Entry #26

Entry #26 — Unfiction Thread for Entry #26
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Summary

Entry #26 was uploaded on April 18, 2010
Its description is "26".
In total, this clip is 5:17 long.

Jay reveals that after being on the run for several weeks, he recently became less paranoid and decided to give up trying to solve the mystery. However, he then received a mysterious package containing a tape. The tape reveals that Alex is alive and was safe from the Operator until Amy filmed him, somehow causing the Operator to reappear. After watching the tape, Jay decides he is going to find and help Alex but he does not know when he will post another video.

+ Detailed Transcript

[00:00] Video starts with footage from a car of the road ahead.
[00:07] White text appears on the screens as the footage continues:

Since seeing the news report in Entry #25, I have been changing my location frequently, trying to keep anyone from following me.

[00:19] Footage of the camera pointed out a window at night. White text appears:

It was over these couple of weeks of going from hotel to hotel that I had a realization.

[00:25] Jay: "In fact, I haven't thought about it the past week, and frankly I've been feeling a lot better… My memory's better, I'm not as paranoid, I'm not looking over my shoulder all the time like I used to be. So I think that… this is for the best. So… this is going to be the last entry that I'll be posting."
[00:30] <As Jay continues speaking> Video changes to Jay recording his reflection in a mirror.
[00:42] <As Jay continues speaking> Cut to Jay speaking to the camera in a bedroom.
[00:52] Jay reaches to turn off the camera.
[00:52] White text on black screen:

I decided to quit.

I planned to move far out of state, and to stop thinking about it forever.

However, shortly after that, I received a text message from a strange number.

[01:15] The video shows this image.

As soon as I shared the picture, everyone agreed "41810" had to be a date. April 18, 2010

Today.

When I was leaving my current location, I found something.

[01:43] There is a shot of a package on the floor of Jay's hotel room, with "0A0 B00" printed on it.
[01:53] There is a shot of the package opened on the hotel room bed, and Jay holding the digital video tape that was enclosed inside. The words "WATCH THIS." are written on the label.
[02:13] White text on black screen:

Jay: Someone knows where I've been this entire time.

Jay: And they sent me this tape with the following footage…

[02:28] Heavy audio distortion. There is very blurry video of what could be the lights of a town going by.
[02:31] Cut to Alex sitting at a desk.
[02:34] Cut to what appears to be a skull mask looking through a hole.
[02:36] Cut to a night-vision shot of Alex walking down some sort of alley
[02:38] There is a flash and the video becomes completely scrambled. A soft buzzing is heard.
[02:47] Audio distortion stops and the video cuts to footage from of the floor inside a house during daytime. There is a time code in the top-right corner that reds "4.4.2010 3:57pm"
[02:56] Cut to the camera being pointed down at a sink and then out a window. Out the window a house and many trees can be seen.
[03:05] Cut to footage of the floor in a different part of the house.
[03:10] Cut again to a hallway somewhere else in the house.
[03:13] The camera is briefly pointed at the camera holder's face. It is a blond woman(Amy).
[03:14] The camera is turned back around and Amy walks into the next room where Alex is sitting on a couch and using his laptop.
[03:17] Amy: "So when did this happen?"
[03:18] The video freezes for a second and then flashes black for a moment.
[03:19] Alex: "When did what happen?"
[03:23] Amy: "When did we get a camera?"
[03:26] Amy: "Alex, come on."
[03:27] Alex: "We don't have a camera." Alex looks up at Amy as he speaks.
[03:28] Amy: "Yes, we do."
[03:31] Alex: "Where did you find that?"
[03:32] Amy: "It was in the closet. There was a tape already in it, but when I tried to watch it it was messed up or something. I don't know."
[03:40] Alex: "Um, that's probably just my old camera from college. I probably stuck it back in there when we moved. I was just gonna sell it."
[03:49] Amy: "But I thought we didn't have a camera."
[03:51] Alex: "It, doesn't matter. We're gonna sell it. Just, please put it back. Stop recording."
[03:58] Amy: "Fine, I'm not recording anymore."
[04:00] Alex: "I can still see the light."
[04:03] Amy: "Are you okay, Alex?" Video tearing occurs.
[04:04] Alex: "I'm fine. Just put it back. Please."
[04:07] Amy: "You're in a really odd mood right now. Fine."
[04:11] Amy begins to turn around. The Operator is standing in the doorway only a few feet from the camera.
[04:13] Amy screams. The camera, and possibly Amy appear to fall down the stairs.
[04:15] Alex: "Amy!'
[04:18] The video flashes black for a moment.
[04:19] The video comes back in. Amy is heard panting. The camera slowly points up to a view of the Operator standing down the hall. The Operator is silhouetted in front of some sort of light.
[04:21] Audio distortion.
[04:22] Amy: "What is that?"
[04:23] Alex: "Get out, right now!"
[04:24] Amy: "What is that?"
[04:25] Alex: "Jump out of the window. Get down to the street. Go. I'll be right behind you, go." Amy turns to go out the window.
[04:28] Amy: "Okay, okay."
[04:29] The camera points back down the hall and the video freezes. A high pitch is played and the image fades to white.
[04:32] Cut to a shaking image of the word "HELP" written on a red background. An Operator symbol is drawn next to the word. A distorted rumbling noise is heard.
[04:35] Screen tearing.
[04:36] Cut to black.
[04:37] White text on black screen.

The footage is dated April 4, 2010. Two weeks ago.

The package also had a return address.

Alex is still alive and I'm going to find him.

I don't know the next time you'll see me after this.

I thank you for the help.

Main Theories and Observations

Spoiler for Entry 42

• Entry 42 confirms that Alex was the one who sent the tape to Jay.

• The skull at 02:34 could be someone wearing a skull mask. Nicknamed "Skully", some believe this to be another masked character yet to be seen.
• Cause of the Operator's return
  • Some believe that because the Operator lacks eyes, he can see through cameras. Therefore, when Amy filmed Alex it revealed Alex's location to the Operator.
  • Others believe that because Alex's camera had filmed the Operator, it was somehow affected in a way that caused the Operator to come to it when it was turned back on.

I can agree with what was said above, either one. Particularly the second one, because once you see what should not be or doesn't want to be seen… things tend to happen. That's how stories tend to go anyway. ~GTLargo21

Speculation & Analysis

Could the skull masky be Alex since this was his tape? Going on with that theory could becoming a masky be part of the seeming deterioration of those who are stalked by The Operator?

I have a theory…so Slender Man has no eyes but he sees everything about these people he stalks. What do they all have in common? The camera. They all have a camera looking at them. SLENDER MAN SEES THROUGH THE EYES (or lens, I guess) OF CAMERAS. That's how he found Alex, because Amy put a camera on him. So Slender Man found him and attacked. But that's just my take on all of this. Heh, get it? Take? Like in a movie- aw, nevermind.
- Brometheos

Looking through this video at half-speed, I notice something right at the end of the tape when the camera fades to white after freezing on the Operator. The time on the camera seems to change into some sort of timer, going, '0:99 AM', '0:98 AM', '0:97 AM', and '0:96 AM' - that was all I was able to gather from it anyway. It certainly seems to be the same kind of distortion found during the Operator's appearance in 'enttry 37', but what it means, I don't know. Maybe that time is running out? ~ NobodyIP