Grab those tin foil hats and head for the basement; something is rumbling worldwide making noises like Chewbacca in a curry house toilet. Is it viral marketing or Mayan gods cracking their knuckles? Who knows? But here are the facts.
So basically places all over the world are reporting odd noises being made in the night sky. Helpfully most of the footage appears to be filmed next to busy free-ways and narrated by people who can’t help but share everything in their life in detail. Even little old Dawson Creek got in on the action!
Where else? France, Norway, Denmark, and even the Czech Republic. Kudos to the cameraman in the Czech Republic for actually doing a damn good job of grabbing some audio clips.
So what do we have here? Could it be a race of aliens warning us by playing eerie music in the woods? Is it the shifting of tectonic plates about to cause the end of the world in line with Mayan calendar? Or is it a pack of bears in the woods playing hide the salami ? Who knows?
Well someone does. Somewhere. And God bless the internet whose stubbornness won’t let anyone pull shit on them. One Redditor, from Reddit.com (duh!) took it onto himself to investigate further all the videos being submitted.
What did they find? Well firstly; nearly all the videos are from youtube channels belong to conspiracy creepy-guy-next door types. These are people you wouldn’t make eye contact with in the street. Most of them have been submitting videos pointing at objects in the night and proclaiming Aliens before they have even breathed another breath.
So, this begins to fuel more questions. Why are all the videos heard by only one person in each clip? Why are they all filmed from high-rise buildings? Why is there not a busy market square hearing these audio pieces?
Last but not least, all the videos have labelling qualities. Similar titles, descriptions, related topics, and other fiddly Youtube system set-ups. It all reeks a little bit uncanny for my liking.
BUT FOR REALSIES THIS TIME!
So; in conclusion? This is highly likely to be a marketing viral video for an Independence Day style alien shoot-em-up romp, a summer blockbuster film. If this is the case, then I would say this is not right. Is it fair to play on people like this? Scare people to market a film? I mean; what’s next?
Imagine coming home, if you will, after a hard day of working and your front door is unlocked and slightly ajar. You slowly walk in, making sure to not make a noise as you place your keys down on the counter. You call for your dog but there is no response. Suddenly a flash of movement in the corner of your eye! What was that?! As you walk into the living room slowly you tremble as you slither the light switch on. They’re not working. Your panic levels have increased and you know enough to get out of there. You move back slowly only you bump into something. You know there isn’t a wall there and you’re frozen in terror.
You feel something sticking into your back! It feels like … like … a Blu-ray film? You turn around to see Wes Craven with a copy of promo copy of Scream 6 for you. You’ve just made the DVD extras. Oh, you clever marketing people, you.
(via Reddit.com)