In January 2012 an anonymous image appeared on 4chan: “We are looking for highly intelligent individuals.” It led thousands of people through hidden messages, a phone number, posters in cities around the world, the dark web and a book written in runes. This case file follows Cicada 3301 layer by layer, weighs every theory about who was behind it, and says honestly what is still unknown.
Every case on The Unfiled is built from documented sources: news reporting, official records and first-hand accounts. Where something rests only on community research or rumour, the video says so. The sources are listed below.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold open
01:08 The image
02:30 The phone call
03:21 The posters
04:13 The dark web
06:56 The runes
09:31 The last signature
10:26 The theories
12:31 The verdict
SOURCES
– David Kushner, “Cicada: Solving the Web’s Deepest Mystery”, Rolling Stone (Jan 2015): rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/cicada-solving-the-webs-deepest-mystery-84394/
– Chris Bell, “The internet mystery that has the world baffled”, The Telegraph (Nov 25, 2013): telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/10468112/The-internet-mystery-that-has-the-world-baffled.html
– Michael Grothaus, “Meet the man who solved the mysterious Cicada 3301 puzzle”, Fast Company (Nov 2014): fastcompany.com/3025785/meet-the-man-who-solved-the-mysterious-cicada-3301-puzzle
– The Register, Cicada 3301 2014 (Jan 11, 2014): theregister.com/2014/01/11/cicada_3301_2014/
– WNYC Note to Self, Tekk interview (Dec 30, 2013): wnyc.org/story/meet-teenage-codebreaker-who-helped-solve-cicada-3301-internet-puzzle/
– Il Post, new Cicada clue (Jan 8, 2016): ilpost.it/2016/01/08/enigma-cicada-3301/
– The Black Vault, Cicada 3301 FOIA archive: theblackvault.com/documentarchive/cicada-3301/
– Community research: Uncovering Cicada wiki (uncovering-cicada.fandom.com), Connor Tumbleson’s walkthroughs, Boxentriq’s Liber Primus guide
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