User:Milowent/Sandbox/Cassieiswatching

Cassieiswatching is a new Youtube series that started on September 12, 2006. It is believed to be a spin-off of the popular lonelygirl15 internet series. The words "Bree tells lies" are prominently featured on the Youtube channel which lends to the theory that this is a spin off of lonelygirl15, whose main character is named "Bree." Further, "Cassie" was mentioned in lonelygirl15's vlog entitled "Swimming". In this video, Bree playfully whispers to the audience "He's probably not taking me swimming at all. He's probably taking me into the woods to hack me into little pieces and eat me." Judging from the new video, it looks as if those words may have been forshadowing events to come. cassieiswatching's first video blog, entitled "This is My Story Now" appears to take place in the same location as lonelygirl15's video entitled "Swimming." The video begins with the words "I was here" then goes on to show various clues as to the location where the video was shot. Next, a bag is shown being dropped in the water. The video ends with the words "Come and get it." Due to the content of the video entitled "This is My Story Now" as well as a map left by cassieiswatching on her Youtube channel, some viewers speculate that this series is an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) which blurs the lines between real life and fiction, and involves the audience interactively by sending them on scavenger hunts for clues. Some believe this spin-off to be by the same creators as the lonelygirl15 series, however that has not yet been confirmed. A user followed the directions in "This is My Story Now" and discovered a bag at the location. The video of his findings is located here. He discovered a box with a single tarot card inside, bearing the name JUDGEMENT. Soon after this was posted, cassieiswatching changed the description of "This is My Story Now" to TOO SLOW I DON'T PLAY CARDS YOU ALL FAILED I HATE YOU, prompting concerns from followers that it is fake. However, others have speculated that someone else found the bag and switched the contents, angering cassieiswatching and thus the creators of lonelygirl15. Also, it has been discovered that there is a user registered on eBay with the name cassieiswatching, and she is selling tarot cards. This auction went online hours before the video of the contents of the bag was posted, causing some to wonder how she knew the contents of the box. The location of the seller is listed as Nottingham, UK, which the character Bree mentions in her video "Mysteries of my Past Revealed". A MySpace under the name "cassieiswatching" has also been found, yet the cassieiswatching YouTube account has been edited to read, "i am the only cassie / myspace lies". It can be assumed that this is supposed to tell the viewers that both the Myspace and the Ebay account are fake.


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australian spinoff:
 * http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24478439-5006347,00.html