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down our picks for the top 10 mysteries
that were solved on reddit
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this list we’re looking at the most
tantalizing mysteries that were solved
or at least partially solved on reddit
for the purposes of this list the
entirety of the mystery does not need to
be solved as long as a portion was
solved or if Reddit gleaned at least an
understanding of the specific mystery in
question it will be included number 10
cicada three three zero one NSA has been
speculated as being mi6 CIA terrorist
groups like al-qaeda
another possibility is it’s a big hoax
cicada 3301 is one of the internet’s
juiciest mysteries it’s seemingly a
complex puzzle with the intent of
recruiting the intelligent individuals
who solve its various clues the first
puzzle appeared on message boards in
2012 and others appeared again in
following years the original puzzle
focused primarily on aspects of data
security and cryptography leading most
to speculate that the puzzle was some
sort of recruitment tool for a
government agency or anonymous internet
mercenary group many of its intricate
and complex clues have been cracked by
collaborating redditors and some have
claimed to have solved the entire puzzle
with a mysterious reddit URL providing
crucial clues along the way number 9
Stonehenge stone
[Music]
no reddit did not figure out how our
ancestors built Stonehenge that mystery
might never be solved no this Stonehenge
is entirely digital in July 2011 a
redditor opened a mysterious sub that
consisted entirely of nonsensical text
redditors quickly assumed it was a code
dump and thousands quickly got to work
trying to figure out the meaning of the
codes one redditor eventually cracked
the code finding a picture of England’s
famous Stonehenge in ASCII other smaller
fragments of the texts were decoded but
the larger meaning behind the sub in its
various codes remains a mystery number 8
webdriver torso what’s really
interesting about these videos as they
are all 11 seconds long they’re all of
that format but as far as we can tell
they’re all slightly different
while mysterious text is one thing
creepy unexplained videos or something
else the webdriver torso videos started
appearing on YouTube in 2013 they
consisted of a white background moving
blue and red rectangles and unsettling
beeping noises a channel quickly gained
the attention of the internet with many
speculating about its intended purpose
some theories thrown out included a
recruitment tool spy messages and
because this is the internet
communication from aliens
redditors quickly got to work and an
Italian blogger trace the account to
Google YouTube eventually admitted that
they were behind the videos and that
they served as a testing mechanism for
video quality number seven the bugged
extension cord this one is sure to get
the paranoid conspiracy theorists going
a poster by the rather fitting name of
shady business 15 blew a fuse and took
apart his extension cord to assess the
damage he found what looked like a SIM
card inside the cord and posted a
picture of the mysterious card to Reddit
redditors quickly figured out that the
chip was a listening device yep shady
[Applause]
if you called the simcards number you
could listen to what the device was
recording shady business 15 called the
number but found the service closed the
mystery of what the device was was
solved why his room was bugged
was not number 6 the $50 cipher ciphers
can be fun this one not so much
one redditor was allegedly given a $50
bill and a secret code while walking the
streets he posted the mysterious
markings to Reddit and the users quickly
figured out that it was something called
a bye fed cipher the cracked code read
quote there’s plenty more money to make
figure this out and prepare to meet
however the poster also got another code
chastising him for getting help and he
was allegedly threatened theories range
about the meaning of the text including
links to the Department of Defense
planning a reddit meetup a hoax drummed
up by the poster and a marketing ploy
number 5 the case of Jason Callahan On
June 26 1995 a hitchhiker was killed in
a car crash and quickly earned the
moniker grateful Doe due to his
unconfirmed identity and Grateful Dead
tickets years later a redditor opened a
grateful doe sub and circulated
reconstructed images of the deceased the
image eventually caught the attention of
the deceased smother who said it was her
son Jason Callahan Callahan looked a lot
like the reconstructed image and went
missing in 1995 while following the
Grateful Dead on tour an investigation
was open and a DNA test was finally done
on the unidentified man
after 20 years Callahan was found number
four
hit-and-runs are the worst but fear not
reddit is here to help
reddit user meat-headed witnessed a hit
and run accident and posted a picture of
the broken off headlight to the sub r
slash what is this thing
hundreds of car aficionados work
together and trace the headlight to a
gray 1990 cadillac brougham the poster
later discovered that a gray cadillac
brougham had been reported stolen in the
area a man was then linked by police to
the stolen car and was charged with auto
theft and several traffic related crimes
number three the Strongsville Jane Doe
and here we have reddit helping yet
another cold case back in the 70s a
group of kids came across a body the
case was cold for 40 long long years
until a sleuthing redditor came across
the body cemetery records and autopsy
report after posting to Reddit another
poster copied the files to the site web
sleuths a forensic artist then got
involved and reconstructed the victims
face the image bore a striking
resemblance to a teenager named Linda
Pagano who had been missing since the
mid 70s while the bones haven’t yet been
officially matched to Pagano as of 2018
her siblings and Akron’s sergeant Jeff
Smith strongly believe they will be a
match number two Walter Scott and the
Taser I can figure this out pretty
quickly stabilize the footage posted to
it became the most commented gift ever
posted you ready on April 4th 2015 a man
named Walter Scott was stopped for a
broken brake light and later shot in the
back by police officer Michael Slager
the case made international headlines
and footage from a bystander cell phone
became a key piece of evidence
redditor Daniel vu shart stabilized and
cleared up the shaky footage he found
what looked like Scott obtaining and
subsequently throwing slager’s taser
Vosges art argues that Slager may not
have seen Scott disposing of the taser
Vosges art story and potential discovery
was later made into a documentary the
worst case scenario is that I made
things worse like I start the next
conspiracy or this is somehow fuels a
pro-white agenda number one the
mysterious post-it notes sometimes
reddit can save a life literally a
poster by the name of our Bradbury 1920
posted to our slash legal advice as
someone was leaving mysterious post-it
notes around his apartment he was
suitably creeped out and asked the sub
what to do one redditor suggested that
he was writing the notes himself and
forgetting due to possible carbon
monoxide poisoning the opie admitted
that he’d been having terrible headaches
lived above the parking garage and never
plugged in his CO detector after doing
so he found his apartment reading at 100
parts per million indicating that he was
indeed suffering from CO poisoning he
checked himself into a hospital and user
Cocker lock literally saved a life do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 mysteries
that were solved on reddit
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at the most
tantalizing mysteries that were solved
or at least partially solved on reddit
for the purposes of this list the
entirety of the mystery does not need to
be solved as long as a portion was
solved or if Reddit gleaned at least an
understanding of the specific mystery in
question it will be included number 10
cicada three three zero one NSA has been
speculated as being mi6 CIA terrorist
groups like al-qaeda
another possibility is it’s a big hoax
cicada 3301 is one of the internet’s
juiciest mysteries it’s seemingly a
complex puzzle with the intent of
recruiting the intelligent individuals
who solve its various clues the first
puzzle appeared on message boards in
2012 and others appeared again in
following years the original puzzle
focused primarily on aspects of data
security and cryptography leading most
to speculate that the puzzle was some
sort of recruitment tool for a
government agency or anonymous internet
mercenary group many of its intricate
and complex clues have been cracked by
collaborating redditors and some have
claimed to have solved the entire puzzle
with a mysterious reddit URL providing
crucial clues along the way number 9
Stonehenge stone
[Music]
no reddit did not figure out how our
ancestors built Stonehenge that mystery
might never be solved no this Stonehenge
is entirely digital in July 2011 a
redditor opened a mysterious sub that
consisted entirely of nonsensical text
redditors quickly assumed it was a code
dump and thousands quickly got to work
trying to figure out the meaning of the
codes one redditor eventually cracked
the code finding a picture of England’s
famous Stonehenge in ASCII other smaller
fragments of the texts were decoded but
the larger meaning behind the sub in its
various codes remains a mystery number 8
webdriver torso what’s really
interesting about these videos as they
are all 11 seconds long they’re all of
that format but as far as we can tell
they’re all slightly different
while mysterious text is one thing
creepy unexplained videos or something
else the webdriver torso videos started
appearing on YouTube in 2013 they
consisted of a white background moving
blue and red rectangles and unsettling
beeping noises a channel quickly gained
the attention of the internet with many
speculating about its intended purpose
some theories thrown out included a
recruitment tool spy messages and
because this is the internet
communication from aliens
redditors quickly got to work and an
Italian blogger trace the account to
Google YouTube eventually admitted that
they were behind the videos and that
they served as a testing mechanism for
video quality number seven the bugged
extension cord this one is sure to get
the paranoid conspiracy theorists going
a poster by the rather fitting name of
shady business 15 blew a fuse and took
apart his extension cord to assess the
damage he found what looked like a SIM
card inside the cord and posted a
picture of the mysterious card to Reddit
redditors quickly figured out that the
chip was a listening device yep shady
[Applause]
if you called the simcards number you
could listen to what the device was
recording shady business 15 called the
number but found the service closed the
mystery of what the device was was
solved why his room was bugged
was not number 6 the $50 cipher ciphers
can be fun this one not so much
one redditor was allegedly given a $50
bill and a secret code while walking the
streets he posted the mysterious
markings to Reddit and the users quickly
figured out that it was something called
a bye fed cipher the cracked code read
quote there’s plenty more money to make
figure this out and prepare to meet
however the poster also got another code
chastising him for getting help and he
was allegedly threatened theories range
about the meaning of the text including
links to the Department of Defense
planning a reddit meetup a hoax drummed
up by the poster and a marketing ploy
number 5 the case of Jason Callahan On
June 26 1995 a hitchhiker was killed in
a car crash and quickly earned the
moniker grateful Doe due to his
unconfirmed identity and Grateful Dead
tickets years later a redditor opened a
grateful doe sub and circulated
reconstructed images of the deceased the
image eventually caught the attention of
the deceased smother who said it was her
son Jason Callahan Callahan looked a lot
like the reconstructed image and went
missing in 1995 while following the
Grateful Dead on tour an investigation
was open and a DNA test was finally done
on the unidentified man
after 20 years Callahan was found number
four
hit-and-runs are the worst but fear not
reddit is here to help
reddit user meat-headed witnessed a hit
and run accident and posted a picture of
the broken off headlight to the sub r
slash what is this thing
hundreds of car aficionados work
together and trace the headlight to a
gray 1990 cadillac brougham the poster
later discovered that a gray cadillac
brougham had been reported stolen in the
area a man was then linked by police to
the stolen car and was charged with auto
theft and several traffic related crimes
number three the Strongsville Jane Doe
and here we have reddit helping yet
another cold case back in the 70s a
group of kids came across a body the
case was cold for 40 long long years
until a sleuthing redditor came across
the body cemetery records and autopsy
report after posting to Reddit another
poster copied the files to the site web
sleuths a forensic artist then got
involved and reconstructed the victims
face the image bore a striking
resemblance to a teenager named Linda
Pagano who had been missing since the
mid 70s while the bones haven’t yet been
officially matched to Pagano as of 2018
her siblings and Akron’s sergeant Jeff
Smith strongly believe they will be a
match number two Walter Scott and the
Taser I can figure this out pretty
quickly stabilize the footage posted to
it became the most commented gift ever
posted you ready on April 4th 2015 a man
named Walter Scott was stopped for a
broken brake light and later shot in the
back by police officer Michael Slager
the case made international headlines
and footage from a bystander cell phone
became a key piece of evidence
redditor Daniel vu shart stabilized and
cleared up the shaky footage he found
what looked like Scott obtaining and
subsequently throwing slager’s taser
Vosges art argues that Slager may not
have seen Scott disposing of the taser
Vosges art story and potential discovery
was later made into a documentary the
worst case scenario is that I made
things worse like I start the next
conspiracy or this is somehow fuels a
pro-white agenda number one the
mysterious post-it notes sometimes
reddit can save a life literally a
poster by the name of our Bradbury 1920
posted to our slash legal advice as
someone was leaving mysterious post-it
notes around his apartment he was
suitably creeped out and asked the sub
what to do one redditor suggested that
he was writing the notes himself and
forgetting due to possible carbon
monoxide poisoning the opie admitted
that he’d been having terrible headaches
lived above the parking garage and never
plugged in his CO detector after doing
so he found his apartment reading at 100
parts per million indicating that he was
indeed suffering from CO poisoning he
checked himself into a hospital and user
Cocker lock literally saved a life do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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