I Found a Town That Doesn't Exist...
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- Опубліковано 26 лис 2021
- Hello guys and gals, it's me Mutahar again! This time we take a look at an ARG about a town that has all the happenings on the Internet as a real place on the coast of Oregon. On closer inspection it seems this location doesn't actually exist. Why does this place lie on the border of reality? Let's find out! Thanks for watching!
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What’s up Broski 🦋
I really miss the weirder or creepier videos Muta used to do. Feels cozy and right at home to get one of these again
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I grew up with his narrations. They're so nostalgic to me and used to actually scare tf out of me. I'm so desensitized anymore
I remember his super old videos with the bad mic talking about video game creepypastas to the lavender town music. Those were the days
@@harveymarckson Haunted Gaming
For sure
When Muta Says “we’re going down on a rabbit hole” you know it’s gonna be good
You are right about that, my friend.
True
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1 Is superior number
Those are always the best ones
My man’s gonna hit 3 million subs. Just here to say that you’ve come a long way Muta. You deserve all the support you’ve gotten over the years
yessir he did
I just need to have at least a 1000 subs before I die! 😢
That’s a little SUS
He doesn't deserve the rule34
@@EnaTenkiyoGamer nah
This is most likely an ARG, but this could be a great promo material for a silent hill inspired videogame. You have small american town, paranormal activities, occult, and a mysterious family that disappeared. This is so silent hill.
Honestly the whole video I was just thinking this would be a fantastic setup for a keeper to give their player in a modern setting call of Cthulhu game, give a starting point and some website tie-ins for their players to be able to actually investigate.
What's really weird is there's a subreddit r/skinner with most posts from two years ago pretending to be people living in skinner, it's fucking bizarre lol.
Whats arg
@@TheReaper569 Hey, Hakan, an ARG is an "Alternate Reality Game", a type of marketing strategy that utilises real-world elements in order to engage its observers in a product. For instance, in reference to what others are saying here, this "town" could be a real-life representation of an upcoming movie or game (footage and websites of Skinner create storytelling and encourage physical interaction, like looking for clues, cracking codes, etc.). It's advertising, just highly ambiguous and interactive. Hope this helps 💜!
@@syberlilly Thanks for that explanation
Funnily enough, I visited distant relatives who are native to Canby, Oregon a month ago. Mind you, I'm native to New Hampshire, so this was my first time visiting the west coast and the state of Oregon as a whole. During my time there, I found out that Oregon has a crap ton of hamlets nudged between existing towns. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Skinner, Oregon is an unrecognized hamlet. Also, land ordinance laws are minimal and practically non-existent, so that might also explain a few things. Unrelated, but I would also like to add that witnessing mountains in the Willamette Valley was astonishing. Honestly, it makes the White Mountains feel like nothing. Also, not being enabled to self pump your own gas blew my mind (and also the stupidest law I could not fathom, imo). Oregon is certainly an interesting state, the aforementioned is just the tip of the iceberg.
Come to Washington, way cooler as long as you don't go too far north.
The pumping gas thing was the most weird part about Oregon for me
@@bobsanderz3005 Wait what? You can't pump your own gas?
@@1414TTT then it's not cool, it's cold 🥶
Funny enough I just moved out of Canby a few months a few months
I've been in, through, and around Florence many, many, many times. There is nowhere named Skinner, and there's no ferry service in Florence that I'm aware of. Haven't been since the pandemic started, but the 13 years of to-and-from prior doesn't really suggest that there was a new service opened up since.
I live in OR in the Willamette valley. I visit the coast often, and I've never heard of this town or this island. Decent arg tho.
@@MyHeadHz It's a troll or social marketing. Everything about it is designed to make people ask questions and draw them deeper when they don't get any satisfying answers. The guy in the video was creepily intense, but even that didn't do anything but lead.
Yes, there's nothing around Florence. Please don't visit or take the ferry to
@@darthlogicus but what tf are u marketing? A fake town with no purpose since the 70’s fake cult. Idk this seem +1 chromo
@@darkskyinwinter this comment feels real weird
I can offer some unique expertise with this, as I am a Oregon resident and HUGE history nut. Specifically old Towns, one thing i've learned, is just because it's not on google maps doesn't mean it doesn't exist. But, Skinner is no town I've ever heard of. Though Eugene was originally called Skinner. Still nowhere near Florence.
Dude there’s a shit load of towns that aren’t on google maps here lmao
Basic Google-fu about Eugene points toward a place there called Skinner Butte which even has its own Wikipedia page. More interesting from basic searches indicates that Eugene OR wasn't named Skinner but interestingly enough was named after its founder, Eugene Skinner. Interestingly in a bit of local folklore he apparently ran a river ferry business ~180 years ago. None of this points toward the real location for this ARG as Eugene OR is more inland where light houses wouldn't be necessary.
@@powerpower-rg7bk i live around ther and drive through there pretty regularly
Could I connect with you on reddit or discord? I am currently looking into this.
@@powerpower-rg7bk that’s my hometown, thought of that also.
It's kinda crazy how entertaining Muta is. He can make me watch even the videos i wouldn't normally be interested in just bc of his personality
Almost like he's an entertainer, weird.
@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again No, not really.
I enjoy his videos because he looks, acts, and talks just like one of my old close friends. His personality is a spitting image of him and makes me feel at home. Don't get to hangout with em anymore so this comforting lol
I’m from Florence this shit is crazy, last thing I expecting today was muta making a banger about my home town. The fairy that crossed the Siuslaw hasn’t been operational for decades. This is a very eerie but beautiful place, honestly not surprised some oddball local would fabricate an entire city in their freetime.
I've come to the conclusion that the guy in the auramara video is a barista who after promising his fiance' the chance to escape their one- horse town he's gonna make it big in the city as a writer; just like his idol, Steven Kings. You see, growing up poor and on the wrong side of the tracks, he wants to do more with his life than just make coffee. He has a dream and he'll be damned if anybody gets in his way; even if it's the very god that put the fear in him to begin with. He has but two things in this world, his word and his balls..and he doesn't break either for anyone.
@@MasonicMafia yes this is the fairy speaking how may I help you
Eugene used to be called Skinner. Only an hour from Florence. So could be an ARG.
However it might really exist.
@@cmwgfo2024 at this point I am 100% it being an ARG. But there could still be a real Skinner Oregon. Not an island, I wasn't thinking that at all. There are so many unlisted Oregon hamlets.
@@hicknopunk good ol skinner's butte
Across the planet there are countries, cities, towns, and townships that are not recognized but do exist.
The mention of cults makes me believe that this is one of the cults trying to rebrand themselves in attempt to catch new residence.
It is likely that the local government told this township to submit formal records and log camp events for a period of time to be approved and recognized as a formal township. There are many townships like this in the states. Small communities with their own government agencies and public services that just aren't recognized as formal towns
Yeah, like Oysterville on the Washington Peninsula. That place is eerie at night. Has maybe 20 folks living there? Idk. Silent Hill vibes. These places usually strike me as super liminal spacey haha
But nah, Skinner isn't real. I worked at the coast for years. You hear about everywhere from Coos Bay to Manzanita to Nahelem. But never Skinner.
they don't have Town Halls with dead addresses though.
@@SniperJade71 Interesting.
By unrecognized country, you mean something like the country of Sealand?! lmaooo!!
I live around an hour and a half south of the Florence area and can confirm that this town never existed, nor has it at any point in history. I got so excited when this video wound up being about Oregon and it's not about Multinoma County or Portland at all.
Edit: when muta hovered over Coos Bay i lost my shit, not gonna lie. I don't think I've ever seen my shithole even get mentioned before on UA-cam.
prob bc oregon is like unknown
I got tilted when he skipped over Warrenton 😆
SAME!
I'm not American but I like Oregon 👍
10/10 state
Sounds like a marketing thing for an up coming creepy game/movie like they did with Cloverfield.
I guess, but how could they have ever expected anyone to find it.
@@chadpursley611 Yea, I can only thonk that the detective skills of the internet caught it before it was finished.
They mentioned multiverse, they’re obviously talking about Spider-Man and doctor strange.
@turtle Yea, quite possibly a seed person was paid/tipped off by the marketing team and they let it organically spread. If it was a marketing thing it's quite good for that really creepy vibe.
skinner could be just a neighborhood that used to be a town... that happens in oregon too... these old ass small towns will cease to be a town but they will still have police station and town hall that is still active... its really freakin weird. florence is great though.. if you ride dirtbikes or atv's its a paradise.
I tried to tell him.
@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again drake
Honestly these and deep web dives are my favorite muta content
yup 3rd fav has to b swatting
That's amazing how many times I've been doing it.
I can very much see this being a students project or an ARG. Because a friend how mine together with some friends and colleagues did this exact thing for a uni project earlier this year. They made up an entire fake city with people posing as residents or shop owners, made up festivals and events and even hired someone to play the city administration. It was really fun for the people who were in on it. And I can very well imagine this being something similar to that heh
The fun part is where ya start collecting taxes.
Congrats on almost 3 million subs! Also, here in Oregon we have many ghost towns and weird areas that aren't officially recognized. For instance, there's a place called Lyons Oregon, small town a few hours away from my place, that's full of "unofficial" housing or place very close to it. A friend of mine and his family built a whole house on private land and got into some legal trouble about it a while ago lol. I wouldn't be surprised if Skinner is real in some capacity.
Congrats on almost succeeding.
That's how I perceived your compliment.
@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again Congrats at making us both unoriginal, thats how i perceived your comment
@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again I said that because he's almost at 3 million subs when I commented. No need to be weird.
we have an area in germany where i am from hidden away from the streets etc. it wasnt recognized for a longer while so i can see this being a thing.
As a fella from Oregon, they nailed the vibe of the Website of an Oregon Coastal Town.
100% I’ve seen a ton of websites just like that.
Sup fella
Muta: Keeps saying "Skinner."
My Brain: Superintendent, I was just doing some isometric exercise.
Why is there an ARG coming out of your township Skinner?
@@FallingPicturesProductions an ARG? At this time of year located all in your township?
Steamed Hams?
I live in Oregon and been to the coast a million times and I've literally never heard of this place in my life and can confirm this place doesn't exist
If it doesn't exist why are we talking about it?
@@redwhiteandboobs because the video is about it idk man
Try and go there
There was a Skinner Oregon. Now it is Eugene. 1 hour from Florence, sounds like an ARG.
Jon Ceña, OR
im an oregon native and have lived here for more than 30 years.... trust me there are lots of towns like this that are too small to show up on a map.. theres one i can think of off of highway 22 called idhana thats between mill city and gates oregon... but it doesnt show up on most maps... theres another one on highway 99w on the way to the coast from salem called Otis or something like that... never seen that one on a map either....
so yea just so ya know this is not weird in oregon
Otis is a cool little place NGL, they have a good pizza place and café (that burnt down a few years ago)
I just searched for Otis on Google maps and it shows up now.
All jokes aside, Im happy we're 3 million subs strong. Y'all are one of the most wholesome community I've been in for years. 💙🖤💙 :)
That's how we roll, Muta Gang
*2.99M
@@snek9558 eh I just round it up to 3 mil since its close enough haha :)
yeah, I'm comfy enough
been following/watching Muta since early this year and I pretty much liked everything I ever seen/heard in this channel
(except for one [1] thing) pretty solid record!
edit: also, I posted something on his subreddit once, and mentioned how I was pretty sure it was a repost and.. nobody was too ugly or unpleasant about it! someone even told me something like "yeah probably a repost, but worth for the joke" or whatever
nice!
Yea I just love harvesting organs and selling them on the black market.
Please do more of these, the US is packed full of places like this.
Wait
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S MORE THAN 1?!!
@@ironpulcinella3586 yeah Nebraska is a good example
@@LowLifeAM Wyoming too
@@patriciozavala1944 any good channels or sites that catalog or talk about this sort of stuff? Thanks
@@patriciozavala1944 Finland being a good foreign example
One thing that jumps to my mind is a program in Illinois for highschool students. I forget what it's called but essentially it's to help them begin a career in politics in which everyone participating votes for various leaders and they play pretend government. Everything from a mayor to a superintendent for the school board and even union leaders for major industries in the pretend city. Sounds like one of them made a website for it.
i lived here in illinois over 20yrs been to few highschools theres no program like that lol put we do have kids court
@@cartoonhistory353 That's because it is only in the accelerated programs. In other words... only for smart kids.
@@cartoonhistory353 there r programs like that
It's called a micro countries. People do these all the time, and with the pandemic it's a thing that's really grown in the last year.
@@drakemallard1486 smart privilege
Stuff like this gives me the creeps would be perfect for a horror movie setup
This seems like a great ARG!! It seems like they really put a lot of thought into it. I’m excited to see where this goes
Muta almost Doxxing himself was the fucking single most hilarious near-miss 😂
Like he wasn’t going to edit it out?
@@pocho3881 Hhahahahha yeah
Glad to see more of that classic Muta horror investigating 🔥 congrats on the 3 million(close enough)!!!!
Lol yeah, Skinner doesn't exist, and the links leading to rabbit trails of vague spoopyness point to it being an ARG. :3 I'm totally here for it.
I worked around that area for years. No island oasis, or else the locals would go on and on about it like they do with Manzanita. They did their homework, even mentioning ODOT on the Ferry page -- and linking to Oregon's covid measures. It's well constructed, and resembles a small sleepy coastal town website. If you call the Pacific Rock phone number (wrong area code, btw), you get a neat little message saying they can't answer due to a high call volume.
This ARG is gonna be fun. ^_^
one thing im confused is why the subreddit is created on 2009. you cant change subreddit name
rawr xd
@@justlixian293 Older ARG that took a few years to get off the ground? That happens sometimes.
@@monkeymayEH Rawr, X3
@@SniperJade71 whats a ARG?
I've really been looking for more analog horror stories along the lines of Local 58, The Walden Files and Petscop
Atomic shrimp made a little universe of his own about a town but it's obviously an arg (since his channel covers multiple topics) and only through shorts so it might not be for everyone but they're interesting.
It’s great to see that Oregon is getting some creepy stories. It’s a very Forrest driven state kinda creepy as if you go far in it’s just dark Forrest that stretches for miles.
Right? I want more. This place is a goldmine for this kind of content.
There's so many New England horror stories, it's nice to see West Coast horror for a change.
This story is literally from a show called Midnight Mass. The main character is named Greg and he lives on a small island. The only way to get out to by a ferry.
Love Muta for these videos. Super interesting stuff. Much love my man!
Love to see more rabbit holes like old days
Drinking game: Take a shot everytime he says "Ladies and gentlemen"
Also “at the end of the day”
@@googaboogaloo that would make me arrive at the end of the day pretty fast.
hillarious and original
Also, Skinner is likely named after Eugene Skinner, the namesake of Eugene, Oregon.
Eugene used to be called Skinner.
@@hicknopunk It did? You sure?
Not doubting you though. I'm not an American so it would be cool if that's the case! If this really is an ARG, then it's a well constructed one.
@@ankaplanka Yes, I live in the same county. This was something my grandparents told me.
Added: I looked it up, 1864 was the year of the name change to Eugene.
@@hicknopunk you speak the truth
@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again thanks. This is one mystery I can shed light on. I am convinced 100% this is an arg and I want to play it.
I'll give the ARG credit it definitely tied in SOME "realistic" (for a lack or a better word) ghost stories & other typical small town tragedies that would be told by a town historian or some local museum
If anyone has seen the recent Netflix series; “Midnight Mass”, the creator of this ARG may have taken influence from that series. It’s about a small community on an island who fall victim to a cult forming.
Damn! Whoever made all of this has the art of telling so much without telling anything, it makes you wonder what happened, create your own assumptions and search for more info.
Well, that's a ARG for ya
Yeeeees!! I was just talking about wanting to see more videos like this from you again! :D I love you, Muta!
2.99milllll. Almost at three mill muta. You deserve every Subscriber and have come much a long way. Even though you gave me many sleepless nights😂
I've been here since the creepypasta and darkweb days. Love to see the creepy shit. Bonus points for the spooky shit taking place in my Homeland of Oregon.
dude this was awesome! I have never heard of ¨ARG¨ before and this was so fun to find out about, really loved the story here!
ate some of a shroom chocolate bar and went down a rabbit hole with your scp/arg/creepypasta videos! love em so much so entertaining and spooky
1-18 was also the date in 2008 when Cloverfield came out, which had a pretty sweet ARG for back in the day.
I know Skinner is at least an actual historical rich family, as there's the real 'Skinner's Butte' in Eugene, Oregon, but I'm not so sure I've ever heard of a town. This definitely comes off as an ARG to me. Interesting stuff.
Came here to say this exactly, it totally gives off ARG vibes, especially the cringey unlisted UA-cam video.
You are close. Eugene used to be called Skinner.
ALMOST 3 MILL WOOOOO YEAA BABY THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT , No joke mate congrads
Never thought I’d see my state pop up in one of your videos, honestly as a resident of Oregon I do like it here. The nature is amazing and you can sometimes come across towns that aren’t on google maps but I’m gonna say I’ve never heard of skinner before.
So close to 3 Million! Well done Muta, you earned it.
Imagine this is just an intense role play between friends and other people joined in along the way.
Definitely do more of these Muta. I loved it!
Love the rabbit holes, 4chan etc videos so fun. Great content.
Y'all remember when muta used to do creepypasta readings? Good shit.
I don’t think we’ll get a believable creepypasta ever again. You can just fact check everything online now.
So it's not a real place, but there's a bunch of material that makes it seem so. Dare I say, this might just be a hyper-realistic ARG...
This is classic Muta. Videos like these are what keep me coming back. I really miss the old Deep Web series would love to see some more of those also didn't he used to have outro music or am I being Mandela'd
I was here since the Creepypasta/Haunted Gaming days & boy is it a pleasure seeing you so close to 3Mill Muta!
I live in the Willamette valley and visit the coast often enough, and I don't think such a place exists. I've certainly never heard of skinner, or heard the name of that resturaunt in the local news. Really cool arg though, especially with such familiar locale.
Never heard of Skinner's butte? How about Eugene, Oregon? Eugene used to be Skinner. How long have you lived here?
@@hicknopunk I meant an island town specifically.
@@MyHeadHz ah, well. I do think it is an ARG.
@@hicknopunk No worries dude. I think this arg is cool too. I've lived here my whole life. Too bad I'm a full time student otherwise I'd help pitch in to solve it lol.
The scaryest part is that the restaurant wasn't Moe's
It'd be amazing if someone actually developed this into an insanity similar to that of what Meow Wolf has done with the Omega Mart universe; imagine something like the Meow Wolf ARG scaled to an entire city/island. Honestly, high effort, well executed, entirely physically-based ARGs like what Meow Wolf does has ruined smaller ARGs for me; Skinner, OR, is high effort and potentially massive, but it just needs the cherry on top of Skinner being an actual location for it to be well executed. Like with what MW is doing, ARGs are going to be the theme parks of the future, and someday someone will actually create one that's the size of a small city
Very proud to see you've grown so much
And love your vids man!! Ive been watching since 50k subs
Oregon got a lot of weird towns that do/don't exist. Underground Pendleton, New/Bayocean, Airlie, and Andrews. It also got giant earthworms that no one has seen since 2008, a vole that lives in trees, and a whole species of fish that only lives in one pond.
Seems very similar to H.P. Lovecraft. Could be a personal project or maybe a brainstorming exercise for a novel or a film? I must also admit that im a Glazier by trade and IF REAL that stained glass window or art piece is EXPENSIVE. So somebody definitely put some money behind this. Just thought id share an observation.
Papa Muta I’ve been watching you since high school when I questioned why you only had a couple hundred thousand subscribers. It’s great to have seen your success :)
I missed this so much, thank you Muta
This sounds like a town in cities skylines becoming sentient
They said "on skinner" on that criminal update, so maybe it is an island.
edit 10:33 "in on" definitely in inland island
edddit: 11:02 yep. Island.
Mute my man, its time to swap batteries in your smoke alarms... Its soon that time of the year again where housefires appear all over. Love your stuff. Keep it up
I'm still following this arg and I hope you come back to it eventually, it has so much more to it now
Hey you follow this arg, what ended up happening on the 18th?
Definitely a cult thing with Skinner being a fictional town representing a certain area of Oregon based on this man named Greg Skinner or some crap. Bunch of creeps lol
If it doesn't exist, than how did you find it?
Yeah I wish he said how. Possibly another UA-camr
Very cool!!! I live in Warrenton, OR and I've never heard of Skinner or Auramora haha xD Awesome stuff!
Back to classic muta! This feels right and made my night.
Bro I live here about 20 min away from all this I'm telling you it is 10000% REAL shit i grew up here all my life, I could tell you so many things I've seen with my own 2 eyes that is un believable dm me some time id love too talk!!!
Was it located inside Nikocado Avocado?
This is unironically so fun! As someone from Oregon its not often that we have anything about here!
Awesome to see some content come from around my home turf!
I called the Pacific Seafood number and it ends up with a male stating that they are not able to accept calls due to higher numbers of call traffic to their number. Could this be because of the "incident" on October 14th?
Its a pretty decent troll. They put some work into it for sure.
I live on the oregon coast and it’s weird to see an arg try to convince me there’s a port town that I know doesn’t exist.
Ayyyyyy Muta I’m from warrenton Oregon it’s a small place but the battery you mentioned is by an old military base it’s a pretty cool place everyone should see it if you’re in the north coast
Almost at 3million subs congrats mutahar actually seen u come so far bro
Muta I love you and all your content but THIS is that sweet sweet type of video that's a real treat
ah this is some classic muta, happy early 3 million subs you deserve it
I really miss these type of videos keep em coming muta.
I recently drove down 101 going South from Lincoln City to Santa Rosa, it was amazing drive and the people of Skinner are wonderful!
hey man im here before 3 million and I want to say congrats, I forget when I found you because im subed on multiple accounts
Almost 3 million subscribers, congrats muta!!
So excited for this. Nothing like a return to the creepy via Muta
Here before the 3million milestone. Congratulations in advance!
really missed this type of video from you!
I had this playing in the background while on Discord. I heard Oregon, and moved it to my main monitor. We never get any cool shit here. I'm now excited.
Fun fact: I actually went to that light house in Florence a few months ago, infact, I went up and down the Oregon coast during that time as well. This definitely doesn't exist though (the town), not once did I see any roadsigns nor word from locals about a skinner island. Still, it's interesting to see.
Happy 3 Mil Muta!
Please do more content like this and also give us an update whenever, I love stuff like this.
Muta I missed this style of video! It feels cozy
first time watching u since 2019 new setup fire
Just a few more subs till 3Mil, let’s go Mutahar!
Outside of an ARG, it could be one of those subscription deals where you purchase mats to solve fictional mysteries.
There's a few communities that technically don't exist where I live. They promised they'd separate into their own postcode when they launched, never fulfilled it, but their branding is still everywhere. A lot of the post still references these places separately, even if the post codes are all the same.
Awww yeeeaah! Love the weird/creepy stories from ya
This is a dank ass ARG. Will be following