00:00buddy i gotta dig a little deeper there's no pepe some of you gotta be kidding me i got boxes
00:03full
00:03of pepe welcome to watchmojo and today we're looking at some of the strangest and unsettling
00:10internet phenomena that will keep you scrolling for hours if you dare you take the red pill
00:15you stay in wonderland and i show you how deep the rabbit hole goes
00:23bizarre websites there's no shortage of content on the world wide web while many users are
00:28accustomed to pages dedicated to brands or social media they may not be aware of those made by
00:34individuals for no profit a free geo cities homepage by following a few simple steps anybody can build
00:40one these personal web pages began popping up in the 1990s and hosts like geo cities and angel fire
00:47allowed anyone to make them sometimes at no cost it's on these sites that you'll be likely to find
00:53some of the strangest and most unsettling content on the internet there are some that serve as online
00:59diaries such as ted's caving page hey it looks like it opens up back there each entry on his discovery
01:06of
01:06a mysterious passage in a cave will pull you further and further in as you try to find out what
01:11happens
01:12next or if what he claims is true others like arrowid are full of unflinchingly honest accounts
01:18of users experiences with various illicit substances including those that resulted in their lives being
01:24changed for the worse there are some that are even darker such as the unintelligible yet fascinating
01:31973 at nama 973 each click will send you into a spiral as you try to decipher the codes creating
01:39a
01:39mystery that you may not be able to solve while some may just be fictional there are others that are
01:45terrifyingly real the website created by members of heaven's gate cult may look like a time capsule of
01:51the 1990s complete with neon text and bold graphics but knowing that it led to the deaths of 39 people
01:58makes
01:58looking through each link on their beliefs far more somber for more than 20 years how has he convinced
02:04these followers he can lead them through the gates of heaven he promises they'll be carried to the
02:10next level of existence in a ufo does he believe what he's saying as he asks them to record video
02:17farewells to earth death just hours away all of these and more are lurking just beneath the surface of
02:24the mainstream internet we know today should you happen to stumble upon one then we recommend diving head
02:29first into the rabbit hole yourself if you dare interactive story driven rabbit holes odd websites
02:36may have plenty of content to scroll through but some don't offer users the chance to interact with
02:42them however there are others that allow netizens to offer their input usually in the form of a comment
02:48section victim identification is a task for specialists but we don't know everything some are based in dark
02:54reality such as our trace an object where redditors attempt to identify objects that assist law
03:01enforcement agencies in solving potential trafficking and exploitation crimes it's hard not to look through
03:06each post without feeling a creeping sense of dread at what may be happening in the uncropped image
03:12others are fictional but that doesn't make them any less frightening story-based content is just as
03:17interactive and often provides hours of eerie entertainment youtube has plenty to offer such as
03:24poppy's earliest uncanny android videos stay with me i am not an occult even more disturbing is the
03:32series created by daisy brown each video showcases daisy and a puppet alan with the latter becoming more
03:38violent and unhinged with every subsequent upload reddit also has plenty of posts that draw users in with
03:45creepy posts some of which are so bizarre that they'll leave you scrolling through users whole profiles and
03:51comment histories just to learn more some leave you wondering if a crime has been or is about to be
03:58committed such as the post about a user inexplicably finding a coffin in their driveway or the one about a
04:03group of friends coming across a not-so-abandoned bridge others leave you worrying for the person
04:09creating these posts such as user worthless 319's descent into paranoia and self-harm it goes to show that even
04:16mainstream websites can still host some truly unsettling works even if you have to dig for it
04:22even if some are fake being able to become part of the story yourself makes it even more immersive
04:27obscure forums and args while some online stories make it easy to discern between fact and fiction
04:34others make it intentionally more murky all throughout the web users create and interact with posts
04:50they use the world we live in as the base and create a seemingly endless amount of options depending
04:56on the path each individual player takes the phenomenon has broken into the mainstream with
05:01various corporations creating them in order to promote a product some lean into the true spirit of
05:06the art form such as adult swims analog horror short this house has people in it that's much
05:12too expensive no it's not that expensive however there are plenty of others that don't come with
05:17financial backing or teams of writers and often they are much more unsettling than their professionally
05:23made counterparts many can be found on reddit often with whole subreddits being dedicated to
05:28unraveling them one of the most infamous is our lake city quiet pills what started as a single post
05:35lamenting the passing of a friend soon led to a sprawling mystery complete with coded messages and real life
05:41assassinations another example is the box of crazy while this hasn't been confirmed to be an arg
05:48the various drawings maps and texts led to a community-wide mystery that still hasn't been entirely decoded
05:55youtube is also home to plenty of alternate reality games one of the most compelling comes from the channel
06:01meat sleep which was owned by 11 users from around the globe each video shows them trying to identify
06:08meat often in disturbing ways the viewers have been pulled into the mystery and over a decade later
06:14they still have not been able to solve it
06:21no matter which platform you find it on we guarantee that once you start one of these eerie interactive
06:26experiences you won't be able to stop
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06:58i die for you i made that vow
07:05unusual case studies without a doubt one of the most interesting aspects of the internet are the people who
07:12use it not just those who post their own content but also those who interact with those creators not even
07:19real life people are safe from being turned into rabbit holes with viewers debating the lore of their
07:24lives these subjects also known as lol cows are usually chosen based on their propensity to fall for lies
07:30online or their eccentric personalities one of the more unsettling cases is chip chan a korean streamer who
07:38was filmed inside her apartment the cameras seemed to be in the corners of her home making it seem more
07:43like cctv footage than a traditional stream she claims she's being held hostage and being subjected
07:49to mind control techniques which has led to countless people tuning in over the years until
07:54her sudden disappearance in 2020 people would watch and analyze every second of her multi-hour streams
08:00however what set her apart from other case studies was the healthy distance between her and her audience
08:06others such as chris chan aren't so lucky since 2007 every aspect of her and her family's lives has
08:13been picked apart other trolls have been far more insidious and have created harassment campaigns
08:19seemingly with the goal of pushing her over the edge from impersonation to manipulating her into
08:24believing she lives in a fantasy world each act is deplorable yet impossible to look away from she even
08:31has a whole wikipedia-like website dedicated to her with over 34 000 pages and counting her life has
08:37become a bottomless rabbit hole and it doesn't seem like it will end anytime soon her case puts a
08:43spotlight on the obsessive behavior of some users and how far they'll go to impress others like themselves
08:49which of these rabbit holes do you want to dive down first let us know in the comments
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