I believe that the middle picture is some kind of giant monster. My reasoning, the green things on either side look like the tops of palm trees, if you look closely you can make out the shapes of each (needle? prong?).
Hmmm… it seems that I’m a little too late to get in on today’s interestingness, but now that I have a reason to post here again, I’ll be back in full force tomorrow to help puzzle out the next… erm… puzzle.
Ghosted by DocDragon @ 11/16/2008 3:45 AM EST
You know it’s officially the holiday season when the disquieting, nightmare-inducing madness begins.
Ghosted by Monte @ 11/16/2008 4:01 AM EST
And unfortunately I’m not good at morse code, or decoding pictures.
Okay, so forgive me if I’m stating the obvious here, but from the clues I’ve seen it looks like the crew has had to evacuate the mansion, possibly due to some sort of infestation?
Ghosted by lightningkick @ 11/16/2008 11:35 AM EST
Guise-my photoshop verifies you are correct! you need to do a little flipping and stretching but yes, that is the source pic.
DJ_D-I assumed Matt does not have a stock photography subscription so I did a google search for “circus” and it’s the 7th image. Heh, remember, I get PAID to sit here and photoshop all day
The middle one has me wondering, I’ve image searched for some time trying all different ideas and scenarios – going from sea monsters and giant monsters to what I’m pretty sure now is three termites (one facing upwards, two away – we see their carapaces looking like eyes) on a grey nest with trees in background.
Ann–I should have figured it was something as simple. Until recently I had a similar type of job. I spent most of my free time using photoshop to work on personal projects…when I wasn’t here of course.
Guise–I thought about that. I agree that the two lumps on the sides are some kind of leaves or possibly the tops of grassy hills, if they’re not actually 2 other creatures. I did some searches myself but haven’t come up with anything yet.
Deej, how about…they’ve all been breathing in way too much fumigation smoke (fire pic) whilst termites (middle pic) are being taken care of in a tented house (circus pic). XD
I’ve been reading the comments and speculations on this years calendar and I think I know the solution. Here’s what I came up with:
Whatever happens this year, it’s going to be even more screwed up than previous years.
Ghosted by PlantMonster @ 11/16/2008 4:06 PM EST
I don’t know if this has been discussed yet or not but, the name of the box 23 jpg is “arcano”.
seign–Yeah, we discussed that quite a bit on the old thread. Several people instantly started looking at a website called Arcano.com. We thought for a while that would be part of the conspiracy, after looking at the history of the site–when/where it was first put up (1997, I believe)–we concluded that the site itself is pretty much a dead end and most likely has nothing to do with anything. So far we don’t know the meaning behind “arcano” other than it signifies something hidden or mysterious. Time will tell.
The second picture reminds me of a screen-shot from a video game. I’m thinking either Daxter or Mario 64 for some reason.
To me, it looks like 2 bees crawling on a hive. I’ll keep google-ing and see what I can find.
Ghosted by Alecks @ 11/16/2008 8:02 PM EST
This is the only part of Box 23/Advent I dislike, the time difference between US and UK that means that I might sleep now and miss an update. Heh.
Alecks, yeah, I’m of the same mind but thinking termites. The yellow-orange blobs on the side being their backs, while the dark brown-grey in the centre of the big grey area is the actual head of one moving upwards.
Ok, clicking on Box 23 links to that page, its a directory on the old DinosaurDracula site. Contains four images.
Untitled-1 appears self-explanatory, screw conservation of giant crabs.
Untitled-2 is the mansion these days?
Untitled-3 is BBC news report, perhaps meteor shard ala Smallville and the meta-humans?
Untitled-4 is that Doctor?
It’s obvious that Untitled-3 is only telling us that Hssxxlllo uses Firefox.
But really, look at the other tabs that are opened. Besides the BBC one, there’s “i c u,” “YouTube – Tuamotus Coconut Crab,” “Missing People | Home,” and “Hot Pack, Self Heating Meals from Canl…”
Probably stating the obvious, but the “i c u” tab is dinosaurdracula.com.
Ghosted by Jason @ 11/17/2008 4:17 AM EST
Also “understanding hell” is in the google search bar. I just tried searching it myself and nothing really caught my eye. Then again, I am not very good at these things…:S
And then went back to the classic i c u page: http://dinosaurdracula.com/
At the bottom is the picture of all the characters listening to Santa. Right behind Mista Snowman is the lego character doctor..
Isn’t untitled-4 a sliver of the same character?
Ghosted by divechaz @ 11/17/2008 5:03 AM EST
Guise ..sorry!
Just saw that you already pointed that out. Sorry for the DP.
Ghosted by divechaz @ 11/17/2008 5:04 AM EST
Nice. Daily clues already?? You guys pretty much have it all worked out. Not much I can add at this point.
I removed mega5 and the webpage for the following: http://www.x-entertainment.com/updates/pics/
Is a mixed splash page for Dec 5th 2007 advent calendar and the Christmassy version of X-entertainment. ANything special on Dec 5th last year?
I do kinda feel I’m reaching here…maybe just a red herring?
Ghosted by divechaz @ 11/17/2008 9:08 AM EST
Untitled II, looks like the inside of the mansion, although I don’t think the mansion has round windows like that. It does look like the inside of something that has been destroyed.
Perhaps a look at all the potential dwellings on playmobil.com, might be wise.
Tres, I think it’s more a ‘dramatic reconstruction’ of the site, seeing as the destruction of a Playmobil mansion wouldn’t have the same effect in seeing a blurred, darkened photo of a real destroyed place.
The windows got me a bit though, as not only did they look porthole-y, but also that the one in the middle seems to be ever so sligly uneven and split.
I’m leaning towards a ’suspension of disbelief’ that we are seeing the mansion as it exists to them, not what we see in the calendar, if that makes sense?
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I believe that the middle picture is some kind of giant monster. My reasoning, the green things on either side look like the tops of palm trees, if you look closely you can make out the shapes of each (needle? prong?).