Well, as the person who created the page, I am at fault for making the myth as popular as it is today. So I feel like it's my responsibility to show you why it's a hoax.
Let's start with the facts:
- GTAMythHunter found a creature in the tunnel when he boosted the contrast
- He also heard a strange yelling like sound which caused him to take the photograph, as stated about above.
Now, here are my criticisms:
- The photo he found has been faked.
- The same applies to the screaming sound.
I want to think Indep for making me think about this myth, which allowed me to find the missing link.
There is the truth:
- The so-called creature does not appear at all. I took screenshots of many scenes in the video, and messed around with contrast/brightness settings for all - and there is absolutely nothing there, it only appears after, in an edited photograph.
Here are some examples:
Before the scream - nothing! | After the scream - just 2 compression artefacts! |
- And the keyword again is: edited. The only evidence of the tunnel creature is a photograph which GTAMH literally says he edited in the video. I don't want to cast judgement on his integrity, but considering the title and thumbnail is click bait "NEW MYTH MUST SEE!!!" this seems like a deliberate hoax to boost his sub count, as this was his second video and at the time of uploading, he was completely unknown.
- It was a common theory that the pedestrian was holding his hands in his pocket, and was reaching for a weapon to attack the player. However, I have identified this pedestrian model as Big Smoke.
- There is no animation for a pedestrian putting their hands in their pocket.
- The reason for the creature not having visible armpits is because of Big Smoke's overweight appearance, there is no gap there because his arms contact with his body.
- Big Smoke's trillby is clearly visible in the photograph.
- The spiky nature of the creature's foot is just Big Smoke's black sneakers.
In an attempt to prove this, I took a completely random photo of Big Smoke's model. It doesn't matter if this is the exact one, because any model of him will produce the same effect.
Original | My recreation - it isn't perfect. I made it in like, a minute. Imagine if I put more effort in! |
- The perspective on the photo is completely messed up. It looks like Big Smoke is floating at an angle and is 10 feet tall. If he was standing there, his feet would be flat on the ground.
So that is the only evidence of the creautre - a complete hoax. What about the sound?
- It should be obvious that there is no sound like that in the game, and there isn't even anything that comes close.
- There is no effort put into the sound at all. It sounds like it was made many yards away, despite in the photograph, the creature is less than 10 feet from the player. It also appears that it is just a random sound effect. Listen closely to the audio and when it starts, there is a difference in the ambiance, then the sound happens, and everything goes back to normal. Basically, he just threw a random sound effect down in Sony Vegas to justify him shooting and saying WTF, and just forgot about it.
So there you have it, another case of an obvious hoax becoming big. I've seen this happen with the Cane Killer and Toreno the Spy. No doubt when this myth burns out, another hoax will take it's place, and I'll be here to debunk that too.