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| “ | The very memory of my face will cause a manifestation of my being in the future. You will be asleep in bed. I will be there, and watch over you. When you wake, you will not be able to move any part of you. When the doctors eventually find you, they will not see me, but you will, and I'll see you too. Forever, I'll see you. | „ |
| ~ PHEN-228 in the broadcast hijacking. |
| “ | Listen closely. Do you hear it? You will hear the laughter of thousands as the sky opens up. You will hear the trumpets play their happy sounds. The scalding blood of life will pour down onto us all. Together, we will be still. Together, a feast fit for a king. Together, welded by love and purest connection. Be still. Let this- | „ |
| ~ PHEN-228 foretelling the apocalypse. |
The Boiled One, classified as PHEN-228, is the titular main antagonist of Doctor Nowhere’s analog horror video THE BOILED ONE PHENOMENON.
He is a mysterious, cognito-hazardous, demonic entity who holds a dark prophecy. In order to spread his dangerous message, he hijacks television stations, which causes a massive influx of locked-in syndrome/pseudo-coma.
He was voiced by Doctor Nowhere himself.
Appearance[]
The Boiled One is a tall, lanky, humanoid entity with raw, crimson skin. He has a misshapen head with a melted appearance, a gaping mouth with many visible teeth, and large, human-like eyes. Multiple wiry, hair-like appendages jut out from his head in straight lines. He appears to wear a black cloak that covers the rest of his body, which has similar spiky appendages to those on his head. Several shots in the video also reveal that he has at least one arm with multiple joints and a giant, pulsating orifice on his chest.
He can change his height depending on his desires, such as being seen or fitting in certain areas. Invisible to most naked eyes, he is visible only to cameras and those whom he wants to see him.
Personality[]
What little we see of his actions suggests that PHEN-228 is a malicious, yet calmly spoken and highly intelligent entity that actively targets those who cross his path, seemingly embodying trauma and malevolence itself. More specifically, he appears to focus on the family of Job Zamperini, a World War II POW. He tortures Job psychologically by delivering unholy information and stalking him and his family. Based on his speech in one of the hijacked broadcasts, it can be inferred that PHEN-228 is fully aware of the suffering he inflicts, intentionally causing his victims to experience paralysis and dread. He is also manipulative, attempting to convince his victims that they are destined for a righteous future while simultaneously telling them they have no choice but to succumb to his stalking and abuse while he feeds off their pain.
Biography[]
Little is given about who or what PHEN-228 is, other than what he says in his speeches and what is conveyed by the projection.
In August 13th, 2003, PHEN-228 hijacked a broadcast of a nature documentary in Pennsylvania titled "TREE OF HEAVEN." He appeared in the broadcast and began speaking to the viewers, declaring that their memory of his face would cause a physical manifestation of him in the future while they were asleep in bed, from which, after awakening, they will not be able to move any part of their body. He said that he would continuously watch over them and that no one will be able to see him except for the victim in question.
Despite the Ephrata Branch managing to cut and destroy any evidence of the hijacking, hundreds of people began to experience The Boiled One’s appearance in their minds, taunting and tormenting them and leaving many distraught. Many could not keep his face out of their minds, and others continued to hear his voice days after viewing. One victim said that the face was living in his mind and feeding on his spine, whereas another recalled hearing trumpets before they fell asleep. Eventually, nearly all the witnesses to PHEN-228 were left with pseudo-coma, or Locked-in Syndrome, leaving them completely unable to move their body apart from their eyes.
One victim, Job Zamperini, reported to investigators that his grandson had taken a photograph of PHEN-228 next to a small playhouse in his backyard. He later explained that he believed something unholy was with him and that it would hurt him and others if he were to explain what PHEN-228 was telling him. The officers interviewed Zamperini, who expressed that he heard the sounds of hundreds of people screaming and that only he could see the "horribly burnt" face of PHEN-228, who then rises and appears in the window.
During the interview, PHEN-228 interrupts the broadcast and starts speaking. He cryptically insists that upon the end times, the viewer will hear the laughter of thousands alongside trumpets playing their "happy sounds" as the "scalding blood of life" pours down from an opening in the sky, the latter of which is visually depicted in the hijacking. The intrusion is then intercepted, and the video ends with the Ephrata Branch informing the user to follow the safety guidelines at the beginning of the video and to turn off the TV.
Safety procedures[]
- Avoid any cognitive contact with PHEN-228, including the viewing of it’s face.
- If you hear something unusual speaking in tongues, wear earplugs, open The Bible to Psalm 91:10, and write on paper: "I can see this paper. I can see my hand. I can't hear the screaming of thousands. I can't hear the feast. I am a moving, breathing human being on planet Earth.". After that, recite Psalms 91:10 aloud. If memories and imagery of something unholy persist in your mind, pray, and contact authorities, after which you will be administered amnestics.
- Upon watching footage of PHEN-228, wear blue-light glasses and view from a distance of 3 feet or more.
- Absolutely under no circumstances should you try to sleep if you have memorized PHEN-228’s face or experienced any of its side effects.
Quotes[]
| “ | I can see you. | „ |
| ~ The Boiled One, assumingly speaking to Job Zamperini. |
| “ | NOBODY BUT ME AND YOU. | „ |
| ~ The Boiled One's Morse code to Job. |
| “ | Release me from this prison of fabric. | „ |
| ~ The Boiled One’s call for help in Doctor Nowhere's Boiled One plush commercial. |
| “ | I still see you. | „ |
| ~ The Boiled One talking to the viewer in morse code at the end of the video. |
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Trivia[]
- The Trumpets mentioned in the second video, where PHEN-228 was shown again, is a reference to the seven trumpets before the end of the world from the Book of Revelation.
- In the video titled 'The Boiled One Phenomenon,' it is noted that, despite the majority recalling PHEN-228 speaking in English, several non-English speakers reported understanding every word spoken.
- During the part of the video focused on safety procedures, a message briefly appears that conveys the opposite of what the viewer is supposed to write on their paper in case of an emergency. It reads: "I can't see this paper. I have no hand. I can hear the laughter of thousands. I can hear the feast. I cannot move, nor do I want to."
- The power outage ordered by the Ephrata Branch to the NERC, which disabled all power grids local to the state of Pennsylvania by 4 PM to prevent the spread of the anomaly, coincides with a real event known as the Great Northeast Blackout of 2003, during which nearly 50 million people across New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and even parts of Canada were left without power.
- Throughout the video, multiple subtle references are made to the Japanese war criminal Mutsuhiro Watanabe, also known as 'The Bird.' One example is the message at the end of the video, which translates from Japanese as: 'Fear the one and only Watanabe, "The Bird."' Additionally, an image displayed during another segment features an eye with mirrored Japanese text reading 鳥を恐れる, which loosely translates to 'afraid of birds.'
- Doctor Nowhere later clarified that The Boiled One's torment of Job Zamperini is meant to be symbolic of the real-life dynamic between Watanabe and Louis Zamperini, one of his victims.[1] This dynamic refers to how, after WWII, Watanabe fled to avoid prosecution as a war criminal, while Zamperini eventually found peace through faith and forgiveness. Despite everything, Zamperini publicly forgave Watanabe, though the latter never accepted his invitation to reconcile in person. This is paralleled by Job Zamperini’s decision to turn to faith and religion to defy The Boiled One. Despite common confusion, The Boiled One is not meant to be Mutsuhiro Watanabe himself, and similarly, Job Zamperini is not related to the real-life Louis Zamperini, except for sharing the surname.[2]
- Furthermore, Doctor Nowhere endorsed the conclusion of The Film Theorists' original video on The Boiled One, which implied that he symbolized the cycles of trauma, pain, PTSD, hopelessness, and apocalypse. He also confirmed that one of the core messages of the video was that, through faith and perseverance, the human spirit could fight against these concepts if it truly wanted to.
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