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December 13, 2010

Silly Internet Stuff: Monster Caught On Camera
— Ace

This is a hoax, of course, or some viral marketing for something or other, but this brief YouTube video is so effective at giving the creeps I figured I should link it.

Partly, I guess, it gave the me the creeps because I figured it was one of those shock videos where all of a sudden Demonic Linda Blair is going to scream at me, so I kept pushing the computer away, ready to flinch. It's not that, but still, it's creepy. Sort of the Blair Witch horror aesthetic -- just cheap minimalism and a scary picture.

Hey, they did this with one photo-shopped image, a little bit of text, and some creepy music they found online. Not bad.

Thanks to rdbrewer.

Viral Video for... A Hunter Camera? I note the "Wildgame" logo is prominent in the bottom left hand corner of the picture.

Posted by: Ace at 10:32 AM | Comments (81)
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1 Holy crap, that looks like my ophthalmologist!

Posted by: joncelli© at December 13, 2010 10:34 AM (RD7QR)

Damned good special effects.

Posted by: Breyer at December 13, 2010 10:37 AM (ia2dD)

This is all of us after Mobama has deprived us of sweets with her 'no fatty's!' legislation.

We're skinny people looking to cut a bitch for a g'damn Oreo!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 13, 2010 10:37 AM (pLTLS)

4 Smeagol? Nancy Pelosi? You decide.

Posted by: rabidsquirrel at December 13, 2010 10:38 AM (RuF8n)

5 Well, at least Michelle Obama will be pleased to see that it's very thin and not eating at fast food restaurants.

Posted by: Sponge © at December 13, 2010 10:38 AM (UK9cE)

Love child of Nancy Pelosi and Gollum?

Posted by: Cicero at December 13, 2010 10:39 AM (QKKT0)

7
I want to announce the start of my new party, today.

It's the Generic No Values party. We believe in nothing. And we're open to all ideas.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2010 10:39 AM (uFokq)

8 With 500 views in 3 days I'd hardly consider it viral. But excellent find nonetheless. Creepy.

Posted by: jimmythenotable at December 13, 2010 10:40 AM (adj98)

9 damn you, rabidsquirrel!

Posted by: Cicero at December 13, 2010 10:41 AM (QKKT0)

10 Eric Rudolph has already been caught, right?

Posted by: bergerbilder at December 13, 2010 10:41 AM (S1Ttj)

11 Ah, Ace is right, viral marketing. Of course if any good old boy actually ran across a thing like that they'd either shoot it or offer it a beer.

Posted by: joncelli© at December 13, 2010 10:41 AM (RD7QR)

Hey, they did this with one photo-shopped image, a little bit of text, and some creepy music they found online. Not bad.

Roger that.

Posted by: rdbrewer at December 13, 2010 10:42 AM (ia2dD)

13 I was thinking it could be a viral marketing stunt for a low-low-budget swamp monster movie. But the camera thing also makes sense.

Posted by: stuiec at December 13, 2010 10:42 AM (Di3Im)

14 Why was Pelosi in the woods?

Posted by: Dan at December 13, 2010 10:42 AM (1jzSs)

15 Oh noes, the Morlocks, they exist!

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 13, 2010 10:43 AM (9hSKh)

16 Harrumph, my game camera doesn't put a logo on the pictures. Guess I need to upgrade.

Posted by: John Galt at December 13, 2010 10:43 AM (F/4zf)

17 Sorry about your camera hunter dude, but I had a little too much to drink that night and the damn thing kept flashing. I am never going out on the town with Dick Cheney again.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at December 13, 2010 10:45 AM (b75eT)

18 ET on a crawfish run.

Posted by: Techie at December 13, 2010 10:45 AM (SzvZF)

19 Why was Pelosi in the woods?

To take a dump? Pinch a loaf?

Posted by: CUS at December 13, 2010 10:47 AM (wOGfT)

20 Does a 'game camera' take flash photos? Wouldn't this scare said 'game?'

Posted by: nickless© at December 13, 2010 10:49 AM (MMC8r)

OT: Any of you guys from Berkeley? Did the City Council adopt the 'Bring Your Daughter to the Bondage Dungeon Day'?

Any info. would be appreciated.

Posted by: Prof. David Epstein at December 13, 2010 10:49 AM (sk8k3)

Posted by: joncelliÂ© at December 13, 2010 02:41 PM (RD7QR)

and just what would a sophisticated urbanite such as yourself do if you encountered this thing?

Posted by: chas at December 13, 2010 10:49 AM (yxwmg)

Poor thing, it looks so disturbed (what am I saying? I know damn well someone will be knocking on my door in a week with it in a cage asking if I can rehab it and return it to the wild).

Nevermind.

Shoot it.

Posted by: ¤§EZB§¤ at December 13, 2010 10:50 AM (Ty06w)

24 With 500 views in 3 days I'd hardly consider it viral. But excellent find nonetheless. Creepy.

Posted by: jimmythenotable at December 13, 2010 02:40 PM

It's new. At the HQ, we get it first!

Posted by: rdbrewer at December 13, 2010 10:50 AM (ia2dD)

25 9 damn you, rabidsquirrel!

Posted by: Cicero at December 13, 2010 02:41 PM (QKKT0)

GMTA. Or maybe WMTA (Warped Minds Think Alike)

Posted by: rabidsquirrel at December 13, 2010 10:51 AM (RuF8n)

26 fucking hobo menace must be stopped!

Posted by: thegreatsatan at December 13, 2010 10:52 AM (MV5kD)

27 Love this kind of stuff. Yeah, it's contrived, but still, like you say, kinda creepy. Thanks for the link.

Posted by: RM at December 13, 2010 10:52 AM (1kwr2)

More here.

Posted by: rdbrewer at December 13, 2010 10:53 AM (ia2dD)

Michelle Obama on Deciding What Kids Eat: Â‘We CanÂ’t Just Leave it Up to The Parents'

Of course you can't, sweetie.

She did warn us, did she not?

'Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual'

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 13, 2010 10:53 AM (pLTLS)

Love child of Nancy Pelosi and Gollum?

Posted by: Cicero at December 13, 2010 02:39 PM (QKKT0)

We wouldn't touches that with Deagol's pole and Nazgul pushing, noes we wouldn't...

Posted by: Steve the Pirate at December 13, 2010 10:53 AM (W54Uh)

31 big(ger) BOLD fonts!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 13, 2010 10:54 AM (pLTLS)

32 I'd stab it in the face. Is it an alien or just my neighbor in a costume? Don't matter. Either way, it's someone being a dick.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 13, 2010 10:55 AM (HaYO4)

33 James Carville?

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at December 13, 2010 10:55 AM (SJ6/3)

34 That is an obvious Chinese submarine ballistic missile launch.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 13, 2010 10:55 AM (B+qrE)

35 Surprise in the lack of genitalia.

Posted by: Radioactive Satellite Of LOVE at December 13, 2010 10:56 AM (LdYLm)

36 FYI: http://idoubtit.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/louisiana-swamp-monster-hoax/

Posted by: thegreatsatan at December 13, 2010 10:57 AM (MV5kD)

37 That's a scarier image than 90% of the CG dreck from megabucks Hollywood.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at December 13, 2010 10:57 AM (SCcgT)

38 I don't care where it came from, I say give it an anal probe. Payback is a bitch, aliens.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 13, 2010 10:59 AM (TMB3S)

39 27 Love this kind of stuff. Yeah, it's contrived, but still, like you say, kinda creepy. Thanks for the link.

Amazing that a simple riff and some visual cues can create a spooky ambiance.

I call BS too. If I had seen this creature while I was hunting, I would have put a .308 round in its chest and called Channel 8 news.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 13, 2010 10:59 AM (9hSKh)

Surprise in the lack of genitalia.

Whatever it is, it's the last of its line.

Posted by: Cicero at December 13, 2010 10:59 AM (QKKT0)

35 Surprise in the lack of genitalia.

It was cold and he was nekkid.

Posted by: ¤§EZB§¤ at December 13, 2010 11:00 AM (Ty06w)

42 Does a 'game camera' take flash photos? Wouldn't this scare said 'game?'

The flash doesn't bother them as much as you'd think. My theory is they see cars in the distance at night and they don't judge the flash distance as being close. Or, maybe it's a deer in the headlights thing. But, many of the newer cameras though are infrared without any flash.

Posted by: pitythefool at December 13, 2010 11:01 AM (BjQSh)

43 Surprise in the lack of genitalia.

Posted by: Radioactive Satellite Of LOVE at December 13, 2010 02:56 PM (LdYLm)

He just got out of the pool!

Posted by: robtr at December 13, 2010 11:01 AM (hVDig)

44 Beautiful marketing ploy.

Posted by: cvb at December 13, 2010 11:02 AM (Elo4W)

45 #43 He just got out of the pool swamp!

FIFY.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 13, 2010 11:04 AM (9hSKh)

46 I like the video of the "Creepy Gnome" better, he dances.

http://tinyurl.com/2gy7c4h

Posted by: Radioactive Satellite Of LOVE at December 13, 2010 11:04 AM (LdYLm)

47 Surprise in the lack of genitalia.

Severability, indeed.

Posted by: Cherry π at December 13, 2010 11:05 AM (+sBB4)

Rumors say viral marketing for the new JJ Abrams movie Super 8.

Whatever it is, THIS is a scarier video:

http://tinyurl.com/2bykm2y

Posted by: Scary at December 13, 2010 11:06 AM (QQn2V)

49 It's just a rabbit.

Posted by: Jimmah Cahter at December 13, 2010 11:06 AM (RnVNE)

50 Take a job with the TSA and you'll see stuff like that all day long.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at December 13, 2010 11:07 AM (KktlX)

51 I don't see anything unusual.

Posted by: TSA at December 13, 2010 11:07 AM (+sBB4)

52 First!!!

Posted by: TSA at December 13, 2010 11:08 AM (+sBB4)

53 Well we all new Alan Grayson was gonna take his loss badly, but this...? Unexpected, even for him.

Posted by: Tony at December 13, 2010 11:08 AM (12dr4)

54 50 Take a job with the TSA Walmart during the night shift and you'll see stuff like that all day long.

FIFY.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 13, 2010 11:08 AM (9hSKh)

55 There's a k missing from my last post somewhere, I think.

Posted by: Tony at December 13, 2010 11:09 AM (12dr4)

56 That's odd.

Aunt Louise called and said, Cousin Leroy's gone missin'.

Prob'ly, just a coincidence.

Posted by: franksalterego at December 13, 2010 11:10 AM (+6fgE)

Posted by: ontherocks at December 13, 2010 11:10 AM (HBqDo)

58 looks like a coyote with mange.

Posted by: negentropy at December 13, 2010 11:11 AM (27KAF)

Cherry Ã°

Love this!

Would love it more if it were Key Lim Ã°

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 13, 2010 11:11 AM (pLTLS)

60 22 Posted by: joncelliÂ© at December 13, 2010 02:41 PM (RD7QR) and just what would a sophisticated urbanite such as yourself do if you encountered this thing? Posted by: chas at December 13, 2010 02:49 PM (yxwmg) Run away or offer it a glass of chardonnay. (All of my Dad's relatives, as well as my Dad, are from the mountains of North Carolina. I was just making some gentle redneck humor. No offense intended.)

Posted by: joncelli© at December 13, 2010 11:12 AM (RD7QR)

61 I denounce my previous comment.

I don't know how scary that thing is, but it has ZERO personality.

Posted by: ontherocks at December 13, 2010 11:13 AM (HBqDo)

62 Thanks for that, Ace. While I was at Youtube I of course had to watch all those related videos of Ghost Boys, Possessed Girls, Demons on Film, etc. I blame you.

Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at December 13, 2010 11:14 AM (XgQaM)

63 Takin' Old Greg's picture when he isn't looking are you?

Posted by: Old Greg at December 13, 2010 11:16 AM (sk8k3)

64 It's the Generic No Values party. We believe in nothing. And we're open to all ideas.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2010 02:39 PM (uFokq)

I'm in! I think. I'm not sure really. Do I have to decide right now?

Posted by: Venus de Milo typing with her nose at December 13, 2010 11:21 AM (xxgag)

65 Bah. I spent the weekend catching up on Marble Hornets. You think this is gonna freak me out?

Posted by: Enochf at December 13, 2010 11:22 AM (N9eP5)

66 What using a flash might look like on a night vision pic of a guy with glasses?

Posted by: Rocks at December 13, 2010 11:26 AM (D5Tn1)

67 Also, if your squint just right, you can see the Metrodome collapsing in the background.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 13, 2010 11:29 AM (B+qrE)

68 Well, I'm sufficiently creeped out.

Posted by: jewells45 at December 13, 2010 11:29 AM (l/N7H)

69 Chupacabra!

Posted by: West at December 13, 2010 11:30 AM (1Rgee)

70 I wonder if chupacabra, cthulu, yeti, and bigfoot have a secret Legion of Doom meeting place where they plan all this stuff out. Like a cartel of uglies modeled after the NFL, trying to keep the pub going and the cash rolling in.

Posted by: rdbrewer at December 13, 2010 11:34 AM (ia2dD)

71 I dunno, that looks like such a poor Photoshopping, you'd think I did it.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 13, 2010 11:35 AM (bvfVF)

72 It's just Andrew Sullivan in three years. No big deal.

Posted by: bunninac at December 13, 2010 11:45 AM (Tqb+E)

73 "Of course if any good old boy actually ran across a thing like that they'd either shoot it or offer it a beer."

I smell a sitcom!

Posted by: Armando at December 13, 2010 11:45 AM (nd0uY)

74 Gentlemen, get Brock Samson on the line, quickly.

Posted by: Techie at December 13, 2010 11:52 AM (SzvZF)

75 A simple Gamma Correction makes it look a little less "alien" and a little more human.

Here

Posted by: franksalterego at December 13, 2010 11:54 AM (+6fgE)

76
Oh, probably just a shapeshifter. Just make sure you've got some silver, and you're good to go.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at December 13, 2010 12:01 PM (1hM1d)

77 shapeshifter

Oh thank goodness, for a minute I thought you said "Skinwalker" and then we're gonna need a shitload of Wardens..

Posted by: Techie at December 13, 2010 12:03 PM (SzvZF)

78 Approximately 130% of all internet monster-n-alien videos are fake, which is kind of sad because you'll never know for sure if the other 10% are real, and that could be important, especially when the fleet arrives.

Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at December 13, 2010 02:10 PM (bxiXv)

79 It would be awesome fun to put some videos like this on one o' them reactive video shooting systems they have at posh shooting ranges.

I'll call it the Pants Drill!

Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at December 13, 2010 02:12 PM (bxiXv)

80 Oh, man, I knew something bad'd happen if we kept letting cousin Cooter run free at night...

Posted by: Big Mo at December 13, 2010 09:34 PM (s6lRw)

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