The Hypnagogic Archive: An Anthology ARG

[@Wendigoon]

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[@goopvvizard3973]

Hi

[@Handle.213]

Ok!😼

[@lpc9929]

The the bacteria the agriculture floorboard spinach tablecloth plumbing drywall carpet goldfish manure bacteria the the bacteria 💅💯😎

[@isakfolkhage]

ight

[@ElegyVio]

@@goopvvizard3973 Jesus Christ is the truth reach out

[@lucidlullaby894]

“You know what isn’t cool or exciting?” *Hair loss* “That’s right, having your personal data stolen” *Dammit*

[@duckempire9360]

Bro I was thinking the exact same thing!

[@juliannacolombo5584]

@@duckempire9360 hah DITTO

[@decadeyt5891]

Exactly my thoughts

[@lauxo36]

Same lmao

[@Rhekon]

"Oh this is a safety online ad. Those are always dry."

[@beat9903]

Oh man, here's another "I'm putting this on in the background to do chores but I sit down and get sucked in and chores don't get done" video. Appreciate your content, man!

[@Alexissleepy97]

Definitely same 😂

[@justyouraverageketchupkons7298]

Definitely same 😂

[@nightcrawler8864]

YOU GET IT!!!!

[@kristelbrok998]

It's 10:20 pm here... I should go to bed, but nah- Wendi just uploaded 😂

[@sillybeanthing]

Oh yeah, definitely.

[@hrh4hthegqrht203]

I think Derrick might be the most mentally powerful horror protagonist ever, the kind of chad energy required to experience a 1 week timeskip, not realise and then eat 1 week old lasagna with dill is immense

[@UrsaMinor-69]

total unit, what a BEAST

[@adaywithsmator]

DELICIOUS SCRUMPTIOUS PASTA!

[@Adam-d6t6b]

derrick is my legend istg

[@connor48880]

gonna be on Count Dankula’s next “Absolute Mad Lads”

[@spcyndles]

absolute power move

[@otakuinred]

The stalking one hit wayyyyy too close to home. Niceguys/nicegirls really DO act like that and it's freaking terrifying. I don't blame Steve for either faking or genuinely dying because of the fact that he made EYE CONTACT with someone and it spiraled from there. Exceptionally realistic.

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

Yeah. I've never experienced anything remotely approaching that level of crazy, and I still got this lump in my stomach listening to it.

[@JudasYorke]

Freaky.

[@aresjerry]

I was stalked a few years ago, I'm a guy so thought it wouldn't bother me. But this woman was nuts. And it did make me very paranoid. Sorry ladies for all the creepy dudes I know what you feel now.

[@corbeaudejugement]

​@@aresjerryit happens to everyone. statistically, women get targeted more than men, though it's possible that's due to underreporting. stalking is terrifying no matter who you are, and it's awful you had to go through that.

[@aresjerry]

@knaveofdogs5804 thanks Doggie, yeah it makes me take harassment in the workplace super seriously in my professional life.

[@deanovelvet2692]

"The bathrooms were incredibly filthy with soap all over everything." Idk man seems more than clean to me

[@starling1226]

Haha

[@chandlerdoeswhatifs9399]

They might mean soap scum

[@kristenkalinowski2551]

I was literally thinking that!

[@thesexybatman263]

Soap residue is still residue. The wole point of being clean is that there's as little residues as possible on the thing you're meaning to clean.

[@princealigorna7468]

I'm not sure if you've tried to clean caked on soap scum before. It ain't fun. The texture of that shit alone is as bad as limescale.

[@cyanideinmycereal1077]

I admire Derrick. “You know what would make this time warp better? A delicious dill-Lasagna.”

[@caitchri2426]

NGL if I had to chose between a time warp without lasagna, or a time warp with lasagna… you know where I’m going with this. I mean, come on. It’s lasagna.

[@miserylovesyou7540]

you were my best friend, to the end... hatty, hattington...

[@Ira_Rosenberg]

Dill is the best herb. Fight me

[@julianmorales-silva160]

@@Ira_Rosenberg that’s cap fam everybody knows cilantro is the only herb that matters.

[@dirtmonkey_14h2]

@@julianmorales-silva160 Basil has left the chat

[@katethielen3883]

REMEMBER if you ever have a friend get hurt, YOU will NOT be charged with underage drinking for bringing them to the hospital! Even if you are underage and drunk yourself, call an ambulance for them, because there are laws to protect you

[@helloworld-wy4vq]

Thanks, ill keep this in mind nezt time this happens. Dont want to make the same mistake twice.

[@mr420quickscops2]

You can get charged for that? Heaps of times we got pulled up at 16 by police while drunk, they just took us home and said stay off the streets

[@admasveagaanesrdlargdela9347]

@@mr420quickscops2nteresting username my dude

[@mr420quickscops2]

@@admasveagaanesrdlargdela9347 funnily enough I thought of it because I wanted people to get mad in Dark Souls pvp when ds2 came out haha

[@haroldflower8008]

many colleges have this and advertise it at least in ny, we call it the "amnesty policy" and it's a literal lifesaver

[@alyasfukename3355]

Theory: the guy from the story where the medication gave him time skips went for the trial in the same college building that was burned down in the story with the college kids exposing the men in black.

[@michaelbarker6732]

this comment is soooo underrated!

[@dense_lex8994]

Yoooooooo!!! That makes so much sense

[@pissip]

I think the first story could also be something to do with the medication. The man describes the tape like a dream. It could be something he remembers from real life, when he was in a dream state

[@lillianflorence-gy4mu]

I like that

[@Sniperboy5551]

Reading this nearly gave me a stroke

[@GCFxSN34KY]

I've only watched the first story but I have to say-This is literally narcolepsy. I have severe narcolepsy, and that sort of thing can happen a lot. Hypnogogic dreams are a side effect of narcolepsy, and they are particularly scary because for whatever reason they are indistinguishable from reality. I have had moments during work where I have started to fall asleep, but then began to have a hypnogogic hallucination that was just a continuation of my normal work day, and eventually things spiral out of control before I wake up and only 3 minutes have passed. I have even dreamed entire normal days before, only to wake up and realize that that day never happened

[@MsKJackson831]

I have that happen to me all the time. No one ever believes me. Like my alarm will go off and wake me up. Then somehow I fall back asleep, but in my dream I get up, get ready for work, and get through like half of a work day before I wake up and realize I'm still in bed and now I've overslept. I didn't know it was connected to narcolepsy, and I don't believe I have narcolepsy. I thought I was the only one who experienced this

[@assbepis3310]

@@MsKJackson831 I think people without narcolepsy get that from time to time, I have had it happen and I know other people have mentioned it.

[@soulbound2]

@@assbepis3310 yeah i had it once I was laying in bed asleep but conscious so I knew I was laying Down in my bed and my eyes where closed so it was just darkness with my imaged room then I heard the door open which scared me because I didn’t know who it could be in the middle of the night but I felt a presence I hoped they would go away but they didn’t I thought maybe it was a robber what I remember was if a robber comes in and your sleeping to stay asleep because they won’t hurt you if your asleep just steel but then I felt them lome over me looking at me to see if I was asleep it was a woman because I felt her long nail glid over my back which I flinched at the touch, bad call as I could tell she felt it and knew I was up so she was there over my bed looking at me waiting for me to open my eyes to do who knows what and I kept them close afraid what will happen when I open them but I got more curious I had to know what they would do so throwing logic away I opened my eyes to see Nothing no one was in my room it was empty night I was unnerved

[@rotisseriepossum]

@@MsKJackson831 I don’t have narcolepsy but I’ve had this type of dream for years and I rly wish I could stop it. it’s honestly made time management/working more difficult than it already is

[@Listening_Books12345]

I've had really realistic dreams for over 2 years now. Sometimes they are really bland and normal; I've had entire debates with my father and felt all the stress and feelings, only to wake up and have to ask myself "Did I dream about a conversation I had already, or did I dream about a conversation that hasn't happened yet? A lot of times lately the dreams are less reality-based, but I go to the same places in the dream most times, and tend to do the same or similar things every time I sleep. It's been wild, tbh, I've never dreamed like this before in my life. I don't have narcolepsy either, I don't know what's going on in my brain 🙃

[@josephhenderson2538]

My favorite text is probably "Where Does Wastewater Go?" because it reads like it was written by a college student who pulled an essay out of their mystery flesh pit because they were sick and tired of that class and/or they couldn't be bothered to do the assignment properly. I can really see myself in them.

[@rebekahparkinson3225]

omfg "out of their mystery flesh pit" bahaha

[@dreambean.]

It definitely has a,"malicious compliance" feel to it imo lol.

[@TheAbigailDee]

It's very that!

[@assbepis3310]

On my last assignment I had to do as I was finishing high school we had to do a presentation on a conspiracy theory of our choosing, I knew that I had already done well enough to get a good grade so I took the opportunity to present the most absurd PowerPoint presentation of how Jews were presented in the movie Borat as shapeshifting demons, I even had the scene from the movie where they freak out at a bed and breakfast run by a nice old Jewish couple and run screaming from the house in the middle of the night which I presented as found footage. I somehow got a B+.

[@josephhenderson2538]

@@assbepis3310 I wonder if I can beat that. Back in highschool, I had to write a descriptive recounting of a historical event of my choosing. That required research, and I hate doing research, so I wrote a descriptive account of humans first landing on Mars; an event in the future from the perspective of someone even further in the future who time-travelled back to see it. IIRC, I only got in trouble because I had too much dialog (between the narrator and his AI companion). I was quite descriptive, and since that was the point of the assignment, the teacher couldn't do anything.

[@zhebanelm1755]

Derek just trying to live his best life on fast forward, that's all. Still, imagine the horror of waking up and Smashmouth is new and popular.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Seriously that was bad enough in the 90s.

[@Klngmaker]

nah thatd be sick

[@RemoWilliams1227]

@@Klngmaker lol

[@StainsStainsStains]

might as well be walkin on the sun

[@1mclv]

now that you've said it like that. It sounds like Click.

[@Lazuli901]

If there's one thing this has taught me, it's that the name 'Steve' is inherently comical and not the best choice for a scary story.

[@StevenBartells]

As a Steve this was a weird one for me.

[@BringEmHellven]

I kinda like that it’s Steve here. Makes him seem more like an ordinary, boring guy which makes what she did 1000x nuttier

[@swishyb]

steve herobrine begs to freaking differ

[@IsaacSperrow]

Re: Requiem for Steve I think the woman did finally meet Steve, but she freaks him out. She ended up killing him. Too much exact detail on his "suicide" and laptop being on the forum is super suspicious.

[@pumkinplays8328]

Had that thought aswell - but i like Wendigoons funnier.

[@soulbound2]

@@pumkinplays8328 true I prefer the chad freinds lied about him killing himself to protect him from a stalker to the average stalker killed man and made it look like suicide

[@entr0pix]

thats what i thought!!! she describes it like she saw it herself

[@LELAisLEAN]

If the friends covering for him theory is true, they probably went into extra detail to try and convince her so she can go away for good.

[@anaionescu8913]

That was my initial thought, but I too like Wendi's take more

[@Aesthics]

I just watched this entire thing without even realizing it. Nothing beats a Wendigoon video!

[@Prayingfrog]

Dude where have you been it’s 2025.

[@ChaosCryptidd]

Derek your family misses you

[@not_my_names3586]

sus?

[@cherinpaulmathew916]

Does your shelves look dusty?

[@Aesthics]

@@Prayingfrog get out of my dream!!

[@Garden0flowr]

"Rain soaked cities" The first story happened after it rained, a city/town that appeared out of nowhere due to the rain. "Abandoned wings" The taxidermy bird that had its wings unused for presumably a very long time before it began its vengeance. "Its behind your house, and in front, itll be there for eternity" Fiona's ghost is both backwards and forwards in time, and will be there forever Just a thought on what the poem may be, perhaps its from the perspective of someone who observed all these events as they were happening

[@monolog6532]

very interesting! thanks

[@SerechII]

I hope this is actually accounted for by the people doing the digging on this ARG because man, I love the idea of it so much, it makes my brain so happy

[@NoFlu]

When I heard it, I thought its just the POV of the bird, but yea, its an overall round up of the stories

[@steveismyname]

Just got back from the AST conference, what a blast! I saw a nice looking girl in a short skirt there, I’m sure she’s not psycho or anything, I hope I can see her again

[@donnyyang3717]

Uh oh.

[@keltonfulkerson7133]

The cycle continues

[@annoyingnoahvg5445]

Fuckin run

[@AeroBuni]

Steve you absolute mad man

[@zvezda4994_]

yo STEVE

[@sarahh_99]

The story about the guy who was taking drugs and losing consciousness for longer and longer periods of time DEFINITLY reminds me of "Long Dream" by Junji Ito. I think Wendigoon would LOVE Junji Ito's works (I mean, he probably already knows about them).

[@AC-gm6dr]

Need him to stuff about Japanese media

[@Tayl0r_]

HOLY FUCK NOSTALGIA. That one, and the puppet short by Junji still freak me put a lil

[@shrek-tr4ud]

Also love "The Enigma of Amigara Fault"!!!

[@5uperM]

@@shrek-tr4ud it's "fault" not falls

[@shrek-tr4ud]

@@5uperM sorry my bad

[@TenHundred]

The “bye”s at the end are slowly getting more and more chill. The times they are a changin.

[@TrickedHat]

Probably just April fools

[@agustinlespada4426]

@@TrickedHat we wish...

[@joonbug9786]

They used to be chill…..wish they stay that way

[@taraschumacker]

@@TrickedHat pp

[@gremlinman9724]

Eventually he's just gonna go "buh" then slump back into his chair and the camera is just gonna sit there for like 2 minutes before the video ends

[@MF-R]

On the note of Steve faking his death by getting his buddies to lie so he can avoid a stalker: Been there, done that. Even ran into the girl years later and managed to convince her I was a different person as I now have a beard and years of partying worn onto my face. But ya, that girl was the kind you expect to wake up and see her holding a part of you she severed.

[@High-Overlord-Snarffie-Pug]

I had a friend I grew up with, she had a friend who was kind of a tag along. I didn't notice at first but she got more and more clingy onto me. My friend was making fun of me then one day she got real serious and told me that tag along girl was telling her about how the two of us went out one night and long story short she was pregnant with my baby. Absolutely none of that was true and my friend knew that but was so disturbed by her rambling story she didn't tell her she knew she was lying. Ended up telling her a "secret" that I was gay but not to tell anyone because I and my fictitious boyfriend weren't out to our family. Been 20 years, I ran into her at the store about a year back, I was with my 2 kids, had to hold back laughing the whole time I talked to her.

[@indigo478]

Bobbit

[@tysonevarard968]

@@High-Overlord-Snarffie-Pug ABSOLUTE CHAD MOVE

[@8milestudio]

What the fuck is wrong with people, Jesus fucking Christ lol. Loneliness is a slow, and insidious killer I suppose.

[@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993.]

Giga Chad play.

[@marnenotmarnie259]

okay was anyone else bothered by the girlfriend and especially the parents' reaction in genetic opportunity?? idk if it was intentional but the guy seemed to be suffering from very extreme derealisation, and instead of being concerned for his health everyone just got mad at him??? i guess it's fairly realistic based on my own experience but still, it's kinda upsetting that nobody even bothered to actually check in on him or think beyond assuming he was being super lazy or something

[@thecpmr6276]

I was JUST thinking that.

[@marnenotmarnie259]

@@thecpmr6276 good to know it's not just me haha

[@Nopperabou]

Could definitely happen, especially in the olden days of the 90s.

[@ColdNorth0628]

@@Nopperabou well it varies on where you are. If you have not heard someone back in a week when they are usually chatty, they probably should be checked up on.

[@aneutralopinion1712]

I get it with derealization people don't understand what it's like and just think you are lazy or rude.

[@Vespercold]

for the heron story, I like the bit where she comments "I saw its teeth" even though birds don't have teeth. It might seem like an oversight at first but you can imagine whatever is controlling the heron bearing its teeth at the woman after being shot, snarling in anger. Birds don't have teeth, but whatever IT was, must have

[@chaosandbunnies8291]

There are actually a handful of birds that have teeth, mostly ones that hunt in the water which would fit the heron, though I don't know if the heron is one of them. Considering that geese are one of the birds with teeth, bird demon would still be a fitting description either way

[@cascharles3838]

@@chaosandbunnies8291 actually, I just did a bit of research and found out that no birds have actual teeth. Like you, I thought birds who hunt in water such as penguins had teeth, but it turns out penguins just have sharp ridges on their tongue and the roof of their mouth to grip food. Other birds have sharp protrusions attached to their beaks, but those are part of the beak and therefore not teeth. Although I didn't find a decisive answer during my brief look into it, it seems like herons don't have anything resembling teeth.

[@cascharles3838]

@@chaosandbunnies8291 as for geese, their "teeth" are called tomia, and is essentially spiky cartilage (not enamel as our teeth are made of), and are less durable than real teeth.

[@skeleletonboi4533]

@@cascharles3838 evil

[@nekkobat6876]

I mean. Geese have sharp ridges that look like teeth so I’m guessing herons do too

[@ASaltyGhost]

Absolutely loved the Heron story. The lines about her being in the bathroom stall with a mauled face was just chilling.

[@Daniel-sf2te]

Something else, too (ik someone already mentioned it but still)- birds dont’t have teeth, as she described in its mouth. Herons don’t have anything on their bill that could be mistaken for them. Mistake on the author’s part or not, it definitely adds to it

[@twilightparanormalresearch186]

@@Daniel-sf2te or it grew them after ooooor it wasn’t actually a bird but something else

[@warneverchanges1114]

700 baby

[@CyrusL]

@@Daniel-sf2te yeah that got to me i hope that it wasnt a mistake and something purposefully put in for people to catch because herons dont have teeth or even serrations on their beak like geese do

[@dissraps]

@@CyrusL I would assume it was intentional a Herron is a pretty random bird to pull up and then known nothing about it

[@B_l_u_m_e_n]

I love it when you find somewhat obscure super in-depth ARG’s and the do your usual incredible job at going through them, keep it up Wendigoon!

[@hat2876]

Kinda makes me want to do my own just to be covered

[@Willowposting]

I think whats really good about this ARG is a lot of these "posts" feel like they're made by real people. The writing is insanely authentic feeling, though it could also be how Wendi is reading it.

[@Roadent1241]

I'm pretty sure most things on the Internet, even the crappy fanfics, have been written by real people...? Including My Immortal?

[@Willowposting]

@@Roadent1241 The point is that it doesn't feel forced or unrealistic. A lot of the time in lesser stories and ARGs the characters don't feel authentic, usually due to poor writing or pacing.

[@Roadent1241]

@@Willowposting Fair enough I guess. I never took those Eng Lit classes so I know naff all about that sort of thing.

[@PineGoodman]

plus all the places mentioned in the steve story are actual places in boise idaho

[@morganc.m1830]

​​@@Roadent1241 That's not what they mean. I'd think that would be clear lmao.

[@pleasegivesoup]

As someone who experiences hypnagogic dreams, I will say that they're absolutely horrifying. They usually consist of hordes of bugs and spiders crawling up the walls and ceilings or shadow people a couple feet away from the bed and sometimes in front of my face. In one instance a spider the size of a dog fell from the ceiling and caused me to jump out of bed screaming, waking up my mom and having her find me crying and trying to find the spider that suddenly disappeared. The one that really shook me to my core happened some time last year. I woke up around 1-2am to a man saying "you should leave". I didn't process it right away, but when I looked over I found a man, wearing a deer head (very similar to Briarhearts from Skyrim, best way I can explain it). This didn't freak me out yet and he said "you should get up". Without thinking, I responded "okay", got up, went downstairs and sat on the couch for a few minutes before realising what just happened. I went back upstairs, shaking and unsure of what to do if there really was a stranger in my bed, I opened my bedroom door to find no one was there. Took me a couple hours to fall back asleep that night lol

[@brinoreeno]

Holy fuck. I have had hypnagogic dreams too but nowhere near that terrifying. It happened the first time when I was a kid after having a nightmare about a skeleton, I woke up and saw the skeleton in my doorway. Another time I opened my eyes and saw my cat's face right in front of mine like it was sitting on my pillow. I was so confused when the cat when away when I blinked

[@XxAJxX-qp1qp]

Hell no, I’ll never sleep if that shit happened to me

[@carcinogenicoak3057]

Oh no, I just remembered a hypnogogic dream I had as a teenager and was it awful. I had just woken up from deep sleep in the middle of the night and had to go to the restroom. So, I got up and took care of business, but when I got up to flush, the toilet was full of small worms. I screamed so loudly it woke up everybody in the whole damn house and they found still in the restroom, having a panic attack and sobbing my eyes out. Oh dear lord, what memories we repress.

[@koalabro6118]

Deer guy just wanted to make sure you got your exercise in for the day and started you extra early on. For real though that sounds like a proper wretched experience.

[@Kiss_My_Aspergers]

Just reading that made me die inside.

[@shaefurlong1907]

Quick PSA for anyone curious, the archive's already been updated since this video's gone up, and I highly recommend checking out the new stories. They tie a lot together.

[@EmperorBoi]

These hour long ARG videos are really good to listen to while playing games

[@adastial2104]

I put them on while playing either elden ring or lost ark recently

[@gUwU47]

Totally, dude. I put these on when I'm rune farming or doing gigs in cyberpunk. It's great

[@adastial2104]

@@gUwU47 or rn which I started ascension wow which is also pretty good

[@doomwangus2080]

For sure, I’ve been playing Arkham knight and Ghost of Tsushima with wendi stuff on in the background for a while now, it’s therapeutic

[@bogos3403]

Playin some doom eternal while listening to this so fun to sit down play and listen

[@someguy9893]

Honestly I much prefer the idea of the taxidermy heron being controlled by its own spirit, rather than being possessed by a human ghost. Herons aren't aggressive birds (they're quite shy, and so small that they usually don't pose a threat to humans) but almost all animals will lash out in aggression if they feel cornered or confused, something which is amplified if the animal suddenly finds itself in an unfamiliar and disorienting environment. The concept of an animal ghost, confused and stressed due to a combination of an unfamiliar environment and an inability to grasp the nature of its situation, lashing out at neaby people or becoming outright aggressive is a really interesting concept to me.

[@jarethclontz1704]

I worked at a raptor rescue and got a Great Blue Heron that came in after getting stuck in razor wire. It was leagues beyond the hawks and eagles I was used to, it almost removed a workers eye and left a huge gash on her face, the only thing that saved her were her glasses. It would lash out if anyone got even close to it. They aren't aggressive, but the poor thing was injured and cornered and became hyper defensive.

[@janerecluse4344]

If you like fantasy novels, check out the Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce. The third one, Emperor Mage, has some very interesting animal magic + necromancy action.

[@matthewconiglione5637]

The taxidermist is some sort of an animal necromancer with those apparently incredibly preserved specimens

[@Danielmarq606]

IkR! taxedermists are underrated

[@sillybeanthing]

I want to make that a tabletop character at some point.

[@CkDisso]

@@sillybeanthing that's brilliant... I'm stealing that idea

[@grasstastic9922]

The animals crossed over perhaps

[@sillybeanthing]

@@CkDisso :D

[@jordancasssandra]

"This story being abt this crazed stalker that gets this guy to supposedly commit Minecraft exit game" you have the most creative ways of getting around yt demonetization

[@super8ben]

“Where Does Wastewater Go” is truly one of the greatest pieces of literature. It will easily endure the test of time.

[@steelar724]

My favorite part of Joyce is when Joyce said "it's Joycin' time" then proceeded to Joyce all over the place

[@NicolasSequeira]

Me too

[@viritex]

Excellent ARG 👍. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next.

[@joejoyce6110]

Can confirm

[@austinrichard8046]

That must’ve been the most film of the 90s

[@directorjake]

No

[@wolffanderson7629]

I know that when Wendigoon uploads about a ARG I’ve never heard of, it’s gonna be a banger

[@douglaspurcell7506]

I like how the second story just casually explains why basements are so creepy and always haunted. "if our house had a basement, I would have fallen into it"

[@sirllamaiii9708]

Yeah i had that same thought and I love it

[@kerosenecowboy5684]

"Genetic opportunity" reminds me a lot of that creepypasta where a man undergoes a similar drug trial experience, except his perception of time slows dramatically down to where he is stuck sitting in a subway station for millions of years and is forced to experience time at absolute zero. Time is the real cosmic horror :D

[@helloworld-wy4vq]

What is it called?

[@kerosenecowboy5684]

@@helloworld-wy4vq if I knew I’d tell ya pal, read it eons ago and forgot the title but the story stuck with me

[@solitarydreamer1518]

@@helloworld-wy4vq "If You're Armed And At The Glenmont Metro Please Shoot Me" its in the comment section above if you haven't seen it yet.

[@kerosenecowboy5684]

@@solitarydreamer1518 that's the one! thank you. it's too good to not warrant a reread

[@hongodongo9053]

When the turbo hits wrong

[@wolvie1618]

Deborah: repeatedly complains about the heron coming to life and attacking her, saying it's after her life Deborah: is found dying in a bathroom holding the heron and her face brutally pecked Everyone: "mUsT bE sUiCiDe, sHe sTabBeD hErsElF wItH tHe bEaK"

[@sophdog2564]

Pretty sure the last guy in that story witnessed her stabbing herself with the heron. So either she really was hallucinating and ended up doing that while it appeared to her like she was being attacked, or the thing possessing the heron only showed itself to her.

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

This is on the lvl of reddit Horror stories in which all the participants need to be brain dead otherwise the story couldn't happen. This is a sign of an inexperienced writer, not saying it's bad, but this too tore me out of the story back when I originally engaged with it.

[@JaceDeanLove]

Spoilers for us folk who like to read comments as we listen to videos 😂

[@cheddarcheese4159]

My interpretation of that is that the heron reanimating is, logically, impossible it just cannot happen. But we believe it did, we’re reading a scary story on the internet so of course it happened. At the end of the story the guy (Harry I think?) seems to be believing her somewhat in spite of himself because he knows that dead animals don’t just sneak around torment and kill people. I think the actual unrealistic thing in that story is that Deborah still went to work there and that the cctv that was installed wasn’t pointed at the ONE THING IT WAS CLEARLY NEEDED FOR COME ON

[@wlt3585]

​​@@sophdog2564No, he found her body moments before she died, with her grip on the herons talons and beak. In other words, it is HEAVILY implying the heron mutilated her and then went back to being a statue moments before being discovered. This also goes along with the seal

[@bnsz8704]

I found this one website that was full of horror stories. It was created a day before I had found it and I never found it after. I’m not even sure if it was real or just a really vivid dream. But the one story I truly remember was all about a serial killer who managed to never get caught and when he was older all the skeletons of the people he killed would slowly push through the floor or his house even after he moved multiple times and even after he moved to an apartment on the top floor of an apartment complex. They even started to come out of the walls. The guy ended up killing himself but was dug up after screams were coming from his coffin and he was found in the coffin “alive” and surrounded by skeletons that were clawing at his body. The entire coffin was sealed shut with many locks as well as metal and leather straps all around it and dumped into the Atlantic Ocean. While the crew was shipping it out they near constantly heard clawing from the coffin and after it was dumped one of the youngest crew members dove in after it and was never found again.

[@jabinmunoz5100]

Wtf :0

[@mortarion9813]

This sounds fucking terrifying, what the fuck.

[@bnsz8704]

@@mortarion9813 probably why I remember it so vividly

[@SubjectSigma77]

I remember hearing this exact story awhile back too but don’t remember exactly what it was from. I read a lot of spooky shit online though some of it gets lost or forgotten. For sure remember this from somewhere though, you’re not just imagining it. I don’t remember the last bit with the ocean tho, but that might just be my memory

[@aperson1670]

Cool actually

[@yourintrusivethoughts]

“Requiem for Steve” was so funny to me, just imagining a chick risking it all for a man who ONLY looked at her direction. I’m not even convinced he looked at her. The whole time I was just thinking “Sis, get up!!! You can’t be down this bad, please get up” 💀💀

[@notforsaletoday1895]

@@CM-dk9xu how you doing nowadays?

[@carelessdreamer]

@@CM-dk9xu American healthcare is an oxymoron stg

[@btsnake]

Are we sure she didn't kill him though?

[@notforsaletoday1895]

@@btsnake Nope, not sure.

[@sirllamaiii9708]

@@CM-dk9xu fuck Man i know that feeling so fucking well

[@j0yMarich]

The thing where ghosts don’t exist in time reminds me of Haunting of Hill House, where Nell grows up being terrified by her own ghost

[@gedeonnunes5626]

LAKE MUNGO!!!!!

[@noname9482]

Woah, you're right- I didn't even think of that! Ngl, the scene(s) where adult Nell realizes that the spectere she's been afraid of her whole life is her dead self just gives me chills, man.

[@jethroreading7168]

@@gedeonnunes5626 yep that’s what I thought of as well, especially given the pic

[@inthedeadhours]

@@gedeonnunes5626 love that movie

[@gaminganimators7000]

@@gedeonnunes5626 such a great film

[@Gloobly]

“no angel came for me, but the hat man did” is one of the coolest and most terrifying things i’ve ever heard

[@ssgoko88]

You must be like 10

[@Roadent1241]

I'm just visualising the character from the PS1 Japanese Dream Emulator game.

[@obi5398]

Hat man 🥶

[@melvinmerkelhopper5752]

When the DPH kicks in.

[@volpelastname6951]

I haven't watched the video yet and that is one of the silliest and most ridiculous thing I've ever heard

[@higginswalsan]

The wastewater one is absolutely genius, having a post like that “archived” is great worldbuilding

[@Tayl0r_]

“The gray water then enters it’s My Chemical Romance phase” fucking got me rolling. God that was so good.

[@kkech1]

I wanna do things to your face. Also have a nice day.

[@jessicaluciaa]

Windegoon: Since you’re probably getting bored of this talk of archives and forums- Me, an archivist, literally watching this at work: how dare you

[@sirllamaiii9708]

What's your job like? :) Is it like digitizing/scanning papers? Organizing stuff? What all does it involve?

[@Johncruel]

Nerd job tbh

[@jessicaluciaa]

@@Johncruel why do you think I love it so much lol

[@KandafulHanna]

I did the same thing when I was digitalizing some photos last week, haha And nice seeing a fellow archivist loving awesome youtubers 👍

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

I was caught off guard completely when the wastewater post mentioned the School-to-Prison Pipeline out of nowhere. That just slapped me in the face

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

I read the rest of that post and it is a wild ride from start to finish. It is genuinely unhinged and I love it. A personal favorite of mine is “Shane Dawson's Haircut is interesting because only half the water in the plant is filtered through it. Water that isn't filtered through Shane Dawson's Haircut is used in alcoholic beverages at many bars during a period known as "Happy Hour." Water that goes through Shane Dawson's haircut will be utilized in beverages during cheap mockeries of "Happy Hour" at family-friendly establishments such as Chili's Or Applebee's. These callous farces, which consist mainly of non-alcoholic juice drinks or carbonated sodas, are usually called something similar to "Thirsty Hour" or "Drink Time" to distinguish themselves from their authentic alcoholic counterpart. Don't be fooled. Know your enemy.”

[@Nerozard]

I am glad someone else had the same reaction. It is so off the wall and hilarious.

[@pimposki6232]

@@thequeenofcringe1585 this is some fantastic surreal humour

[@CityTake]

@@thequeenofcringe1585absolutely UNHINGED and it’s art all the same

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

@@CityTake I’m am LIVING for how unhinged it is if I’m being honest

[@francescamedda1426]

I was going to bed frustrated and angry after dealing with freezing cold and a broken boiler, but dad Wendigoon got us covered as usual. Thank you!

[@crabington6036]

the hat man broke your boiler to keep you in that hypnagogic state so he could watch you last night. dad saved you

[@asheryadon5301]

I relate to Derrick in an emotional and spiritual level, what a himbo

[@grahzmakir]

do you sleep walk for years and eat rotten food during that time?

[@julianarbogast7261]

No thought; head empty

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

We all wish we could be as head empty as Derrick

[@Tink00]

That bizarre poem ending in "call now get 5% off" sounds EXACTLY like something you would read at a Meowwolf

[@anticksss]

Just went to omega mart a few weeks ago, that shit was awesome

[@ianschlembach6195]

@@anticksss O-O-O-OMEGA MART YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHATS IN STORE FOR YOU

[@Emily-pp3yd]

I actually worked near a meowwolf facility. I worked at an amusement park and they had a meowwolf attraction in the park. It was pretty cool

[@kylew.franken7810]

@@Emily-pp3yd Elitches?

[@EVL_GRN]

Since you're the only comment up at the top talking about it in particular; Apologies if wendi mentioned this already 'cause I haven't finished the video yet, but each line seems to correspond to a story that's been covered "I took a flight through rain soaked cities" being a reference to the hat man story at the beginning "Flew away on abandoned wings" being the zombie heron "Gaze inward and you'll find it" perhaps being about joyce "You've missed it, now it's behind your house, now in front" drawing parallels with the guy who was losing years "It will always be there if you keep this up" being about longing for something greater I don't know if I'm drawing the right connections or just looking too deep into it but i think it seems like lacy redescriptions of the previous stories

[@frank-kj8gn]

The cloning guy story is literally what it's like to live with time blindness with ADHD. A few times Ive been super into a puzzle and skipped 6 hours of a day, not feeling hungry or tired or going to the bathroom, and skipping several college classes I had that day

[@AstralPhnx]

Can very much relate. Just doing something and "oh FUCK it's 2am"

[@peenyyt4921]

It is not literally that at all he slept several years that does not happen with ADHD

[@XDTheBestGamer]

@@peenyyt4921 I really hope so, I migh have it

[@bradleyallen6883]

I always thought I was just getting lost into something. Uh oh.

[@frank-kj8gn]

@@peenyyt4921 it's not that people with ADHD sleep for literal years, just that the feeling is similar because of bad memory and never cementing stuff to long term memory. It feels like a time skip sometimes when I get super into something, so it's LIKE this but on a smaller scale.

[@atr0phaneura726]

I'd like to add that hypnagogic state is the period between being awake and asleep before falling asleep, and hypnopompic state is the reverse one, when you're about to wake up fully

[@kkech1]

Doesn't matter how many times I'll read these, I'm still gonna mix them up. But thanks anyway lol

[@Broeckchen]

The idea of ghosts being detached from the linear nature of time is really interesting to me too. The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor also do some really cool things with that!

[@littlejourneyseverywhere]

I looooovvvveeee those two shows!!!

[@marblemarble7113]

It's also fairly accurate if you look at it from a biblical standpoint

[@VillainKinnie]

its really sad as well, because it implies that regardless of the writer’s urges, he is unable to convince fiona to never go back to that cliffside. the fact that he sees her spirit in the very first place means that she WILL die there no matter what. it has to happen to validate their initial meeting. after all, if the writer did successfully prevent her return, then she never wouldve died there, never wouldve been bound, and he never wouldve seen her spirit in the first place in order to start this chain of events. its comparable (in my opinion) to the grandfather paradox.

[@None-Trick_Pony]

​@@VillainKinnieDepends on whether you subscribe to the Novikov Self-Consistency Conjecture or not. If you do, then yes, she will die then and there, no matter what. If not, then she can be saved. The story doesn't seem to care about logical time-keeping, so I'd say that it's the latter. There's hope. By the way, you're right on the money; it's not just comparable to the Grandfather Paradox, it _is_ the Grandfather Paradox. It's just phrased differently. Both can be expressed as the following: "Can you do action X to prevent event Y, when action X can only exist because of event Y?"

[@jackstayton7865]

With requiem for Steve, it could be that she killed him. She goes really into detail on how his body was, moreso than she'd be able to if she was getting the info from his coworkers. The final note may be part of her alibi or something

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

But that’s boring.

[@pinkking6067]

Well there was a follow up to that story and I can say that Steve's story didn't end well.

[@reynanlamsen2007]

@@pinkking6067 He ded?

[@pinkking6067]

@@reynanlamsen2007 Yep, hit on the head with a rock. You can probably imagine who did that.

[@reynanlamsen2007]

@@pinkking6067 I'm guessing either the girl or some other entity.

[@noahjester8471]

It could be that Derek, rather than time warping in the TV entry, had his perception of time sped up. He's struggling because instead of experiencing things on a second by second basis, he's operating on day by day temporal perception. It's like how if you see a car go by, it's a blur. But when you're in the car, your perception of movement is different because you're moving with it. Essentially, it's a story about a guy becoming a speedster, like the Flash. But unlike the Flash, Derek doesn't actually feel the passage of time, nor does he really get a grasp of how it operates. He essentially exists at 3X speed, while his perception and senses are lagging at 1/2 speed.

[@moudikay1067]

I like your theory!

[@soulbound2]

That sounds cool

[@beepboop756]

Yeah that's how i read it

[@thevexster2]

really loving the fact that they snuck in smash mouth in this whole ARG, really ties it all together lmao

[@fbmb1337]

Honestly I just assumed she managed to find and kill Steve and that last post was her trying to rationalize her actions/cover for herself whilst having a mental breakdown, but honestly I too hope our boy Steve is still around. Anyways nice find on such an obscure but cool ARG, can't wait to see where else this goes in future videos.

[@theangriestcatintheworld]

My thoughts as well, the way she mentioned seeing Steven's body splayed on the floor "like a rag doll." Sounded like firsthand knowledge, eh?

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

It's an unreliable narrator so we'll never know for sure.

[@tomboi941]

It'd be like in Future Diary, if you've watched that

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

Stalker killing the person she was stalking: Old, boring, done to death Victim’s friends telling their stalker that they’re dead: Fun, fresh, sexy

[@ToastyMcMarshmallow]

Crazy how the lady in Requeim for Steve had ZERO actual contact with Steve, and yet she's created this insane fantasy surrounding him. And what's worse is that people like this actually exist!

[@obamathe3rd882]

This ARG sounds like a combination of all the good things about early internet horror, great video.

[@nerdleturtle152]

When all those memes about the hat man started circling around, I originally read it as "the ham man" which sounds much more sinister if you ask me

[@chloemagica4056]

A man made of ham 😬😬😬😬😦😦😦

[@duckempire9360]

Even creepier, the SPAM man

[@thaneofwhiterun3562]

@Suk MahDeekYootOob Wtf are you talking about?

[@syntheticteapot]

So a butcher?

[@mothknight7050]

does he go ham or is he made of ham or both

[@annastasiaonstage]

Wendigoon needs to drop his skincare tutorial, cause damn his skin is luminous

[@MoochiBoochi]

and his hair treatments! So shiny!

[@julialevelle6384]

Probably just soap lol

[@GoodJollyDay]

@@julialevelle6384 3 in one for men 😂

[@GoodJollyDay]

Nah but it's probably a lot of the lighting, the right light can make you look a few years younger (or older if you're unlucky lmao)

[@smergthedargon8974]

"Where Does Wastewater Go?", by title, sounds like a setup for an analog horror informational video. "Your home -> the sewers -> Big Soup -> him" And then it's a god-tier shitpost

[@OARFISHED]

The second story about the guy losing awareness of his life and the traumatic events happening to him feels like being on antidepressants and stimulants sometimes, especially as a teenager. You're failing all your classes but you just can't feel the emotion to care, and life is speeding by you. You'll be 16 soon, but you feel like a toddler because you don't get out and do things, but it's hard to explain to anyone and all you're seen as is lazy when you're not all there sometimes and the days just seem to go by like minutes. This is currently what I go through and feel like him occasionally, but on a lesser scale, of course. It's all so confusing but you know you'll be worse off without your meds.

[@mothiestman4995]

Holy shit. I think I'm going through that right now. I never knew how to explain it.

[@christmastiger]

Yes, the antidepressant/stimulant combo is really good at doing that, and it often gets worse with time so if you can try to start combating it now that would be best. Mindfulness/meditation/surrounding awareness helped me, sometimes I just look at a clock and count the seconds to be in the moment. New experiences and traveling are fantastic but I understand that's really not feasible, but I wish you the best

[@OARFISHED]

@@christmastiger Thank you, this has been going for 3 years now, so I've had my time to get used to it. I plan to get off these meds before I become an adult so it won't hinder my ability to have children and whatnot (although that might just be me overthinking.)

[@christmastiger]

@@OARFISHED I tapered off of them in college and it worked for me but always do what is best for you, it helped that I was in a good mental place to do it right (since you probably already know how shitty getting off and on antidepressants is). You're not alone in how you feel if that helps, definitely try the mindfulness thing if you have a chance and good luck!

[@misteruncanny]

Maybe this is what's making my anxiety with time worse. I take both and i constantly feel like I'm running out of time. I'm not failing any classes, it's mute like it seems like there's no assignments anymore and I'm just asking for the ride, wasting my time away by spacing out from my chem teacher's lecture and randomly doing state tests so my school can get more money.

[@drakeonyx7694]

With how much Wendigion talks about Horror, I’d love to see his take on The Magnus Archives. Every time he talks about his fear of the ocean and infinity, I’m reminded of the entity The Vast. I think he, and anyone else who loves creative horror would love to take a listen.

[@cascharles3838]

I was thinking that as I was watching this video! The story with the hat man in particular reminded me of that one Lonely episode, where the guy gets stuck alone in the suburbs? And it got me thinking that even if he doesn't make a video about it, TMA seems like smthing he'd enjoy

[@forestglen6228]

@@cascharles3838 yes i would LOVE for hims to do a blind listen and give us updates on his theories as he listens

[@itskiyawhitaker9222]

Yes people of culture! That series is so good and I would love for more people to discover it. Wendi should definitely cover it sometime

[@difeth_]

omg yes!! honestly the whole hypnagogic archive reminds me of tma somehow, im not 100% sure why tbh lol

[@gil5885]

omg i was totally thinking of magnus archive during the first story! doesn't it remind u guys of the episode where someone gets stuck in the suburbs bc their car breaks down and phone stops working? or the scenes where they're walking under the institute and it's labyrinthian.

[@AzureRoxe]

These "old timey" stories and ARGs are always so damn good.

[@caitchri2426]

Honestly, I think it’s because people raised in the 90’s are now almost all in their 30’s. So not only do the writers know how to tickle our fancy with nostalgia, but also are old enough to have honed storytelling and writing skills. Not saying younger people can’t be good writers, but life experience can make for a more well rounded story about every day adult life, and not a teenager’s idea of what adult life is like. Also not saying that older people can’t be good writers, but there can be a disconnect in culture and values when writers and readers aren’t the same age… Idk, just a theory. Just my rationale as to why some stories “hit home” or are in that “sweet spot.” 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@DrDark-im9kv]

Penguin with a gun

[@Mcgoolio]

The heron story is the single scariest story I have ever heard. The ending comments about Debrah dying to the heron just sends chills down my spine.

[@히끼히끼-v8e]

I feel like this kind of format is really the future of good and innovative horror. Archives and forums and channels really maximize the interaction you can have with what's being shown and with other people, it's a dynamic that lends itself so fucking well to horror and strangeness. Plus now that it's all existed for literally decades you can cash in on nostalgia too which really heightens that feeling of mixed curiosity and fear and familiarity of this kind of media. I hope you continue covering it!

[@brumella]

You are right. Since the popularisation of internet, some authors have been experimenting with "Interactive Literature". I studied it during my degree and master's and it's becoming popular among teachers, because it's a good tool to teach certain contents and skills. And I also agree with you, this kind of literature it's perfect for horror and mystery genres.

[@astropunch101]

In Longing For Something Greater, we have a creepy yet intriguing story of a deathloop scenario that corresponds and connects seamlessly. And then we have Walter.

[@bokutokinnie2777]

Walter >>>>>>>>>>everyone else

[@sirllamaiii9708]

Honestly based Walter the definition of a gigachad > Ignores weird ghost stories > Brings up his divorce to strangers in a rest stop review > Refuses to elaborate > Leaves

[@Willowposting]

Walter's just tryna live hope he's ok

[@woagnya]

I like to imagine that Divorced Walter is also the meme dog Walter.

[@reynanlamsen2007]

Does walter likes monster trucks though?

[@flyingtomatoes392]

Wendigoon on the off chance you see this, just know, you are a great KZbinr and one of the few who still believe in quality while keeping it entertaining.

[@beepbeeplettuce5890]

Im sure he appreciates that generic and impersonal comment that you only wrote in the hopes that he responds to it

[@flyingtomatoes392]

@@beepbeeplettuce5890 are you ok man? Not everything positive is for attention. Hope you have a great rest of your day and I wish you the best

[@prinkak577]

@@beepbeeplettuce5890 jesus who pissed in your milk, random internet person? i hope youre ok now

[@M3rk420]

@@prinkak577 i did. I pissed in his milk, and i enjoyed it

[@danieldevison5097]

Deep red kidney beans sure are good for you, but the skin always gets stuck in my teeth!

[@MrSchism]

The most disturbing thing in all of this is the heron, a bird, having teeth.

[@urlocalcrypt1d762]

Lots of birds have teeth 👀

[@spoonsrattling]

the toothed birds didnt go extinct that long ago

[@Highstar25]

their beaks are serrated like teeth to help them grapple their prey.

[@MrSchism]

@@urlocalcrypt1d762 no extant species of bird has teeth; they have tomia covered in lamellae.

[@MrSchism]

@@Highstar25 heron have small tomia and lamellae compared to other coastal birds.

[@alexcurcir4445]

As an ex Xanax addict, Derek’s story just sounds like an average day in my old life

[@screm1471]

Glad you got better!

[@jjcoola998]

Wake up after teleporting to jail lol or wake up with a bunch of stolen shit 😂😂

[@alexcurcir4445]

@@jjcoola998lmao I somehow avoided that…atleast I think 🤣

[@bta8359]

Congratulations on not being an addict anymore!!!!!!

[@pgg-i4c]

Bruh same, kinda got convicted fuck that

[@missgalaxia14]

The “time warp with Derek” story vaguely reminds me of that Adam Sandler flick with the remote. Idk if it was titled “Click” or something

[@NolanEgbert]

Arguably Adam Sandler's best movie

[@_gremlinboy]

Definitely one of Adam Sandler's best movies and I still can barely stand it 😰

[@LunaWitcher]

@@NolanEgbert I like 50 first dates personally, but Click hits different

[@thekingslayer2178]

These are some of the most creative and chilling paranormal stories I’ve heard. It would be so cool if whoever authored these wrote a Goosebumps-style anthology series

[@SpaceRemo]

Steve has got to be my favorite one god damn the writers who made these stories are insane haha! I think I'm someone who's always needed lots of breathing room, imagining something like what happened to Steve happening to me is terrifying

[@sophdog2564]

I also like the title "Requiem for Steve"

[@Cesly-mo3uf]

The Heron was great. I used to be a security guard at a local college's biology department. Good thing I didn't know about this terrifying story.

[@Cesly-mo3uf]

There was one guard that was scared of all the mounted animals. We would prank him and hide in the building and make growling noises. Good thing they didn't issue us guns lol.

[@morganc.m1830]

​@@Cesly-mo3uf good they didn't do that. In general that's a bad idea. People shouldn't have such easy access to guns or have so many of them.

[@morganc.m1830]

I have taxidermy all in my room and this story didn't affect that at all. I'm not scared of my skulls and mounts. I still love them.

[@jakecartereditz9318]

took me 53 minutes to realise that the whiteboard behind him still has the drawings from his fnaf video

[@xoxoshaneandmexoxo]

Easter egg lol

[@cursed-cat9126]

It's kinda like the official fnaf backpack, easter eggs lol

[@sleepysmartboy6287]

The "Steve" story hit man. As someone who has had a stalker experience, it's insane I am so sad for Steve.

[@estelshtein]

The fnaf timeline chilling in background as he explains Joyce has me dying

[@funeralmute3268]

"Some of them were on hills, located up flights of stairs... some of them didn't make any sense." Oh, so they just ended up in Pittsburgh. The streets are a complete maze and I'm pretty sure that the intersections create Eldritch sigils, so yeah, that checks out as where the Hat Man would live.

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

As someone from Pittsburgh, yeah pretty much.

[@lurksnitchtongue8986]

That's just all of PA

[@skarut1485]

“the hat man is from Pittsburgh” is a hot take but one that I’m absolutely willing to get behind

[@lu2timess]

The Monument Mythos recently finished, it would be nice if you could do a recapping/explanation video of the whole series or at least of the second season and it's ending

[@LunaWitcher]

We all need an explanation video after that ending, like jesus fuck It felt like I was watching the thrilling conclusion to a story that I only heard about in a dream so I had little to no grasp onto what was happening

[@00KiryuZero00]

I think he said he was making a follow up video for it yeah

[@s_napps]

“We’re dedicated to keeping the past alive by any means necessary” fits in with your theory that Elise wants information on “crossing over” in order to avoid dying

[@amethystskeels3788]

at 22:30 I would like to actually argue that the lack of caring about the time warps is an effect of the drug. I think they are trying to show that at first he was worried about these things until he reaches an irrational state of calm surrounding the idea, then actually begins losing time without realizing or being able to bring on a care in the world. I think the artist of this was a little smarter honestly than just throwing in the dumbness of Derrick, it feels like there is an actual point to that. That its meant to be making him like this.

[@juniperberryyyy]

"commit minecraft exit game" is the euphemism i'm using for ["self die"] from now on. Wendi laughing at Derek's head-empty-ness or anything makes it so much better. I love it when he breaks the seriousness with his amazing laugh

[@thesuperjacobshow8151]

If anyone ever has thoughts about committing sudoku, please get help.

[@DarlingMissDarling]

The smash mouth moment that made him giggle like a child just filled me with complete joy. 😊

[@DookieStain007]

Nice pfp

[@hobbesfield1082]

My Steve theory was immediatelly "Steve and this stalker are the same person" that's why there's no profile picture, because it would be the stalker acknowledging they're really Steve. I don't think this person dies at the end but I do think they are suicidal. More of a vibe than anything, idk

[@aguyontheinternet8436]

I just wish the person could see Steve. I vibed with her energy. She needed a win.

[@sydney9000]

Imagine he just did that whole thing so he wouldn't have to go to the conference. That's what I thought, lol

[@kristie3592]

I thought the stalker killed Steve.

[@WallLurker]

@@kristie3592 same

[@KitKat_293]

I immediately thought the stalker had finally found then killed Steve. Her final entry sounds like a poor attempt to deter suspicion and push the idea of a suicide. The details are even more rushed and illogical than usual. Especially when she mentions the way his eyes looked staring up blankly in death. Sounded like she was up close and personal and haunted by the image. And the vague way she describes his friends. The way she reflects on his sudden death sounds off for a suicide and more like a person shocked from what they just did and scrambling to say things that sound like she’s innocent. Which is some excellent writing especially if that was the intent

[@amgoose3493]

"Where does wastewater go" is the most important piece for the lore of the entire arg

[@Traenny]

"if they're windows to the soul, then she has none" is so fucking raw and powerful wth

[@mari_golds-bleeding-ink]

Fr

[@gregtronica3569]

its not actually, quite embarrassing that you would think so

[@Traenny]

@gregtronica3569 im sorry that you are a little hater who has no sense of whimsy

[@vacioexistencial3655]

​@@gregtronica3569ok William Blake

[@Spawnzing]

​@@gregtronica3569ok George Orwell

[@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993.]

Sneaking in an All-Star reference. Absolutely top tier, grommet comedy. Also, that last story is just.... Spectacular. It's just pure, unapologetic memery. I adore it.

[@QuintessentialWalrus]

18:20 If anyone wants to experience a story similar to Genetic Opportunity that takes itself more seriously, there's an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space 9 called "The Visitor" (S4E3) where Captain Sisko is caught in a time portal that only lets him out to live his life for a few hours per decade. As such, he sees his son grow from a teenager to an old man in what feels like a single day. I like Genetic Opportunity but it has a lot of cliches and not much emotional payoff. Meanwhile "The Visitor" makes me cry every time I watch it. One of my favorite episodes of television.

[@perlagrecco]

I have to say, "longing for something greater" has to be my favourite of the bunch! The storytelling, the concept, its all so great! Thank you so much for introducing me to this great series!!

[@botanahazard6456]

To me, joyce almost read like a love story, and I'm here for it

[@KB-jz1nq]

It was a happy ending if you ask me. Joyce? At peace. Presumably awful husband (you have to be a special kind of awful for your wife to travel through time to brutally dismember you)? Dead. Movie theater person? Idk, but not torturing people anymore so there’s that.

[@undercookedtoast1479]

For some reason i gives me sapphic energy but in the same way something like carmilla would. Some inhuman force in the shape of a woman seducing a mortal, idk. Inherently unsettling but also romantic.

[@botanahazard6456]

@@undercookedtoast1479 exactly!

[@augustinerose5668]

@@undercookedtoast1479 If there's one thing that sapphics love, it's supernatural woman that could just kill them. And honestly, the sapphics have a point.

[@undercookedtoast1479]

@@augustinerose5668 sapphics and spike spiegel know whats up fr

[@redplanet2720]

Video suggestion: disturbing books iceberg. Loved the disturbing movies iceberg, would love to see you do this.

[@christianburton1652]

Seconding this!

[@JuneBear55]

Rest Area by Clay McLeod Chapman

[@christianburton1652]

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica would definitely make a good entry, as would most any of Ryu Murakami’s novels.

[@louis8487]

He would have to include “House of Leaves”

[@lydiarand4786]

This would be amazing

[@Addonexacy]

Crazy to think that the girl who obsessed over Steve was the vice president we've heard so much about.

[@sophdog2564]

Is that a thing in the ARG now? That's very cool but I haven't kept up with it much since this video

[@THExRISER]

Fucking hell most of these stories were depressing and existential, and not many things can make me feel like that.

[@scarletsletter4466]

Not many things make you feel existential depression? Wow, must be nice. What's your secret?

[@THExRISER]

​@@scarletsletter4466 Oh I'm depressed alright, trying to work on that, it's more existentialism I was referring to, should've specified. What's my secret? Well it's not just one single thing I guess, most of the things that would fill people with existential dread fill me with a sense of wonder, things like the vastness of the universe and our place in it, I chose a purpose for myself so I rarely feel lost in life, and I grew up religious so I little bit of spirituality and faith definitely helps, I guess overall I learned to see beauty in things and embrace most of the chaos life throws at me, to varying degrees of success. What does make me feel existential are strangely the little things, human connection and how fickle it can be, how quickly the world can pass you by, how unfair life can be, stuff like that. I've lived a sheltered life up until this point so I didn't experience a lot of these things, but I'll have to face the world soon enough and its a bit daunting.

[@Jester4460]

@@THExRISER me no read many word Put in oonga boonga terms

[@THExRISER]

@@Jester4460 TLDR; The universe doesn't make me feel existential dread, people do.

[@Jester4460]

@@THExRISER oh I do that a lot It my skill to make People remember no matter what we will be forgotten Entirely IF another species of high intelligence live And will end in a defeating Silence of nothing black

[@naul6882]

I think the line "no angel came for me, but the hat man did" is implying that the hat man is a sort of guardian for people in the hypnagogic state which is why the kids friend said it didn't attack them but rather watched them.

[@boney2982]

thats oddly comforting that there is this scary looking entity thats just making sure we are safe before we fully fall asleep

[@sambibambi5409]

sandman's buddy :)

[@augustinerose5668]

@@sambibambi5409 Sandman's buddy who doesn't really know how to talk to people and so he just does whatever the hell that was instead.

[@us_bongress]

You remind me of old KZbin, your own ideas, fresh and fun, quirky likable personality that’s definitely unique and distinct, and just quality unique content, love this stuff, keep it coming

[@bartoszstrzelecki8174]

@Suk MahDeekYootOob I mean, it's likely a troll, but got examples?

[@syntheticteapot]

@Suk MahDeekYootOob what a weird, minor criticism that ultimately doesn't constitute your claim of him being a troll. It's just a long form analysis with his own opinion inserted. It's not that deep.

[@goji_crafter]

@Suk MahDeekYootOob it is a weird and minor criticism lol, you can't deny that.

[@goji_crafter]

@Suk MahDeekYootOob also I don't believe "unwords" is a commonly accepted valid English word

[@goji_crafter]

@Suk MahDeekYootOob This is nothing but transparent backtracking. You only tried to make light of it after Synthetic Teapot's response. If you were trying to be funny during that comment you would have, you know, made jokes, instead of a mistake.

[@riley._.5332]

Have you listened to any of The Magnus Archives? It's an anthology that later becomes a full narrative, but the ways it plays with fear as a tangible force, the concepts of fear itself being this ouroboros snake , are super cool and worth diving into

[@cecil_s]

make your statement. face your fear.

[@elfietheespeon9462]

O.O Another fan!!!!!!!!!!

[@thatboihar8292]

I havent finished the series, but its good so far

[@Sarcasticsatyr]

I’m on episode 140 something and I’ll be honest I haven’t finished Bc I’m scared of it ending

[@risperidont]

i listened to a few episodes a while back and the angler fish one stuck with me so much omg

[@kawaiiamethist]

I was convinced during 'Steve' we were reading the ramblings of an obsessed ghost.

[@claralippard6116]

“Longing for something greater” is honestly the best story I’ve ever heard. I can’t explain why it gets me so bad but I get goosebumps and a tear in my eye whenever I hear it.

[@nothere_cora]

Just know that I'm an art student and i put your videos on everytime I'm painting or doing a project, this is the best content to listen to, watch, and rewind to watch again ; i love you and your talent for analysis and your motivation to condense, compact and explain all that shit to us, it's beautiful

[@alyasfukename3355]

Is that your art in your profile pic?

[@sarahmorris4410]

Don’t go to politics please

[@overthinker5805]

@@sarahmorris4410 lazy response

[@LilFrg]

It’s really funny you say that because I’ve been doing the same thing. I listened to the back rooms video while drawing my interpretation of the Fae realm and it is one of my favorites. Creepy videos for a creepy setting really helped me out.

[@Helpfuldoge]

@@d.olluwu their talking about the moustache guy from world war 2

[@glitterychik]

re: Longing for something greater. In addition to the reviewer saying there was a steep drop-off near the rest stop, he specifically said that he would've fallen over it if someone/something lunged at him. I think when/if Fiona went back, she didn't just slip- she encounter colt's ghost/ the red thing, and it lunged at her/pushed her off the cliff.

[@hudra5528]

requiem for steve was so funny to think about. an entire company board for weeks was full of this insane woman publicly obsessing over this guy, with only two other messages from moderation telling her to make a profile picture.

[@yonatanmoritz]

"Genetic Opportunity" reminds me a whole ton of "If You're Armed And At The Glenmont Metro Please Shoot Me". Nothing against the Hypnogogic Archive but IYAAATGMPSM is hands down the second most mind bending, thought provoking, and truly horrifying short stories I've ever read. And I've read a lot. For those interested, the number one spot goes to Stephen King's "The Jaunt".

[@lydiarand4786]

That story was genuinely unsettling. I still think about it from time to time.

[@AstralPhnx]

Just had a read of that and dear god that is horrifying. I feel like having your awake perceived time go so much fucking slower is just... A million and one times worse than just waking up and it suddenly being a year later tbh... But both are terrifying

[@QuintessentialWalrus]

I wonder which story was written first? They both have the exact same premise, just in reverse.

[@DFTBA221B]

"The Jaunt" has stuck with me for the past 10 years, straight up. Longer than you think, dad! Longer than you think!

[@oof313]

IYAAAATGMPSM is from 2019, no idea when HA was actually created. @@QuintessentialWalrus