Is anyone following the buried rug story on tiktok?

[Anonymous]

I’m the PP who pointed out she had been a popular YouTuber 15 years ago.

I work in social media, and I’ve seen how wanting views and attention warps people into behaving pretty weirdly. The vast majority of people who found a rug would either just dig it up themselves, or if they thought there could be a body, wouldn’t live-stream it and post constant updates.

Given that she had a bunch of lead up talking about how she thought her house was haunted, I think this rug was either planted, or she knew about it way before, built up suspense by talking about her house being haunted (it’s not), then “discovering” the rug.

People get addicted to the attention and behave more and more strangely to get views. A normal person would not turn this into a multi-episode drama.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this isn't fake, and she's not just wasting public resources.

This is the equivalent of making a false 911 call, she needs to be fined or criminally charged

Huh?? The police initially came at her request. Then it was up to them. The POLICE made the decision to bring the cadaver dogs AND to excavate. What did she do wrong?

Obviously they will have to bring the dogs to make sure. If they didn't would be accused of not investigating. She needs to be held responsible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope this isn't fake, and she's not just wasting public resources.

This is the equivalent of making a false 911 call, she needs to be fined or criminally charged

Huh?? The police initially came at her request. Then it was up to them. The POLICE made the decision to bring the cadaver dogs AND to excavate. What did she do wrong?

She pretended she found a buried rug.

She did find a buried rug? You think she moved in, planted a rug, placed a tree on top of it and then uncovered it months later?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m the PP who pointed out she had been a popular YouTuber 15 years ago.

I work in social media, and I’ve seen how wanting views and attention warps people into behaving pretty weirdly. The vast majority of people who found a rug would either just dig it up themselves, or if they thought there could be a body, wouldn’t live-stream it and post constant updates.

Given that she had a bunch of lead up talking about how she thought her house was haunted, I think this rug was either planted, or she knew about it way before, built up suspense by talking about her house being haunted (it’s not), then “discovering” the rug.

People get addicted to the attention and behave more and more strangely to get views. A normal person would not turn this into a multi-episode drama.

100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m the PP who pointed out she had been a popular YouTuber 15 years ago.

I work in social media, and I’ve seen how wanting views and attention warps people into behaving pretty weirdly. The vast majority of people who found a rug would either just dig it up themselves, or if they thought there could be a body, wouldn’t live-stream it and post constant updates.

Given that she had a bunch of lead up talking about how she thought her house was haunted, I think this rug was either planted, or she knew about it way before, built up suspense by talking about her house being haunted (it’s not), then “discovering” the rug.

People get addicted to the attention and behave more and more strangely to get views. A normal person would not turn this into a multi-episode drama.

Agee with you 100% people who don't work on the industry are so trusting its scary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m the PP who pointed out she had been a popular YouTuber 15 years ago.

I work in social media, and I’ve seen how wanting views and attention warps people into behaving pretty weirdly. The vast majority of people who found a rug would either just dig it up themselves, or if they thought there could be a body, wouldn’t live-stream it and post constant updates.

Given that she had a bunch of lead up talking about how she thought her house was haunted, I think this rug was either planted, or she knew about it way before, built up suspense by talking about her house being haunted (it’s not), then “discovering” the rug.

People get addicted to the attention and behave more and more strangely to get views. A normal person would not turn this into a multi-episode drama.

Agee with you 100% people who don't work on the industry are so trusting its scary

PP. Yea, pretty much everything is staged at this point. I remember doing content for a wellness creator who would binge drink for a week straight and make a video about how she was on a juice cleanse using the OJ she was mixing vodka with.

Any of those videos where someone happens to catch something crazy in public - 99% staged.

[Anonymous]

So basically this is Balloon Boy, Part Deux.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m the PP who pointed out she had been a popular YouTuber 15 years ago.

I work in social media, and I’ve seen how wanting views and attention warps people into behaving pretty weirdly. The vast majority of people who found a rug would either just dig it up themselves, or if they thought there could be a body, wouldn’t live-stream it and post constant updates.

Given that she had a bunch of lead up talking about how she thought her house was haunted, I think this rug was either planted, or she knew about it way before, built up suspense by talking about her house being haunted (it’s not), then “discovering” the rug.

People get addicted to the attention and behave more and more strangely to get views. A normal person would not turn this into a multi-episode drama.

Agee with you 100% people who don't work on the industry are so trusting its scary

PP. Yea, pretty much everything is staged at this point. I remember doing content for a wellness creator who would binge drink for a week straight and make a video about how she was on a juice cleanse using the OJ she was mixing vodka with.

Any of those videos where someone happens to catch something crazy in public - 99% staged.

It is extremely rare now for anything to be real. I don't believe pretty much anything I see online however there are a lot of gullible people out there and a lot of dumber people who use no critical thinking.

[Anonymous]

Her TikTok account got hacked

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Her TikTok account got hacked

And deep faked.

[Anonymous]

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This would have been nothing if the 2 separate cadaver dogs didn't find something. Why did both dogs get it wrong?

K9s have a fairly high false positive rate especially when they think their handler may want them to alert/they have been reinforced for alerting before in a scenario they find familiar. They are dogs, and they are a tool. They can be helpful for locating things, following a trail, give some indication sometimes but they are extremely variable. The process also relies on humans to interpret their alerts which has a margin of error.

In this case it’s just the screening tool the responding agency had to justify using considerable resources on a more complex operation.

I am neutral on law enforcement (it’s obviously necessary in society), but I do think most K9 activity doesn’t have a lot of evidence and many times could be replaced with better tools in 2024. So I do think it’s worth discussing. I don’t blame individual K9 handlers who are doing their job and following their agency policy.

It would be interesting to know what the two dogs actually tracked. Two dogs sent out at separate times went to the same spot in the yard.

Dog two would know where dog one went. Maybe dog two followed the scent path of dog one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m the PP who pointed out she had been a popular YouTuber 15 years ago.

I work in social media, and I’ve seen how wanting views and attention warps people into behaving pretty weirdly. The vast majority of people who found a rug would either just dig it up themselves, or if they thought there could be a body, wouldn’t live-stream it and post constant updates.

Given that she had a bunch of lead up talking about how she thought her house was haunted, I think this rug was either planted, or she knew about it way before, built up suspense by talking about her house being haunted (it’s not), then “discovering” the rug.

People get addicted to the attention and behave more and more strangely to get views. A normal person would not turn this into a multi-episode drama.

I would buy all of that but what is the explanation for the cadaver dogs both hitting on the area? She couldn't really control that. That is how this all blew up in the first place. She didn't livestream the digging, but yes she did livestream the dogs at the house.

She is definitely ready for primetime though. I agree.