Hey, 'teens. I don't usually like to blogpost, but something really unsettling happened to me recently, and I'm still not sure what to make of it. Hopefully some of you might be able to tell me what's going on, or give me a rational explanation. Because right now, science fails to explain what I saw and heard.
I'm sure all of you have heard the scary stories about Nophono: the eerily silent, faceless man in the haunted VHS tapes. And, like many of you, I wrote them off as just that: scary stories. But still, I always found the mystery intriguing. What is Nophono? Is he a ghost? What does he care about? I guess that's why, when I saw a catbox link labeled "NOPHONO_3.MP4" on the 'log at 4am, I clicked it. That was one of the worst mistakes of my life.
Upon opening the file, I was greeted by what I would expect from a video purporting to be the "real" nophono tapes. At first, it was just the sound of static, accompanied by visuals that were so fuzzy I couldn't make out what they were supposed to be. I assumed it was an intro song, but I really couldn't tell. Then, it abruptly cut to Nophono, in his bright blue suit, staring at the viewer. Everything except his suit and tie was monochrome. He was in what appeared to be the set of a children's show, like Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, but it was oddly sparse of furniture. There were exposed wooden rafters, as if it were filmed in someone's attic, and the only objects visible were the table in front of him and some puppets scattered around.
After staying completely motionless for a time, Nophono glided silently through the set to the other side of the table, his feet not making a sound as he walked. The camera followed him, and he was shown to be standing in front of a rudimentary wooden doll with a bulbous head, green shirt, and red lips. Despite how smooth and graceful his walking was, the way that he handled the doll was clumsy and fumbling, like some kind of retarded sped. More than that, his manipulation of the doll didn't seem to be to any real purpose - he just kind of grabbed at its arms and dropped it, like he was struggling to keep it in his hands at all. Then he just went right back to staring at the camera.
By this point, I was thoroughly unimpressed. This just seemed like some AI video someone had generated to try and be a spooky ARG, but it was so blatantly AI. The way Nophono just stood completely still before going into action, the way that his movements didn't seem to have any goal at
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