Need some help with this VERY ODD internet rabbit hole
Dec 24, 2020 7:58:50 GMT
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Post by mario1 on Dec 24, 2020 7:58:50 GMT
www.reddit.com/r/InternetMysteries/comments/kiy0ee/i_found_something_interesting_today_while_looking/
I recommend reading through the whole thread but long story short:
OP looked back through their Reddit history and found a really weird post that was edited to read:
Dear GOD/GODS and/or anyone else who can HELP ME (e.g. MEMBERS OF SUPER-INTELLIGENT ALIEN CIVILIZATIONS):
The next time I wake up, please change my physical form to that of FINN MCMILLAN of SOUTH NEW BRIGHTON at 8 YEARS OLD and keep it that way FOREVER.
I am so sick of this chubby Asian man body!
Thank you!
- CHAUL JHIN KIM (a.k.a. A DESPERATE SOUL)
So they look it up and find a ton of really random posts on very obscure sites that contain this same message. They posted it on r/InternetMysteries, I did some digging of my own and pulled up a bunch of really random stuff as well.
Important highlights:
With the exception of some other Reddit posts found, these are almost all very random and obscure websites. Spanish blogs, blogs about Christianity, and ESPECIALLY random image boards. They all contain the same message, except the image boards contain an attached file called finn.jpg and it says in the post that that picture is of the 8 year old Finn McMillan written about in the post.
OP was able to find an article about a man similarly named to Chaul Jhin Kim confetti bombing a New Zealand university's toilets. The NZ connection is very important it seems to be that this is all based out of NZ.
Finn McMillan is for sure a real person, if you google Finn McMillan of South New Brighton there is an article about a (8 year old!) kid in South Brighton in NZ, what's weird is that this article is from 2011 but the messages do not go back further than 2019. (The attached image of Finn looks very similar to the picture used in this article.)
The messages are posted on old sites as well but the comments not posted any earlier than 2019. I saw a site from 06 that had this comment posted on it but still the comment was made 2019/2020.
What really gets me is the attached picture of Finn on these image board posts doesn't look like it was pulled from a family thing or anything like that like it looks like a candid picture of this kid as if the poster just took it out and about. I find it very strange that someone who is probably almost 30 at this point is praying to be turned into an 8 year old, and not just like the idea of an 8 year old but a specific 8 year old version of a kid who's probably like 17 here. I'm at a loss for how to move forward on this but the situation does not sit right with me at all and it actually is keeping me up, it's like 2 am where I'm at posting this. I posted it here because with Lost Media I know you guys are familiar with tracking down leads and figuring out where else to go on something so I figured you guys might have the skills needed to crack this case. I highly recommend if you're at all interested in this reading through the original reddit thread because that's where most of the stuff we've dragged up has been found although I haven't posted everything I've found. It's really weird.
I recommend reading through the whole thread but long story short:
OP looked back through their Reddit history and found a really weird post that was edited to read:
Dear GOD/GODS and/or anyone else who can HELP ME (e.g. MEMBERS OF SUPER-INTELLIGENT ALIEN CIVILIZATIONS):
The next time I wake up, please change my physical form to that of FINN MCMILLAN of SOUTH NEW BRIGHTON at 8 YEARS OLD and keep it that way FOREVER.
I am so sick of this chubby Asian man body!
Thank you!
- CHAUL JHIN KIM (a.k.a. A DESPERATE SOUL)
So they look it up and find a ton of really random posts on very obscure sites that contain this same message. They posted it on r/InternetMysteries, I did some digging of my own and pulled up a bunch of really random stuff as well.
Important highlights:
With the exception of some other Reddit posts found, these are almost all very random and obscure websites. Spanish blogs, blogs about Christianity, and ESPECIALLY random image boards. They all contain the same message, except the image boards contain an attached file called finn.jpg and it says in the post that that picture is of the 8 year old Finn McMillan written about in the post.
OP was able to find an article about a man similarly named to Chaul Jhin Kim confetti bombing a New Zealand university's toilets. The NZ connection is very important it seems to be that this is all based out of NZ.
Finn McMillan is for sure a real person, if you google Finn McMillan of South New Brighton there is an article about a (8 year old!) kid in South Brighton in NZ, what's weird is that this article is from 2011 but the messages do not go back further than 2019. (The attached image of Finn looks very similar to the picture used in this article.)
The messages are posted on old sites as well but the comments not posted any earlier than 2019. I saw a site from 06 that had this comment posted on it but still the comment was made 2019/2020.
What really gets me is the attached picture of Finn on these image board posts doesn't look like it was pulled from a family thing or anything like that like it looks like a candid picture of this kid as if the poster just took it out and about. I find it very strange that someone who is probably almost 30 at this point is praying to be turned into an 8 year old, and not just like the idea of an 8 year old but a specific 8 year old version of a kid who's probably like 17 here. I'm at a loss for how to move forward on this but the situation does not sit right with me at all and it actually is keeping me up, it's like 2 am where I'm at posting this. I posted it here because with Lost Media I know you guys are familiar with tracking down leads and figuring out where else to go on something so I figured you guys might have the skills needed to crack this case. I highly recommend if you're at all interested in this reading through the original reddit thread because that's where most of the stuff we've dragged up has been found although I haven't posted everything I've found. It's really weird.
