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Herobrine is a creepypasta character who was believed to have existed in the early versions of the game Minecraft. Details about his origin, motives and abilities vary between stories but he is almost always depicted as a sinister, supernatural entity that stalks unsuspecting players.
Herobrine originated from a post on 4chan's /v/ board, detailing a player's encounter with an entity with the appearance of a default Steve skin with glowing white eyes in Minecraft. The concept of a white-eyed paranormal being in the game emerged from this narrative, marking the start of Minecraft creepypasta.
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- Dan's Gallery of The Grotesque turns out to be the first shock site with Rotten.com coming in second place.
- Screamer Wiki turns into a wiki for screamers in Soccer; as part of yet another April Fool's joke.
- The first ever government-made screamer is released by the US White House.
- The Wayback Machine starts excluding more domains including Catbox, making preservation via other means more important.
- Brand new footage of Super Mario 64 Big Star Secret got found by a user on the Lost Media Wiki.
- Screamer Wiki gets taken over by an AI, as part of an April Fool's joke.
- The Screamer Wiki turns 11 years old!
- The Internet Archive suffers a massive data breach and DDoS attack, showing that you should personally archive content you want to keep safe.
- The Exorcist turns 50 years old.
- Felix Wiesner (Wiesi), who was the creator of Castle Cat, passed away on November 16, 2023. (1977-2023)
- The Screamer Wiki Discord server hits 1,000 members.
- A lost South Korean screamer Ghost.exe (pictured) was found.
- ScaryAndFun.com returns.
- BlueMaxima retires from working on his program Flashpoint. Flashpoint is still being maintained by others.
- The location for K-fee auto was found by @georainbolt on Twitter.
Did You Know
- ... that the first video containing a "screamer" was a 1971 anti-heroin Public Service Announcment called Monkey on Their Backs?
- ... that you can still play Liquid Generation's Sabotages using the Wayback Machine?
- ... that Jaybill has a framed copy of The New York Times' article about his iconic screamer in his bedroom?
- ... that despite the phenomena existing, there is no scientific term for the fear of being jumpscared?
- ... that the creator of Agor.io faced legal actions from a parent whose 9-year-old had an epileptic seizure after mistyping agor instead of agar?
- ... that someone was so mad at a hospital that they made a shock site about it?
- ... that Dan's Gallery of The Grotesque is the first shock site?
- ... that the original un-photoshopped image of Jeff The Killer has yet to be found?
- ... that Say It was assumed to be the first lyric video and the first to feature Regan MacNeil's possessed state on it?
- ... that Reddit user Polarbur admitted to (originally) hosting the 2 Girls 1 Cup website on r/AMA?
- ... that Steady Hand also has a weird english version?
- ... that the picture used for the screamer in What's Wrong With This Picture? was taken by photographer Gandee Vasan and was later used and edited for the cover of the 2001 film Maniacts?