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Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:23 pm
by 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.

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:29 pm
by Navaru
Sounds like it’s saying “numbers to letters”

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:37 pm
by 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

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:41 pm
by 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

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

morse code that says "PAY CLOSE ATTENTION"

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:44 pm
by babylulu
karpeggi wrote: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

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

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:46 pm
by Navaru


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.

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:47 pm
by oakmoss&amber
babylulu wrote:
karpeggi wrote: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

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?

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:49 pm
by babylulu
oakmoss&amber wrote:
babylulu wrote:
karpeggi wrote: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

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

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:56 pm
by Orbited insanitarium
This is a wild goose chase that's only going to leave more questions than answers. All I'm saying. :]

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:58 pm
by 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"

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:01 pm
by babylulu
babylulu wrote: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"
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this seems more likely than uzbekistan

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:04 pm
by hexagonFox
this is palindromic it seems and is eerily familiar to semana Mertvykh

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:14 pm
by babylulu
Exact coordinates lead to a place called "Raccoon Creek"

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

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:16 pm
by babylulu
babylulu wrote: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

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:17 pm
by 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.

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:20 pm
by supdudes
babylulu wrote:
babylulu wrote: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"
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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.

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:20 pm
by karpeggi
babylulu wrote: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)

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:22 pm
by babylulu
karpeggi wrote:
babylulu wrote: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)
u right, that was a mistake on my part.

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:23 pm
by oakmoss&amber
babylulu wrote:
babylulu wrote: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.

Re: Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:23 pm
by 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 :)