Old Creepypastas

Creepypastas became popular in the middle of that decade, when forums (especially 2chan and 4chan) began to spread anonymous stories, trying to pass them off as if they had really happened. Before that, it was common to receive mysterious emails containing scary images or chain letters with small curses, but online terror only really took hold with creepypastas.

2chan, a magical and innocent place

4chan, an even more magical and innocent place

One of the oldest in existence is that of "Kisaragi Station", posted on 2chan, a Japanese forum. The story was posted by an initially anonymous user in the topic "Post something strange that happened to you". Throughout the text, the internet user reports in "real time" the strange events that happened to him at a train station that should not exist. The story was told as if it were true. The user claimed that he was on a train that didn't stop at any station for twenty minutes, and when it finally happened, it was at a station called Kisaragi, which none of the other members of the forum knew where it was (because it doesn't exist). As the discussion progressed, the events became stranger. But that's a topic for another blog... (you can check out the full, commented version at "Macaco do Terror")

In 2005, one of the greatest icons in the history of creepypastas emerged, Jeff the Killer. Initially just as an edited image, the character began to appear in several legends from 2008 onwards, when he became popular through another edit of the image. Often, the photo was placed next to the words "Go to sleep!".

Original image (2005)

Best known image (2008)

"NNN Special Broadcast" (2007), video that popularized the image

The original version of the legend said that Jeff was a teenager who, when trying to clean the bathroom with acid, ended up destroying his own face. After that, he was never the same again. Together with his older brother, Liu, he seeks to do the world a favor by killing the humans that infest it.

"Jeff the Killer" (2008), original version of the creepypasta

In 2007, another popular creepypasta emerged from the depths of the internet, "Username666". Initially posted on December 28 as a NicoNico Douga video by user nana825762, the production ended up being edited for YouTube on February 26, 2008, where it became popular. From then on, the story was converted into a legend, being passed on in several forums and blogs. Basically, it's about a user who was banned by YouTube for posting very "graphic" content, so to speak.

"Username666" (2008)

In 2008, it was the turn of "smile.dog", a creepypasta that revolved around the image of a Siberian Husky dog. If a person received this photo, they would go crazy and end up dying. It is said that the story originated in the "paranormal" thread on 4chan, the American version of 2chan.

And in 2009, a creepypasta appeared that started the trend of inventing supposed "lost episodes" of cartoons: Suicide Mouse. The legend began on November 25 of that year, when a disturbing animation was posted on YouTube, supposedly being a never-before-released chapter of Mickey Mouse.

*What happened to it?

Creepypastas remained popular in the first half of the 2010s. However, due to saturation, especially of legends of lost episodes, the medium ended up generating many poorly made and cliché-filled creepypastas. The decline in quality, combined with the greater popularity of the internet, led to a loss of interest in this type of story. According to "Know your Meme", searches for the term have declined drastically since 2014.

The 2000s were different times. More innocent, so to speak. Nowadays, it is difficult to scare anyone with any legend or blurred image from the internet, people are more "vaccinated".

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