The Dark Places
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The Dark Places is the name of a twitter account that began a riddle event on January 11th, 2010.
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[edit] They Are Coming
The first sign of activity for this event came from a twitter account called The Dark Places that the community had been given by Ragnar before the new year. The first message was cryptic and just said:
They will taste the darkness. And in the darkness we shall all drown. It's coming. They are coming.
Tweet published on 11 January 2010.
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Over the next week, more twitter messages were posted by The Dark Places, including quotes from two of Edgar Allan Poe's poems ("The Raven" and "A Dream Within A Dream"). On January 20th, a twitter message was sent that included past messages strung together and was believed to be the part vital to solving the riddle. The message said:
Four. Ga. דניאל.
Tweet published on 20 January 2010.
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The first part was simply the spelling of the number four. The forum members concluded that the second part, "Ga," was the symbol for Gallium, an element that's atomic number is 31. The third part, "דניאל" is Hebrew and translates to "Daniel" or the "Book of Daniel." The message the community was looking for was a Bible passage, Daniel 4:31. But there are many versions of the Bible and the community didn't know which one to use.
[edit] King's Version
After much debating about which version of the Bible to use, The Dark Places added this tweet:
From a king, in the king's version, about a king. The signs are converging. The future holds only darkness for them.
Tweet published on 21 January 2010.
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It was decided that the answer was in Daniel 4:31 of the King James Bible, which is:
While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
—King James Bible, (Source)
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[edit] Solution
Eventually, a forum member discerned that the twitter messages were focused on the words coming from the "king's mouth." Searching with that in mind, a website was discovered for a fictional town in Maine named Kingsmouth. The town's name bears a resemblance to the similarly fictional town of Innsmouth, a town that took the setting of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth." Innsmouth's name is also directly referenced on the website, which states that Solomon Island, where Kingsmouth is located, is home to Innsmouth Academy, an exclusive private school.
[edit] Townspeople Twitters
After finding the website, the community found four twitter accounts that belong to members of the town of Kingsmouth. They include the sheriff, Helen Bannerman, the deputy, Andy Gardener, and two civilians, Danny Dufresne and Carter.
Since The Dark Places twitter stating "They will all drown. They will all come back. The endless night is near." the community believes that the citizens of Kingsmouth are in some type of danger, perhaps from a flood, and that they will all perish and return as zombies. Community members have tried to warn the townsfolk of Kingsmouth through twitter, but have had no luck generating awareness for the danger the people may be in.
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