Squirrel Statue Mystery Solved (Red Dead Redemption 2)

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  • Опубліковано 29 кві 2023
  • Explaining Ms. Hobbs' disappearing squirrel statue easter egg in RDR2.
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  • @TheCWiggum
    @TheCWiggum Рік тому +685

    I actually came across some dialog between John and Abigail that further suggests Abigail kept hiding the squirrel. When the squirrel turned up missing on the first round, I pushed greet twice when speaking to Abigail and it went along the lines of John: "Have you seen my squirrel? It's not on the mantle." Abigail: "Really? Huh, no I haven't seen it." She says it nervously too.

    • @samac81
      @samac81 Рік тому +104

      You’re absolutely right. I was remembering that same conversation while watching this video, I’m surprised it wasn’t mentioned, he’s usually very thorough with all the odds and ends in this game. I actually came on here to post this very thing, glad you remembered it too.

    • @Sean-MacGuire
      @Sean-MacGuire Рік тому +17

      Doesn't she also say how creeped out the squirrel makes her

    • @Mewtwo_150
      @Mewtwo_150 Рік тому +22

      ​@@Sean-MacGuire And John's response is "It's ART"

    • @carolsdarksarcasm4223
      @carolsdarksarcasm4223 11 місяців тому +1

      Lmao😂😂😂

    • @ErectedGasCan
      @ErectedGasCan 10 місяців тому

      Yep, i had the same interaction with Abigail. Never liked Abigail, and even less as she was harassing Mr. Cowboy Squirrel.

  • @thot-b0t
    @thot-b0t Рік тому +1101

    The last one makes more sense if you imagine Abigail asking Charles to do her a favor. Lol

    • @HangOnThereSlick
      @HangOnThereSlick Рік тому +28

      Would this happen after he is already gone though?

    • @pasha_0791
      @pasha_0791 Рік тому +111

      @@HangOnThereSlick I imagine she says screw it and travels all the way there.

    • @tommytheshimigami
      @tommytheshimigami Рік тому +48

      The squirrel came to life powered by the ufo technology and their meeting point is mount shaun.

    • @matepenava5888
      @matepenava5888 Рік тому +4

      Either this or Abigail is really an alien😁

    • @thelegendarymatt
      @thelegendarymatt Рік тому

      @@tommytheshimigami nope. That’s just the appointment for the meeting.

  • @vortexmars843
    @vortexmars843 Рік тому +936

    It absolutely blows my mind that this tiny figurine can go missing, and the RDR2 community finds it like a needle in a haystack. It's such a tiny object to hide, I can't even imagine what the first person to find it on Mt. Shann thought!

    • @DuffMan1024
      @DuffMan1024 Рік тому +76

      I didn’t even know you could find it after you find it in the bedroom chest. And I’ve played through 3-4 times.

    • @sssbattleaxe
      @sssbattleaxe Рік тому +99

      I didn't even know about this mission!

    • @vortexmars843
      @vortexmars843 Рік тому +21

      ​@@sssbattleaxe I had no idea about it either, I noticed it missing and thought it was a glitch or something lolol

    • @lecks182
      @lecks182 Рік тому +9

      Well, I'm not gonna lie, I looked it up because I got stuck on the birds, while every other before that would come up spontaneously

    • @HORUSEUS_
      @HORUSEUS_ Рік тому +11

      Maybe the spots are in the official guide of the game

  • @DW3010
    @DW3010 Рік тому +498

    I think everyone knew it was Abigail. I always laugh at the mental picture of Abigail hiking up the mountain. 😂

    • @sadisticbagel8319
      @sadisticbagel8319 Рік тому +39

      She could have gotten Charles to do it for her

    • @ntfoperative9432
      @ntfoperative9432 Рік тому +24

      "Maybe now John will finally give up and let this thing go"

    • @TheSuckoShow
      @TheSuckoShow Рік тому +64

      @@sadisticbagel8319 That's my theory. She gives it to Charles and says "Will you get rid of this thing?!" and Charles indulges his inner prankster and puts it in the most ridiculous place he can think of.

    • @gamerhead473
      @gamerhead473 Рік тому +6

      I always thought the squirrel was possessed

    • @Nylak-Otter
      @Nylak-Otter Рік тому +9

      Yep, my bets are absolutely on Charles.
      Originally I wasn't thinking much of it (video game logic), but my partner was watching me play hide-a-squirrel and commented, "Who do you think she hired to get rid of that thing?" Yeah, definitely Charles. 😂

  • @ValentineC137
    @ValentineC137 Рік тому +209

    I love that John never comments on it showing up at random places, even just picking it up from the peak of the mountain like it's an everyday occurance

    • @Aidenwilliams007
      @Aidenwilliams007 9 місяців тому +6

      Lol! So wholesome how he keeps silently walking it back to put it over the fireplace

  • @Deuteromis
    @Deuteromis Рік тому +894

    God hunting down some of these animals was a pain, especially the birds. What irked me is that when I was looking for animals that would spawn all the time for me, they wouldn't.

    • @twitchthehunter3450
      @twitchthehunter3450 Рік тому +52

      Yeah, algernon wasp mission was a pain in the ass too. Took me more than one month to complete this mission

    • @Tea_Noire
      @Tea_Noire Рік тому +113

      The game deliberately reduces the chances of whatever animal you need spawning once you have an objective for it, so I always get the animals I know I'll need by looking up guides for them before I start the mission/objective. It makes the exotics side quest much more tolerable.

    • @scotiej
      @scotiej Рік тому +37

      I'm having that problem right now trying to find a skunk. Literally their spawn rates are next to zero and the ones I do find are all poor quality. Infuriating.

    • @jrob4795
      @jrob4795 Рік тому +25

      Imagine how it feels to not be able to hunt down Guarma animals because you’re playing post game.

    • @sethprops4404
      @sethprops4404 Рік тому +1

      That and specifically the opossum.

  • @kingbaby8761
    @kingbaby8761 Рік тому +106

    I think Mrs. Hobbs is favorite character in the game: part comedian, part sweet old lady, part complete psychopath.

    • @TheSuckoShow
      @TheSuckoShow Рік тому +10

      You get the feeling if you weren't helping her with the animals, she might be stitching up the townsfolk to keep her company. Maybe my favorite sidequest character in the entire series.

    • @AirGoddess1087
      @AirGoddess1087 Рік тому +6

      She disturbs me! Just the fact that she told John that maybe someday when he dies somebody will stuff him and turn him into a statue is just plain creepy 😳

    • @issyd2366
      @issyd2366 3 місяці тому

      No, it's normal to stuff up animals. They are not worth as much as much as humans. It is also a real professional. There are a lot of stuffed up animals out there. It is an form of art and a nice decoration.

  • @yojimbo15
    @yojimbo15 Рік тому +72

    That one was really obvious, if you speak with her every time the squirrel disappears, John will ask her about it and she will lie you while she gets nervous.

  • @MGG87
    @MGG87 Рік тому +52

    My theory for the Mt. Shann location, is that Abigail didn't go out there herself, but instead had it outside the house again and a bird picked it up. The fact that it's at the UFO spot, could be happy coincidence to get you there to see the saucer.

    • @kosmique
      @kosmique Рік тому +4

      i think its just somebody at rockstar has a fixation of putting things on mountaintops and i actually quite hate it.

    • @IMADINOSAURNOTABIRD
      @IMADINOSAURNOTABIRD 3 місяці тому +1

      @@kosmiqueit’s a great place to put something that’s not too tough. Stashing it in the swamp mud would be cool, but also never be found. People wouldn’t commonly think to check somewhere grand and yet still far. Like a mountain. But they’d still check it before anything else crazy

  • @TheSuckoShow
    @TheSuckoShow Рік тому +55

    When I first finished A Better World, a New Friend, I calculated the game's sales and the percentage of people who'd gotten the achievement and, for a little while, I was in a very small club of fewer than 1,000 people. It felt magical that Rockstar had put so much work into a questline that so few people would bother with, and John's words resonated with me. "It's... ART."

    • @scottsavage_1460
      @scottsavage_1460 Рік тому +3

      I am playing the games story mode for a second time . The first go around I didn't have this mission and just yesterday I came across this mission . This game is a masterpiece !! You can play the game over and over and get different mission than the first time you played . I can't wait for RDR .

    • @Emisanboo
      @Emisanboo Рік тому +1

      I finished the game ages ago and had no idea this squirrel existed. Now I'm going to put in the effort with John to complete the mission. I want to see the inside of the taxidermist's house and take home my little buddy!

  • @Zero8880
    @Zero8880 Рік тому +47

    I think Abigail asked Charles to take the squirrel to Mt Shann. She literally says that there's always something for him to do when he says he could probably leave by now.

    • @davidstinger1134
      @davidstinger1134 4 місяці тому +2

      Doubt it because you can complete this even after the story is over, and Charles has already left for Canada back then.

    • @Cat_Momo_08
      @Cat_Momo_08 23 дні тому

      ​@davidstinger1134 that's what I did, and I doubt uncle or Jack would take it there. Unless it moved by itself.

  • @Oatmeal2six
    @Oatmeal2six Рік тому +39

    I thought it was pretty common knowledge about the game that Abigail was the one moving the squirrel.

    • @Revan-eb1wb
      @Revan-eb1wb Рік тому +1

      Agree. It was on reddit, at least.

    • @user-jt1js5mr3f
      @user-jt1js5mr3f Рік тому +2

      For many who never bothered with the taxidermy requests, I didn't know about this. Obviously it's her, but the video was still fun and shares the info.

  • @solidgosling6685
    @solidgosling6685 Рік тому +137

    omg, this game is 5 years old and I never saw this missions.
    what a masterpiece

    • @gideondias4736
      @gideondias4736 Рік тому

      Same

    • @kalumjackson4799
      @kalumjackson4799 Рік тому +6

      Because the hunting requests are such a hassle. It’s one of few things I have left to do for %100 completion and I still have yet to finish the first one

    • @sonnybmhe
      @sonnybmhe Рік тому +3

      Wow, same..lol well I know what I'm doing soon. Also the exotic plants I never finished either.

    • @kalumjackson4799
      @kalumjackson4799 Рік тому

      @@sonnybmhe I’m still working on the exotic plants too but I don’t put too much effort into that one. I just do a little looking anytime I come down to Lemoyne to do other things

    • @sonnybmhe
      @sonnybmhe Рік тому +2

      @Kalum Jackson I bought a ps3 recently just so I can play the first one but after playing rd2 1st it's hard to stick to it. They need a remake for ps4,5

  • @ChasingDonnieBaseball
    @ChasingDonnieBaseball Рік тому +34

    Two things: First, hey Abby, just a thought, you live 200 yards from a lake! Second, how the script writers didn't take advantage of dropping corny lines to John every time he found the squirrel such as, "Am I going nuts?" is a bit disappointing ;)

    • @WinfreeAustin
      @WinfreeAustin Рік тому +11

      Lol the lake thing is even better an option, since John can't swim

    • @Celisar1
      @Celisar1 11 місяців тому +1

      The lake would have ruined the entire funny story.

    • @IMADINOSAURNOTABIRD
      @IMADINOSAURNOTABIRD 3 місяці тому

      @@Celisar1eh John could have been like “what the hell man!!” And if the player is smart enough they would fish it out with a rod

  • @coinsinthecushion5800
    @coinsinthecushion5800 Рік тому +28

    Maybe Abigail thought the UFO would beam the squirrel up never to be seen again...

  • @baggelis678
    @baggelis678 Рік тому +76

    I liked thinking that the squirel was implied to move on its own

  • @truthhurts3524
    @truthhurts3524 Рік тому +49

    I’m still on my first play through (I already know what happens) but I like that Uncle has to climb a ladder to get up to his room. Wonder if that was done for the amusement of John to watch a drunk Uncle climb that ladder. 😂

    • @DuffMan1024
      @DuffMan1024 Рік тому +12

      Yeah, and it’ll make his LUMBAGO worse 😆

  • @DaManAbove
    @DaManAbove Рік тому +98

    Respect the level of work that goes into these videos...and the editing is ALWAYS on point 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @vidmasterK1
      @vidmasterK1 Рік тому

      Even if it just copies or steals content and material from other channels, yup

  • @franciscobarria2322
    @franciscobarria2322 Рік тому +37

    It's so funny to imagine Abigail taking the squirel to the very top of the mountain 😆

  • @Nicola_Bailey
    @Nicola_Bailey Рік тому +296

    This is the one time I actually sympathise with Abigail, I wouldn't give house room to the squirrel either 😂 The biggest mystery though is how does Mrs Hobbs know what John looks like in order to dress the squirrel correctly? She's never met him until that point. John meticulously adjusting the hat before gently placing the squirrel back in place had me laughing out loud 😅

    • @Blasphemousa
      @Blasphemousa Рік тому +16

      THAT'S is the mistery 🧐

    • @InlandDiscoEmpire
      @InlandDiscoEmpire Рік тому +52

      That too. How did she know what John looked liked (especially since I started doing those missions as Arthur) if she's never seen him? Also adding to her weird line of being like gods now.... Nah, there's more to this.

    • @shadow-squid4872
      @shadow-squid4872 Рік тому +36

      Even weirder is that the squirrels clothes exactly match Johns outfit from the first RDR

    • @InlandDiscoEmpire
      @InlandDiscoEmpire Рік тому +8

      Dear god, MAJOR typos I made lol.
      *especially
      *Missions
      I meant to put lol

    • @sakuv
      @sakuv Рік тому +5

      Bounty posters maybe

  • @StuartLugsden
    @StuartLugsden Рік тому +12

    Abigail, John built you a home so he could win back your love. Let him have his damn squirrel!

  • @RaccAttack77
    @RaccAttack77 Рік тому +58

    I like to think she was trying to find that one last place, somewhere John would NEVER find it. Just like how you panned up from the house to the mountain behind it, that’s what she did and just went ‘AHA’ and made her way there, or sent Charles or Sadie to do it 😂

    • @gisi5276
      @gisi5276 8 місяців тому +2

      And then john puts it back and she's like "GODDAMNIT!"

    • @IMADINOSAURNOTABIRD
      @IMADINOSAURNOTABIRD 3 місяці тому

      @@gisi5276she just gives up because John is too determined
      Hell, he’d learn to swim for the damn thing

  • @bruzh6359
    @bruzh6359 Рік тому +7

    "UA-cam notification"
    "Strangeman: squirrel mystery solved"
    "brain stopped working"
    Hell yeah

  • @AgtX999
    @AgtX999 Рік тому +3

    always found it strange that the one person with "lumbago" has a bedroom where he has to climb up & down a 9ft ladder

  • @brandonenglund7516
    @brandonenglund7516 Рік тому +6

    All these years and this game still blows my mind. Never heard of this until now.

  • @totalcreativegaming6681
    @totalcreativegaming6681 Рік тому +13

    Maybe Abigail wanted the Squirrel to get abducted by the UFO so she’d be rid of it permanently. But the whole thing about Abigail being the suspect is both funny and makes sense but also a bit disappointing as well, I probably would’ve preferred if there was a more supernatural/ paranormal element to it, like it being cursed or something, or maybe it being a wholesome type of paranormal activity like the Ghost of Arthur playing a prank on John.

    • @nicoffee777
      @nicoffee777 4 місяці тому

      "DAMN YOU!"
      "You'll be alright, boah"

  • @JayWoo60
    @JayWoo60 Рік тому +134

    The strange man is the only rdr2 UA-camr who solves the greatest mysteries in the game

  • @tangymustard8540
    @tangymustard8540 Рік тому +8

    Abigail's determination to get rid of the statue is amazing 🤣

  • @mrnobody3161
    @mrnobody3161 Рік тому +23

    Thanks Strange Man!
    This is something else. I found the squirrel the first time it disappeared. I had no idea about the rest of it though. It being placed on Mt Shann may be in reference to the taxidermist saying it makes her and John like Gods now. Meaning the Aliens representing the UFO's are the Gods?
    Anyways it gives me something else to do in the Epologue which I've been free roaming in for a year now, in my 3rd playthrough which I started in September of 2021.

    • @InlandDiscoEmpire
      @InlandDiscoEmpire Рік тому +5

      I noticed that line too. I already did this, but hearing that cutscene again now... It is a weird line. Same with heaven being just like this when he dies. So maybe jokingly unaware meta joke about how the player is basically a god in this world, but that line is weird. Also weirder considering Rockstar let's you have John Marston as your father in GTA Online. And the lore I created for my GTA online character is that he is the anti-hero Eldritch son to MY specific (100% complete save) full evil Eldritch god John in a parallel universe. I used to think RDR and GTA are in the same universe, they're not because New York is called Liberty City in the GTA universe and is merely New York in RDR. They're more so parallel to each other, like FromSoftware game universes are. The RDR book in Michael's library merely being an Easter egg.
      Now I can add more lore where that book isn't just an Easter egg, but a cosmic tome that just BARELY tying the universes together by a thin invisible cosmic thread. The book just being a transcript of EVERYTHING in Arthur's journal up until John is officially done with it. ALL the animals, all supernatural events, weapons, unique strange items etc.

    • @darkwolf9260
      @darkwolf9260 Рік тому

      ​@@InlandDiscoEmpire Amazing lore😲,absolutely love it👍

    • @kosmique
      @kosmique Рік тому

      its weird because the playable areas in R* games are always fictional names, but then they go talk about italy, new york, chicago... while cleary being in places that represent actual IRL places...

  • @edwardjohns4047
    @edwardjohns4047 Рік тому +6

    I figured it was her from the start and tried to catch her taking it but she is to smart for John 😂

    • @InlandDiscoEmpire
      @InlandDiscoEmpire Рік тому

      She literally hides it in the sheep's pen in the open... If it even is her...

  • @GSGTRFC
    @GSGTRFC Рік тому +51

    There’s definitely something about mount shann that hasn’t been discovered yet…
    The “sun dial” with the arrows on it.
    The wall painting.
    The rock that has binoculars, a compass and aged pirate rum next to it.
    I don’t think the content is cut as previously suggested on this channel.

    • @the_chomper
      @the_chomper Рік тому

      you have to be drunk off your ass at the time the ufo comes to mount shann and look at it with binocs and youll get abducted.

    • @aleksandarmarinkovic6986
      @aleksandarmarinkovic6986 Рік тому +2

      Bones of the giant also

    • @AA-bz1pr
      @AA-bz1pr Рік тому +2

      ​@@TurtleMan99 Technically the Doomsday update for GTA5 confirmed there was an underground base

    • @musicpro7278
      @musicpro7278 Рік тому +2

      ​@AA-bz1pr that was an update that wasn't the case in the beginning

    • @GSGTRFC
      @GSGTRFC Рік тому +1

      @@TurtleMan99 the mount chilliad mystery was solved, the teen wolf didn’t get discovered for years
      I’m expecting another ufo sighting or a wall that can be walked through somewhere with an Easter egg behind it or something

  • @wolfy9549
    @wolfy9549 Рік тому +2

    _“Have you seen my squirrel?”_
    - John Marston (badass outlaw)

  • @ryanblanchette9288
    @ryanblanchette9288 Рік тому +1

    Classic Strange Man video! Good detective work, great editing...and always leaving me with more questions and wanting more!

  • @LORDY_GAGA
    @LORDY_GAGA Рік тому +3

    Marital squirrel. I think that was going to be two. Notice how “John’s” squirrel is placed in front of his side of the picture. Not directly in the center on the placed doily. Leaving an open spot for a potential “Abigail” squirrel? I don’t know..

  • @RJ_6
    @RJ_6 Рік тому +4

    The game designer in me simply prefer to think of it, as the game devs playing with us, a game of hide and seek, and the UFO being them coming to see how we're having fun, and also showing themselves to the player, if he find the last spot.

  • @penmmu
    @penmmu Рік тому +1

    I’ve played this game since 2020 and I am still discovering things like this! Love your channel!!

  • @timesnewlogan2032
    @timesnewlogan2032 Рік тому +1

    I love the idea of Abigail hiking up the mountain, panting and cursing the whole way. "God... damned... *SQUIRREL!"*

  • @SuperSaiyan3985
    @SuperSaiyan3985 Рік тому +6

    I can just imagine Abigail climbing all the way to the top of Mount Shann just to drop off the squirrel 😂

  • @keto8354
    @keto8354 Рік тому +5

    I'm thinking about the figures, which may not make any total sense at all.
    Squirrel disappeared six times, there are total of 6 chapters in RDR2 and Dutch's camp moved 6 times as well.
    Final spot for the squirrel is located at the mountaintop, Arthur died near the mountaintop, not exactly on top but, kinda close.
    The other 5 squirrel locations might mean something, objects near the chests or exact location of the squirrel might signify something related to the characters but I'm too lazy to check. lol

    • @ThisNotSage
      @ThisNotSage 3 місяці тому

      Are you talking about the mountain that Arthur died on or Mt. Shann???

  • @SpaceMonkeyBoi
    @SpaceMonkeyBoi Рік тому +2

    Fun fact:
    The owner of this channel didnt call it Strange Man based off the Red Dead character, but because of the day when I met him at a local Walmart and asked him for a picture. He replied "I dont know, CAN you?" then stabbed me 87 times, stole my eyes, and did the default dance from Fortnite as I bled to death on the floor. I didnt even realize I was a mutilated body till I arrived home. Please, youre a strange man. I really miss my eyes. Give them back.

  • @metalhed3314
    @metalhed3314 Рік тому +3

    I think the statue is there so that when people forget about it and try to go to mount shann to see the ufo again. It will be there

    • @andromedag7555
      @andromedag7555 Рік тому

      Good point

    • @TrinityTalks
      @TrinityTalks Рік тому

      But you have to find it 5 times before it moves to that spot.
      Lol to be honest I would have put it on the mantle and not even noticed it was gone the 1st time. 🙃

  • @kevinschofieldjr.9927
    @kevinschofieldjr.9927 Рік тому +1

    Awesome video strange man

  • @bobafittness1346
    @bobafittness1346 Рік тому +1

    5 years in and this man keeps finding secrets. Love you SM

  • @BartRunning
    @BartRunning Рік тому

    Best channel in the game. And such a fun subject again! You make RDR2 even better. And jeeping it alive still too.
    I bought the game for three of my friends because I loved it so much. I wanted to experience it too. And after they’re done playing. I will give them your channel too!

  • @TheWizeGoat
    @TheWizeGoat Рік тому

    Strange man always gets the most insane snapshots ever in this game. great job! been here since 2.5k!

  • @hillelkrieger
    @hillelkrieger Рік тому +1

    love these videos so much

  • @outlawdavey7189
    @outlawdavey7189 Рік тому +1

    The aliens definitely know the cure for Uncle's lumbago.

  • @ladyfox6705
    @ladyfox6705 Рік тому +12

    I loved this quest (though ofc, finding all the critters took ages, but not as time-consuming as the other hunting trophy XD.) I'm probably just weird haha, but I think the squirrel is cute and now I want a plushie of it lol 😆

    • @mickyb.8014
      @mickyb.8014 Рік тому +1

      I also love the squirrel statue, it's well cool.
      I'd love one irl on my mantlepiece.

    • @gisi5276
      @gisi5276 8 місяців тому +1

      Rockstar could make enough money out of that plushie to update rdo (console and pc cross servers) and gives us undead nightmare 2

  • @1s3ngr1m
    @1s3ngr1m Рік тому +2

    I believe the squirrel is Johns animus, as Eagle/Coyote are Arthurs animus. And being the squirrelly Friend John has been of Arthur, the Squirrel searches for Arthur...even on Mount Shann

  • @Addison8175
    @Addison8175 Рік тому

    I’ve been waiting for this!

  • @saxonrowe1800
    @saxonrowe1800 Рік тому +1

    Great vid as alway strange man, I reached level 1000 on online a few weeks ago, and completed the last 2 trophies I need in story mode (study/skin all animals) and I haven’t played since, feels so weird after 9500+ total hours of the game that I love to just not have anything left to play for or achieve, I miss it a lot

  • @essa6315
    @essa6315 Рік тому +1

    The sheer volume of content in this game, so many small touches throughout the map

  • @bearman9033
    @bearman9033 10 місяців тому

    Love the Scott Joplin at the start. Great video!

  • @STALKERWarg
    @STALKERWarg Рік тому +1

    Today on my third playthrough, I found out that if you hangout at camp fire and sing songs with your fellow gang members, Arthur will start randomly sing a song on the back of the horse when traveling afterwards.

  • @katherinekibbe4254
    @katherinekibbe4254 Рік тому +9

    What places are the squirrels gun facing or angled to?

  • @monkemonkerson5620
    @monkemonkerson5620 Рік тому

    I never knew of this mission, what the heck? Thanks Strange Man for making these exemplary videos.

  • @FergusScotchman
    @FergusScotchman Рік тому

    This is amazing!

  • @L3tsFUN
    @L3tsFUN Рік тому +1

    Never know about this. Thx

  • @ab6.official
    @ab6.official Рік тому +13

    There’s also a model in the game files named “squirrel_meteor”, which is the exact copy of the squirrel model, but without textures, I think initially Rockstar planned to add the third meteor on the mount Shann which you would be able to find near the squirrel.

    • @InlandDiscoEmpire
      @InlandDiscoEmpire Рік тому

      Or it's in it?

    • @donaldbrown5655
      @donaldbrown5655 Рік тому +2

      The Valentine Conversation. It is an extremely rare conversation to encounter in the town of Valentine between two NPC’s. They talk about a girl fishing a rock out of a river. This has lead players to fish for the meteorite, as well as interact with thousands of NPC’s in an attempt to find the girl. This, to, has lead to no avail. This myth has lead to some claiming the idea that “The Meteor That Rocked The Old West” legend is true. All in all, this is one of the biggest mysteries of Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2020.
      a meteor struck outside the map in Red Dead Redemption back in 2010, only a short while after the game was released. According to them, towns burned, and everyone in free roam burned to death. They also claim they can “get in trouble for showing us“ and “they are the only ones able to access that part of the map.” The only evidence we have to go off of that they’re not just showing some random putter part of the map is their story. But, that didn’t stop this from becoming a Legend

    • @zer0deaths862
      @zer0deaths862 Рік тому

      Or the third meteor is actually the big one stuck in the ground.

    • @luke070610
      @luke070610 10 місяців тому

      I wonder if you break the squirrel on top of the mountain, John discovers the last meteorite. 🤔

  • @kocurr8601
    @kocurr8601 Рік тому

    Its Great that theres no lector in your video's! Everything seems more mystical and mysterious, also with subtitles I can watch it when I forgot to take my earphones with me!

  • @TrixterBambi
    @TrixterBambi Рік тому +3

    I theorize that the chosen spot for the squirrel is there because Rockstar simply wanted to double the easter egg/hidden detail for that location. Nothing much to do on the peak besides see the UFO, which you can already do as Arthur, so John can come back there for his squirrel adventure. If the player hasn't seen it yet, then John can get a double dose.

  • @j.r.hndrxx2969
    @j.r.hndrxx2969 Рік тому

    i love these videos ❤

  • @Edkipp712
    @Edkipp712 Рік тому +2

    Abigail could have put it somewhere that an eagle or hawk could grab it and fly it up there. If she really wanted to get rid of it, she could have dropped it off the end of the Blackwater pier.

  • @hawkeyetherailfan
    @hawkeyetherailfan Рік тому +1

    She went all the way up a mountain when Flat Iron Lake and a rock are right there.

  • @Concise_Parakeet
    @Concise_Parakeet Рік тому

    Finally, after 4 years, the mystery has been solved. Many more to come, I hope. It's incredible that we're still finding new things and solving mysteries to this day.

  • @Lyraxxx
    @Lyraxxx 11 місяців тому +2

    My theory is that rockstar just wanted to hint you towards a ufo location through this "mission"/"activity"

  • @gostyboi4155
    @gostyboi4155 Рік тому

    My favorite rdr2 UA-camr!

  • @strider1237
    @strider1237 Рік тому +1

    I’m a man of simple tastes. I see a new Strange Man video and I click whether I’m currently playing RDR2 or not.

  • @ruegrey9811
    @ruegrey9811 Рік тому

    Crazy that I’ve had this game for years now and just now heard of this

  • @sasukeuchiha6425
    @sasukeuchiha6425 Рік тому +15

    First of all I give you my most sincere congratulations for this other great video. I can't explain why the stuffed squirrel is right where the UFO also appears, but it is certainly something very intriguing

  • @MrBump2
    @MrBump2 Рік тому +2

    10:23 The squirrel is pointing its gun at the UFO, the answer is obvious. John is going to lead the human resistance against the alien Combine invaders in the 7 hour war in the next Undead Nightmare: Cowboys vs. Aliens

  • @popom3663
    @popom3663 Рік тому

    I never know about this before,thank you 😢

  • @TheShifter1001
    @TheShifter1001 Рік тому +1

    Man these Ice age movies just keep getting weirder and weirder

  • @newplayer2077
    @newplayer2077 7 місяців тому +1

    Imagine a 7th hiding spot, but this one is all the way to Guarma

  • @CopiousDoinksLLC
    @CopiousDoinksLLC 2 місяці тому

    4:16 "Imma just shove my arm into this active fireplace like a character out of Norwegian folklore, no big deal"

  • @normalityrelief
    @normalityrelief Рік тому +1

    I haven't tested this, but I wonder if the peak of Mt Shann is the furthest she could get the squirrel without losing sight of home

  • @aaronanderson5366
    @aaronanderson5366 Рік тому

    The ufo thing I never knew thanks for sharing

  • @9doublem28
    @9doublem28 Рік тому

    This game is so cool man.. i never heard about this squirell.. there are so many mysteries to discover who nobody found yet.. and this game is 5 years old at this point

  • @InlandDiscoEmpire
    @InlandDiscoEmpire Рік тому +6

    More strange man content, NOICE. Also before I watch the video I remember reading on the RDR 2 mysteries reddit a few weeks back about the meteorite and this Squirrel (I've long completed 100% and 70 gold, it was a nightmare to complete) and it makes me wonder if either inside the squirrel is the 3rd and final meteorite OR the squirrel ITSELF is MADE OUT OF the meteorite. Would make sense as the final tedious little task we have to do not just to complete 100%, but get the final meteorite. And the last place it hides is on top of mount Shann, the EXACT spot you see the second UFO.
    [Edit]: Currently paused 8:05 and haven't read comments yet. Just wanted to add to my theory (can't try it now because I don't have an old save, I'd have to literally play the whole game over again which I am planning on doing eventually), but I was thinking when it's on top of mount Shann, you have to shoot it like jar holding the shrunken head item in Lakay and the 3rd meteorite comes out. You can't use your guns at Beecher's hope, but the last location it hides, you can. I never tried it and it's too late for me too, but something tells me you make a save right before grabbing it from it's final location. One save to unlock the trophy and the other to go back and shoot it open. Just a theory. It would make as a great troll for players like us that look at all the details in this game and still hunt for the 3rd meteorite. It's been sitting on John's shelf this WHOLE time LOL!
    [Edit]: My first guess was Abigail too. Around the Beecher's Hope it makes sense, but that final location is NO accident and that's when I started to think it was something more. Also the hiding locations around Beecher's hope make not sense if it is Abigail. John is a rancher, he's going to eventually see it hidden in the sheep's pen when you go to give them water. So my theory is if you or ANYONE has a old save prior to doing this or hasn't don it yet, shoot the squirrel when it's on top of mount Shann. Make a save before doing so.

  • @mr1professor893
    @mr1professor893 Рік тому +10

    Nah bro they still finding new mysteries to solve in 2023? How much more mysteries does this game have?

  • @akuma2874
    @akuma2874 Рік тому +1

    John Marston completing the 100% challenge : "it's art"

  • @PinkxMurder
    @PinkxMurder 11 місяців тому +1

    Abigail was offering tthe art to the ufo hoping they would take it and she would never have to see him again XD

  • @FUBARguy107
    @FUBARguy107 Рік тому +1

    A 3 star moose was almost my undoing. I followed all the online maps, all the UA-cam videos and every reddit tip. It took 38 days with roughly 4+ hours of play per day to finally find a 3 star male moose.
    The overarching plan was to stop playing the missions while Micah is stuck in Strawberry jail and Thomas Downes is awaiting Arthur to visit. It's the best time to focus and finish all of the side stuff. But 38 freakin days of checking the few spots where literally everyone else was finding them. Eff this game.

  • @derteesippings9411
    @derteesippings9411 11 місяців тому +1

    Charles" "You won't need my help much longer"
    Abigail, looking at John putting the squirrel back on the mantle: " We can always use your help around here"
    aka Charles was in on the plan. No wonder he visit in 1911 was so short he didn't want to admit he hid the squirrel 🤣

  • @whatisbestinlife8112
    @whatisbestinlife8112 Рік тому +2

    So, it becomes clear that the aliens are some sort of advanced squirrel species. And that then means that the taxidermy squirrel was one of their infiltrator-scout units that had the misfortune to cross paths with John when he was on this quest. And they're defense mechanism in such a circumstance is to play dead. Well, this led to the squirrel being frozen in this position and the taxidermist lady thinking it's so stiff she doesn't need to do anything else beyond just mounting it to a board (no stuffing it, etc). Now, uncomfortable as this is, the squirrel is an scout-infiltrator so is no slouch himself and very determined. So it is actually still trying to escape and each time it disappears having dragged itself to some new hiding place at it broadcasts a distress signal (likely from special tech mounted in the tail being as they are so large and poofy and make excellent antenna to broadcast signals). But each time the squirrel gets found before the signals are picked up. Finally the scout infiltrator alien squirrel gets fed up and drags himself up to the top of the mountain so as to better attract the attention of its alien squirrel comrades to come rescue it.
    It's so obvious. Clear as could be. Mystery solved.

  • @simple-commentator-not-rea7345

    Have you tried shooting it? It's the only thing I can think of when I imagine Abigail traveling all this way to get rid of it, instead of just destroying it if it bothers her so much

  • @inkedhigh
    @inkedhigh Рік тому +1

    I have this idea that R* could've done.
    If you finish the hunting requests as Arthur, you get the squirrel dress as him.
    If you start as John or don't finsih as Arthur(continue as John) then the squirrel will dress up as John.
    .
    For Arthur he would lay the statue, on the table, in his tent next to the flower. Hosea or Dutch come by and the dialogue would be the same as Abigails, but of course it would be said differently.

  • @LTD538
    @LTD538 10 місяців тому +1

    I personally think it is just Abigail and the mount hagen thing is a joke that she hates this squirrel statue so much she hikes up a mountain to hopefully keep it from John

  • @jamesanthony8438
    @jamesanthony8438 Рік тому +5

    I'm guessing Abigail has the same love for it as the mother had for the leg lamp in "A Christmas Story."
    Having not played the Story Mode, could Charles have taken it at Abigail's request, or was he not around at the time of it's final journey?
    Charles: "You won't need my help around here much longer."
    Abigail: "(Tom?) Oh, we can always use your help" 6:06
    Maybe she can always use his help getting rid of the squirrely art. =)

    • @LethalSaliva
      @LethalSaliva Рік тому +2

      "That is...the ugliest squirrel that I have ever seen in my entire life!!!!"😂

    • @user-jt1js5mr3f
      @user-jt1js5mr3f Рік тому +1

      Hold on, are you implying you've played Online but not the story?

    • @jamesanthony8438
      @jamesanthony8438 Рік тому

      @@user-jt1js5mr3f Yep! Saw the crew at Outsidexbox playing online before I was able to get Stadia and "Red Dead Redemption 2" and decided, 'I want that!' It was the first game that I purchased for the platform in 2021. Never set foot in Story Mode because I got stung hard by Rockstar on the first "Red Dead Redemption" with them (SPOILER) for that 1 person who's never played the first game,... murdering off John Marston (/SPOILER) and wasn't about to let them rip my heart out, again. Sadly, I saw plenty of play-throughs of the 2nd game so they got to tear at my emotions vicariously through others. ='(

    • @user-jt1js5mr3f
      @user-jt1js5mr3f Рік тому +1

      @@jamesanthony8438 Yeeeeaaah, definitely an emotional ride and I'm sorry it was spoiled for you.
      It's such a great game, you should give it a go yourself at some point!
      I still love Online, even with all of its flaws and unrealized potential.

  • @cameronanderson3304
    @cameronanderson3304 Рік тому

    I knew all about this 5 years ago. Something you point out, I didn't know, but grand majority of these videos I know.

  • @lautarotramazaygues2433
    @lautarotramazaygues2433 Рік тому

    Hey! Just wanna know how do you do this cinematic takes and videos on the game. If anibody knows, it would be so helpfull. Thank you :)

  • @2ugrover385
    @2ugrover385 Рік тому

    Do you have a link to the song that's playing when John is at Mrs. Hobbs' house in this video?

  • @bizarre_jaco
    @bizarre_jaco Рік тому +1

    Yall be talking about that damn squirrel when I didn't even know about the Mount Shann UFO, nor about the fact that Uncle has his own room 😂

  • @Mr_Starkweather
    @Mr_Starkweather Рік тому +2

    Surprised the squirrel hasnt been made into a Keychain, or statue at Rockstar warehouse.

  • @uncletrick1
    @uncletrick1 Рік тому

    I’m not sure how much of a mystery this is. I knew about it years ago when the game was still fairly new. I think it’s mentioned in the guide book, but maybe I heard about it on the internet. I can’t recall it’s been so long.

  • @HawksFanMattMan
    @HawksFanMattMan 11 місяців тому

    This was such a cool little Easter egg. I had always just assumed that Abigail threw it away and that was that. I had no idea there was thus whole little mini quest that went with it.

  • @klakkinkittykat
    @klakkinkittykat 11 місяців тому

    cool channel. subbed

  • @its_the_rooster
    @its_the_rooster Рік тому

    Never knew about this quest. Do you get anything after finding it for the last time

  • @forfoxsake7972
    @forfoxsake7972 Рік тому

    Ok, I never even knew about these taxidermy missions, but that is just freaking adorable. All the statues Mrs Hoobs makes, but that squirrel in particular. So cute 😄

  • @LovelessDogg1
    @LovelessDogg1 Рік тому +1

    Abigail is an Alien. Confirmed.
    All jokes aside, I do find it funny how John places it in-front of himself on the mantel. It would probably have been even funnier if the second part of the mini-quest involved getting one made to look like Abigal so she could have one in-front of her as well.