I’m not having a good time this week so anything to keep my mind busy is welcome, frivilous or not.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 11/27/2007 12:07 PM
dohopoki, I tend to agree with the “Our Muse has Burns” thinking, seeing as the box that Santa was smoked in was box number 23. (I always thought they looked like kangaroos rather than bunnies though.)
How about the muse being Robert Burns though? Best laid plans and all that…
Chestnuts roasted by Guise @ 11/27/2007 12:34 PM
Anyone decode the wingdings yet?
Chestnuts roasted by tigerfan @ 11/27/2007 12:35 PM
tiger (how do I make that bold??): Ben translated them yesterday, and he posted his finding on yesterday’s blog discussion. Quite apocalyptic!
Chestnuts roasted by Nizz @ 11/27/2007 12:37 PM
they are kind of kangaroo-ish but I’m going with Rabbit based on other hints.
The Brachylagus file name
Batrib = Rabbit
RatSee= Easter
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 11/27/2007 1:21 PM
Ok, so I have no idea how to figure this all out, but I think that it is badass that 1) you have taken the time to attempt to figure it out and 2) that matt gave you your own thread. keep up the work, i’ll keep reading and following along, and if something comes to me, i will let you know.
Chestnuts roasted by Leigha @ 11/27/2007 1:22 PM
dohopoki: Now that is extremely interesting. I hadn’t bothered to look up Brachylagus yet. And it may be worth noting that Amalthea eventually evolved into a sort of fertility deity, and fills some of the same aspects as the goddess Eostre, whose festival we Christians jacked for our own purposes.
Hmm. Well spotted. Now I’ve got to go watch the video again.
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/27/2007 1:35 PM
I’m coming into this late, so this may have already been mentioned, but did anyone else notice how much the hands “something is new” page look like the hand in the photo of the bog men.
also, there are several easter references in the cryptic note. “Let’s do pastels…” a reference to the pastels of easter and “ovals better than circles” eggs are oval. I’m pretty sure the rabbit is taking over christmas
Chestnuts roasted by Trash @ 11/27/2007 2:10 PM
I’m not playing along, but I can tell you that they are Rabbits (unless Matt chooses to change them for the purpose of narrative/mystery) because there is a Bunny playset from Playmobil. Several actually:
Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 11/27/2007 2:45 PM
Those bunny playsets are super creepy, especially the “Bunny School” with the little bunny teacher. I don’t trust them.
I am in no way smart or crafty enough to figure out any of this stuff, but you people working on it are totally awesome. If someone asked me to solve crazy anagrams or translate a page of Wingdings into normal text I’d probably cry, but you guys don’t seem to have much trouble with it. Kudos.
Chestnuts roasted by jazzy @ 11/27/2007 2:52 PM
December 24th, 2006: Kuse mentions “doing this for Easter.”
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 11/27/2007 2:53 PM
Trash, I layered the 2 pictures on top of each other and while I do think it looks like a clinched fist, personally I wasn’t able to line it up perfectly. The thumb’s are kind of in a different position. Someone else should try though.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 11/27/2007 3:12 PM
this is probably stretching it, but the fist DOES sort of look like a bunny head when you flip it upside down. I dunno if it’s just my mind seeing what it wants to, but…
Chestnuts roasted by Trash @ 11/27/2007 3:52 PM
Trash that is freaky, it’s even got the whiskers and the v-shape to the wiggly nose.
Why do I expect nightmares of demon bunnies in Twin Peaks tonight?
Chestnuts roasted by Guise @ 11/27/2007 4:02 PM
I’m convinced that I’m easily convinced on what the Batrib picture.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 11/27/2007 4:08 PM
Note that the file name for for the clenched fist is Nerd Her Rig, anagram: Red Herring. I wouldn’t bother with the fist.
Chestnuts roasted by Sami @ 11/27/2007 4:23 PM
Oh and dohopoki, I spent ages on the RatSee thing trying in Photoshop to see if there was a hidden message in the picture, because I remembered something from science class years back about rats seeing in a different way. I should have just unscrambled.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 11/27/2007 4:33 PM
Has anyone else gotten the “the answers are there for u 2 share” message from Hssxxlllo? ‘Cuz I’m thinking that the Advent Calendare is gonna get invaded by a disgruntled easter bunny, and the message was his manifesto.
Chestnuts roasted by DocDragon @ 11/27/2007 4:34 PM
It is definitely all coming together now. Nice finds guys.
Chestnuts roasted by Magic Toy @ 11/27/2007 4:49 PM
The Number of The Beast = Satan = Santa?
The Bogmen page = Ritual Suicide
OnMissI.gif = Mission
achildachild.gif= Box, the son?
Of course, Matt just might have lost his mind and wants us all to slowly lose ours so that we all get dragged away screaming “The Rabbits…They are taking over Christmas. Fleee!” while our loved ones weep and say “Well, it’s for the best”.
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My whole theory on #23 is that it’s a Cloverleaf teaser. The monster’s a giant rabbit bent on ruining the good time of timewasting nerds.
Another theory: there is absolutely no meaning for any of this. I think Matt just created this just to see how many people would get involved in this.