The Google Unexplained Phenomenon – Part 3: The solution?!
Posted by Sven Slootweg | Posted in Google, Internet | Posted on 06-09-2009
Tags: Google, joseph james chung, mystery, phenomenon, solution, the o campaign foundation, unexplained
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Part 2: http://sven-slootweg.nl/blog/2009/09/06/the-google-unexplained-phenomenon-part-2-the-story-goes-on/
I’ve been digging around the internet a little more on the Google Unexplained Phenomenon. I actually found Andrew Healey’s take on the things at http://halfloaded.com/blog/unexplained-phenomenom-googles-doodle-gogle/. He specifically names the site http://www.unexplainedphenomenon.org/ that I expected to be a scam site (he even states it as a fact), while http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/06/is-this-the-real-answer-to-googles-unexplained-phenomenon-puzzle/ tells us about Joseph James Chung, and about this mystery possibly being a stunt for the O Campaign Foundation.
I tried to sign up to the unexplainedphenomenon.org site with fake details (you can always try, right?) to see what happens. It presented me with an error page.
Now, after looking up this e-mail, guess whose profile page we find? Take a look at http://www.thalas.com/people_joseph_james_chung.html. I’ll quote two very important parts:
Joseph has worked with Google, [...]
He is the co-director of The O Campaign Foundation, a 4,600,000+ member campaign for cancer research and prevention.
Might the answer of TechCrunch, it being a promotional stunt for the O Campaign Foundation, actually be true? It sure looks like it, and I honestly don’t think that unexplainedphenomenon.org is an ordinary scam site. ”Unexplained phenomenon” could easily refer to cancer. Which makes the picture complete.
Joseph James Chung set up unexplainedphenomenon.org, and cooperated with Google to get publicity for The O Campaign Foundation. Looks correct to me, especially since Google is usually very charitable.
I came from the Telegraph website and found your post very interesting.
The post on g’s twit acct actually took place on the 4th.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_4
1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
I’m someone who knows… I can verify that the Google logo is not related to the o campaign or Chung. the website unexplainedphenomenon.org is a fake site created after the buzz was generated. Look elsewhere.
the TELEGRAPH’s theories on it…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6149002/Google-unexplained-phenomenon-doodle-the-theories.html
Nice research. We posted your findings on http://www.GoogleUnexplainedPhenomenon.com and have given you credit for this find. Thank you.
So what is the meaning of unexplainedphenomenon.org’s email saying your delivery has been dispatched?
Fret, did you sign up on their site? Please let me know what happens now… did you get any e-mail with access information or something?
Also, can you forward me the e-mail? I might write a blog post about it, if I can find something interesting in it… Please try to forward the e-mail, including headers (how to do that: http://128.175.24.251/headers.htm) to info@sven-slootweg.nl… Thanks.
Excellent site, keep up the good work
But where is the Video?
“Sept. 9: Unexplained Phenomenon Releases Video”
Why hasn’t it surfaced yet? There should be a torrent by now if anyone paid the $11.11 and got a download of the video it would definitely clear this up some more!
JSC
For instance they did make good on their promise to “release a message” on the 7th (posted around various sites) in response to someone’s request for more information.
That it was some serious wacky alien hippy love BS is beside the point. I want to see the wacky alien hippy love VIDEO now.
Here is what I meant about the “release message”
http://www.examiner.com/x-8922-Portland-Skepticism-Examiner~y2009m9d8-Unexplained-Phenomenon-eggsite-operator-answers-some-questions-leaves-others-unanswered
JSC
They released a message to the people who signed up (I signed up), not just the email response to that guy.
They also sent on 9/9/9 a link to a video. It is to generate support for the O campaign. In fact, this WEBSITE is linked in their final message as the best explanation for what the Unexplained Phenomenon thing is.
So I think the Unexplained Phenomenon is cancer, good job to the author of this page.
David, could you please forward me the e-mail you received (preferably including headers) to info@sven-slootweg.nl? I would love to write another blog post on this matter, and it would be great if I actually had an e-mail that was sent out, to research and post about it (as far as the case still needs research).