The Hypnagogic Archive: An Anthology ARG

Timestamps

Intro - 00:00

Website Description - 4:39

Call & Response - 9:01

Genetic Opportunity - 18:14

Heron Observations - 27:42

Joyce - 38:48

Longing for Something Greater - 53:59

Requiem for Steve - 1:11:00

Where Does Wastewater Go? - 1:24:01

Hidden Message & video analysis teaser - 1:29:24

Thank you all so much for watching and please let me know what you think!

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[beat]

Oh man, here's another "I'm putting this on in the background to do chores but I sit down and get sucked in and chores don't get done" video. Appreciate your content, man!

[lucidlullaby]

“You know what isn’t cool or exciting?”
*Hair loss*
“That’s right, having your personal data stolen”
*Dammit*

[hrhhthegqrht]

I think Derrick might be the most mentally powerful horror protagonist ever, the kind of chad energy required to experience a 1 week timeskip, not realise and then eat 1 week old lasagna with dill is immense

[Lazuli]

If there's one thing this has taught me, it's that the name 'Steve' is inherently comical and not the best choice for a scary story.

[deanovelvet]

"The bathrooms were incredibly filthy with soap all over everything."

Idk man seems more than clean to me

[cyanideinmycereal]

I admire Derrick.

“You know what would make this time warp better? A delicious dill-Lasagna.”

[josephhenderson]

My favorite text is probably "Where Does Wastewater Go?" because it reads like it was written by a college student who pulled an essay out of their mystery flesh pit because they were sick and tired of that class and/or they couldn't be bothered to do the assignment properly. I can really see myself in them.

[otakuinred]

The stalking one hit too close to home. Niceguys/nicegirls really DO act like that and it's freaking terrifying. I don't blame Steve for either faking or genuinely dying because of the fact that he made EYE CONTACT with someone and it spiraled from there. Exceptionally realistic.

[Aesthics]

I just watched this entire thing without even realizing it. Nothing beats a Wendigoon video!

[zhebanelm]

Derek just trying to live his best life on fast forward, that's all. Still, imagine the horror of waking up and Smashmouth is new and popular.

[GCFxSNKY]

I've only watched the first story but I have to say-This is literally narcolepsy. I have severe narcolepsy, and that sort of thing can happen a lot. Hypnogogic dreams are a side effect of narcolepsy, and they are particularly scary because for whatever reason they are indistinguishable from reality. I have had moments during work where I have started to fall asleep, but then began to have a hypnogogic hallucination that was just a continuation of my normal work day, and eventually things spiral out of control before I wake up and only 3 minutes have passed. I have even dreamed entire normal days before, only to wake up and realize that that day never happened

[alyasfukename]

Theory: the guy from the story where the medication gave him time skips went for the trial in the same college building that was burned down in the story with the college kids exposing the men in black.

[TenHundred]

The “bye”s at the end are slowly getting more and more chill. The times they are a changin.

[Gardenflowr]

"Rain soaked cities"
The first story happened after it rained, a city/town that appeared out of nowhere due to the rain.
"Abandoned wings"
The taxidermy bird that had its wings unused for presumably a very long time before it began its vengeance.
"Its behind your house, and in front, itll be there for eternity"
Fiona's ghost is both backwards and forwards in time, and will be there forever
Just a thought on what the poem may be, perhaps its from the perspective of someone who observed all these events as they were happening

[katethielen]

REMEMBER if you ever have a friend get hurt, YOU will NOT be charged with underage drinking for bringing them to the hospital! Even if you are underage and drunk yourself, call an ambulance for them, because there are laws to protect you

[Willowposting]

I think whats really good about this ARG is a lot of these "posts" feel like they're made by real people. The writing is insanely authentic feeling, though it could also be how Wendi is reading it.

[IsaacSperrow]

Re: Requiem for Steve
I think the woman did finally meet Steve, but she freaks him out. She ended up killing him. Too much exact detail on his "suicide" and laptop being on the forum is super suspicious.

[Vespercold]

for the heron story, I like the bit where she comments "I saw its teeth" even though birds don't have teeth. It might seem like an oversight at first but you can imagine whatever is controlling the heron bearing its teeth at the woman after being shot, snarling in anger. Birds don't have teeth, but whatever IT was, must have

[MF-R]

On the note of Steve faking his death by getting his buddies to lie so he can avoid a stalker:

Been there, done that. Even ran into the girl years later and managed to convince her I was a different person as I now have a beard and years of partying worn onto my face. But ya, that girl was the kind you expect to wake up and see her holding a part of you she severed.

[wolvie]

Deborah: repeatedly complains about the heron coming to life and attacking her, saying it's after her life
Deborah: is found dying in a bathroom holding the heron and her face brutally pecked
Everyone: "mUsT bE sUiCiDe, sHe sTabBeD hErsElF wItH tHe bEaK"