I Found a Town That Doesn't Exist...

[@SomeOrdinaryGamers]

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[@benom1712]

sure

[@leviticuscornballs]

Hi

[@ElderWand99]

hi

[@Dacheerio]

no

[@imjwin]

What’s up Broski 🦋

[@zain2645]

I really miss the weirder or creepier videos Muta used to do. Feels cozy and right at home to get one of these again

[@aabahdjfisosososos]

Fr

[@glxssy8037]

I grew up with his narrations. They're so nostalgic to me and used to actually scare tf out of me. I'm so desensitized anymore

[@harveymarckson]

I remember his super old videos with the bad mic talking about video game creepypastas to the lavender town music. Those were the days

[@lucasragnarsson3810]

@@harveymarckson Haunted Gaming

[@samuraibobafett1118]

For sure

[@TheFlamingGamerYT]

My man’s gonna hit 3 million subs. Just here to say that you’ve come a long way Muta. You deserve all the support you’ve gotten over the years

[@sandianexpress1198]

yessir he did

[@EnaTenkiyoGamer]

I just need to have at least a 1000 subs before I die! 😢

[@pepperextr3me605]

That’s a little SUS

[@coows]

He doesn't deserve the rule34

[@oozly9291]

@@EnaTenkiyoGamer nah

[@DOOMStudios]

When Muta Says “we’re going down on a rabbit hole” you know it’s gonna be good

[@DanTheSlayer5212]

You are right about that, my friend.

[@moistnapkin4564]

True

[@YourLocalAverageSquidMan]

Yep

[@fear_is_nearcz]

1 Is superior number

[@bestadventure13]

Those are always the best ones

[@jayciii29]

This is most likely an ARG, but this could be a great promo material for a silent hill inspired videogame. You have small american town, paranormal activities, occult, and a mysterious family that disappeared. This is so silent hill.

[@1Raptor85]

Honestly the whole video I was just thinking this would be a fantastic setup for a keeper to give their player in a modern setting call of Cthulhu game, give a starting point and some website tie-ins for their players to be able to actually investigate.

[@mdog86]

What's really weird is there's a subreddit r/skinner with most posts from two years ago pretending to be people living in skinner, it's fucking bizarre lol.

[@TheReaper569]

Whats arg

[@syberlilly]

@@TheReaper569 Hey, Hakan, an ARG is an "Alternate Reality Game", a type of marketing strategy that utilises real-world elements in order to engage its observers in a product. For instance, in reference to what others are saying here, this "town" could be a real-life representation of an upcoming movie or game (footage and websites of Skinner create storytelling and encourage physical interaction, like looking for clues, cracking codes, etc.). It's advertising, just highly ambiguous and interactive. Hope this helps 💜!

[@Walamonga1313]

@@syberlilly Thanks for that explanation

[@jessietheandroid]

I've been in, through, and around Florence many, many, many times. There is nowhere named Skinner, and there's no ferry service in Florence that I'm aware of. Haven't been since the pandemic started, but the 13 years of to-and-from prior doesn't really suggest that there was a new service opened up since.

[@MyHeadHz]

I live in OR in the Willamette valley. I visit the coast often, and I've never heard of this town or this island. Decent arg tho.

[@darthlogicus]

@@MyHeadHz It's a troll or social marketing. Everything about it is designed to make people ask questions and draw them deeper when they don't get any satisfying answers. The guy in the video was creepily intense, but even that didn't do anything but lead.

[@darkskyinwinter]

Yes, there's nothing around Florence. Please don't visit or take the ferry to

[@sscctt]

@@darthlogicus but what tf are u marketing? A fake town with no purpose since the 70’s fake cult. Idk this seem +1 chromo

[@Canzary]

@@darkskyinwinter this comment feels real weird

[@Xeavone]

Funnily enough, I visited distant relatives who are native to Canby, Oregon a month ago. Mind you, I'm native to New Hampshire, so this was my first time visiting the west coast and the state of Oregon as a whole. During my time there, I found out that Oregon has a crap ton of hamlets nudged between existing towns. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Skinner, Oregon is an unrecognized hamlet. Also, land ordinance laws are minimal and practically non-existent, so that might also explain a few things. Unrelated, but I would also like to add that witnessing mountains in the Willamette Valley was astonishing. Honestly, it makes the White Mountains feel like nothing. Also, not being enabled to self pump your own gas blew my mind (and also the stupidest law I could not fathom, imo). Oregon is certainly an interesting state, the aforementioned is just the tip of the iceberg.

[@1414TTT]

Come to Washington, way cooler as long as you don't go too far north.

[@bobsanderz3005]

The pumping gas thing was the most weird part about Oregon for me

[@crypticmushu1560]

@@bobsanderz3005 Wait what? You can't pump your own gas?

[@yes3858]

@@1414TTT then it's not cool, it's cold 🥶

[@notdolandark]

Funny enough I just moved out of Canby a few months a few months

[@kevinross6235]

It's kinda crazy how entertaining Muta is. He can make me watch even the videos i wouldn't normally be interested in just bc of his personality

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Almost like he's an entertainer, weird.

[@kevinross6235]

@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again No, not really.

[@LSGSUZFE]

I enjoy his videos because he looks, acts, and talks just like one of my old close friends. His personality is a spitting image of him and makes me feel at home. Don't get to hangout with em anymore so this comforting lol

[@EeyC]

I’m from Florence this shit is crazy, last thing I expecting today was muta making a banger about my home town. The fairy that crossed the Siuslaw hasn’t been operational for decades. This is a very eerie but beautiful place, honestly not surprised some oddball local would fabricate an entire city in their freetime.

[@redwhiteandboobs]

I've come to the conclusion that the guy in the auramara video is a barista who after promising his fiance' the chance to escape their one- horse town he's gonna make it big in the city as a writer; just like his idol, Steven Kings. You see, growing up poor and on the wrong side of the tracks, he wants to do more with his life than just make coffee. He has a dream and he'll be damned if anybody gets in his way; even if it's the very god that put the fear in him to begin with. He has but two things in this world, his word and his balls..and he doesn't break either for anyone.

[@EeyC]

@@MasonicMafia yes this is the fairy speaking how may I help you

[@hicknopunk]

Eugene used to be called Skinner. Only an hour from Florence. So could be an ARG. However it might really exist.

[@hicknopunk]

@@cmwgfo2024 at this point I am 100% it being an ARG. But there could still be a real Skinner Oregon. Not an island, I wasn't thinking that at all. There are so many unlisted Oregon hamlets.

[@charlesdavis4933]

@@hicknopunk good ol skinner's butte

[@ghosttownguy7472]

I can offer some unique expertise with this, as I am a Oregon resident and HUGE history nut. Specifically old Towns, one thing i've learned, is just because it's not on google maps doesn't mean it doesn't exist. But, Skinner is no town I've ever heard of. Though Eugene was originally called Skinner. Still nowhere near Florence.

[@lebenskii]

Dude there’s a shit load of towns that aren’t on google maps here lmao

[@powerpower-rg7bk]

Basic Google-fu about Eugene points toward a place there called Skinner Butte which even has its own Wikipedia page. More interesting from basic searches indicates that Eugene OR wasn't named Skinner but interestingly enough was named after its founder, Eugene Skinner. Interestingly in a bit of local folklore he apparently ran a river ferry business ~180 years ago. None of this points toward the real location for this ARG as Eugene OR is more inland where light houses wouldn't be necessary.

[@Illuminateus]

@@powerpower-rg7bk i live around ther and drive through there pretty regularly

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaabbbb]

Could I connect with you on reddit or discord? I am currently looking into this.

[@sparkymist]

@@powerpower-rg7bk that’s my hometown, thought of that also.

[@FoulFoxTV]

Across the planet there are countries, cities, towns, and townships that are not recognized but do exist. The mention of cults makes me believe that this is one of the cults trying to rebrand themselves in attempt to catch new residence. It is likely that the local government told this township to submit formal records and log camp events for a period of time to be approved and recognized as a formal township. There are many townships like this in the states. Small communities with their own government agencies and public services that just aren't recognized as formal towns

[@SniperJade71]

Yeah, like Oysterville on the Washington Peninsula. That place is eerie at night. Has maybe 20 folks living there? Idk. Silent Hill vibes. These places usually strike me as super liminal spacey haha But nah, Skinner isn't real. I worked at the coast for years. You hear about everywhere from Coos Bay to Manzanita to Nahelem. But never Skinner.

[@AlexanderMoline]

they don't have Town Halls with dead addresses though.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@SniperJade71 Interesting.

[@Bazerald777]

By unrecognized country, you mean something like the country of Sealand?! lmaooo!!

[@Dizzyinc1]

Congrats on almost 3 million subs! Also, here in Oregon we have many ghost towns and weird areas that aren't officially recognized. For instance, there's a place called Lyons Oregon, small town a few hours away from my place, that's full of "unofficial" housing or place very close to it. A friend of mine and his family built a whole house on private land and got into some legal trouble about it a while ago lol. I wouldn't be surprised if Skinner is real in some capacity.

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Congrats on almost succeeding. That's how I perceived your compliment.

[@klokateer4372]

@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again Congrats at making us both unoriginal, thats how i perceived your comment

[@Dizzyinc1]

@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again I said that because he's almost at 3 million subs when I commented. No need to be weird.

[@meirin5316]

we have an area in germany where i am from hidden away from the streets etc. it wasnt recognized for a longer while so i can see this being a thing.

[@mathewphoria7228]

skinner could be just a neighborhood that used to be a town... that happens in oregon too... these old ass small towns will cease to be a town but they will still have police station and town hall that is still active... its really freakin weird. florence is great though.. if you ride dirtbikes or atv's its a paradise.

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

I tried to tell him.

[@crispy8038]

@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again drake

[@noxythegreat]

Honestly these and deep web dives are my favorite muta content

[@comstockamsk8vid]

yup 3rd fav has to b swatting

[@clamont74ch17]

That's amazing how many times I've been doing it.

[@valkyrivy]

I can very much see this being a students project or an ARG. Because a friend how mine together with some friends and colleagues did this exact thing for a uni project earlier this year. They made up an entire fake city with people posing as residents or shop owners, made up festivals and events and even hired someone to play the city administration. It was really fun for the people who were in on it. And I can very well imagine this being something similar to that heh

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

The fun part is where ya start collecting taxes.

[@thememechefgaberahamlincol6190]

As a fella from Oregon, they nailed the vibe of the Website of an Oregon Coastal Town.

[@glswenson]

100% I’ve seen a ton of websites just like that.

[@snipescyth7944]

Sup fella

[@foxabilo]

Sounds like a marketing thing for an up coming creepy game/movie like they did with Cloverfield.

[@chadpursley]

I guess, but how could they have ever expected anyone to find it.

[@foxabilo]

@@chadpursley Yea, I can only thonk that the detective skills of the internet caught it before it was finished.

[@yamomspotatosalad818]

They mentioned multiverse, they’re obviously talking about Spider-Man and doctor strange.

[@foxabilo]

@turtle Yea, quite possibly a seed person was paid/tipped off by the marketing team and they let it organically spread. If it was a marketing thing it's quite good for that really creepy vibe.

[@sagetheassassin3192]

Please do more of these, the US is packed full of places like this.

[@ironpulcinella3586]

Wait WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S MORE THAN 1?!!

[@LowLifeAM]

@@ironpulcinella3586 yeah Nebraska is a good example

[@patriciozavala1944]

@@LowLifeAM Wyoming too

[@moneybuas4942]

@@patriciozavala1944 any good channels or sites that catalog or talk about this sort of stuff? Thanks

[@kameronjones7139]

@@patriciozavala1944 Finland being a good foreign example

[@TaraSmallss]

This seems like a great ARG!! It seems like they really put a lot of thought into it. I’m excited to see where this goes

[@CarloObrad]

ALMOST 3 MILL WOOOOO YEAA BABY THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT , No joke mate congrads

[@chaimeu]

All jokes aside, Im happy we're 3 million subs strong. Y'all are one of the most wholesome community I've been in for years. 💙🖤💙 :)

[@sagetheassassin3192]

That's how we roll, Muta Gang

[@snek9558]

*2.99M

[@chaimeu]

@@snek9558 eh I just round it up to 3 mil since its close enough haha :)

[@villings]

yeah, I'm comfy enough been following/watching Muta since early this year and I pretty much liked everything I ever seen/heard in this channel (except for one [1] thing) pretty solid record! edit: also, I posted something on his subreddit once, and mentioned how I was pretty sure it was a repost and.. nobody was too ugly or unpleasant about it! someone even told me something like "yeah probably a repost, but worth for the joke" or whatever nice!

[@tweak-n]

Yea I just love harvesting organs and selling them on the black market.

[@mathewphoria7228]

im an oregon native and have lived here for more than 30 years.... trust me there are lots of towns like this that are too small to show up on a map.. theres one i can think of off of highway 22 called idhana thats between mill city and gates oregon... but it doesnt show up on most maps... theres another one on highway 99w on the way to the coast from salem called Otis or something like that... never seen that one on a map either....

[@mathewphoria7228]

so yea just so ya know this is not weird in oregon

[@gman_7112]

Otis is a cool little place NGL, they have a good pizza place and café (that burnt down a few years ago)

[@matyasmarkkovacs8336]

I just searched for Otis on Google maps and it shows up now.

[@gotworc]

I live in Oregon and been to the coast a million times and I've literally never heard of this place in my life and can confirm this place doesn't exist

[@redwhiteandboobs]

If it doesn't exist why are we talking about it?

[@gotworc]

@@redwhiteandboobs because the video is about it idk man

[@shtshow2437]

Try and go there

[@hicknopunk]

There was a Skinner Oregon. Now it is Eugene. 1 hour from Florence, sounds like an ARG.

[@redwhiteandboobs]

Jon Ceña, OR

[@maltardraco9555]

Muta: Keeps saying "Skinner." My Brain: Superintendent, I was just doing some isometric exercise.

[@FallingPicturesProductions]

Why is there an ARG coming out of your township Skinner?

[@juliandezeeuw4404]

@@FallingPicturesProductions an ARG? At this time of year located all in your township?

[@AJZulu]

Steamed Hams?

[@JacubWhite38]

I live around an hour and a half south of the Florence area and can confirm that this town never existed, nor has it at any point in history. I got so excited when this video wound up being about Oregon and it's not about Multinoma County or Portland at all. Edit: when muta hovered over Coos Bay i lost my shit, not gonna lie. I don't think I've ever seen my shithole even get mentioned before on KZbin.

[@Civa.]

prob bc oregon is like unknown

[@SniperJade71]

I got tilted when he skipped over Warrenton 😆

[@KeyanCarlile]

SAME!

[@ulrikahaggard9923]

I'm not American but I like Oregon 👍 10/10 state

[@CentauriTT]

Stuff like this gives me the creeps would be perfect for a horror movie setup

[@idek_again]

Love to see more rabbit holes like old days

[@GunieaPig]

It’s great to see that Oregon is getting some creepy stories. It’s a very Forrest driven state kinda creepy as if you go far in it’s just dark Forrest that stretches for miles.

[@SniperJade71]

Right? I want more. This place is a goldmine for this kind of content.

[@ResidentWeevil2077]

There's so many New England horror stories, it's nice to see West Coast horror for a change.

[@oscarandrade1643]

Glad to see more of that classic Muta horror investigating 🔥 congrats on the 3 million(close enough)!!!!

[@redacted9863]

Never thought I’d see my state pop up in one of your videos, honestly as a resident of Oregon I do like it here. The nature is amazing and you can sometimes come across towns that aren’t on google maps but I’m gonna say I’ve never heard of skinner before.

[@noonenothing422]

I've really been looking for more analog horror stories along the lines of Local 58, The Walden Files and Petscop

[@sirsamwiththerainbow]

Atomic shrimp made a little universe of his own about a town but it's obviously an arg (since his channel covers multiple topics) and only through shorts so it might not be for everyone but they're interesting.

[@austin_bennett]

I'll give the ARG credit it definitely tied in SOME "realistic" (for a lack or a better word) ghost stories & other typical small town tragedies that would be told by a town historian or some local museum

[@nullnull7352]

Muta almost Doxxing himself was the fucking single most hilarious near-miss 😂

[@pocho3881]

Like he wasn’t going to edit it out?

[@BagYbien]

@@pocho3881 Hhahahahha yeah

[@SniperJade71]

Lol yeah, Skinner doesn't exist, and the links leading to rabbit trails of vague spoopyness point to it being an ARG. :3 I'm totally here for it. I worked around that area for years. No island oasis, or else the locals would go on and on about it like they do with Manzanita. They did their homework, even mentioning ODOT on the Ferry page -- and linking to Oregon's covid measures. It's well constructed, and resembles a small sleepy coastal town website. If you call the Pacific Rock phone number (wrong area code, btw), you get a neat little message saying they can't answer due to a high call volume. This ARG is gonna be fun. ^_^

[@justlixian293]

one thing im confused is why the subreddit is created on 2009. you cant change subreddit name

[@monkeymayEH]

rawr xd

[@SniperJade71]

@@justlixian293 Older ARG that took a few years to get off the ground? That happens sometimes.

[@SniperJade71]

@@monkeymayEH Rawr, X3

[@erickcruz9827]

@@SniperJade71 whats a ARG?

[@adminholly]

One thing that jumps to my mind is a program in Illinois for highschool students. I forget what it's called but essentially it's to help them begin a career in politics in which everyone participating votes for various leaders and they play pretend government. Everything from a mayor to a superintendent for the school board and even union leaders for major industries in the pretend city. Sounds like one of them made a website for it.

[@cartoonhistory353]

i lived here in illinois over 20yrs been to few highschools theres no program like that lol put we do have kids court

[@drakemallard1486]

@@cartoonhistory353 That's because it is only in the accelerated programs. In other words... only for smart kids.

[@Civa.]

@@cartoonhistory353 there r programs like that

[@jsc315]

It's called a micro countries. People do these all the time, and with the pandemic it's a thing that's really grown in the last year.

[@yamomspotatosalad818]

@@drakemallard1486 smart privilege

[@DumbBoiDylan]

I'm still following this arg and I hope you come back to it eventually, it has so much more to it now

[@TakingJupiter]

Hey you follow this arg, what ended up happening on the 18th?

[@christopherjohnson4276]

1-18 was also the date in 2008 when Cloverfield came out, which had a pretty sweet ARG for back in the day.

[@WittyProfileName]

This is unironically so fun! As someone from Oregon its not often that we have anything about here!

[@TimPortantno]

Also, Skinner is likely named after Eugene Skinner, the namesake of Eugene, Oregon.

[@hicknopunk]

Eugene used to be called Skinner.

[@ankaplanka]

@@hicknopunk It did? You sure? Not doubting you though. I'm not an American so it would be cool if that's the case! If this really is an ARG, then it's a well constructed one.

[@hicknopunk]

@@ankaplanka Yes, I live in the same county. This was something my grandparents told me. Added: I looked it up, 1864 was the year of the name change to Eugene.

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

@@hicknopunk you speak the truth

[@hicknopunk]

@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again thanks. This is one mystery I can shed light on. I am convinced 100% this is an arg and I want to play it.

[@Mantequilla-nr8zk]

Ayyyyyy Muta I’m from warrenton Oregon it’s a small place but the battery you mentioned is by an old military base it’s a pretty cool place everyone should see it if you’re in the north coast

[@AgarthianTrapstar]

I've been here since the creepypasta and darkweb days. Love to see the creepy shit. Bonus points for the spooky shit taking place in my Homeland of Oregon.

[@Ananya-fh3wn]

This story is literally from a show called Midnight Mass. The main character is named Greg and he lives on a small island. The only way to get out to by a ferry.

[@yuri7885]

Drinking game: Take a shot everytime he says "Ladies and gentlemen"

[@googaboogaloo]

Also “at the end of the day”

[@fuutralala4018]

@@googaboogaloo that would make me arrive at the end of the day pretty fast.

[@0Blueaura]

hillarious and original

[@RewindDrums]

dude this was awesome! I have never heard of ¨ARG¨ before and this was so fun to find out about, really loved the story here!

[@Actual_Pat]

If anyone has seen the recent Netflix series; “Midnight Mass”, the creator of this ARG may have taken influence from that series. It’s about a small community on an island who fall victim to a cult forming.

[@call_me_three3421]

2.99milllll. Almost at three mill muta. You deserve every Subscriber and have come much a long way. Even though you gave me many sleepless nights😂

[@MyHeadHz]

I live in the Willamette valley and visit the coast often enough, and I don't think such a place exists. I've certainly never heard of skinner, or heard the name of that resturaunt in the local news. Really cool arg though, especially with such familiar locale.

[@hicknopunk]

Never heard of Skinner's butte? How about Eugene, Oregon? Eugene used to be Skinner. How long have you lived here?

[@MyHeadHz]

@@hicknopunk I meant an island town specifically.

[@hicknopunk]

@@MyHeadHz ah, well. I do think it is an ARG.

[@MyHeadHz]

@@hicknopunk No worries dude. I think this arg is cool too. I've lived here my whole life. Too bad I'm a full time student otherwise I'd help pitch in to solve it lol.

[@simplyspectrum7490]

The scaryest part is that the restaurant wasn't Moe's

[@neelyw.7028]

As A Skinnerite, Thank You For Covering Our Beautiful Town!

[@feloniousbutterfly]

I know Skinner is at least an actual historical rich family, as there's the real 'Skinner's Butte' in Eugene, Oregon, but I'm not so sure I've ever heard of a town. This definitely comes off as an ARG to me. Interesting stuff.

[@TheGod705]

Came here to say this exactly, it totally gives off ARG vibes, especially the cringey unlisted KZbin video.

[@hicknopunk]

You are close. Eugene used to be called Skinner.

[@SunsetEnvy]

Very proud to see you've grown so much

[@ivandesiigner]

Damn! Whoever made all of this has the art of telling so much without telling anything, it makes you wonder what happened, create your own assumptions and search for more info.

[@arnaldoalange3869]

Well, that's a ARG for ya

[@Gamersburg]

I was here since the Creepypasta/Haunted Gaming days & boy is it a pleasure seeing you so close to 3Mill Muta!

[@mavryisme]

Muta was recording all night this video for us guys. Muta 2:38 (Night) Muta 21:45 (Day)

[@XUM4N]

I’ve lived in Oregon my whole life and have traveled all over the state. I can’t say I’ve ever been to or heard of Skinner. I’ve driven through that area many times as well.

[@h20v]

Y'all remember when muta used to do creepypasta readings? Good shit.

[@marlinanenomeposeidonthdar4677]

I don’t think we’ll get a believable creepypasta ever again. You can just fact check everything online now.

[@Caboose.]

This is classic Muta. Videos like these are what keep me coming back. I really miss the old Deep Web series would love to see some more of those also didn't he used to have outro music or am I being Mandela'd

[@Dezaz_1st]

Imagine this is just an intense role play between friends and other people joined in along the way.

[@_feara]

I recently drove down 101 going South from Lincoln City to Santa Rosa, it was amazing drive and the people of Skinner are wonderful!

[@aviongris4233]

Oregon got a lot of weird towns that do/don't exist. Underground Pendleton, New/Bayocean, Airlie, and Andrews. It also got giant earthworms that no one has seen since 2008, a vole that lives in trees, and a whole species of fish that only lives in one pond.

[@BobISuppose]

Love the rabbit holes, 4chan etc videos so fun. Great content.

[@xaytana]

It'd be amazing if someone actually developed this into an insanity similar to that of what Meow Wolf has done with the Omega Mart universe; imagine something like the Meow Wolf ARG scaled to an entire city/island. Honestly, high effort, well executed, entirely physically-based ARGs like what Meow Wolf does has ruined smaller ARGs for me; Skinner, OR, is high effort and potentially massive, but it just needs the cherry on top of Skinner being an actual location for it to be well executed. Like with what MW is doing, ARGs are going to be the theme parks of the future, and someday someone will actually create one that's the size of a small city

[@haviik109]

ate some of a shroom chocolate bar and went down a rabbit hole with your scp/arg/creepypasta videos! love em so much so entertaining and spooky

[@KentuckyBucky]

Seems very similar to H.P. Lovecraft. Could be a personal project or maybe a brainstorming exercise for a novel or a film? I must also admit that im a Glazier by trade and IF REAL that stained glass window or art piece is EXPENSIVE. So somebody definitely put some money behind this. Just thought id share an observation.

[@chelleri]

Fun fact: I actually went to that light house in Florence a few months ago, infact, I went up and down the Oregon coast during that time as well. This definitely doesn't exist though (the town), not once did I see any roadsigns nor word from locals about a skinner island. Still, it's interesting to see.

[@evillecaston]

So it's not a real place, but there's a bunch of material that makes it seem so. Dare I say, this might just be a hyper-realistic ARG...

[@iwonderifdrugzarebad]

Love Muta for these videos. Super interesting stuff. Much love my man!

[@totallynotbluu]

This sounds like a town in cities skylines becoming sentient

[@WintersHarmony7474]

I had this playing in the background while on Discord. I heard Oregon, and moved it to my main monitor. We never get any cool shit here. I'm now excited.

[@AllDayBikes]

They said "on skinner" on that criminal update, so maybe it is an island. edit 10:33 "in on" definitely in inland island edddit: 11:02 yep. Island.

[@sonderambition4077]

Papa Muta I’ve been watching you since high school when I questioned why you only had a couple hundred thousand subscribers. It’s great to have seen your success :)

[@DanTheSlayer5212]

If it doesn't exist, than how did you find it?

[@Ingamesounds12]

Yeah I wish he said how. Possibly another KZbinr

[@sparkeygrizzwalled9405]

I just listened to an OPB broadcast about Skinner, OR. It’s an old coastal town that got destroyed by a tidal wave, and the whole towns just gone now

[@severiusbrandusa1413]

Definitely a cult thing with Skinner being a fictional town representing a certain area of Oregon based on this man named Greg Skinner or some crap. Bunch of creeps lol

[@strummer_matic]

Back to classic muta! This feels right and made my night.

[@7EVENS1NS]

Bro I live here about 20 min away from all this I'm telling you it is 10000% REAL shit i grew up here all my life, I could tell you so many things I've seen with my own 2 eyes that is un believable dm me some time id love too talk!!!

[@ronn201]

Outside of an ARG, it could be one of those subscription deals where you purchase mats to solve fictional mysteries. There's a few communities that technically don't exist where I live. They promised they'd separate into their own postcode when they launched, never fulfilled it, but their branding is still everywhere. A lot of the post still references these places separately, even if the post codes are all the same.

[@truth2535]

I called the Pacific Seafood number and it ends up with a male stating that they are not able to accept calls due to higher numbers of call traffic to their number. Could this be because of the "incident" on October 14th?

[@barrag3463]

The Oregon coast has lots of towns that are so small barely anyone notices them, and places that did exist but no longer do. While skinner doesn't exist, here's a real one- Bayocean. Bayocean was founded in 1906, and was a fairly big community that was on Tillamook Spit protecting Tillamook Bay, and it was basically a resort town, in spite of the fact that it could only be accessed by boat until 1920ish. Bayocean however eventually had to be abandoned due to erosion from an ironic source. You see, the inlet into Tillamook bay could be rather intense for ships passing through, and so the town lobbied for a jetty to be built to make passage to it less frightening. The Army Corps of Engineers recommended the construction of two jetties, but the town felt that this was too expensive and instead elected to only build one. this changed the currents in the bay in such a way that sand started being washed away from the spit, and in the 30s the beach was narrowed enough for the ocean's waves to start pounding against the city's buildings. Eventually the spit was eroded away enough to be considered an island. The town was abandoned by 1956, and the buildings washed away by the 70s. A second Jetty was since built, and now there is a spit again protecting the Tillamook bay, with the spit now hosting a park, but the only thing that remains of Bayocean is a plaque.

[@constantcoldsweats8714]

Its a pretty decent troll. They put some work into it for sure.

[@maestroboy]

Mute my man, its time to swap batteries in your smoke alarms... Its soon that time of the year again where housefires appear all over. Love your stuff. Keep it up

[@capncaviar]

So we do have a skinners butte but it is more of a hill to hike rather than a town and it is more close to the center of Oregon no where close to the coast. Interesting coverage muta.

[@Cwayne1989]

Definitely do more of these Muta. I loved it!

[@Profwolfman]

Awesome to see some content come from around my home turf!

[@MatthewSandberg]

Hello. I am from Florence, born and raised. Many of the pictures shown (i.e. Skinner Rock and South Loop Road for ex.) are taken within the immediate areas surrounding Heceta Head Lighthouse. I was just there this weekend. No ferry in Florence to any islands nearby. I don’t even think there are any nearby islands lol.

[@aaronthedude8787]

I really miss these type of videos keep em coming muta.

[@jennrichards7339]

Muta I love you and all your content but THIS is that sweet sweet type of video that's a real treat

[@IsaDawvish]

I live on the oregon coast and it’s weird to see an arg try to convince me there’s a port town that I know doesn’t exist.

[@0wndViaMe]

Almost at 3million subs congrats mutahar actually seen u come so far bro

[@charlesdavis4933]

I live in Eugene, about an hour from Florence. I've been to Florence many times and have spent a lot of time on the Oregon coast.... I've never heard of this place. this is wild!

[@Terpy_Tea]

I have family in Florence, they have never heard of it. Nice find!

[@Delly_bean]

I missed this so much, thank you Muta

[@Fatallica]

ah this is some classic muta, happy early 3 million subs you deserve it

[@johnkeating2828]

So I live in Oregon. I just called Lane county Sheriffs office. They advised me that the town is fictional. They looked up their records and there is a skinner butte park but that is in eugene oregon. I called the Cannery and it just says calls are at an all time high and went to voicemail. This is unfortunately a fictional town

[@Kozm0hTV]

Yeeeees!! I was just talking about wanting to see more videos like this from you again! :D I love you, Muta!

[@alexhndr]

Man, i miss Muta exploring ARG Get in there, bro. We're here for the ride

[@sparkymist]

As an Oregonian I am so happy you pronounced the state correctly.

[@User-fq9lk]

Almost 3 million subscribers, congrats muta!!

[@Bartokomous]

I've been to Pacific Rock Seafood and the salmon is to die for.

[@baker099]

I freaking love these ARG and Creepy 4chan thread vids!!!

[@xianxina2654]

I live in the west part of Oregon, specifically near junction city. I’m gonna try to find this place, hopefully I don’t get doxxed to death.