Red Moon incident

2006-08-19T13:44:05Z

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== Timeline of events ==

* (- April 2] - Music70 contact page is updated with a link to http://www.music70.com/rm.html. The page contains a [http://www.boardsofcanada.com/images/rm.jpg single image of a red-tinted moon] with "100606" in large text as well a second line comprising the what becomes known as the first Red Moon code.

* April 22, 23 - Family Photo Album appears
A user with the name "[http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showuser=1286 Family Photo Album]" appears on WATMM and starts a new thread entitled "[http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=7472&hl= ? ?????? ??????]". FPA makes three posts in the thread, two containing [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2750 animated] [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2787 GIFs] containing pictures of Mike and Marcus, images of nature and the text "100606".
[http://www.barneum.com/twoism/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=249 An account of the same name] also appeared on this date on the Twoism forum.

* May 11 - Martyrs Monument appears
A user with the name "[http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showuser=1393 Matyrs Monument]" appears on WATMM, starting a thread entitled "[http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=8289 g60h p5-20mh g2h2.to-n]" about the first code and containing references to the Pentland Hills.
[http://www.barneum.com/twoism/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=264 An account of the same name] also appears on Twoism, making [http://www.barneum.com/twoism/search.php?search_author=Martyrs+Monument two posts] with roughly the same content.

* May 12, 4:46 PM EST - Another Family Photo Album post
In the WATMM thread "[http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=8289 g60h p5-20mh g2h2.to-n]", Family Photo Album [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=8289&st=0&p=168950&#entry168950 posts a cryptic message].

* (- May 31] - A [http://www.boardsofcanada.com/images/rm0.gif second image of a photo-negative human eye] is added, with additional (reversed) text that becomes known as the second Red Moon code.

* May 31 - More Martyrs Monument posts
In [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=9060&hl= a WATMM thread about the second Red Moon image], Martyrs Monument [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=9060&st=25&p=184039&#entry184039 posts a link] to an mp3 entitled "[http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=7F3D69366129F15A 10June.mp3]". MM also posts [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=9060&st=25&p=184113&#entry184113 a second comment] about the mp3.

* June 01 - Xerox
In the Twoism [http://www.barneum.com/twoism/viewtopic.php?t=637&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=304#13742 Red Moon thread], a new user named [http://www.barneum.com/twoism/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=284 Xerox] [http://www.barneum.com/twoism/viewtopic.php?t=637&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=304#13742 posts a message] claiming to have a friend working with BoC setting up an event of some sort "in the next week".

* June 05, ~2 PM EST - music836.com
A banner ad for http://www.music836.com appears on the xltronic messageboard ([http://xltronic.com/mb/88571/0 thread]). This site has a pop-up of a kaleidoscopic campfire image with the text "6/6/6" and a short looped background music with campfire sounds. 836 is second smallest wierd number.

* June 6, 1:49 PM EST - Another Martyrs Monument post
Marytrs Monument [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=9222&st=50&p=188040&#entry188040 suggests that more will be revealed today].

* June 6, ~10:10 AM EST
The link to rm.html from the contact page and the page at rm.html itself are now gone.

* June 6 - Twoism breakthrough?
A group of users of the Twoism forum believe they have cracked the code. The method is detailed [http://www.barneum.com/twoism/viewtopic.php?t=637&start=460 in the Red Moon Party thread]. By inputting various portions of the numbers in the two Red Moon codes into a [http://www.magic.gov.uk/website/magic/ UK goverment mapping site], two closely-located positions in the Pentlands region south of Edinburgh are identified.

* June 6 - music386 hoaxer revealed
An artist named [http://bambambambambam.com/pages/baminyourcuntrecords/releases/biyc70/index2.htm Pycho takes credit] for the music836 site as a promotion for his new [http://bambambambambam.com/pages/baminyourcuntrecords/releases/biyc70/assets/PLC.zip mp3 release].

* June 10 - Family Photo Album says farewell?
In a new posted entitled "[http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=9462&hl= Farewell.]", Family Photo Album posts another cryptic message. The post contains the phrase "Answe'''red Point'''edly" (emphasis added) which leads some to believe the party is located at Redpoint.

* June 11 - JimCanada
New user [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showuser=1564 JimCanada] posts [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=9480 a story about going to Redpoint] on the 11th and finding signs of a bonfire and some melted tapes. In [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=9488&st=0& a second post], he posts a short mp3 that he claims was salvaged off one of the melted tapes.

* June 11 - Family Photo Album cuts the crap
Family Photo Album makes a new thread entitled "[http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=9491&hl= Time to cut the crap.]" in which he [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=9491&st=0&#entry193293 admits] that his posts, as well as the JimCanada posts, were a hoax.

* June 11 - Twoism expedition results
User twofingersism [http://www.barneum.com/twoism/viewtopic.php?p=14932#14922 posts a report] on the results of the expedition of Twoism users who journied to the Pentland Hills hoping to find a BoC party based on the locations Twoism users determined on June 5th. In short, no signs of BoC, but a lovely time was had by the hopeful searchers, who built their own fire and kicked back with some beers and good tunes. Fellow searcher Licolnshire Poacher contributes [http://www.barneum.com/twoism/viewtopic.php?t=637&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=560#14868 a photo of the group].

Celadon submits more photos of Redmoon meet-up at the Earlyburn Observatory.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70866061@N00/sets/72157594163705685/
== External links ==

* [http://redmoon.stikipad.com/redmooncode/show/HomePage Stikipad page about the Red Moon code]
* [http://redmoon.stikipad.com/redmooncode/show/Second+Code Stikipad page about the second Red Moon code]
* [http://www.barneum.com/twoism/ Twoism forum]
* [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showforum=9 WATMM Boards of Canada subforum]
* [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/boards-of-canada/ Yahoo! boards-of-canada group]
* [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/boardsofcanada/ Yahoo! boardsofcanada group]
* [http://xltronic.com/mb/ xltronic message board]

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