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Most of the "Observations" here are taken from the wiki and the Unfiction forums. The "Speculation" sections can be spoilery so they are hidden by default.


Regards

Date:  2009-07-22
Desc.: ////////

Prev.: Entry #9

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Observations
- when the number of slashes along the sides of each square is converted to letters, they spell out "LOK"
- combined with the word "CLOSELY" this gives "LOOK CLOSELY"
- the flashing of the squares can be converted into the following Q-codes:
   QAQ: Am I near a prohibited, restricted, or danger area?
   QJA: Is my [tape / mark and space] reversed?
- the audio is music, slowed down and played in reverse

Notes
- link to the audio, sped up and reversed

Operator

Date:  2009-07-31
Desc.: \\\yes\\\

Prev.: Entry #10

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Observations
- the capitalized letters spell out "LISTEN"
- the word "Stillnesss" has an extra "s" at the end
- the audio is most likely from Entry #10

Notes
- it's strange that totheark has access to this audio since it would mean that the Entry #10 tape was digitalized, the audio was removed, and the video was then recorded back onto tape

Deluge

Date:  2009-08-11
Desc.: ///

Prev.: Entry #11

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Observations
- two strips of flashing light
- the audio is the name "Alex" slowed down and reversed on the left channel

Notes
- it's stated in the DVD commentary that this is not Morse code

Impurity

Date:  2009-09-01
Desc.: 000000000

Prev.: Entry #12

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Observations
- the number of zeros in each line corresponds to the letters "Z E R O"
- the high note that plays during the section with the storm has a frequency of 1046 Hz
- among the zeros at the end, the letters "T H E R E W A S M R E" (There was more) are hidden

Exit

Date:  2009-09-15
Desc.: remember me

Prev.: Entry #13

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Observations
- the words in the beginning spell out "THE OPERATOR"
- the footage of Jay takes place after the footage shown in Entry #13 - meaning it was recorded in 2006
- the last frame of the video shows the words "WHEREIS THEARK"

Speculation [show]
- given that Masky is the only character who is confirmed to have had both access to a camera (Entry #54) AND knowledge of the Operator (Entry #66) at this point in 2006, it was most likely him who recorded the footage of Jay

Program

Date:  2009-09-26
Desc.: 000

Prev.: Entry #14

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Observations
- the symbol in the corner is a "Stigma" - a ligature of the Greek letters Sigma and Tau
- the code is binary, specifically a binary clock

Speculation [show]
- since the symbol is a Stigma, it could be a reference to the number 6, which in turn could be a reference to the original 6 cast members of Marble Hornets (as discussed here)
- the slashes and zeros decode to the numbers 25 1 13 1 as shown here
- the words "bleed more" are in reference to Alex in Entry #14


Notes
- it's stated in the DVD commentary that the Stigma symbol was supposed to be a reference to Alex's stigmata-like wound in Entry #14

Advocate

Date:  2009-10-12
Desc.: 00110111

Prev.: Entry #15

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Observations
- the description decodes to the number 7 in ASCII
- the code is a binary clock counting from 1 to 10
- the Stigma from Program appears right after the binary disappears
- the footage appears to come from the same video as Entry #7, but doesn't actually match anything in Entry #7

Speculation [show]
- Entry #15 was the first time Brian was spoken about in any significant way, so him being in this video could just be a reference to that
- it could also be an early clue that Brian is involved with totheark
- the "ticktock" and the code itself are probably just meant as a hint for the code in Program


Notes
- just like with the audio in Operator, it's strange that totheark has access to this footage
- I fully believe this was either meant to be a Skully clue or a mistake

Addition

Date:  2009-10-21
Desc.: //eyes\\

Prev.: Entry #16

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Observations
- the audio is Jay calling "Alex, Brian" from Entry #16, slowed down

Signal

Date:  2009-11-04
Desc.: again

Prev.: Entry #17

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Observations
- the visuals and audio are from the short film "Silent Snow, Secret Snow", which deals with rejection of & withdrawal from reality
- in the film, the dialouge heard here is spoken by the sentient snow from the main character's daydreams

Messages

Date:  2009-11-21
Desc.: .

Prev.: Entry #18

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Observations
- the audio is slowed down orchestra music
- the sinking ship fits totheark's water motif
- this is the only totheark video that was ever directly referenced on the main channel

Speculation [show]
- the whole "you have been keeping secrets" thing is referring to Jay filming himself (just like Alex)

Return

Date:  2009-12-02
Desc.: 91

Prev.: Entry #19

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Observations
- footage is from "two nights after [Jay] returned from the house in Entry #18" (20th Nov 2009) according to Entry #19

Speculation [show]
- what is there to speculate this one makes NO SENSE
- why would totheark - either of them - intentionally bring Jay so close to the Operator
- makes no sense
- I know the answer is that it wasn't really thought through but I hate that that's the answer


Notes
- I HATE this one

Version

Date:  2009-12-16
Desc.: s

Prev.: Entry #20

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Observations
- the first letters of the words spell out "precedes trees", which is an anagramm of "deeper secrets"
- the audio is Morse code for "Operator"

Speculation [show]
- the shot of the Red Tower and the words "waiting for you" are most likely a reference to the "at the tower" message Jay found written on one of the pages from Brian's house in Entry #19.5
- which in turn suggests that they were written on there after Jay took the page

Attention

Date:  2010-01-10
Desc.: .

Prev.: Entry #22

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Observations
- when the letters are re-arranged they spell out "awaiting your arrival"
- before this video was uploaded, Jay had been talking about going back to the house on Twitter

Admission

Date:  2010-01-15
Desc.: +

Prev.: Attention

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Notes
- creepy!

Warning

Date:  2010-02-03
Desc.: failure nigh

Prev.: Entry #23

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Observations
- the capital letters on the first screen spell out "TALK"
- the text on the first screen is copied from the first screen of the Introduction video
- the last frame shows the text "Smile for DEATH"

Fragments

Date:  2011-02-10
Desc.: hello again

Prev.: Entry #34

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Observations
- the first two groups of flashing black frames can be decoded from Morse code as "must" and "die"
- the third group gives nothing coherent

Speculation [show]
- "Alex must die"
- this is the first totheark video after over a year of silence and also the first since the night of Entry #33/76 --> Hoody has been on his own since then and continues to be until Entry #67 (~October 2012)

Broadcast

Date:  2011-02-26
Desc.: are you drowning

Prev.: Entry #35

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Observations
- audio is a text-to-speech generator saying "Enjoying watching you suffer. Do you know me? I will always know you"

Speculation [show]
- the "Do you know me?" is notable since Masky was just unmasked in Entry #35 but we haven't met Hoody yet

Notes
- clean version of the audio

Sidetone

Date:  2011-03-15
Desc.: 000-0000

Prev.: Entry #36

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Observations
- the numbers spell out "LIES"
- the audio is Alex's voice mail message

Notes
- totheark has Alex's phone number (which makes sense)

Forecast

Date:  2011-04-21
Desc.: c2VlIHlvdSBzYXcgeW91

Prev.: Entry #39

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Observations
- description is base64 for "see you saw you"
- the audio is Beethoven's 5th symphony
- the numbers when divided by 2 spell out "AM I A PROPHET"

Intermission

Date:  2011-05-16
Desc.: YmV oaW5kIHRo
ZSBjd XJ0YWlu

Prev.: Entry #40

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Observations
- description is base64 for "behind the curtain"
- the numbers translate to "always there"

Indicator

Date:  2011-06-02
Desc.: blind

Prev.: Entry #41

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Observations
- the binary says "he lies" backwards

Speculation [show]
- this was the response to Entry #41 but since the footage from #40-42 is from the same day it's most likely referring to Alex lying about wanting Jay's help since Hoody knows that he really wants to kill Jay

Memories

Date:  2011-06-20
Desc.: NT Qz MjE =

Prev.: Entry #42

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Observations
- description is base64 for 54321
- the bench looks similar to the one in front of Alex's house in Entry #1
- this was posted on the 2-year-anniversary yay

Inquiry

Date:  2011-07-07
Desc.: maɪnəs sɛntrɔɪd

Prev.: Entry #43

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Observations
- description is a phonetic transcription of "minus centroid"
- audio at the end reveals "DO I HELP OR DO I KILL" when run through a spectrogramm

Speculation [show]
- a centroid is like the center point of a plane or a shape etc
- this could be related to the brain imagery and question of identity in the video or it could refer to Amy and/or Jessica
- "DO I HELP OR DO I KILL" -> either he genuinely isnt sure or he's trying to scare Jay

Classified

Date:  2011-08-15
Desc.: [][]

Prev.: Entry #46

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Observations
- the red letters behind the zeros read "I know you're there"
- the numbers spell out "THE TWINS DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID"

Speculation [show]
- the "do you know what he did" line is most likely referring to the upcoming murder of Bruce in Entry #49 since Jay doesn't know about that yet but Hoody probably "saw it"
- the "I know you're there" can only really be addressed to Alex

Sidenote

Date:  2011-09-01
Desc.: remainseated iwillfindyou

Prev.: Entry #48

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Observations
- this was posted as the response to Entry #48 but uses clips from #47

Speculation [show]
- imo this would have made WAY more sense as a response to Entry #47 but oh well
- "Be silent" is probably meant to be directed towards Alex esp since it's followed by clips of him talking
- HOWEVER his face is also overlaid over Hoody's head in the next shot which could mean that Hoody means to repeat / agree with the "You've done nothing but make everything worse" line which was directed at Jay
- the "THIS IS THE BEST PART" with "You've done nothing" sounds kind of sarcastic but it would make sense if it's directed at Jay because he really doesn't do much in Season 2 except look through tapes
- it could also be meant as Hoody repeating Alex's words to mock him, since Alex also hasn't done anything to actually find Amy which is what he claims to need Jay's help for when they first meet up
- but of course Hoody would know that this is bullshit and Jay also knows that at this point so I think this is less likely
- so yeah I would say that this is him like. reluctantly agreeing with Alex
- the description is also interesting because Hoody does absolutely nothing to find anyone after this lmao (the next time he shows up in person is in Entry #58 which is 8 months later)


Notes
- this one is SO INTERESTING!!!

Extraction

Date:  2011-09-27
Desc.: never

Prev.: Entry #49

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Observations
- Masky is limping heavily, more similarly to how he did in Entry #45, than in Entry #33/76

Speculation [show]
- this is the response to Entry #49 (Alex killing the guy WITH A ROCK) so of course Hoody uses footage of the one other guy he hurt with a rock
- the "YOU" here isn't addressing anyone specifically this is basically Hoody saying "this is exactly why I / we hate Alex and why he needs to die"


Notes
- chronologically, the last time we saw Masky was in Entry #33 (January 2011, 8 months before this video was uploaded) and the next time we see Tim is in November 2011 at which point he isn't limping at all anymore so this can only really be old footage of Masky (see this)

Reminder

Date:  2012-03-15
Desc.: iknowyou

Prev.: Entry #53

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Observations
- the distorted picture of Tim was also used in Inquiry

Speculation [show]
- I don't think the picture of Tim's face here is significant

Decay

Date:  2012-04-04
Desc.: 011001010110111001100100
011010000110100101101101

Prev.: Entry #54

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Observations
- description is binary for "end him"
- the numbers decode to "no choice"
- the audio at the end reveals "TODAY IS YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY" when run through a spectrogram

Speculation [show]
- since this is the response to Entry #54, I would think the "he" is referring to Tim

Notes
- it's stated in the DVD commentary that the creepy af face at the end is Brian

Session

Date:  2012-05-14
Desc.: closeby
i seeyou
as always

Prev.: Entry #57

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Observations
- the text "He's watching" along with a slim silhouette of a person appears for a single frame at the end

Speculation [show]
- I don't think this last line refers to the Operator because TTA never refers to it as "he" (they never directly refer to it at all) and other characters only call it some variation of "that thing"
- so he probably means Alex
- with "see you soon" Hoody could be referring to his upcoming appearance in Entry #58


Notes
- Frame 1 and Frame 2 as posted here

Reference

Date:  2012-06-22
Desc.: do not fail

Prev.: Entry #59

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Observations
- the first message reads "Look to the origins"
- the numbers decode to "HIS LIES IN THE DARK"

Speculation [show]
- it's "HIS [TRUTH] LIES IN THE DARK" because Jay forgot his flashlight (lol) and the medical documents are still in the tunnel

Observation

Date:  2012-08-01
Desc.: waitingon you

Prev.: Entry #60.5

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Notes
- Hoody had access to Jay's Twitter before and after this video was uploaded and posted the following related tweets:
 [2012-07-30] x [screenshot from this video]
 [2012-08-02] 0 [link to this video]
 [2012-08-03] do you hear th under
 [2012-08-03] look outside when the lightning flashes
 [2012-08-05] you will not see me but I will see you
 [2012-08-08] the clouds are dark tonight
 [2012-08-08] this is for you [link to "entry" which was re-uploaded as Entry #61]

Isolation

Date:  2012-09-15
Desc.: alonealonealone

Prev.: Entry #62

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Observations
- the single frame near the end shows the Operator behind Hoody with the text "FOLLOWS ALL" (screenshot)

Display

Date:  2012-10-25
Desc.: ey
ess
ee

Prev.: Entry #64

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Observations
- "He is searching" and "Alex is searching for you"
- the letters mixed in with the zeros spell out "WATCH DEATH"

Surveillance

Date:  2012-12-30
Desc.: 1561571451
6515615116
4156157143

Prev.: Entry #65

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Observations
- the description reads "continue on" in octal (spelled backwards)
- the numbers at the end decode to "truly your fault", "she's out there" and "i am watching"

Speculation [show]
- by this point Hoody had already given Tim the Entry 76 tape, so he knows what happened to Jessica and he knows that Tim does too
- Jessica wasn't a subject of totheark's videos until Jay brings her up as his main motivation in Entry #63 so this is him playing off of that


Notes
- the explanation for the numbers at the end is here
- I still don't understand it but oh well

Decline

Date:  2013-04-04
Desc.: canyousee
anytruth
atall

Prev.: Entry #68

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Observations
- the numbers decode to "he will pay"
- the audio at the end reveals "HAVE YOU MADE ME A LIAR????? OR IS HE GONE" in a spectrogram

Notes
- last Kralie Day the spectrogram message was "TODAY IS YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY" - clearly it wasn't

Conversion

Date:  2013-08-12
Desc.: {*

Prev.: Entry #74

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Observations
- the numbers in the beginning decode to "LIES"
- the red decimal numbers decode to "nevercured", "never", "trust"

Speculation [show]
- since this is the response to 74 the "never cured" part could be referring to Jay but since it goes with "LIES" and "never trust" I would say that it's referring to Tim keeping the Entry #76 tape from Jay, as was revealed in entry #73
- which is interesting because Hoody knows Tim has had this tape for almost a year at this point (since #61-63) but he's never called him out for not showing it to Jay before
- I'd say the reason why he reveals this now and calls Tim out for it is because after the Operator attack in Entry #72 Jay has basically outlived his usefullness to his plans
- he doesn't need him to keep Alex on his toes anymore (since he probably kidnapped him shortly after the events of #73 so he would have him at Benedict Hall by now) and Tim is also firmly on board at this point so the time has come where they can split up again
- he wants both of them to go to Benedict Hall seperately and he wants Jay to be in danger there so that Tim will be properly motivated to kill Alex and this video and Entry #73 lay the groundwork for that

File

Date:  2013-10-10
Desc.: removetrust
forget itisreal

Prev.: Entry #76

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Observations
- the scrambled letters in the top right corner at 00:19 spell out "BRING KNIFE"

Speculation [show]
- see above about the trust stuff

Notes
- Jay does, in fact, bring a knife in the next entry

Quadrant

Date:  2013-12-03
Desc.: didyou
eversee

Prev.: Entry #79

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Observations
- the code decodes to "I CANNOT HELP"
- the audio is the nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice" (this was confirmed in the DVD commentary)

Speculation [show]
- I don't think he wants Jay to DIE necessarily but he is aware that that's a possibility
- he's not sure if he's doing the right thing anymore or if he's just blindly running towards his death like Jay and Alex ("AM I THE THIRD" --> blind mouse)
- he basically lead Jay to Benedict Hall where Alex is loose and where Tim MIGHT be able to save him by killing Alex first
- he orchestrated this, he brought them all together and now he cannot help anymore


Notes
- waaaa Quadrant by beloved

Null

Date:  2014-02-20
Desc.: =
LOC
ATI
ON
=

Prev.: Entry #82

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Observations
- the code repeats seven times

Speculation [show]
- the only secret left at this point is Hoody's real identity so it's strange that it changes to "YOUR SECRET" but oh well
- the code is probably in base36 and the description probably has something to do with it as well but I'm not a code solver so who the hell knows