Video summary
In 2012, a mysterious user known as "Europe Gamer" began documenting strange occurrences on the Game Grumps YouTube channel, claiming that a specific video entry had vanished shortly after being posted. The blogger described encountering a video with no title that displayed only a static capture card screen accompanied by an eerie buzzing noise and inaudible whispers before their browser crashed. When attempting to access the content again, the video was completely gone, leaving behind only confused comments from other users who questioned the nature of the upload or suggested it was merely a technical error. Despite these initial glitches, the community largely dismissed the incident as a mistake until the situation escalated into something far more unsettling.
The horror intensified when the user reported receiving alerts for new episodes that appeared to be corrupted or entirely missing their expected hosts. One entry described an episode titled "Screaming Part 8,880," which featured a heavily altered intro where only one host's head appeared while the other was absent, followed by violent screeching sounds and erratic smashing noises. As the video progressed, the game footage glitched violently before being replaced by a test pattern, with screams continuing to blast through the audio channels until all sound was cut off by a deafening hum. The experience left the blogger terrified, noting that even friends who viewed recorded copies of the file began doubting their sanity and calling them crazy.
As days turned into weeks, the user became increasingly distressed, insisting that they had undeniable video footage of these bizarre events despite the files disappearing the moment they tried to watch them. They expressed frustration at being ignored by the community and felt that the incident might have been an elaborate prank or a supernatural haunting rather than a simple technical glitch. Eventually, the blogger's account was abandoned with no further updates, leaving behind a trail of cryptic messages and locked comments that offered no explanation for what had transpired. Months later, throwaway accounts attempted to spam similar videos into the community forums, but these efforts were quickly met with blacklisting or abandonment, suggesting that the original incident remained an unresolved mystery within the gaming circle.
Ultimately, the narrative concludes with a reflection on the psychological impact of prolonged stress and paranoia, as the blogger questioned whether their perception of reality had been distorted by anxiety rather than actual supernatural events. Although they later reviewed old videos from the channel and found nothing out of the ordinary, the memory of the glitched episodes and the sudden disappearance of content lingered in their mind. The story serves as a cautionary tale about how stress can manifest as hallucinations or misinterpretations of digital artifacts, leaving viewers to wonder if the haunting was real or simply a product of a tired mind unable to distinguish between a corrupted file and a genuine paranormal experience.
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The formidable robot.
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In 2012, a user on the gamer blog
mysteriously [music]
disappeared in the span of several days
after continuously posting about a
supposed haunting in-game [music] groups
video that everyone overlooked or
ignored. This entry emailed to me will
go into detail about a user known as
Europe Gamer [music] who would blog
about doing their own reviews of gamers
playthroughs on YouTube game [music]
trailers or machinima.
Blog number 45 about Game Grumps, August
16th, [music] 2012, posted at 1:42 p.m.
Did anyone else catch that weird video?
I checked my video in Mox for a new
game, Grump's video, but without any
title. When I went to watch it, [music]
it was just a still of their capture
card screen with this weird buzzing
noise. There was something inaudible I
could hear and it almost sounded like
someone was about to speak, but my
browser crashed and the video is just
gone now.
All comments for [music] Garrett or
nope. Maybe an error to fish sandwiched
3503. I didn't get anything from them or
what video you are talking about. Maybe
you should configure your user settings
to get notifications in minutes, you
[ __ ] blueberry. And while you're at
it, get off the IE legend 1234. That
does sound pretty creepy. Oh, reckon
it's a ghost in Mux.
Shan took an arrow. Would have checked,
but you know, I watch Chuga [music] and
Roy for the laws.
Blog number 36 about Game Grumps,
[music] August 18th, 2012, posted at
6:54 p.m. This was a pretty good
playthrough, but the episode as a whole
was funny. My only non-complaint was
that for most [music] of the time they
walked into random doors several times
and it was hurting me because I have
patience thinner than paint. Going to
call this blog out cuz it's late and I'm
itching to watch whatever's on Netflix.
Good night from [music] your OP gamer.
Video description. Somehow Argan and
John blast their way to the first gym in
record time and they can't stop laughing
about how little of home they've
actually seen along the way. The pumloom
joke made me spit out my tea because in
what universe did hash ever catch one in
the anime? Even caught on to the know me
don't you know me joke from Dexter? Once
they were there though, there was the
bug kid who started a battle with him.
Meanwhile, Jon went on about his candy
bars. Argan sent out his warble which
they took out with their pooch hyena.
Then they fought nana with their lumber.
The battle was pretty tedious but
nothing too serious. All comments three
anonymous number 12,49,42
law when Arogan screamed no ox
took an arrow. Why don't you just watch
Chuga already? He's 10 times funnier.
User deleted. Check your inbox J.
Blog number 47 about game grumps. August
18th, 2012. Posted at 8:00 p.m. I wasn't
prepared for that at all. I just
finished writing my video reply on part
12 of Game Grumps Pokemon Emerald when I
got the alert in my inbox about their
new video that I think I saw back on
post 35. I'm scared shitless.
Video description. There isn't any
episode title here or what game they are
actually playing. It just says screaming
part 8,880
which seems like an impossibly numbered
episode. So, my first assumption was
that this was a placeholder thumbnail
for a one-off horror game, and I got
ready to change my pants. The intro was
heavily altered, totally silent up until
J's head popped up, and only J's head
with Argan nowhere at the last second. I
can't even put words into a good
description for why Argan's head was so
[ __ ] up looking. The first thing I saw
was a glitched capture card screen
overlaying the game play and I think it
was either their last playthrough of
Banjo Kazoui or Secrets of Mona, but I
really couldn't tell. John commentated
over the episode without arrogant and
reacted as if he were playing the game
by himself for the first 3 minutes up
until there was sound of movement away
from the microphone and Jon instantly
stopped talking as if I could imagine he
stopped to look over at what noise was
heard. There was this air of silence and
suddenly this violent screeching or
ambush yelling followed by erratic
smashing of things. Was that arrogant?
And if so, why did they start the
episode off like this? Unless presumably
they were trying to do some bit to make
the episode chaotic. Johnny immediately
laughed it off and continued to
commentate, seemingly ignoring the
screams that came in at intervals. There
was even a moment where he went silent
for a minute to listen to something
inaudible off. Around the 7th minute
mark, the game footage glitched
violently before the capture card
dropped out entirely and was replaced
with their own test pattern screen. The
screams continued to peak the mic,
blasting out the left audio channel, so
all you could hear was inaudible noise
and young even scream laughed
uncomfortably. Eventually, around the
9th minute mark, all sound was cut off
with a loud buzz, leaving a nearly dead
heavy hum that left my head hurting.
Yellow subtitles came up on screen and
lasted until the very end. The screen
cut out and ended again with a [ __ ] up
reiteration of the intro with
incomprehensible text and arrogant head.
It froze and completely cut out.
I'm not so grateful.
I don't like the art style room.
Oh, it's got kind of cool.
What the [ __ ]
Message from Barry. Hi,
I'd probably start worrying about you.
Hey, you won't get an episode like this
again.
It's all over now.
All comments one user deleted. What's
wrong, Jay? I liked that episode. Smiley
emo gun. [music]
Blog number 38, About Game Grumps,
August 18th, 2012. Posted at 8:22 p.m.
Now the video's gone. What a [ __ ]
nightmare. I don't even know if this is
just some out of season Halloween prank.
I showed my friends the video I recorded
and they are calling me crazy. I even
showed my older brother and he just
backed away quietly. [music]
Can you even see it? Will somebody on
this damn board respond and tell me what
the hell that was?
Comments have been locked.
Blog number 49 about August 19th, 2012.
Posted at 5:01 a.m. All of my friends
think I sound like a broken record, but
I know what I saw. I literally have
video footage, but everyone keeps
telling me it's just one of their normal
playthroughs of Secrets of Mona. I can't
stand people doubting me anymore, and I
am getting angrier knowing nobody will
respond. I keep seeing that video pop up
in my inbox. Then it's gone the moment I
try to watch it. Gone the moment I try
to watch it. All comments [music] zero.
Nothing here yet. User deleted. Check
back later or configure your user
settings to get notifications in
minutes.
This would be the last entry from your
OP gamer with the account being
abandoned [music] and nobody would even
remember who the user was even though
they were very active in the community.
[music] Months later, some throwaway
accounts would spam the same video in
the #amegrumps blog, but all accounts
would be abandoned again or blacklisted.
However, as I looked through these
[music] videos, I can't put my finger on
what's so unnerving about them
considering [music] that in the past
I've looked over them on YouTube.
Nothing out of the ordinary, [music]
just ordinary gameplay footage from the
Game Grumps channel. My opinion, I think
the blunder was undergoing long periods
of stress.
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