Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

[hexagonFox]

This is most certainly new activity.

[Frindia]

Was this coded image recently posted online, or has it been there all along since last spring

It has a date on it: March 13, 2023. Part of the image looks like some of the hint and clue videos we got from the ARG last year though. The missing faces MHTRTC / TCH looking photo is definitely new.

Forgot to point out this image has numbers in it as well 19 5 5 11 - seek. Talk about deja vu.

[Orbited insanitarium]

Long time no see, Thrift Store Anomaly.

I'm getting this rhyme tattooed, also this all looks interesting and I'm down for a rejuvenation of this topic!

[Frindia]

Long time no see, Thrift Store Anomaly.

I'm getting this rhyme tattooed, also this all looks interesting and I'm down for a rejuvenation of this topic!

I'd look like a liar if I said it was unintentional but it was!

The morse code may translate to something that has to do with YouTube? I can only decipher YOUTUBE.COM/@CHANNEL-ONE which makes me think of the old Channel Onesixtyfive from the previous ARG. Damnit! I knew I should have learned perfect morse after the last go-around!

[Frindia]

I can only decipher YOUTUBE.COM/@CHANNEL-ONE

I wasn't that far off.
https://www.youtube.com/@channel-one.

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Description: 25 15 21 20 21 2 5 4 15 20 3 15 13 6 15 18 23 1 18 4 19 12 1 19 8 @_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _hyphen _

The numbers above translate to youtubedotcomforwardslash

The video itself contains what sounds like an unintelligible version of one of the VHS tracks. RIP FLIP PITCH. My guess is to rip the video, reverse it, and pitch it? There are also numbers in the video 1 4 1 19 8 23 9 12 12 7 15 9 14 2 5 20 23 5 5 14 3 8 1 14 14 5 12 1 14 4 2 which spells out adashwillgoinbetweenchannelandb

[Orbited insanitarium]

I can only decipher YOUTUBE.COM/@CHANNEL-ONE

I wasn't that far off.
https://www.youtube.com/@channel-one.

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Description: 25 15 21 20 21 2 5 4 15 20 3 15 13 6 15 18 23 1 18 4 19 12 1 19 8 @_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _hyphen _

The numbers above translate to youtubedotcomforwardslash

The video itself contains what sounds like an unintelligible version of one of the VHS tracks. RIP FLIP PITCH. My guess is to rip the video, reverse it, and pitch it? There are also numbers in the video 1 4 1 19 8 23 9 12 12 7 15 9 14 2 5 20 23 5 5 14 3 8 1 14 14 5 12 1 14 4 2 which spells out adashwillgoinbetweenchannelandb

Fantastic translation and detective work, subscribing for all updates when they happen.

I wonder if thrifty is planning a one year anniversary ARG? March 22nd was the first time the original VHS tape was brought up on twoism at least, but the video was uploaded a month or so prior. I think this all is a wave hello.
And maybe music is on the horizon...

[Brendan Standing Alone]

While a part of me would still love for the Thrift Store Tape to be actual early BOC, I tend to agree with your assessment. With this now resurfacing and new clues given, I believe it gives credence to a new artist who was most likely finishing tracks the past year and is probably ready to offer a more official release. Heck of an introduction if this is the case. (And the music itself is phenomenal, as highly compressed as it is.)


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[Frindia]

Had to sleep but found some more stuff last night and got hung up.

I ripped, flipped, and pitched and found this. The voice is saying numbers in the video: 3 8 1 14 14 5 12 2 channelb

When you follow the instructions of Channel one. (25 15 21 20 21 2 5 4 15 20 3 15 13 6 15 18 23 1 18 4 19 12 1 19 8 @_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _hyphen _) you get YouTube.com/@channel-b

https://www.youtube.com/@Channel-B

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There are 5 videos that spell out S T A C K. Each video contains a string of numbers that when put together says "Stack Layers Play Backwards pitchminus12"

Here is all of the tracks together and pitched to -12. Can't make out what the voice is saying...
https://voca.ro/1iLCVZ5XHFTn

The original channel that made this known (@genesis-abc123) could be leading us to a third location. The first one is channel one, the second one is channel b so I'm guessing we're looking for a channel c / 3? The about of Channel B has this:

Seek:
youtube.com/@_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6 9 12 12 9 14 20 8 5 2 12 1 14 11 19 (fillintheblanks)

[Electronaldmcdonald2]

If you reverse the combined audio it sounds slightly more legible…

[Frindia]

If you reverse the combined audio it sounds slightly more legible…

I thought so too but it was a friend that combined the audio tracks for me last night and we both were so tired so I'm not sure if the vocaroo I provided is entirely correct. The words at the end sound something like "Too tired _______2AM". Again, I can't be sure if this was done right considering it was super late.

[Electronaldmcdonald2]

https://voca.ro/1cAs5lKZvI0Z

[Electronaldmcdonald2]

There's a voice at the beginning and at the end. I've cut the middle out and tried to EQ it a bit. I can't tell what the hell it's saying?!

"something something L 2 K M"

[Frindia]

There's a voice at the beginning and at the end. I've cut the middle out and tried to EQ it a bit. I can't tell what the hell it's saying?!

"something something L 2 K M"

0 8 5 1
2 12 8 (B?) - M L 2 K M

[Eliotsworld1985]

Has anyone else found anymore luck or are we at a dead-end in this easter egg hunt? I wanted to start a facebook group for this exact topic. I watched this all unfold last year when it was posted in a non-BoC fb group.
i did some digging in to it myself and my reader gives these codes up: Sure, Fred, In. At the beginning of the clip the female voice says: "fill in the blanks". That's what I have so far. Anyone with anymore info, please share.

[Frindia]

Has anyone else found anymore luck or are we at a dead-end in this easter egg hunt? I wanted to start a facebook group for this exact topic. I watched this all unfold last year when it was posted in a non-BoC fb group.
i did some digging in to it myself and my reader gives these codes up: Sure, Fred, In. At the beginning of the clip the female voice says: "fill in the blanks". That's what I have so far. Anyone with anymore info, please share.

I've slowed and isolated the vocals and still have nothing. The ending definitely sounds like M L 2 K M for sure. If the first set are numbers, (which sound like 8 5 1 2 12 to me) that spells out HELL but I'm probably way off here. I've tried every URL iteration I can think of on YouTube. I believe we're at a dead end unless someone can figure out what the voice is definitively saying.

[Frindia]

"fill in the blanks".

Definitely. Should've known considering the numbers at the bottom of Channel B spell that out.

Fill in the blanks (something something something) hyphen M L 2 K M.

[Eliotsworld1985]

I GOT IT!!! youtube.com/@surefredin-ml2km it all makes sense now. My buddy helped me by EQing all the other noise out and running it through his speech-to-text program. Now we have to solve this next one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwrBqvExsZU

[Frindia]

I GOT IT!!! youtube.com/@surefredin-ml2km it all makes sense now. My buddy helped me by EQing all the other noise out and running it through his speech-to-text program. Now we have to solve this next one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwrBqvExsZU

Nice work!

in the description 1 6 15 21 18 4 9 7 9 20 14 21 13 2 5 18 . afourdigitnumber

the binary in the description translates to - nine times eighthundred and fiftyseven equals

I pulled the numbers from the video which are 18 1 14 4 15 13 19 20 18 1 14 7 5 18 (randomstranger) same as the Tumblr page.

https://youtube.com/@_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (there are 18 spaces after "@")

Sounds like there is some reversed vocals in there too so I will get on that rn.

There are also numbers in the about me section of sUre Fred in channel.

20 5 14 16 12 21 19 14 9 14 5 5 17 21 1 12 19 20 8 18 5 5 16 12 21 19 20 23 15 5 17 21 1 12 19 15 14 5 20 9 13 5 15 14 5 5 17 21 1 12 19 20 5 14 16 12 21 19 6 15 21 18 16 12 21 19 6 15 21 18 13 15 18 5 5 17 21 1 12 19 15 14 5 1 14 4 20 23 15 13 1 11 5 20 23 15 24 6 15 21 18 9 19 - tenplusnineequalsthreeplustwoequalsonetimeoneequalstenplusfourplusfourmoreequalsoneandtwomaketwoxfouris

[Frindia]

9x857= 7713

ten plus nine equals three plus two equals one time one equals ten plus four plus four more equals one and two make two x four is

10+9=19
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3+2=5
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1x1=1
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10+4+4=18
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2+1=3
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2x4=8 = SEARCH

https://www.youtube.com/@randomstranger7713

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[Eliotsworld1985]

Holy shit! You beat me to it. Thank you! I would've been up all night trying to figure this out.