Banojxot Xuh

Banojxot Xuh
Active since 2017-05-13
15-6-17
Type	[[List_of_Investigations#Investigation|Investigation]]
Creator	Unknown
Discovered	2017-05-13

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Backstory

Banojxot Xuh is a YouTube ARG that was posted to several country-themed subreddits, and appears to have a strong political focus. It has many codes hidden throughout the video and references to Slovakia along with a strong focus with the date, June 15th, 2017.

Originally, the video was posted in the England Subreddit but the user was banned, the post and the video deleted.

Then, on May 13th, an image was posted in the Slovakian Subreddit by an user called /u/Banojxot (same as the YT channel) featuring a QR code that leads to a video with the words "Get Ready" in red and the date 15.6.17, or June 15th, 2017.

Later, on May 18th, the user /u/Hamburger__96 posted a photo of a sort of flyer featuring the same image posted in r/Slovakia and the number 0023 handwritten in the back in the Germany subreddit. It is speculated that /u/Hamburger__96 is the same person behind the Banojxot account on Reddit, although this is unclear.

Videos

First Video: "15-6-17"

On May 13th a YouTube video was uploaded by Banojxot Xuh called 15-6-17. The video had the tags of, scoddD, c432.657.33., 16.6294.22.30, 177.947.29.0, be, C A R E F U L, the-y, are, read-y, and Y.y.

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  0:31
  Text stacked goes, 3: blue, no serifs 3: blue, serifs 5: blue, serifs 7: orange, serifs 4: red, serifs.
  The person/s has yet to be identified.

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  0:45
  The code, TIUINI TIUINIJIKIXI QIMI TINI WIRIJIOIQINI has a possible solution, by taking the numbers from 0:31 in the order 5-4-3-3-7, the text returned, NIMNO, a small settlement in Slovenia.

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  0:49
  The code, Yklw lw mzwy ykh ehjlrrlrj translates to This is just the beginning using a substitution cipher.

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  0:51
  The string of yellow text that uses a Polybius Square then a substitution to translate to, Please email me and I will give more information..

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  0:57
  The code, TSFSPMZYESADUGE is ROT8 that translates to, BANAXUHGMAILCOM.

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  0:57
  The code, WPSZEOME MW TSMRX is ROT22 that translates to, SLOVAKIA IS POINT.

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  1:00
  A set of coordinates for locations emphasizing a Slovakian connection. The background image is a picture from this book with the quote of, Desolate be Tara for ever and ever!. This is a story from Ireland, on how a hill, Tara, was unremarkable, yet magic. It was a pagan monument to crown the king. In 558 A.D. a saint dispelled Tara of its function as a pagan place of worship, and brought Christianity to Ireland. However, the places located at these coordinates aren't very remarkable.

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  1:04
  A set of coordinates that point to Slovakia background is a picture from this book with the quote of, Desolate be Tara for ever and ever!.

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  1:05
  Red text saying "contact me."

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  1:12
  An upside down and backwards picture of Slovakia.

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Second Video: "15-6-17 .v2"

A second video was uploaded on the 21st of May, called 15-6-17.v2. The tags of the video are, 383, slovakia, poland, germany, and 0.23451.734.

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  0:05
  Code, Ju xjmm ibqqfo bhbjo is ROT25 and translates to, It will happen again.

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  0:13
  Text, 15.6.17 stacked on top of itself 3 times.

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  0:16
  An image flashed, brightened to show color.

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  0:20
  Blue text that reads, Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present., a quote from Bill Keane.

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  0:22
  A video of a dollar bill is shown.

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  0:23
  An image is flashed, brightened to show color.

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  0:34
  A Slovakian and Polish flag are shown, along with a burning US $1 bill.

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  0:38
  Code, Lmv slfi droo xszmtv vevibgsrmt is an atbash cipher that translates to, One hour will change everything.

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  0:41
  A third and final flashed image, brightened to show color.

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  0:42
  Blue text that reads, The ultimate mystery is tomorrow.

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  0:44
  Blue text that reads, Black and white is abstract; color is not. Looking at a black and white photograph you are already looking at a strange world, a line from American Prospects: Photographs by Joel Sternfield, and has a 10 euro bill in the background.

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  0:45
  Red text that reads, 51°50'45"N 16°34'56"E, coordinates that point near a Intermax. PHU. Eksport, import in Poland.

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  0:48
  Green text that reads, I hope you know what you are doing.

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  0:52
  Red text that reads, 15.06.2017.

Third Video

A third video was uploaded on May 24th, 2017.

In the video you can find 3 flashes of QR Codes, nearly all of which are the same.

All but one would redirect to Banojxot's Youtube or Twitter, and the other one lead to a page in which it showed an image similar to the images sent in emails.

Emails

Emails were sent out and Banojxot Xuh replied with a variety of similar images. We currently are ordering based off of the amount of people written on the picture. Almost all have a Slovakian flag and a variant of 15.06.2017. in the flags there is also a fineprint in pale greyish text: sn & id --> "sine nomine & idem" (without name & the same)

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  Email #1
  The coordinates in order point to these locations,
  1. An alley in Tacoma, Washington.
2. In the middle of Hamburg, Germany in what looks like a massive shopping mall.
3. Just south of Metsla, Estonia.
4. Egegik Bay in Egegik, Alaska
5. In the Waal river, Central Nijmegen, Netherlands.
6. Centre Dortmund, Germany. Another shopping centre by the looks of it.
  Has blue and red text that reads, SloVakia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. This is part of a quote from Winston Churchill: "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest." The emphasised V might point towards the "V for Victory" handsign Churchill was known for. The text on the bottom says one person in black on the bottom.

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  Email #2
  Has the same coordinate locations as Email #2
  Has the text two people in black on the bottom.

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  Email #3
  The green text seems to resemble, first letter stacked a few times. Bottom text in orange says, three people.

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  Email #4
  Has the same coordinate locations as Email #2
  Bottom text in black says, four people. Also the 15.06.2017 is gray with a low opacity layer blue version on top.

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  Email #5
  Has the same coordinate locations as Email #2
  Has text in grey that reads, People are just numbers, but sometimes they lead to sole the riddle.. Also has five people in black on the bottom and a blue line coming from under the Slovakian flag.

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  Email #6
  Has the same coordinate locations as Email #2
  Has part of the date cut off, a white line through the flag, and has six people written on the bottom in black.

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  Email #7
  Has the same coordinate locations as Email #2
  Yellow text reads, no object is mysterious, the mystery is your mind, a wrongly quoted proverb that means that any misunderstanding you might have in looking at something is because of you, not it. Black text on the bottom reads, seven people, the text has a yellow back to it, and a blue line comes up from left of the seven people text.

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  Email #8
  The QR code leads to the Banojxot Xuh Youtube Channel.
  The picture references V-J Day in Times Square.
  The vehicle is a Ford Transit (2005). The reference might point towards a certain terror attack by the IRA where a white Ford Transit was used as a mortar platform.
  gdrggvi.xln/yzmzcfs is an atbash cipher that is the Banojxot Xuh twitter. It is also notable that the north-western and mostly central part of Europe is cut out the map in the background. In the background map, it is missing Central Europe (France, UK, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, etc.)

Twitter

The e-mails show us this twitter account through an atbash cipher in Email #8.

Tweets

Date & Time (EDT)	Content	Notes
1:10 PM - 21 May 2017	You aren't here by accident~B	Introduction to Twitter.
1:13 PM - 21 May 2017	51°50′45″N 16°34′50″E 51°50′N 5°52′E 53°33′N 10°00′E	Location 1: rondo Solidarności, Leszno, Poland. (Note that this means "Solidarity Roundabout") Location 2: Professor Cornelissenstraat, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. (A street named after a Dutch academic) Location 3: Steinstraße, close to the St. James Church, Hamburg, Germany.
1:19 PM - 21 May 2017	9ce09f56373a96112527aebe5af12f632bd8f0c40132dd76801ad3437e6fdb42 ~B	A hash that has yet to be decrypted.
1:21 PM - 22 May 2017	You need to think more
1:23 PM - 22 May 2017	Qt ake huyv frqg, ake wyl huyv uduhafrqls ~B	A substitution cipher that reads, If you read this you can read everything.
1:26 PM - 22 May 2017	15.6.2017, soon!
1:38 PM - 22 May 2017 (del)	it's time for something harder ~B	This tweet was deleted in a few seconds.