SP 2025 LIS 889 Projects

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• SCP Foundation: Emergency Alert TikTok
  Edited to look like footage from 1986-07-25, this TikTok is made to seem like an official Emergency Alert System. The video provides context and warning of a nearby anomaly phenomenon while the phrase "you do not recognize the bodies in the water" is repeated throughout. The entity spoken about is listed as SCP-2316.
• SCP Foundation: SCP Official Website
  "The SCP Wiki is a collaborative speculative fiction website about the SCP Foundation, a secretive organization that contains anomalous or supernatural items and entities away from the eyes of the public — or so it may appear." From SCP Foundation
• SCP Foundation: SCP Explained
  "I’d like to show you an abyss. Locked within its depths are bewildering and uncanny abominations. The keepers of this abyss believe they are in control… They are wrong. This abyss is... the universe of SCP, which began as a seemingly straightforward website where community-members create and classify abominations. Yet from the site, the franchise has grown so vast, influenced so many people, that trying to fathom its totality feels like gazing into an unending expanse. So, for this entry into the archive, I’ll explore not just the universe itself, but how SCP became one of the most gargantuan and uncontainable forces on the internet." From Curious Archive
• Randonautica: TikTok Scary Storytime
  Sammy Ingram details the story of "Jenna" and her friend "Mia" who used the app Ransonautica with the intention of "finding something creepy." The generated location they were sent to was a rural area with abandoned homes and a heavily wooded area where they discovered a fire damaged polaroid and see an "inhuman" looking figure watching them from a distance.
• Randonautica: TikTokers Discover Body Through App
  "While using the Randonautica app, a group of TikTokers discovered a body inside of a suitcase. Since this shocking discovery, many have claimed that this app has a very dark side to it. But does it really?" From Nick Crowley
• Randonautica: Taylor Vasquez's TikTok Story
  A TikToker reposts the user TaylorVasquez66's story of using the app Randonautica and the frightening experience she had.
• Mystery Flesh Pit National Park: Official Website
  "A collection of artifacts & ephemera relating to the now-defunct Mystery Flesh Pit." From Mystery Flesh Pit National Park website
• Mystery Flesh Pit National Park: Mystery Flesh Pit Explained
  "Just what is the ‘Mystery Flesh Pit National Park?’ An explanation of Trevor Robert’s fictional multimedia project and the massive speculative lifeform at the center of it." From Curious Archive
• Mystery Flesh Pit National Park: Blog Post from a National Park Enthusiast
  "If only it had not chosen to engage in a premature geobiological consumption event which resulted in such a catastrophic loss of human life." From The View from a Drawbridge Blog
• The Backrooms: Backrooms Explained
  A TikTok video exlaining the Backrooms, liminal spaces, and TikTok user Único Sobreviviente who claims to have entered the Backrooms.
• The Backrooms: Found Footage Video Series
  The first short film in a series recorded by a fictional filmmaker who accidentally enters the Backrooms on September 23, 1996, and is pursued by a monster.
• The Backrooms: Original 4Chan Post
  An anonymous 4Chan user uploaded an image requesting other members to “post disquieting images that just feel ‘off.’” In response, a seperate anonymous user posted what is to be considered the original description and lore of the Backrooms.
• Wayfair Human Trafficking Conspiracy: YouTube Debunking Analysis
  “Reddit has uncovered a conspiracy theory claiming Wayfair is trafficking through their expensive and overpriced cabinets. This reddit wayfair conspiracy theory has been basically debunked with many of the trafficking victims found to not be actually missing. Just like all great conspiracy theory videos, you must decide for yourself.” From James Skrmetta
• Wayfair Human Trafficking Conspiracy: SubReddit r/Conspiracy Thread
  Members of the subReddit r/conspiracy discuss their thoughts, beliefs, and doubts about links between expensive pieces of Wayfair furniture that are named after girls and actual cases of missing children in the US with the same names.
• Wayfair Human Trafficking Conspiracy: Original Conspiracy Tweet
  A screenshot of a tweet made by an QAnon follower prompting others to allege that the pieces of furniture sold by Wayfair actually had children hidden in them as part of a supposed child trafficking ring.
• Birds Aren’t Real: The Birds Work for the Bourgeoise TikTok
  The original TikTok audio declaring that "all of the birds died in 1986 due to Reagan killing them, and replacing them with spies that are now watching us. The birds work for the bourgeoisie," that gained viral status as users incorporated the audio into their own videos of birds being fake.
• Birds Aren’t Real: Peter McIndoe’s TED Talk
  Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Shock Value. “Peter McIndoe isn't a fan of birds. In fact, he has a theory about them that might shock you. Listen along to this eye-opening talk as it takes a turn and makes a larger point about conspiracies, truth and belonging in divisive times.” TED
• Birds Aren’t Real: Official Website
  An interactive “about” page on the website birdsarentreal.com, that chronicles the (fictional) history of the movement using videos and text as evidence that all birds in the U.S. were killed by the CIA and replaced with spy drones.
• Storm Area 51: VICE Coverage
  “The Internet erupted in laughter and curiosity when Matty Roberts created his Storm Area 51 Facebook event. The event went on to become a viral meme. Harnessing the sensational momentum, the storming event was transformed into a music festival that was set to take place in the rural town of Rachel, Nevada. Power struggles behind the scenes, however, created chaos and confusion for both the media and those who wanted to attend. VICE producers Zeke Spector and Dan Zabludovsky documented their process of trying to gain access to the event and their attempt to make sense of how an Internet entity can affect people in the real world.” From VICE
• Storm Area 51: Defence Visual Information Distribution Service Tweets
  A screenshot of the since deleted tweet stating "The last thing #Millennials will see if they attempt the #area51raid today" alongside a photo of military personnel standing in front of a B-2 stealth bomber, as well as a screenshot of the apology DVIDSHub provided for the original threat.
• Storm Area 51: Original Facebook Event
  Screenshots of the original Facebook event as well as Matty Roberts’ response to Facebook deleting the event. The original Facebook event has since been deleted and is no longer available.
• Momo Challenge: YouTube Video of Momo Challenge
  The video depicts an unknown person watching the children’s television show, Peppa Pig, on their phone. Periodically, the show is interrupted by an image of Momo alongside comments of self-harm, threats, murder, and suicide.
• Momo Challenge: BBC News Article
  The article defines the Momo Challenge to the best of its ability and debunks the rapidly viral hoax.
• Momo Challenge: WhatsApp Message Example and Spanish Police Warning
  The image portrays an example of the beginning of a conversation with Momo on the popular messaging application WhatsApp alongside the Spanish police tweeting out a warning to parents to avoid this type of interaction.
• The Mandela Effect: Know Your Meme Web Page
  A digital encyclopedia page that details the Mandela Effect, its origin, the phenomenon’s dissemination, and popular examples.