Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

[Navaru]

Listening to the VHS for the first time, not too shabby for some bedroom electronica. Better than most of the copies we find ourselves flooded with at times lol.

[Navaru]

Sounds like it’s saying “numbers to letters”

[babylulu]

some possible number to letter combinations of the two channel names, Channel 4226 and Channel 165

dbzafe (could be an anagram for "fazed")
dbbfafe

[karpeggi]

Here's an account of interest, the avatar looks like the "19 5 5 11" video footage ... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC19hPP ... RqTnP7XwSA

Found this in the comments section of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YgGYE6DUA

Forty-two twenty-six 8 hours ago "There will be more to come. .--. .- -.-- / -.-. .-.. --- ... . / .- - - . -. - .. --- -."

morse code that says "PAY CLOSE ATTENTION"

[babylulu]

Here's an account of interest, the avatar looks like the "19 5 5 11" video footage ... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC19hPP ... RqTnP7XwSA

Found this in the comments section of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YgGYE6DUA

Forty-two twenty-six 8 hours ago "There will be more to come. .--. .- -.-- / -.-. .-.. --- ... . / .- - - . -. - .. --- -."

morse code that says "PAY CLOSE ATTENTION"

so the "Channel 4226" is not 4 2 26 or 4 2 2 6, it is 42 26. This leaves us with

42 26 165

[Navaru]

https://youtu.be/4wcV-sDkO84

Is it just me or at 28:45 on the VHS tape it sounds like they sampled Geo’s fake from a few years ago.

[oakmoss&amber]

Here's an account of interest, the avatar looks like the "19 5 5 11" video footage ... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC19hPP ... RqTnP7XwSA

Found this in the comments section of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YgGYE6DUA

Forty-two twenty-six 8 hours ago "There will be more to come. .--. .- -.-- / -.-. .-.. --- ... . / .- - - . -. - .. --- -."

morse code that says "PAY CLOSE ATTENTION"

so the "Channel 4226" is not 4 2 26 or 4 2 2 6, it is 42 26. This leaves us with

42 26 165

was it already stated that the original thrift store VHS tape video runtime is 42:26?

[babylulu]

Here's an account of interest, the avatar looks like the "19 5 5 11" video footage ... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC19hPP ... RqTnP7XwSA

Found this in the comments section of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YgGYE6DUA

Forty-two twenty-six 8 hours ago "There will be more to come. .--. .- -.-- / -.-. .-.. --- ... . / .- - - . -. - .. --- -."

morse code that says "PAY CLOSE ATTENTION"

so the "Channel 4226" is not 4 2 26 or 4 2 2 6, it is 42 26. This leaves us with

42 26 165

was it already stated that the original thrift store VHS tape video runtime is 42:26?

that just wrinkled my brain

[Orbited insanitarium]

This is a wild goose chase that's only going to leave more questions than answers. All I'm saying.

[babylulu]

OH
The "message board error code" is GPS coordinates. That is why there is a "-" next to the "H0". if we follow through with the letters to numbers it gives "-80.36593906"

[babylulu]

OH
The "message board error code" is GPS coordinates. That is why there is a "-" next to the "H0". if we follow through with the letters to numbers it gives "-80.36593906"

this seems more likely than uzbekistan

[hexagonFox]

this is palindromic it seems and is eerily familiar to semana Mertvykh

[babylulu]

Exact coordinates lead to a place called "Raccoon Creek"

https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2 ... 80.3659391

[babylulu]

Exact coordinates lead to a place called "Raccoon Creek"

https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2 ... 80.3659391

this is a 30 minute drive from the thrift store, so this could possibly be the location the video was taken at

[Orbited insanitarium]

Please, for your own safety. Don't visit these locations posted, that would be a really silly decision in my view. We don't know who this person(s) is.

[supdudes]

OH
The "message board error code" is GPS coordinates. That is why there is a "-" next to the "H0". if we follow through with the letters to numbers it gives "-80.36593906"

this seems more likely than uzbekistan

Nice. A couple observations. In your current scheme, where does the 0 from "$0" end up?

Another thing I noticed: 0F59C90F is pretty unmistakable hexadecimal. Could just be coincidence, but in hexadecimal, that would be a 4 byte string that converts to 257542415 in decimal. It may also have an ASCII equivalent as well.

[karpeggi]

OH
The "message board error code" is GPS coordinates. That is why there is a "-" next to the "H0". if we follow through with the letters to numbers it gives "-80.36593906"

When I try the error code letter to number I get are like this, I must be missing something

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message board error code: A3, -H0. 0F59C90F  (original)
message board error code: 13, -80. 06593906  (letters to numbers)


[babylulu]

OH
The "message board error code" is GPS coordinates. That is why there is a "-" next to the "H0". if we follow through with the letters to numbers it gives "-80.36593906"

When I try the error code letter to number I get are like this, I must be missing something

Code: Select all

message board error code: A3, -H0. 0F59C90F  (original)
message board error code: 13, -80. 06593906  (letters to numbers)


u right, that was a mistake on my part.

[oakmoss&amber]

Exact coordinates lead to a place called "Raccoon Creek"

https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2 ... 80.3659391

this is a 30 minute drive from the thrift store, so this could possibly be the location the video was taken at

Kinda funny you mention this. I have friends in PA and that was the first place that I thought of in his video where he drove around and talked about the "origins" of the tape. I actually got the idea he was insinuating for folks to go to that location bs or not.

[Sky and Trails]

Holy shit, it's getting wild!
Buckling my seatbelt.

I haven't been doing any of the numbers work but thanks to those who have.

This is pretty cool.

And whoever said this is the real speculation forum - right on