my heart actually breaks hearing him talk about his school life. i was diagnosed with autism not even a week after i graduated middle school, and i relate so much to his organization, the script reading, the way he tried to make friends, the bullying, the aversion to pda, everything. i hope he's doing well.

[@causticquestionables7888]

He levelled up into TheReportOfTheWeek, clearly

[@SirSkibidi85]

I was thinking this

[@huntforbigfloptober1333]

I feel like this kid was a combination of neurodivergent and sheltered by his mom. Whether it was because she was trying to protect him from bullying or if it was from a need for control, hyper sheltered kids can act like this since they don’t know any other way of living. With the amount of “lolcow” personalities online ranging from Ullilliliia to the horrors of Chris Chan, is Bumpity Boo really so outside the realm of possibility? Character or not, I hope this kid is out there living his best life with some friends he deserved.

[@mackenzietickle6961]

this child has singlehandedly grasped my heart and ripped it out of my chest. I grew up with a dead mom and have never felt that "maternal" feeling until today. i hope he grew up knowing he is probably the only pure soul left on this earth.

[@TotoriTranquille]

This kind, poor soul. This video just made me so sad. Insane people think this is fake. Ofcs there is a script, that boy is hella organized, he wouldn't and maybe even couldn't speak freely.

[@Wakapon95]

This reminds me of the kids i used to protect back when i was in high school.

[@RichardRider]

On the KZbin mobile app, mini player doesn’t work for videos made for kids. I checked and it still works for the videos with the comments turned off. So he had to have turned them off himself

[@unanimousowlcouncil7377]

Im pretty sure that 'POP....ular music' gag is from zack and cody, so he was watching normal kids programs, nothing too odd

[@jokerdony]

One of the few creators in which i look forward to every single upload.

[@DebunkFile]

I always love to hear that! I hope you enjoy this one :)

[@wardrich]

@@DebunkFile What if they meant Bumpetyboo? :P

[@Dudee699]

@@wardrichhis last video was 15 years ago

[@AzureRadio]

​@@Dudee699They have been waiting a LONG time then, a wait is still a wait though lol 🤣

[@_amaya.]

This made me cry. I never fit in and I didn’t have friends. I still don’t have friends. No family support, no confidence, I don’t even have a pet. Being bullied and not understanding why… It’s not fair

[@DarkDraconX1]

Damn dude, I'm sorry.

[@mikehanrahan5559]

You could get a pet.

[@MashaRistova]

This kid is a comedic genius. He’s clearly playing it up. Autistic people can joke and be funny too, guys.

[@harleyssecrets]

Yea I was like…. Come on… y’all know he’s blatantly joking about ‘coming out’ being an ‘IVF’ baby. Like he’s OBVIOUSLY joking 😅😂

[@TracksWithDax]

THIS is what I think too.... he's actually autistic and he playing it up big time. I know kids al across the spectrum who have the same level of focus and fixation as him that could play it up to be just like.him

[@callieprotector]

I know this is a child but at times he doesn't seem like a child because in some videos he seems to have a very mature. But I wouldn't be the ones who make fun of him. In my eyes so long his safe and not hurting himself and or others then he should make whatever he wants.

[@kujo4388]

Tldr, he forgot his password

[@Iera_Thaumaturgy]

That happened to all of my 7 accounts 😂

[@austinl5158]

Ya know, it’s funny, me and my boys found him when we were in high school and would laugh at him. Now that I’m 31, and a father, it just makes me feel really bad. He was probably a really easy kid to raise, besides the social problems. But the interpretive dances still always make me lol.

[@Crybaby-Media]

I know that if I found him back then I woulda made fun of him too. Just a part of growing up man. Don’t feel bad . Just try to make sure your kids are a bit more open minded than we were

[@AlessaBurns]

@@Crybaby-Media I agree with this, I think the best we can do is be better than our parents and our past selves!

[@lilacswimmer]

i think bumpityboo was just neurodivergent, possibly autistic? guy didn't seem to "get" social norms from the info given, plus it would explain why his mother seemed super close, possibly overprotective with him? his interest and reverence for elves could've been a fixation born from that neurodivergence. i don't doubt he did ham it up a little for the camera by the end of it but i struggle to believe he was trolling the entire time, someone so earnest probably wasn't trying to do anything but be himself, lol perhaps he just got busy with school and extracurriculars and abandoned the channel as a result.

[@austinl5158]

“Possibly autistic” Bro he is the poster boy for functional autism.

[@dzhang4459]

I don't think the mom was overprotective. He was attending public school and he never indicated she discouraged him from attending the party, going trick or treating, or trying to make friends. She was probably trying to encourage him to open up to new things if anything.

[@lilacswimmer]

@@dzhang4459 true! projection + bad wording on my part, admittedly lol i figured that stuff like him being generally unaware of pop music/some of the sexual themes present within was a result of like, his mom being a touch overcareful with him assuming he *is* neurodivergent. particularly bc some of my old friends from when i was a kid behaved similarly for that reason :P

[@jonh3132]

Plot twist: Debunk File is BumpityBoo.

[@SuperBoomshack]

His video style and the way he talks in them has a retro feel to it; reminds me how kids talked in the 70s and 80s

[@roxxyroll4540]

That's actually so interesting 🤔 i was born in 1996 😅

[@mommy2libras]

I mean, maybe when they were making videos that had a very deliberate "newscaster" style to them. But in general? As someone born in the 70s and growing up in the 80s, no, we didn't talk like this on an everyday basis. If you want to know how people talked in the 80s then listen to people in their 40s and 50s. We talk pretty much the same now as we used to, maybe using a few more big words, but for the most part it's basically the same.

[@SuperBoomshack]

@mommy2libras Maybe not where you lived but young kids in my neighborhood talked like this

[@datredhat]

He’s probably just embarrassed about the channel and abandoned it.

[@MrGencyExit64]

I don't know... I get the impression he can't process embarrassment. Or at least when the videos were cut short, he wasn't really emotionally aware enough to care about stuff like this. He's like 14 and still referring to his mom as mommy.

[@datredhat]

@ maybe he had a sudden change of heart after the last video? Idk, it’s the best theory I have

[@DarkDraconX1]

As an adult, I still call my parents mommy and daddy.

[@southparkfirefly]

The misunderstanding of the sexual songs was so sweet, bless him, such an innocent kid.

[@rhedosaurus2251]

As somebody who was thought to be autistic, but is really both introverted while having ADHD/HADD, I can somewhat relate to this. While I did break out and become more personable in high school (2002-2006) that era was an anamoly. Granted, I wasn't like this. But I was fairly reserved and kept to myself.

[@rayh6118]

Same man i thought i had Autism my whole childhood until it was revealed to be adhd and depression

[@cynicalbuddha1660]

A socially stunted little boy, moved on? It's called growing up. Stay gold, "bumpity boy"!

[@cynicalbuddha1660]

@Sami-i2rl stay good, stay free. Stay Gold!

[@MikoEffect]

I knew 2 people in high school who acted EXACTLY like BumpityBoo so I can see why it's hard to tell if this is a character or not

[@nicki0kaye]

The rehearsed nature of these vlogs don't strike me as evidence towards a bit. Maybe he is writing things down first before recording; that doesn't mean he's playing a character, just someone who feels more confident putting his thoughts in order before sharing them, which alligns with his meticulous nature. I wasn't a lady bumpity-boo, but I was fuckin close enough to feel such kinship for this kid. I feel something authentic here, someone who is simply incapable of being anyone but himself, and I hope he's forged that into a super power as an adult. More than anything, I hope it wasn't a troll bc of how mean spirited that would be. This kind of person shouldnt be a spectacle or a punchline. They're just doing their best with what makes the most sense to them, and any social discomfort says more about us than them. Do I wanna take the kid aside and *beg* him not to use certain phrases around others, to drop any use of 'mommy' bc it makes my skin crawl? Yeah. Duh. but that's bc I fear for him and I want him to be okay. I want him to gain friends and expand his horizons. Not because what he's doing is wrong, but bc the wider world is cruel. That isn't his fault. People like this exist. Why are their authentic selves funny? Because it's shocking or uncomfortable? I mean it could be worse, it could be funny bc they're freaks of nature worthy of mockery. JFC I didn't mean to get preachy. Humor complex and I don't wanna shame ppl, just... he's a kid. There's kids out there just like him. We could be making a world where those kids feel safe to be as genuine as he was in his vlogs, with what little influence we possess. We could. We just don't.

[@DebunkFile]

You put into words everything I wanted to really say better than I did! Thank you for this comment, I’m glad to hear you come away with that impression.

[@nicki0kaye]

Aww, I'm glad, man! I love your work and it meant a lot to see how compassionately you covered him. I don't know if I could've stomached someone taking a less supportive approach. Hits too close to home. if he'd been even a lick into anime, he'd probably be one of my friends.

[@spencerdokes6056]

Makes reportoftheweek look like the smoothest pimp

[@Nyorane]

He is... 🥰

[@slayparty]

troll or not, this is peak youtube tbh. He either seems like a writing genius or someone was writing these scripts for him. Awesome guy

[@fs_000]

what a sweet kid..makes me so sad that people could be so weird and cruel as he is such a beautiful soul. this is really a great example of a childish, pure spirit that I envy for the innocence and love (I hope) his mom gave him, even if it was seen as too protective. As a test tube baby myself, as well as my own experience growing up as the "weird" kid, I just really relate to his situation. This video is great, and introduced me to someone I can gain inspiration from. He's a passionate, unashamed, and respectful soul. I'm sure he doesn't want to come back publically to the internet/identify himself with the channel as it can be very scary to realize you basically have some sort of niche following you never really knew would happen. Being a public figure in some way has plenty of downsides not worth the recognition and may be seen as a barrier from living a "normal" life. At least I can speak from my perspective, I would respect his privacy and decision no matter what.

[@dys.4ia]

this reminds me of a kid at school who gets bullied. hes so sweet, he has a little stutter and hes a huuuuge nerd. he listens when i vent and shit and shows empathy and its just great. i love people like this personally, they dont deserve bullying

[@changoprieto5728]

He's a mix between Björk and young Sheldon

[@marleeseviltwin]

27:19 I’m actually crying his mom is so lucky to have him 😭😭😭

[@CometMothman]

My first thought was this kid possibly being Autistic but as it goes deeper this feels very troll like... but hey who knows, he could've been a real guy

[@Night-Rider101]

Educate yourself on autism

[@opatchworko]

I can understand and have met some people myself who were a bit like bumpityboo as well, but his channel is almost a caricature of those sheltered kids. It's taken to an extreme that just screams to me that this isn't real.

[@datredhat]

Yeah probably either reading a script made by his mom or someone else,or playing a character

[@DebunkFile]

I made a reply about this in one of the top comments, figured you may wanna check it out! Thank you for your input :)

[@opatchworko]

​@@DebunkFileI can understand your views, and definitely get why you would see it that way if you've met people who are very similar to bumpityboo. Just depends on a person's perspective, I suppose.

[@DebunkFile]

For sure, like I said it sucks that I couldn’t get full confirmation, but for me, I feel like there doesn’t ALWAYS have to be something more to it, especially when we’re talking about a kid. As I’m sure many would agree, if you put the cameras on yourself at this age range, I’m sure the results would be similarly cringeworthy. This was definitely quite the unique case, but that’s how I always viewed it. Maybe I’m wrong, I hope I can find out!

[@opatchworko]

​@@DebunkFileSame here! Maybe one day we'll get a definitive answer. And if it is real, he seems really earnest and kind, and I hope he's doing alright these days.

[@memeju1ce]

6 minutes in- i’m getting autistic vibes lol. i see a lot of myself in him!

[@ginamaynard2698]

He just reminds me of so many kids I befriended when I was a youngster. I was a weird kid, but not in the usual ways, so I sorta floated back and forth between semi-popular groups and spending time with kids who tended to sit alone. His mannerisms aren't that bizarre, genuinely. Considering how many of my friends are on the spectrum (and the non-zero chance that I am too) and the horrible ways they were treated by their/our peers, I can't really feel anything watching this than a sad fondness. he seems like a really cool person, and I hope that where ever he is, he's doing well.

[@undyne1]

How it started: "Aw 😊" How it ended: "Aw 😟" I feel so bad for him, but I'm also amazed at how well he takes negativity. He's surprisingly wise and mature for his age. He's so pure and optimistic, which I envy. Somehow my mother instincts kicked in throughout the video, despite not actually being a mother myself, while hearing about the bullying. I honestly don't know if he's playing a character or is on the spectrum, or both. Regardless, I hope he's doing well, wherever he is.

[@bodkie]

The one thing that stands out to me as genuinely worth questioning is the period of time that he spoke in a strained breathy falsetto. His voice was naturally high-pitched to begin with, then as he got older he tried to keep it up, until he just suddenly dropped it and spoke in what was obviously his natural tone. I think where everything else is quite reasonably explained as just being awkward and neurodivergent, the voice thing had to have been a conscious choice.

[@sourgreendolly7685]

Why does it being a conscious choice differentiate it from him being awkward and ND though? I had a specific voice I intentionally put on as a kid BECAUSE of the fact that I was so awkward (and I didn't know at the time but I'm also ND) that I got it into my head that it was something I needed to do. Just a thought.

[@bodkie]

@sourgreendolly7685 that's why I'm curious about it. I'm not saying it is different, but it is the one clear affectation of his that is outright performative, which no doubt greatly contributed to his being perceived as a character and not genuine, then after a while he stopped it.

[@sirvalhart7464]

That's not really so obvious. Altered voices from someone's natural range is also a pretty clear indicator of neurodivergence. It's very common in people with autism.

[@unholylykoi]

idk this is a super common autism thing too. most of the time i talk its really high pitched and i strain my vocal cords really bad and forget that my natural register is actually deeper.

[@Puerco-Potter]

​@@bodkiethe problem with masking is that it is performative behavior, many kids never turn it off. And many kids mask the "wrong" stuff, trying to appear as cartoon or tv characters

[@mommy2libras]

Y'all know, it doesn't have to be either/or. In my opinion, yes, he's very likely autistic but he also creates an online persona just for this. When he first starts out, he's very young and naive and shows some traits of mild autism. He gets really excited about the things he's interested in and that comes through. As he gets a bit older, it seems like he starts playing up some of the qualities that he believes makes him into his "character". Nothing too big- just enough so youre not quite sure. These are the middle videos. Whats funny is at this age, he wouldn't have the experience with people, life or the world in general to know where that line was- the one that says this is just enough without overdoing it. It's not like he'd have watched hundreds of adult comedians at that point to get things like timing, sarcasm, etc and if he really didn't have many friends then he wouldn't have a rpton of practice with people. Yet he still somehow landed right on it. However as he got a bit older it was a little more apparent that at least some of it was exaggerated for effect, like he hadn't yet figured out how to "age" his character yet. This doesn't surprise me because if any of you remember that age, it was hard enough just trying to figure out how to function socially as yourself in school with others the same age at the time. Never mind also trying to figure out how to be this other person that was just slightly different.

[@4cannibal]

wait this makes sense lol

[@greedo69]

as a young autistic man, this hits on so many levels. while nowadays it presents in a pretty opposite way for me, i used to be alot more like this (tho with alot more issues ill be fair). things normal to everyday people just never made sense and alot of them still dont really to me. i relate to this alot. hes clearly a very gifted yet awkward young man, and i can imagine the disappearance being him just deciding to quit and not really feeling a reason to really tell anybody. i do hope that is the case atleast.

[@shineefive]

ok towards the last few videos of his, i think it's definitely clear that it was a bit atleast to me. i was thinking it was genuine on the first few but there's little things that stood out to me. no matter what, he's a smart kid because whether he actually knows all of that stuff or committed to the bit that hard, he's a talent LOL. bit or not, i hope he's doing well

[@deardeaddays8673]

He said he went to visit his dad and Grandma but later said he didn't know who his daddy was!!!!

[@majakukulska7650]

He reminds me a lot about chris chan. The tone, peculiar choice of words, specific interests... autistic traits. Im glad this kiddo wasnt bullied and broken by the internet like christian. Also if his mother showed him older shows and movies he mightve inspired his way of talking from them. They did high-pitches sing-songy voices

[@Boogidy]

God he remind me of my younger undiagnosed autistic self. I was also relentlessly bullied(luckily not physically) and it was torture and has led to me having many mental health issues as an adult. Hearing him tell us about his bullies hurts my heart.

[@Jarhead_Jimmy]

I’m 45 and lived through my life wanting friends. I wish I could have been his friend. I taught my kids to talk to the kid in the corner as it was me.

[@Heather420]

Whoa Bumpityboo was a memory i completely forgot i had Heres hoping this video brings him outta retirement

[@maddiea-t6n]

We don’t know this kid but I don’t think he was a character, like you said I knew similar people to him. I think perhaps he slightly changed his behaviour for the camera, as all people do but mostly I think he was being himself and expressing his interests that were most likely influenced by his mother who he was obviously close to. I don’t see the problem in being close to his mother, some people are trying to make it weird, but it just sounds like they both enjoyed the same things and she was a single mother and was therefore a bit overprotective. Even then though if the stories he said were true, such as him going to parties and such, she obviously wasn’t that overprotective lol, not sure why people are trying to make it weird, it’s just a kid who clearly admires his mother and shares interests with her (all of us are influenced by our parents). As for the whole “reading from a script thing”…so what? He probably wrote the script lol. It’s clear he’s very organised, why wouldn’t he write scripts? Doesn’t make it any less him. I know plenty of KZbinrs who read from scripts, does that mean they’re completely fake or does it mean they just want to have their thoughts more organised to create a better experience for the viewer? In conclusion, I think he was just a kid who was considered “weird” and was teased for it, was close with his mum because they shared interests and enjoyed making videos to express his creativity and his interests. He probably stopped uploading as he got older and grew out of it as well as becoming more busy with school and life. I hope he’s doing well and found friends.

[@DebunkFile]

That’s pretty much how I feel too! I don’t always think there HAS to be something more to things like this, although of course nobody knows for sure.

[@maddiea-t6n]

@@DebunkFileyeah I think people are looking too much into it but hey ya never know 😂

[@Emma88178]

“When you were a little kid….” KZbin began in the year 2005. That was the year I was 16 going on 17. I feel old. 😂

[@mariothenonplumber]

Your channel is almost as old as me

[@Emma88178]

​@@mariothenonplumber 😮😂

[@j.boog612]

i dont think he was "trolling", but he definitely gives me theater kid vibes. it really seems like hes reading a script, plus the jokes about sex education, IVF, saying "mommy", the stereotypes of kids who get bullied being a bit too on the nose. not to mention he tries to keep the falsetto voice going after his voice dropped - if it was his natural speaking voice it wouldnt sound so forced. i really wouldnt be surprised if the character being played is pretty close to home, but exaggerated for entertainment's sake

[@bloodyfloorboards]

hes such a sweet kid also has great expressive communication skills! i work with kids with autism and starting conversations/approaching people to make friends is something we work on a lot. i would listen to his elves versus elfs dissertation

[@jessep5280]

Like a young David Byrne. The comments are disabled because KZbin retroactively disabled comments on kids channels. You can still find a couple of old videos by/featuring children that have their comments enabled, but the vast majority are now disabled. Other than that, he's just a cute autistic kid. A *real* autistic kid, not the caricature the internet has created. As to where he is now, I bet he's just living his life - doing cool, nerdy things.

[@skiibo8496]

I wish I could have been friends with him :( as someone who was also a weird autistic kid, I know how difficult it is interacting with people you don’t know well. KZbin seemed like a great outlet for him to express himself- I’m glad he had that.

[@stormfischerr]

he seems like a very sweet kid from these videos. i hope he’s doing well!!

[@JK-gm6kk]

Alright, this kid is adorable. "Mommy" at that age, is catastrophic though

[@BatyBug]

Im only at the part where hes excited about the party, but honestly, the “mommy” part kind of broke my heart. My youngest is 13, and he’s slowly stopped calling me that; now it’s just Mom, Ma, or bruh lol. It’s like that thing where one day your mom put you down and never picked you back up again? It feels like that.

[@dimensionalskip]

i called my parents mommy and daddy until i was 12 or 13, but i was extremely socially sheltered and also homeschooled. it wasn't until the internet made me feel weird about the terms that i fully stopped. x:

[@babies4food675]

eh idk if it’s a cultural thing but i’m 19 and i still call my mom “mommy,” of course not when i’m referring her to other people though

[@hakudemia]

@@dimensionalskipkinich pfp spotted

[@neXxsuss]

- i pray... that this dude, is somewhere... & happy.

[@kat-cg6dy]

8:07 this kid is incredibly well spoken. haven’t finished the vid obviously but watching these clips of him feels bittersweet

[@ishmiel21]

OK, just got finished watching the video and it was awesome. Thank you for all the videos you produce because they always make me really happy. I do have to say though that I think this KZbin channel, the one in the video not yours, was a total troll. I showed clips of it to my mom Who has been a middle school teacher for decades and she also said kids don't act like that. She's bounced between special ed and regular education over the decades and said she never met a kid like that and that it seemed very contrived. Also, these videos started coming out a couple years after Napoleon dynamite. That's why he talks about interpretive dancing because interpretive dancing was all the rage back then. I think the fig boys, the unnatural vocabulary and syntax of a young teenage boy at that time., The

[@Hambone-e5n]

tell me ur an ableist who doesnt know anything about autism or autistic people without telling me youre an ableist who doesnt know anything about autism or autistic people

[@ishmiel21]

@@Hambone-e5n Wow, you seem very ignorant. I'm guessing I know more about autism than you do and nothing what I said had anything to do with autism. I can tell you didn't read my post before jumping to your hateful comment.

[@aliceDarts]

He reminds me of my daughter... she is 8 and she is exactly like him. I hope this sweet child (hopefully now adult) is safe and sound. My motherly instinct is kicking in and I am now really worried... please be safe.

[@hironofigures]

bro wake up new debunk just dropped

[@lonelyguyofficial8335]

Huh-I'm awake!

[@CristianShowtime]

"...hide them like the plague" Was this written with AI???

[@au_gmentedreality]

Hes exactly like me , and my son. We're on the spectrum. Always obsessed about something. Im 43 and still struggling with interpersonal relationships. I feel for him

[@Wneff7]

He’s like if Sheldon Cooper and Nardwaur had a baby

[@victoriabennett8558]

he was genuinely sooooo talented and intelligent and creative i was enamored with his poems and visual skills, what a sweetheart. i hope he’s doing well now

[@LittleAmyHe]

What a sweet little kid. I really hope he’s doing well. He’s only a little bit older than me and I hope he has found the world to be kinder than his comment section and high school.

[@VHChess_]

Its sad how neurodivergent people are treated in the world, I really feel for Jeremy as a neurodivergent person who has gone through a lot of what he has. So many ignorant comments on his videos

[@filthism1659]

I don't think he is a troll as an adult with autism who is a father of a son with autism I truly believe he just has autism and was very sheltered for alot of his life possibly......... Haven't finished the vid yet but had to comment he seems like he has aspergers or high functioning autism

[@filthism1659]

Also they feel scripted some times maybe it was maybe he scripted them so he could member what to do alot of autistic people use scripts for things like social situations and all kind sir other situations and how to deal with them maybe she just had a script to practice

[@DragonflyB-tn7pq]

OMG! Watching this first video he posted.... he seems so earnest. You can hear the lil shake in his voice. Like, he knows this time he's not just talking to his computer but possibly the whole world. Then the 2nd video of him sharing the poem and interpretive dance. I almost wanna stop watching right now so that I have only these beautiful memories of him bc although I don't know what's coming, I know it's gonna suck. AND I wanna go hug my kids mostly bc I love them so much and while I love seeing them grow up, learn, becoming their very own person, also feeling the hurt they feel and seeing them struggling at times for different times and being unable to fix it for them sucks. However, I wanna give them the hug to remind them I love them always and they can come to me with anything no matter how old they are. Also, I wanna give them all hugs bc it'll freak them out if I just walk up to them and hug them (hence the "mostly"). They'll likely think I'm dying or some kind of bad news is coming. I have 4 kids, ages 15-33. The oldest 2 (33 & 29) live in a different state from me. My daughter lives with her "roommate" (it's her bf but....not bad just too long). My youngest still lives at home but he's out bc it Frid. So unfortunately, no random hugs right now

[@DragonflyB-tn7pq]

Um... the videos starting from listening to pop music by accident upto the big secret is making me wonder: Is this real bc if it is then we're watching a serial killer in the making. If not, then is this kid actually as young as he stated, is someone helping him write this piece of performance art. Whatever this is, I still wanna hug my kids mostly bc

[@janewaters3026]

As someone who was around his same age at the time he was making these videos, I definitely attempted to make a couple fake in character videos to mess around that are thankfully gone so it very easily could have been him just messing around. Like the grounding myself video just screams to me like a kid doing a bit lol

[@mathieuleader8601]

I hope he has written a fantasy bestseller or has released a collection of poetry

[@billyboy8534]

Haven't finished the video yet, but this seems like the kid was playing a character.

[@TheDolphinTuna]

Yeah, it sounds like he’s reading off a script written by somebody older than him.

[@shoggothsirloin]

Yeah I got that impression too a little more each video tbh

[@DebunkFile]

As mentioned in the video, I’m still not so sure, because I seriously did know kids when I was growing up that acted SO similar to Bumpityboo it was almost scary. I wish we could’ve gotten that definitive answer, but that made me a lot more hesitant to assume this was all a troll. We mentioned our old channels in this video, and I remember how I acted in them. I was never playing a character, but based on how these videos are perceived, I think people would have assumed I was too. Just something to think about I guess.

[@Suzimint]

no, sounds more like someone who is neurodivergent or something similar

[@shoggothsirloin]

I mean the sex education video is like a full-on bit with a punchline, I’d never make any claim as to whether or not he’s neurodivergent, but I think he probably was doing some kind of character for his vlogs. Both could be true simultaneously

[@leejtam0914]

I think he came off as reading from a script is because he was an awkward little kid and others said he might have autism. He probably did have scripts for his videos because of that. Also remember youtube back then that there wasnt such a thing as a content creator and videos arent like how they are now. They were so much more basic

[@Pagan_999]

Jimmy from Ed, Edd, and Eddy. That's who he reminds me of.

[@Panda_kabob]

Knowing how i was growing up as an latchkey only child, i can honestly see myself actually acting like this. i was this age at this time too. i did this kinda shit but wirh anime cringe. I thank the heavens that i didnt have a camera that i could connect to the computer. Because i was making videos like this on an old vhs recorder.

[@LilQuackus]

The intro is so peak

[@riaclerica]

No, when I was a little kid, I did not make KZbin videos. It didn’t exist yet. I made Geocities pages. 😊

[@DebunkFile]

We’ve got atleast 3 videos about that sort of thing too if that interests you!

[@myhoose90]

At 52 i have just found out i am Autisric.... That could have been me sitting there and nobody could tell.... He is clearly autistic no matter what the nay sayers think about autism

[@NemesisOgreKing]

Gives me that "Hello my future girlfriend" vibes.

[@Nocturnal_Mee]

Oh man I haven’t thought about that in a minute.

[@Xizax41325]

No, I didn't make KZbin videos. I am an old man and graduated in '06...

[@freddybnb2lmao157]

I did, i was born in '06

[@tellthetale7421]

The commenters are genuinely insane. He’s just a chill dude who loves his mom and has high academic standards. I hope he didn’t let those lame ass commenters get to him, and he’s still an awesome dude who is not ashamed to show his passions to the world🙏

[@PenguinProvincial-c2v]

I wasn't believing the troll allegations at first but over the course I think I can kind of see it. The biggest striking evidence to me is that he name drops his full name at the start of most videos shown here. If Bumpityboo had an overprotective mother surely she would be watching these videos and likely would not have appreciated him dropping such private information. He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would withhold this vlogging hobby from his Mum. Another thing is at 39:53 he buries his head on his desk which seemed to me like he was trying to stifle a laugh. His later videos seem to be a little more satirical to me. Like h's playing off his comment section. It's entirely possible he began completly earnest but played off his audience's rection later on. I do think his real name is likely fake. Btw I don't think him being a troll is a bad thing, he's marking art regardless of wether he's using a persona or not. Imagine if he came back and started a rapping career that would be so peak.

[@AlessaBurns]

I didn't know about him until now but watching this just, it warms my heart and on the other hand makes me tear up because of how terrible people have been to him. I'd assume as well that he's neurodivergent and I really hope that the day comes where neurodivergent people won't be bullied or mistreated anymore. He's so sweet and if I had a child like him, I'd be very proud. His mum has obviously done her very best raising him and she clearly loves him very much and he loves her very much as well. He made my heart melt and made me laugh from the bottom of my belly, his snappy little rant about his cousin Tom bringing his girlfriend, his bad hair day vlog, or how he pours himself a new cup of tea from a tiny tea pot, oh my god, I just couldn't! I felt so sad for all his sadnesses and really hope he is okay today and feels accepted and loved and is proud of himself.

[@Chase.h.hillenberg]

I just clicked on this video and reading this comment I know this video is about to be insane