Finding the Origins of Unusual Images

In this video we take a look at the origins and backstories of popular strange images from the internet.. LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE...

MUSIC
Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudio
- The Witness
- Nebula
- Memories of a Murder
- Atlas
- Midnight
- City of Angels

- Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambience (Slowed and Reverb)
- Jingle at 5:02 by @zayok7596
- Super Mario 64 DS - Psyche Out (Slowed and Reverb)
- Super Smash Bros Brawl Trophy Gallery
-Outro by @zayok7596

[Cyynapse]

AI will never be able to capture the raw energy of a worm smoking a blunt

[ZeroExperiment]

“Pretty old image”
“2014”
I can feel my hair graying in real time

[timothysimon]

Love this guy for discussing the image we see in the thumbnail first

[rosewolf]

i bet the person who created the first image just sat back and laughed as everyone was horrified by it

[Thefriendlysup]

Timestamps because why not?
0:01 Intro
0:25 Creepy ugly guy
5:03 Scary Barney statue
8:10 Wichael/Michael alone
18:04 Smoking caterpillar
20:13 Jacuzzi brocolli
Please find this one 22:57
Thats it

[dragonxlink]

God, I remember that first image terrifying me and my sister when we were kids, but we called it the "Ugly Girl". There was a point where I was scared to watch any video on YouTube out of fear of being jumpscared at any moment.

[ringkunmori]

I've been meaning to say this, but you sound like Izzzyzzz's older brother or something, except instead of covering 2000's internet tween culture, you cover lost media. Seriously the infliction shared between you is spot on.

[gangstarmama]

the smoking caterpillar one permanently ruined my sense of humor

[thonghoang]

The fact that the first picture scarred my childhood for some reason is just actually terrifying. But I guess the horror vanished as we grow, looking back to the memories. :)

[mrperson]

funny how he posted "eat at WcDonalds" in 2010 and now in 2024 McDonalds is now doing a promotion that is WcDonalds 14 years later

[whitebox]

so after some digging I have found the original post of "Michael Alone". The original poster said it's from a place called "Guichuan". There is a long-distance bus stop named "广东高要贵川长途客车服务区" (Guangdong Gaoyao Guichuan Long-distance Passenger Transport Terminal Service Area) which is located in Zhaoqing, Guangdong.

[Mayarmageddon]

My dad was a major stereotypical 80s kid. When he discovered the internet as it was born, best believe he shared it with me as a kid. I remember seeing this man-woman-monkey in one of the hundred of weird videos on the internet that my dad showed me. Along with videos like “Charlie the unicorn” and “Harry Potter puppet ticking bomb”, he showed me a song called “Shwifty Five” (if I remember it correctly). This is the first time I saw this image and I remember being TERRIFIED. Now when I see/hear a “55”, I think of my younger self being traumatized 😂

[erin]

The man woman thing didn’t scare me as a kid but it sure does startle me when it appears. It’s just disturbing in an uncanny valley way

[VCN]

I can't believe that so many people was scared by "creepy ugly guy" when I literally never thought that was supposed to be creepy - I always took it as funny

[islahuerta]

your visuals are amazing, it really brings back that sense of childhood nostalgia

[XxLeafGreenxX]

each image getting their own montage of them in random places in killing me

[JonnyCrackers]

I remember seeing that first image for the first time in 2002 in the computer lab at my highschool during my freshman year. It was posted on funnyjunk. Wasn't part of a jumpscare or anything, just the image. I remember laughing pretty hard at it because I'd never seen an absurd photoshop before. It's creepy looking and weird, but it reminds me of simpler times.

[DKhaos]

16:30

There actually is a Chinese version of Google Maps. It's called Baidu Maps and you can use Street View with it

[Polska_Edits]

6:58 this thing is going to get vandalised/stolen one day

[farewelltimetofly]

I first encountered the "creepy ugly guy" as a kid, in the form of a fake quiz that claimed it would generate a picture of you from a description of your features. I was young and naive enough to believe the claim, and I was pretty upset by the result, lmao. Then I got my dad to try it, and was absolutely mystified when he got the same image. I was a pretty gullible kid... 😅