Large Fierce Mammal

If you’re unfamiliar with films like The Blair With Project, and Trollhunter, or haven’t even heard of them, then I’m at a loss to explain how you got here. Notwithstanding that, let’s soldier on together, and we’re glad to have you.

While I’m not a particular fan of the faux documentary genre in general, I do appreciate the methods I’ve seen used to present such films in all their shakey, unedited raw footage found in an abandoned car glory. And so we have today a mere two minutes of nightmarish and beautifully inexplicable imagery with the usual pseudo historic back story:

“Recently a piece of evidence from a Japanese police station was leaked on the internet. The video is part of the ongoing investigation of the disappearance of Sayomi Takahashi, a young 3D artist working for an independent video game company in Tokyo.

“The images come from a project based on the works of Camille Flammarion, a french author who delved into psychical research. At first sight, the sequences don’t make much sense, but since the release of the video several people believe there’s a hidden message regarding the artist’s disappearance.

“‘it must keep on playing… 10 hours… deadly wish….'”

I would interpret this as meaning that you’ll get the curse on you if you don’t keep replaying it for 10 hours, but this being art imitating strife, I wouldn’t go for that level of authenticity if I were you. And as to Camille Flammarion, go ahead and look him up; or don’t. We’ll be looking in on his life and times before this season is out.

In yesterday’s offering, we named one Colombian gentleman by the name of Jorge Jaramillo, and you can also thank him today for the two minutes you’re about to spend watching The Camille Flammarion Curse. I recommend doing it just before bed if you really want to reconnect with your inner child.