Banojxot Xuh
| Banojxot Xuh | |
|---|---|
| 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 15h, 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 Banojxot (same as the YT channel) featuring a QR code that leads to our video with the words "Get Ready" in red and the date 15.6.17, or June 15th, 2017.
Later, on May 18th, the user 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 Hamburger__96 is the same person behind the Banojxot account on Reddit, although this is unclear.
Hidden Messages In Video
At 0:31 you can see jumbled letters, along with a person in the background.
The text stacked is:
- 3: blue, no serifs
- 3: blue, serifs
- 5: blue, serifs
- 7: orange, serifs
- 4: red, serifs
The person/s in the background have yet to be identified
At 0:45 there is a string of letters that has yet to be decrypted.
At 0:49 there is a blue string of characters that has yet to be decrypted.
At 0:51 there is a string of yellow numbers & letters, has yet to be decrypted.
At 0:57 there is a string of green text that is ROT8, that translates to BANAXUHGMAILCOM
Also at 0:57 there is another string of green text that is ROT22, that translates to SLOVAKIA IS POINT
At 1:00 there are a set of red coordinates that point to Slovakia
At 1:04 another set of red coordinates are show that also point to Slovakia
At 1:05 contact me is flashed onto the screen in red
At 1:12 a upside down and backwards picture of Slovakia is shown.
Emails
On May 18th, an email was sent to [email protected]
Banojxot Xuh replied with an image:
In order:
- 1st - Just to the west of Xinlinzhen, China.
- 2nd - An ally in Tacoma, Washington.
- 3rd - Just south of Metsla, Estonia.
- 4th - Egegik Bay in Egegik, Alaska
- 5th - In the Waal river, Central Nijmegen, Netherlands.
- 6th - Centre Dortmund, Germany. Another shopping centre by the looks of it.
On May 20th, an email was sent to [email protected]
Banojxot Xuh replied with an image:
It is similar to the first image, but has a few differences, such as yellow text saying, "no object is mysterious, the mystery is your mind" the text changing to "seven people", and a few color changes. It has been suggested that the image may contain additional clues hidden in it's RGB channels. Metadata and RGB channel analysis are pending.
