The Story of OldRoot: Minecraft's Strangest Mystery

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One of the strangest mysteries ever discovered in Minecraft is still unsolved - join me as we explore the twisting story of OldRoot.
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@AlexBaleFilms 3 жыл бұрын

Hey there, I made Oldroot. Weird that it's getting so much attention now. I make much better ARGs and webseries on my channel now. Nice vid RGN!

@RetroGamingNow 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back! This video was a ton of fun to make, and all this time working on this has caused me to kick around some new ideas about where to go next. Even if this is never solved, this was a really enjoyable story, and I'm happy to get to tell that to you! I will check out your channel and see what you've been working on now! Also, for the people who see this, I've made a document that compiles my research for this video. It's a little bit rough, but you should at least be able to see links to the images all in one place. Check it out here: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MTptGGsWdBNw5I3STFooaz7R-HRDaszc_e48gO6voe8/edit?usp=sharing

@kazumakiryu8231 3 жыл бұрын

@@nytrogyen sorry man I'm going to end your little cringy game here. Reported for spam

@beaconblaster33 3 жыл бұрын

bruh

@waitthatscopyrighted3198 3 жыл бұрын

So...OldRoot was just supposed to teach people about decoding messages? In that case: Gallant Offense Obviously Dead [space] Jay Ocean Building (It’s a code, decode it)

@Alx-di6pt 3 жыл бұрын

WHAAAAAAAATTT!!!!!!! I know you're dark and smart but DAMN ALEX!!

@jakesharpe275 2 жыл бұрын

Captcha: you have 30 seconds to solve this puzzle. the puzzle:

@tomass7550 2 жыл бұрын

@balls457 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@deleted-something 2 жыл бұрын

Haha

@ThisAVaporeon_3333 2 жыл бұрын

@GeoSongs wth are u here

@khanhtypo 2 жыл бұрын

lmao

@xx_dank_memer65_xx 2 жыл бұрын

damn these "not a robot" tests are getting harder and harder

@ngislaboratories997 2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHKDOEID omg pureeee comedy,

@xx_dank_memer65_xx 2 жыл бұрын

@@SirFaceFone you to

@elfasto2255 2 жыл бұрын

@@SirFaceFone eggplant

@sitalneupane9079 2 жыл бұрын

U r slowly becomming a robot #staysafe 😂😂

@nadahotdog8349 2 жыл бұрын

@FSS ypu tou :)

@DANGERINTHEFALLS Жыл бұрын

The reason why OldRoot kept on saying that we need to know the past before future was because in order to solve the whole mystery, we must look back. There was probably something EVERYONE missed. There may have been a few missing pieces to the mystery, but they all could've been vital to solving it. It really could have been easier than we thought.

@swizzamane8775 6 ай бұрын

WHY was only ONE png file seen as zipped, but the rest werent checked for that ? I'd be unzipping EVERY png sent xD

@LocalNikita Ай бұрын

some pictures said ''CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?'' ''HE'LL WE(L)COME''?

@umlaut_loser Жыл бұрын

If I had a nickel for every time an ARG related to Minecraft referenced Edgar Allan Poe's poetry I would have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice

@clovers-vintage-all-sorts 8 ай бұрын

Did you know that the Poe in Edgar Allan Poe stands for poetry?

@loscamplucy 6 ай бұрын

literally just came across this vid and it was the first thing i thought of, theres no way will didnt get inspiration from this suurelyyyyy

@phantomluigi2087 6 ай бұрын

If I had a nickel for every time someone did this meme, I would be crushed by nickels because this meme is used a lot[not saying its old, and i like the meme a lot because it makes sense]

@clovers-vintage-all-sorts 6 ай бұрын

@@phantomluigi2087 That is kind of how memes work.

@EvanKiesewetter 5 ай бұрын

@@clovers-vintage-all-sorts nononono it's a Teletubbies reference

@KptKosmit91 3 жыл бұрын

Herobrine looks like a child's toy when compared with this

@salaarfarooq4841 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah lol.

@greentheshinyumbreon1 3 жыл бұрын

* yeah

@lorrainetimm8577 3 жыл бұрын

Omg yes

@K2KOfcoursegg 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you think like that bcus your now grown up but when we we’re a kid do we all remember getting scared to go to cave alone? 🤣

@amvymavy 3 жыл бұрын

@@K2KOfcoursegg i am still kinda scared to go alone because minecraft likes to throw around some caves noises at me more frequently than the average person, even if I'm above ground. Maybe because I'm playing Bedrock Edition?

@sludgy5134 3 жыл бұрын

It could be scary until you realize this dude had to go into block game, build or find creepy areas, find a good angle for a screen shot, then photoshop and edit the screen shot, For every image

@pulatelephonics 3 жыл бұрын

The dedication makes it even creepier

@sludgy5134 3 жыл бұрын

@@pulatelephonics no but like... he used a block game to scare people, you can’t not find that kinda funny

@sludgy5134 3 жыл бұрын

Heck, he built a temple out of melons in a block game to scare people

@unknownboi3824 3 жыл бұрын

@@sludgy5134 That was my favorite part. It was creepy af but for some reason it started to look cool

@mip5944 3 жыл бұрын

Those images be lookin better than some of my bases

@DedicatedCaffeineUser 11 ай бұрын

5:00 If I had to guess, I’d wager that the message within the poem wasn’t meant to be read based on where they appear in the lines of the original poem, but based on where the sections of the poem appear in the word “Raven”. Thus, the message wouldn’t be “The hidden truth is”, which appears incomplete, but “The truth is hidden”, which is a complete phrase.

@ambyandony 6 ай бұрын

exactly what i was yelling at my screen lol

@gaelgarcia6933 Ай бұрын

Is the moment in 1:29 minut mark the victory theme of pac man plays cuz it sounds like

@allisonacosta5368 22 күн бұрын

I came to the comments to say this 😂

@ChopperNLE Жыл бұрын

It’s funny how it went from disturbing minecraft things to literally Master/Expert level of Decoding.

@p0landwastak3n 3 ай бұрын

the last 20 minutes f video becomse csary

@burstness 2 жыл бұрын

He could have pulled the biggest rickroll ever created with this

@moyai6618 2 жыл бұрын

he had the entire thing to do it

@jasxyx 2 жыл бұрын

that would be so smart

@BeamNGLynx 2 жыл бұрын

You know the ruuules and soo do iiiii

@jasxyx 2 жыл бұрын

@@BeamNGLynx say goodbye

@BeamNGLynx 2 жыл бұрын

@@jasxyx oh Shit

@Bossman50. 3 жыл бұрын

As long as I’m not in full screen, nothing can hurt me.

@_Killkor 2 жыл бұрын

Faceless Steve behind you:

@savetheevo 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@justaguywhodraws 2 жыл бұрын

I can't like this, it has 69 likes

@slashxred 2 жыл бұрын

Same bro I am not full screening

@mr.thumbhead8101 2 жыл бұрын

SAME!

@l_rbuttons Жыл бұрын

OK, can we agree that the family photo is the most disturbing picture in this entire thing? It didn't make things better when Retro said that the family's faces were crossed out, except for the youngest kid, who had NO face. That's horrifying.

@ANASMatap 10 ай бұрын

Yea

@Brutus.. Жыл бұрын

at 33:05 it seems like the dialogue is coming from a doctor, providing an update on their patient. I think the “faceless person” is a metaphor connecting to this quote. This faceless person has no way to tell people how he feels, thus stripping him of his identity. He loses all value as a human without his voice. I also think it is important to note that the author has died, or become “braindead” as the text puts it. It ties into the nature of this story being unfinished.

@grace1753 3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to point out that "LENORE" isn't just it's own poem, it's also the name of the girl who died in "The Raven". Likely nothing new, but wasn't mentioned in the video.

@M3rk420 3 жыл бұрын

nevermore

@lorrainetimm8577 3 жыл бұрын

Ooo!! Also in some indigenous cultures the raven symbolizes loss and is an omen of death.

@sboy2044 3 жыл бұрын

The name is also mentioned in OldRoot’s KZfaq account in the “About” section.

@Coalgate_frsh 3 жыл бұрын

My class did a poem reading project, I got the second hardest "The Raven" or something. I had to read it. Lenore was the authors wife, who died in the night. It was a metaphor of death. He said things like how death knocked on the door to take his wife and things like that. Yeah thats it

@celina9301 3 жыл бұрын

@@Coalgate_frsh maybe that has to do with walters? honestly i dont know lol

@Hexra_ 3 жыл бұрын

OldRoot: *sends any image* Everyone: "So anyways, I started brightening"

@mhz163 2 жыл бұрын

obviously

@johnjohn7261 2 жыл бұрын

@regular youtube account ?

@alexandserahglick7599 2 жыл бұрын

@Franky Franker I always wondered what this means, can you explain please?

@bapple8693 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandserahglick7599 they say it when someone doesn’t understand a joke.

@turquoisescreen7917 2 жыл бұрын

@regular youtube account r/wooosh

@NotCyclone64 Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the "If you wish to know the future, you must know the past" is saying that you should use new ways (Exteacting files or the block of text used as a decoder) to find new clues in past/unsolved images.

@Gameplayer555 Жыл бұрын

Mom, can we go to an escape room? No, we have an escape room at home. *The escape room at home:*

@ash_dies_alone1940 2 жыл бұрын

while I struggle with creating a simple password, this guy makes a whole series of ciphers

@IloveRumania 2 жыл бұрын

100th like!

@user-it9gq5dq6e 2 жыл бұрын

Making a cipher isn't too hard tbh Easiest way is to make a encryption grid/grid lock

@oshawott5308 2 жыл бұрын

genuine tein user moment.

@DK-tv6rk 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-it9gq5dq6eThat’s easy to decode tho

@max_punch 2 жыл бұрын

True chads make up an entire new language

@diacosiapentacontahex 2 жыл бұрын

I could practically feel the frustration of OldRoot having to DM the followers clues trying to make it clear that it's solvable and they just aren't trying hard enough. It was hilarious, really

@beanboy5963 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like he was reading people's posts like "Seriously? THAT'S what you got stuck on???".

@cyqry 2 жыл бұрын

@@beanboy5963 Honestly as a game designer, it amazes me what people get stuck on that you yourself think is so obvious. I suppose its just hind-sight being 20/20, that is to say everything is obvious when you see the full(er) picture, but an important part of our role as the method behind the madness is to make sure that madness is in fact navigable. Its frustrating, especially since we'd hope that our players are smart enough to figure it out themselves, but at the end of the day we do need to throw them a bone once in a while.

@cericat 2 жыл бұрын

@@cyqry yeah sometimes what seems obvious to us is missed by people without the full context. It's also a good argument against skipping cutscenes players, sometimes you find information you need if you don't rush.

@vgamedude12 2 жыл бұрын

I mean plenty of the puzzles this video author didn't even know how they were solved. Something like this needs many eyes if it wants to be solved and you have to captivate many to pull that off.

@borico62 2 жыл бұрын

Considering the difficulty of the puzzles that DID got solved... I can also feel the frustration of the people who tried to progress in the ARG and found nothing but dead ends. I mean... If somebody has to program a script to brute-force the Imgur link because the image that provided it was too blurry to be read (time 6:00), I would have interpreted it as a sign that the puzzles are too cryptic and need to be toned down. And overall the puzzles are too much at Cicada-3301 level, which I find excessive for an ARG like this (let's remember that the purpose of Cicada-3301 was to recruit exceptionally intelligent minds). This video was essentially 34 minutes of puzzles that ended up leading nowhere, with only some vague hints starting at minute 29 at a history behind it. The creator may deserve praise for his patience of keeping up the ARG for so long, but the players also deserve it for solving so many puzzles AND keeping interest even after they led nowhere. I feel it's too easy to say "you just had to look back at the previous puzzles, you morons", when you're just watching a video that already tells you the answers to the puzzles that did got solved, and aren't solving them yourself.

@h.a.z.m.a.t5072 Жыл бұрын

We should also focus on combining different things from different posts together. That’s how a lot of major breakthroughs happened in this thing. Find something from one post that is unused and seems useless and then apply it to the missing part of a post that’s unsolved.

@user-is3jj3yp8q 3 ай бұрын

Man i love the poem "the raven" and creepy stuff. This is a dream come true

@user-is3jj3yp8q 3 ай бұрын

"quoth the raven, nevermore."

@danthewoodman8558 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like the "look in the past to know the future" was OldRoot trying to tell us to check again on the clues.

@JinnaiT 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but the people looking at the clues werent all that brilliant and oldroot really wanted to keep people interested

@Ribbons0121R121 2 жыл бұрын

yep

@Moxustz 2 жыл бұрын

Or consider what happened before and do it that way

@k_taaro 2 жыл бұрын

@@Moxustz yeah I feel like there could be some ciphers that might have to be reused Also nobody was backtracking too much, dismissing a lot of things as dead ends instead of keeping them in mind as potential puzzle pieces

@NamHoang-oy7lj 2 жыл бұрын

Me: "looks back at 2021' Me: *Yeah it's hard to unsee*

@Pixelcraftian 3 жыл бұрын

It's funny how this goes from a strange minecraft player in the void to a red staring eye. Wow

@ex0spher_e 3 жыл бұрын

wow

@archienoir 3 жыл бұрын

Yea wow

@an0rmaluser339 3 жыл бұрын

wow

@devashishsharma8561 3 жыл бұрын

wOw

@joelhoon1707 3 жыл бұрын

woW

@user-rf2rs4qg9n Ай бұрын

I think the lore behind what OldRoot could be is a person who's able to look into the future, but, as a tester of knowledge, he's trying to make the public learn of past things before he opens the future to us

@gois3r Жыл бұрын

the video production in all of your vids is so insanely good and i never get bored watching any of your videos. subscribed.

@alexman3669 3 жыл бұрын

"How could they even be numbers, they have letters too" -Every 3rd grader when letters were added to math in school

@user-qq1xj5zk9n 3 жыл бұрын

The day Many Dumb People Who has low wis Like me Has An Brain Stroke moment

@pomelo9518 3 жыл бұрын

But it cannot be hex, hex uses capital letters

@vecipheragain 3 жыл бұрын

-every child when introduced to algebra

@explosivesraspberry6795 3 жыл бұрын

@@vecipheragain i disagree i caught on real quick and i only learned about variables in like the 5 grade

@bonelessbooks9263 2 жыл бұрын

Nice pfp, I’m learning python this summer

@idiot3566 2 жыл бұрын

The "It has begun" audio sounds like an enderman having a stroke

@AspenRFT 2 жыл бұрын

Or me drinking coffee 1 a.m. in the morning

@lix5421 2 жыл бұрын

@i made an account to say this How kind of you to make an account just to say this one word: *WHEEZE*

@blackholefreezeray8871 2 жыл бұрын

All I heard was **wort wort wort** but sped up but the enderman makes more sense.

@Ribbons0121R121 2 жыл бұрын

well the flasification is basically a stroke

@matiassant3249 2 жыл бұрын

true xd

@k_469 Жыл бұрын

One discrepency - TinyTim did not die performing any music or songs, he had just been introduced to the stage - he spoke for a minute or two and thanked some people in the crowd - then he collapsed. Not sure the connection to oldroot, but Tim did not die performing that or any song. Tims death video is available on the internet archive.

@monikaowczarek4354 Жыл бұрын

The research needed to record this video is just beyond my imaginaton. Good job dude

@matryoshka2151 3 жыл бұрын

This was just "how many different code types can we use" - The ARG

@matryoshka2151 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like I'm watching a Professor Layton playthrough 😭

@quagmiretoiletgaming 3 жыл бұрын

Most ARGs are like this sadly

@bittersweetvictory8541 3 жыл бұрын

quite a few do this, especially the older games. i don’t think i’ve ever seen one use pigpen though purely because it’s so simple, so much so that club penguin’s tic tac toe cipher was based on it.

@Chara_27 2 жыл бұрын

yeah

@alexfc679 Жыл бұрын

@@quagmiretoiletgaming wtf quagmire again? Hey!

@hamster8706 Жыл бұрын

I like how Oldroot said "If you wish to know the future you must know the past" yet they still didn't solve any of the previous puzzles

@Ponera-Sama Жыл бұрын

They tried to but couldn't

@disrespecc9678 Жыл бұрын

@@KB7tm He didn’t? It was quite obvious it would happen. It’s not a hard prediction to make if you’re living in 2014.

@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932 Жыл бұрын

I think that was his point. He was saying that the solutions themselves are needed to be known in order to figure out the later ones.

@mikemo1993 Жыл бұрын

Great point - *IMO, I was convinced that more digging was needed to be done into the Sea of Galilee, The Dutch Golden age, The Italian Cipher manuscript text, etc. it seemed like the narrative really peaked when all those great works of literature and cryptography were thematically woven into the shared history of the Boston Painting Heist and what not.

@commonwealthmapping Жыл бұрын

@@KB7tm how did he?

@mistycomet9760 2 ай бұрын

One of my favorite things is that despite the scary content and imagery the messages themselves are often quite friendly and helpful. "Hello friend" "It's easier than you think" "I'll show you" "Good luck" "I realize that this is difficult to hear" The speaker seems friendly towards Wester. It's possible the person he says "I understand this is difficult to hear" to ma be one of Wester's family or friends. Whoever the speaker is--OldRoot or the faceless man--at least one of them doesn't seem to be dangerous of unfriendly. Mysterious, but ultimately seeking to help us.

@Aqua_simp_lol 11 ай бұрын

I found myself looking for Minecraft Mysteries because they’re so interesting, spooky or not. This channel delivered content beyond my expectations. Keep it up!

@dyjhjfrtt6607 2 жыл бұрын

Someday, I’m going to make something like this and it will be the most elaborate rickroll ever.

@agustbab 2 жыл бұрын

i will help if that is allowed ✋

@karinajolee 2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I was hoping this was

@CrimsonAkato 2 жыл бұрын

I don't even understand how stuff like this happen if I one day posted some random distorted image with hidden text I doubt anyone would look at it .. idk I just feel like that would happen this days

@jakeplaysyt6695 2 жыл бұрын

I would do that but it would lead to something just as good called *YOU JUST GOT COCONUT MALLED*

@bruhno3712 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to help!

@justjade256 2 жыл бұрын

Idk why, but “a green temple of melon” was just so funny to me

@ThatQingBall 2 жыл бұрын

Ya me too 😂

@randm5753 2 жыл бұрын

Wadzze: im four parrarel universes a head you

@anonymoose4700 2 жыл бұрын

im watching this while i have a 2000 word essay due in 11:59pm

@bluebaconYT1809 2 жыл бұрын

Thers a green steve but how knows how its made

@levirodgers4087 2 жыл бұрын

I AM MELON LORD

@notoriouswhitemoth Жыл бұрын

The fact that they kept repeating 'if you wish to know the future you must know the past' tells me there were a lot of clues that got missed

@Cameronj813 Жыл бұрын

I F'ING LOVE THIS. as someone whos followed a lot of ARG's and am working on one myself. a lot of these decoders have helped me to get to the next point. Alex is a legend.

@70Lu07 3 жыл бұрын

I love how they got so familiar with OldRoot that one of them got to call him Oldy

@kacperkonieczny7333 2 жыл бұрын

Where?

@theguywithticon5360 2 жыл бұрын

@@kacperkonieczny7333 27:51

@Gaminginvrrr 2 ай бұрын

i am now calling it root boy

@avxrage5926 2 жыл бұрын

OldRoot knows how to make some SoundCloud bangers

@jakecothbert8716 2 жыл бұрын

@JudeOhHecc 2 жыл бұрын

Fax 📠

@pentag0nkidd067 2 жыл бұрын

block dj

@user-lg9cf4sw4x 2 жыл бұрын

i love listening to screeching everyday

@jay1v176 2 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@chickennugget7489 8 ай бұрын

I just recently got into ARG stuff and i must say this feels like an adventure and i felt like a kids again. Great bibeo

@Smoke-tf8xk Жыл бұрын

I honestly dont know how the guy who created this had time, and mind to do this... So many special pictures, codes, some morse codes, alphabets... Stunning

@ifthebootyfatykwhereimat 2 жыл бұрын

this guy is a genius, making a melon church scary takes some dedication and hard work

@Isaac_Ealey 2 жыл бұрын

I have a phobia of melon churches.

@Terracylle 2 жыл бұрын

@@Isaac_Ealey certified dirt muffin moment

@Directed2212 2 жыл бұрын

Bruh other people found the information he didn't did thid

@azurecyan4289 Жыл бұрын

yeah and in my opinion the searching is scarier than the entire backrooms

@Luca_1304 Жыл бұрын

@@Terracylle certified Enderite muffin moment

@EnverWasHere 3 жыл бұрын

imagine all of this leading to a rick roll

@kmnaaaa 3 жыл бұрын

not funny edit: stop replying LMAO THIS IS A 7 MONTH OLD REPLY STOP

@giothesavage8204 3 жыл бұрын

Mega epic

@whos.aspiire 3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't even be mad. That would be so smart.

@therealspeedwagon1451 3 жыл бұрын

Or possibly there is another clue in the rickroll link. But that would be the most epic rickroll link ever

@theobaldvongoebben234 3 жыл бұрын

I‘d like this :D

@Chaotic_Overlord 10 ай бұрын

I have watched your Minecraft icebergs and that ending with old root really got me interested so I decided to watch this video. This arg was really cool and really interesting. The reveal at the end that Old root was actually Alex Bale had to be the most predictable yet surprising reveal, I learned about them with the Spongebob theories and this arg has some similarities with how both started with very commonly liked stuff (minecraft/Spongebob) and then devolved in to it's original story (something which can also be somewhat applied to Pizza time pizza; going from a random funny video about a weird pizza man to what It Is now). I can definatly see why he wanted to stop this thoug, as It definatly did feel like It really wasn't going anywhere and that later on it ended up relying on multiple hints for It to continue. Overall I really enjoyed both the iceberg videos and this arg and I learned a few new things too.

@Auroral_Anomaly 10 ай бұрын

The level of dedication needed to create and decipher this I cannot imagine.

@welcometochiles6156 2 жыл бұрын

One day, there will be an ARG that is "forever unsolved." And an analysis video will cover it. But, it will then be discovered that the analysis video was secretly a collaboration with the ARG maker, and that the analysis video was the next clue in and of itself.

@user-hv9he6jc1v 2 жыл бұрын

Alex Bale (OldRoot) actually has a couple ARGs going on rn that are almost like this idea

@tilialcani5644 Жыл бұрын

Lad five nights at freddys is not solved no body can slove it fr

@user-hv9he6jc1v Жыл бұрын

@@tilialcani5644 fnaf isnt an ARG

@tilialcani5644 Жыл бұрын

@N I mean yea you are right ✅ but it is still unsolved or the Wilbur arg still not solved and it has been still 2017 or 2018 idk

@plinplinplon_ Жыл бұрын

@@tilialcani5644 ok bro

@thonys_lg_gaming7629 2 жыл бұрын

Old root keeps saying "to discover the future you must know the past" hes talking about the supposed dead ends that people got stumble all the way back to the first clue people couldn't read. He wants people to go back and decipher, only then will it be solved , I know nobody will see this but this is just my thought

@elliottkennell7735 2 жыл бұрын

i did i wonder if that's true

@kudanilterbang6692 2 жыл бұрын

Yea i think its true because in one of many oldroot's messages,it says "Its easier than you think". Maybe he just want to show that the answer is in the previous messages that people still can't solve.

@victor_0cp 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking this as well. If only the people investigating this went back and tried to decipher old puzzles again, they may have figured out the mystery. Alas, the phrase, “To discover the future, you must know the past,” was maybe a bit too cryptic for them.

@no-one-1 2 жыл бұрын

89 people saw this

@possumbery 2 жыл бұрын

you have biggest brain in all of humanity

@Mariodasus 2 ай бұрын

"Friends forever spongebob!" -Patrick

@ZaidMustafa-bq2qq Жыл бұрын

I love your channel, it's a [[EXTREMELY]] enjoyment

@soiltastesgood4166 2 жыл бұрын

I like how oldroot started as a very omnimous and scary guy to a man making fire spongebob theories

@ahistoryfanatic5683 2 жыл бұрын

said spongebob theories connecting to some shit about a farm conducting weird experiments, sonc the blue rat, and the dude that reviewed parasite

@SlimeBeast-xp7xf 2 жыл бұрын

It's more complex than that, check out inside a mind's channel on the spongebob theories

@Chaoslnsurgency 2 жыл бұрын

@@ahistoryfanatic5683 happy meat farms? Experiments? They would do no such thing! Its all in your head!

@mythinvestigators.augustus1458 2 жыл бұрын

@@SlimeBeast-xp7xf fucking "skin theory" is a thing.

@comradegarrett1202 2 жыл бұрын

the SpongeBob theories are an ARG

@mix3k818 3 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: This whole mystery was made to make young people browse old art, scriptures and cyphers

@NeonWasInUse 3 жыл бұрын

better plot twist: this is gonna lead to the biggest case of getting gnomed in human history.

@Terratomere 3 жыл бұрын

@@NeonWasInUse even better plot twist: it will also lead to the biggest case of getting stickbugged in the whole history of reality

@petamericangaming6177 2 жыл бұрын

@@Terratomere God of Plot Twists: it's the smartest rick roll in the history of the multiverse

@lolcate 2 жыл бұрын

@@petamericangaming6177 even bigger plot twist : this was created by skillshare

@mrpineapple3942 2 жыл бұрын

@@lolcate oh no

@RavenCak3s Жыл бұрын

When you are ready Alex Bale. I'll be waiting here. For a part 2.

@oh_no1604 Жыл бұрын

Gotta love watching these at 12 am

@you59tube59 2 жыл бұрын

"A link to a new image" **Cheetos ad pops up** Ah yes, Cheetos

@reidvillage 2 жыл бұрын

LMFBAOOMFC translation: laugh my fucking bitch ass off of my fucking chair

@GarGhuul 2 жыл бұрын

Funny you should mention this. At 36:37 (Let me show you) or so I got an ad for something promising me how to earn more money per month.

@chipotleguest690 2 жыл бұрын

I got two for coffee

@dancelikean1diot 2 жыл бұрын

cheeto

@clericwhomakes 2 жыл бұрын

Mine A Friendly Biscuit

@buffamongus1346 2 жыл бұрын

"the raven is watching" *grammarly ad pops up*

@topmasteerr8557 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@09schannelofentertainment95 2 жыл бұрын

the grammarly is watching you

@DarkShadic9632 2 жыл бұрын

Itz Maya Grammarly sees all

@MCFinalNinja 2 жыл бұрын

I got duolingo, which is even worse, because a van pulled up to my neighbor's house at the right time.

@buffamongus1346 2 жыл бұрын

@@MCFinalNinja holy crap its like that one picture that went "You missed spanish class, you know what happens now!" "You are being robbed" or something and duolingo got the wrong house

@shqdyz201 Жыл бұрын

This was hectic, would be interesting to see something like that happen again in 2022/2023 with how advanced everyone / everything has gotten.

@lunarlullaby05 2 ай бұрын

I love how I had chills this entire video, and the thing that made me literally laugh out loud was you talking about the museum heist, simply because I've seen shane and ryan's video on it about a million times, and I could only imagine the damn security guard being the man behind old root, and that all of this shit somehow ended up leading to where the art is.

@higuy1324 2 жыл бұрын

“You can do a lot more than that, wester” “Like what?” Gets an add for pregnancy…

@viperv1bes661 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@falseillusin9197 2 жыл бұрын

Sus

@skrybspryt 2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@krytonaus4793 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@nubsandchubs3932 2 жыл бұрын

Yea, excellent place for an ad break

@xTheMLPGodx 3 жыл бұрын

If this was done in current year, everybody would’ve just called oldroot an “edgelord” and call them cringe and move on

@savetheevo 2 жыл бұрын

Fr lmao

@ironbackplays7861 2 жыл бұрын

OldRoot: “For gods sake let me do my ARG!”

@TOMNICE 2 жыл бұрын

Not really. Back in those days they called Minecraft "cringe" and nowdays they praise it.

@acompletelynormalbobsimp8468 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, now everything that is dark is something ""edgy""

@neonpawz4551 2 жыл бұрын

True

@TimeStampCrafts Жыл бұрын

ARGs aren't my usual content but this came across on auto play and I found myself pulled in. Love the vibe/speed of the video. I'll have to watch a few more now :)

@odingallow3083 10 ай бұрын

I absolutely love the pigpen cipher. There are so many variations. I've never seen this *exact* one before though.

@IgorNetoAnimation 2 жыл бұрын

I would NEVER have the patience to play around with all of the decoding.

@0Blueaura 2 жыл бұрын

night mind clearly stated that cryptic messages need a purpose and this guy over done it to hell and it turned out cringe

@shamelessshadow707 2 жыл бұрын

@Sharad Kumar Singh yup defeats the whole purpose

@macaylacayton2915 2 жыл бұрын

oh boy, the Cipher Hunt(a gravity falls worldwide treasure hunt) would not be for you, even though it is already done.

@affirmationsraisevibration1984 2 жыл бұрын

SAME

@falseillusin9197 2 жыл бұрын

SaMeEe

@RandomLorence 10 ай бұрын

I've watched this video countless times and look, I'm here once again Your videos are just awesome dud

@thebluespider_lilly Жыл бұрын

Glad I rediscovered this channel

@justchillin3846 3 жыл бұрын

This is the most underrated and best unsolved minecraft mystery I’ve ever seen! This is so good!

@gudboi0241 3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t finished watching but... it’s unsolved?!

@justchillin3846 3 жыл бұрын

@@gudboi0241 Yes, sorry for the spoiler

@lorrainetimm8577 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr!!! I was legit looking around my room making sure there was nothing there. ITS SO CREEPY!!!

@NARUTODSSG 2 жыл бұрын

@joshstudiospresent 2 жыл бұрын

@@gudboi0241 finish watching then 😑😑

@hungryeyes2786 3 жыл бұрын

4:48 RetroGamingNow: "The hidden truth is" Me: "The truth is hidden"

@daydream_comet 3 жыл бұрын

This changes everything

@nomsterdude 2 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@harpomarx263 2 жыл бұрын

Same here man

@picehere 2 жыл бұрын

same

@hysby9588 2 жыл бұрын

lol

@joeridgechua Жыл бұрын

Best video game ARG in years. It's not as creepy or mysterious as horror-themed pastas, but this gives people creative clues to work on.

@TurtleTracksStudio 4 ай бұрын

Wow! An Alex Bale Minecraft ARG is nuts. I love his work so much

@mintfn4379 3 жыл бұрын

Just that beginning gave me goosebumps holy shit this series is amazing

@melon7514 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly yes it is

@fanaticpage0122 3 жыл бұрын

I know right? I was watching other video when this video came out and I clicked it then paused. Why? Because it's currently 1:16 am and I suddenly wrapped myself in my blanket and I said "You know what, I'm gonna watch it in the morning. Sorry Retro but this video will have to wait."

@tetta2956 3 жыл бұрын

@@fanaticpage0122 its fucking day and im at 3:24 shaking Bro im never gonna play mc again

@OfficialDiRT 2 жыл бұрын

The Raven code wasn't "The hidden truth is" but "The truth is hidden." You read it by focusing on each letter cutout, not per line of the story.

@angelpuzzle 2 жыл бұрын

What if it has to be extracted like the other one

@basswitch525 2 жыл бұрын

@@angelpuzzle but howwwww

@angelpuzzle 2 жыл бұрын

@@basswitch525 I meant, what if it's like the other one that when opened with WinRAR or 7zip can be extracted a hidden file

@basswitch525 2 жыл бұрын

@@angelpuzzleidk its that simple, also why would he use the same technique for two different hints.. still worth a try doe idk

@zacharycarr8560 2 жыл бұрын

Thats what im saying as well

@arielgarel7699 Жыл бұрын

Love how every time you say "that same mysterious figure" it's just Steve

@Airwolftomato Күн бұрын

2024: 0:01 being weird, 2040: RGN being the only KZfaqr that’s not cancelled

@briyzy 3 жыл бұрын

To be honest, I wasn’t surprised that Alex was old root. He’s extremely good at making args, so no wonder it was him. I mean he literally made pizza time pizza (my personal favourite arg) and several other similar ones. Maybe this even links to his other ones, as some args he did were linked, sharing references, scenes, and characters.

@c.a.b.studios 2 жыл бұрын

It's kinda funny that this creepy guy was just a person who makes strange spongebob theories

@hydra9738 2 жыл бұрын

I heard the name alex bale and I immedietly thought "Isnt that the guy who makes spongebob theories"

@justjade256 2 жыл бұрын

lmao

@8Stuff 2 жыл бұрын

holup

@4thebrokenhearted 2 жыл бұрын

lmao...WAIT THAT WAS HIM?

@chrispy5249 2 жыл бұрын

Do people seriously ONLY know him for that? No wonders, those videos have 3M views and his actual content has only like 100.000 tops. Alex Bale makes comedic satire videos with a weird persona, and he's the creator of the PIZZA TIME PIZZA ARG. He doesn't just make spongebob theories, the youtube algorithm just made him the LMAO SPUNCHBOB MAN

@Rosa-ib3ml Жыл бұрын

this really makes it apparent how the world as a whole is the most powerful hunter if given the tools humans can be amazing when working together it just really cant get over it im always impressed when i see the internet decode things together

@lifeiscats1337 10 ай бұрын

6:05 for anyone who doesn’t know brute force is a hacking method to create an algorithm that basically checks for literally every possibility of a 7-letter code in existence and check the validity of the codes to see if it’s an actual picture and then check the picture to see if it’s the right one. Do this process enough times and you’re eventually guaranteed to find it.

@guts2048 9 ай бұрын

I already knew that but thanks for typing it out

@lifeiscats1337 9 ай бұрын

@@guts2048yw

@origamifox2996 2 жыл бұрын

am i the only one that felt like whenever the sentence "if you wish to know the future, you must know the past" showed up it meant that oldroot wanted us to look at old deciphered images/codes etc and possibly redo them? i dunno

@commenterforfun5154 2 жыл бұрын

@PACOMOKA most arg end up being just a joke or some kind of social experiment so i doubt people would take a arg from a block game seriously lmao

@breakfaith3031 2 жыл бұрын

@PACOMOKA yea, it seems like they mostly just sat around with their thumbs up their arses waiting for new messages from oldroot

@beeman9229 2 жыл бұрын

no i think he means to figure out the old clues and hints, and find the roots to what happend to this man. thus the name old root

@metalskirmish 2 жыл бұрын

he definitely meant to say that people missed something he allready put out for sure

@prest01 2 жыл бұрын

i mean even i saw shit no one thought about according to the video, they really didnt try with this huh. thats why we need 4chan, reddit is full of idiots

@CommanderWof 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the "Raven" typo clue is meant to be read in the order of the letters, so "The truth is hidden" not "The hidden truth is." Not sure if that'll actually make a difference, but I figured I'd point it out.

@rainswings1190 2 жыл бұрын

that's my gut feeling too. Either that and there's reason it's out of order, or it's correctly "the hidden truth is" and then there's something supposed to be directly after it that was missed

@billyis_epik31529 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's in order

@grace1753 2 жыл бұрын

Worth mentioning.

@allynotfound4208 2 жыл бұрын

Right that makes so much more sense

@wolfyyy09 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it links to ‘hidden inside’, so it says, the answer is hidden inside

@eleven2718 11 ай бұрын

Nice stuff!

@nemaele Жыл бұрын

So this is one of my favourite videos. And while playing Minecraft, I decided to go through my spooky Minecraft playlist with my partner listening this time (he's not a horror fan, and doesn't like any kind of content like this). When the second sound file played and he called it "a beardtrimmer underwater", I scream-laughed.

@kylestergaming 2 жыл бұрын

For the kids who are scared easily, there is no jump scares, and barely any creepy imagery. Edit 1: wtf i come back after a year and it has like 4k likes Edit 2: 2 years now, 4.1k likes. Been looking at some of the comments, and let me rework what I said for those just tuning in. NO JUMPSCARES, SOME DISTURBING IMAGERY. VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED

@echolocation1 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@echolocation1 2 жыл бұрын

There’s also creepy sounds btw

@cesaarkaan4354 2 жыл бұрын

@@echolocation1 if you change the sound to despacito its not scary

@echolocation1 2 жыл бұрын

@@cesaarkaan4354 thanks for the advice

@cesaarkaan4354 2 жыл бұрын

@@echolocation1 maybe play a background music and turn on subtitles

@trk.is.trippin 2 жыл бұрын

I never thought in a million years that spongebob theory guy was old root

@llewelynshingler2173 2 жыл бұрын

I mean he did make Pizza Time Pizza, but it is still a surprise.

@crptic9925 2 жыл бұрын

@@llewelynshingler2173 a surprise but a welcome one

@cannonplays939 9 ай бұрын

What if all Oldroot led to was a rickroll at the very end of the puzzle

@TheStudioArchitect 10 ай бұрын

Man, this story is really interesting and creepy... I hope it gets solved one day!

@NezzNHLive 3 жыл бұрын

This is probably one of the best Minecraft mysteries of all time. Period.

@amilliarde1234 3 жыл бұрын

period? stop being weird

@Immortal_dragon 3 жыл бұрын

@@amilliarde1234 your perverted they mean end of story

@amilliarde1234 3 жыл бұрын

@@Immortal_dragon period

@Mapbim 3 жыл бұрын

green amogus

@quagmiretoiletgaming 3 жыл бұрын

red amogus

@amilliarde1234 3 жыл бұрын

people who do these: *lets wait 6 years for someone to find this out* 🥶🥶👌😎

@jzv.71 3 жыл бұрын

period

@scanbbb 3 жыл бұрын

@@jzv.71 shhhh

@justlixian293 3 жыл бұрын

The pinned comment lol

@916hz 3 жыл бұрын

@@jzv.71 "period" - ☝🤓

@user-qq1xj5zk9n 3 жыл бұрын

@@jzv.71 The Emoji they wrote overwritten it

@firethegamer29322 Жыл бұрын

I forgot about this vid and now I love it

@iplayminecraft2248 5 ай бұрын

hearing that old root is alex bale is really cool. I've seen some of his videos and they are AMAZING

@ProGremlinPlayer 3 жыл бұрын

The guy who made Oldroot ended up making wacky SpongeBob theories years later. Awesome.

@pleasantox7655 3 жыл бұрын

Those SpongeBob theories are the thing keeping me going rn ngl

@Paulo-qo3qe 3 жыл бұрын

Gremlin wtf

@ProGremlinPlayer 3 жыл бұрын

@@Paulo-qo3qe what's wrong

@Paulo-qo3qe 3 жыл бұрын

@@ProGremlinPlayer you here, didnt expect

@ianeons9278 2 жыл бұрын

Where? Pls link

@what3954 2 жыл бұрын

What I expected: some strange theories about a simple minecraft experience or something. What I got: Literally the most bizarre thing I have ever witnessed, which is saying A LOT.

@flamingdog9207 2 жыл бұрын

I was expecting some old Herobrine-esque creepypasta stuff, instead got an interesting ARG

@akiradkcn 2 жыл бұрын

@@flamingdog9207 noice

@MarinDeveloper 2 жыл бұрын

Same lol

@cezaryandrzejewski5793 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the dust dots 12:07, correspnding to the numeric matrix from the 9:40?

@truebruhmoment4667 2 жыл бұрын

same

@mattjustofficial Жыл бұрын

Such an intricate complex mystery to view some Minecraft pics...

@RealTheThe 9 ай бұрын

I watched this a long time ago and now after learning about Allen poes works it all makes more sense

@JediPlays0309 3 жыл бұрын

I've already seen it on some ordinary gamers but I'm gonna watch it again just for the editing lol

@hornetisvoider 3 жыл бұрын

AHEM THIS DUDE IS A NOT A FURRY IT'S ENDER DRAGON FAN ART that's what he told me

@JediPlays0309 3 жыл бұрын

@@hornetisvoider it's true though, I asked someone for enderdragon art

@hornetisvoider 3 жыл бұрын

@@JediPlays0309 people just kept calling you a furry and insulting you for that so.i needed to say that so people stop insulting you

@RetroGamingNow 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you enjoy it - I think there was a lot of stuff he missed, and I did my best to be comprehensive

@hornetisvoider 3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroGamingNow ah ok then

@Omarr388 3 жыл бұрын

me: "reads title" also me: gets annoyed when story doesnt get resolved

@s-... 2 жыл бұрын

That saved me a lot of time. I was already at 7:09

@hi-qe2ob 2 жыл бұрын

@@s-...

@s-... 2 жыл бұрын

@@hi-qe2ob ‍

@hi-qe2ob 2 жыл бұрын

@@s-...

@s-... 2 жыл бұрын

@@hi-qe2ob‍

@lowmicofficial 2 ай бұрын

Just accept it, they are the answer.

@Ilovechildren444 11 ай бұрын

My man really teaching us one of the scariest minecraft creepypasta

@videogameKid124 11 ай бұрын

🕺🏿

@videogameKid124 11 ай бұрын

Sorry I’m weird

@sterlinsilver 2 жыл бұрын

I don't care how scary this may try to be, minecraft is just inherently calming

@entity1293 2 жыл бұрын

Have you heard the minecraft cave sounds orrr..?

@arizonagreenbee 2 жыл бұрын

Minecraft is a calm game with some fucked up lore

@sterlinsilver 2 жыл бұрын

@@entity1293 I stand corrected...

@entity1293 2 жыл бұрын

@@sterlinsilver It is calm at one point the scary as hell at odd times- especially then cave ambient

@grogu9215 2 жыл бұрын

Except for the nether.

@rainboworange 2 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure the "one must know the past" line was dropped in the hints because something in the first images was missed entirely, and Oldroot/Alex grew tired of the communtiy not getting it and not reexamining the older stuff. also, the capitalisation on the numbers-on-a-keyboard clue was in not unknown, it was in the color. red=upper case, white=lower case.

@beanboy5963 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that oldroot was desperately watching people bumble around trying to figure out the codes, and thinking cmon guys I just told you what to do. And the redditors are like wow, can't figure it out, better wait for more clues :p

@BenoHourglass 2 жыл бұрын

Like when they opened an image to reveal another image I wondered why nobody bothered to recheck any of the old images to see if there was the same thing happening with them.

@PIKL_Creep 2 жыл бұрын

That's why I was thinking honestly I'd get pissed off and use a different account and tell people to check old pictures that guy has a lot of patience.

@bibikarmoeddien 2 жыл бұрын

@@beanboy5963 4chan would of solved if it reached there

@whydoiexist Жыл бұрын

13:40 it's oldroot's early christmas present

@BlueVortex01Gaming Жыл бұрын

I actually went through the nevermore video and found that he stole my face part I just had to slow it down all the way. I just recently started getting into ARGs and this one is so good. Its gripping and mysterious I love it.Its like Im getting to solve the mystery along with him.