📄【Voice Record Transcribed file|Observation code: AETH-Σ-R04】 Source: Sent back by the anonymous victim from the recorder / Recording time is unknown / File handed over by the Lost and Property Department to Meme Research Group Processed by: Audio Sequence Restoration AI-D System (35% distortion tolerance) ⚠ Note: The following sentences contain repetitions, dislocations and possible non-self-awareness-driven intonations. Transcription faithfully preserves repeat and break traces. —— (The recording begins, with the sound of grass blowing in the breeze and traffic in the distance in the background) "...I don't know why I stopped. I was just going home. I had no plan...no intention of getting closer..." (Silence for 9 seconds) "They really just sat there, not looking at me, not moving. But I knew they saw me. It's like when I was in school and sat in the last row of the classroom. The teacher didn't call me, but I knew...I was called." "I had a feeling...it's hard to describe, as if I didn't sit down, I would become more obvious, more prominent. They were so quiet, but I kept hearing the sound of plates colliding in my head. And - that wooden sign, that damn wooden sign, it said "STAY", but I felt like it was an order, not an invitation." "I feel like I've sat down, I just haven't noticed it yet. My legs feel heavy, like they're not mine...like if I just don't move, I'll be accepted and become one of them. I even...started to imagine what color my tablecloth would be, what would be in my bowl...am I already eating?" (The recording has overlapping voices here, and the speaking speed is a little fast) "-Don't get up." "-Your seat has been arranged." "--You're hungry, aren't you?" (Return to original voice) "I think I left before... I remember there was an exit, I remember there were keys on the driver's seat... but that picture is becoming more and more like a dream." (Laughing softly, almost whispering) "Maybe... maybe if I don't remember leaving, I won't go wrong."
"I feel like I've never stood up before."
"Really sitting down is so easy... I understand why they won't leave."
(At the end of the recording, the sound of ceramic clinking and faint chewing can be heard.)
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📌 Note: The Recording Device was found overgrown by grass at the roadside, with an intact casing and approximately 15% battery remaining. It has been sealed and submitted to the Linguistic Analysis Team for cross-referencing.
📁 Document Number: AETH-Σ / Field Anomaly Contact Record No. 022
Unit: Urban Anomaly Observation Group Mobile Reconnaissance Team C-3
Level: Confidential | Moderate Risk of Visual Meme Leakage
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📄【Initial Report】
On February 22, 2024, an anonymously uploaded video triggered the conditions for the Non-Human Static Simulation Group in our automatic anomaly detection system. The videographer claimed to have briefly stopped at the Jianan Section rest area while driving back along the coastal route of Highway 17 late at night, where he saw a group of people having a "picnic" on the grass.
He attempted to record, capturing nine individuals all sitting on the ground with their backs to the camera. In front of them were picnic blankets and utensils, but no food—only a faded wooden sign with a single word carved into it: "STAY."
📄【Analysis Department Preliminary Assessment】
The group showed no signs of movement, significant breathing, or micro-movements, suggesting they are atypical mimetic entities. After 24 seconds of footage, an Audio Anomaly occurred, with the videographer recording faint overlapping voices from inside the car: "We're having our last meal here; you should sit down too."
There were no reports of gatherings in that area on that day, nor any missing persons reported by citizens.
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📄【Field Observation Action Record】
Investigation Code: AETH-Σ
Personnel: Observer Lin Xiu Yi, Stationed Recorder Cai Yu-Tong
Recording Time: February 25, 2024, 01:14–01:52
🟠 Site Description:
— The grass showed a circular imprint pattern, likely caused by prolonged sitting, with no tents, vehicles, or signs of fire present.
— The picnic-goers from the original footage have vanished, but the ground still bears the imprints of a picnic blanket and nine wooden signs, all arranged uniformly.
— Each sign reads: "STAY," but one has different handwriting and appears newer, inscribed with: "DON'T STAND YET."
🟠 Audio Record:
01:23 | Lin Yuan's recording device begins to capture an unknown ambient sound source, resembling ceramic clinking and swallowing noises.
01:25 | Cai Yuan reports feeling slightly dizzy and requests to "sit down for a few minutes," but is prevented from doing so.
01:28 | A new phrase emerges in the recording: "If you don't sit down, you will be the next one served."
🟠 Visual Anomalies:
01:30 | A blurred outline appears at the edge of the grass, resembling a seated human figure; upon analysis, it is suspected to be a light simulation afterimage.
01:37 | The Special Existence Observation Team enforces an evacuation.
📄 [Post-Incident Image Comparison Notes]:
After the evacuation, no successful recordings were made in that area. Regardless of whether infrared, thermal, or LIDAR scanning was used, the images were forcibly obscured. Furthermore, those who drove through the area reported that "the segment was not visible during playback."
📌 Recommendations:
— Mark the area as a "Stable Static Meme Field."
— Prohibit all personnel from stopping by the roadside between 21:00 and 04:00.
— Preserve the wooden signs for linguistic analysis.
⚠ Note: Observer Lin Xiu Yi voluntarily resigned and went missing three days after the operation. The last communication was a selfie showing him sitting on one of the picnic blankets in a grassy area, with his back to the camera.
Text annotation: "I have decided to stay."
📄 [Extended Report | Summary of Abnormal Behavior Mimicry Cases]
Submitting Unit: Urban Anomaly Observation Group Collective Meme Behavior Monitoring Division
Date: March 5, 2024
📌 Signs of Phenomenon Spread:
Within six days following the exposure of the AETH-Σ incident, social media platforms, short videos, local Forums, and anonymous comment sections began to show records of "Picnicism" related behaviors and meme phrases echoing phenomena, including:
— Setting up picnic blankets and sitting quietly in unoccupied areas at night.
— Using "STAY" wooden signs as personal slogans.
— Filmmakers claiming to be "invited for the last meal."
📌 Representative cases (summary): - Case R-22 (female, 19 years old) made her own "Silent Lunchbox" during a live broadcast on a social media platform, and said to the camera: "Don't stand up, the next dish may be you." Afterwards, the live broadcast platform server abnormally restarted at the moment the video was closed, and the video file disappeared. — Case X-07 (male, 32 years old) set up the "Eternal Lunch Array" in the ruins on the outskirts of the city, simulating a layout of 9 people. When interviewed, he said: "I just took up a seat that no one else was sitting in." — Many netizens left messages repeating the same sentence pattern: "They are still eating, how can you leave?" 📌 Crisis Assessment Recommendations: It is speculated that the AETH-Σ incident is a "field static dinner party type memetic entity" with three communication characteristics: inducing active stillness, ritualized aggregation and cognitive positioning transfer. 📌 Action suggestions: - Delete and block all images and sentences containing the combination of "STAY + picnic/sit-in/invitation" - Conduct low-frequency rhythm intervention interviews on those who participated in the imitation - Set up a "Behavioral Prophetic Statement" database to monitor the frequency of similar sentence patterns ⚠ Last note: On the evening of March 4, an unknown woman who did not log in her identity sat in silence on the sidewalk of the Nan City national highway interchange. When the police arrived and questioned her, she only replied: "I'm just here to reserve a seat and wait for you to come." After a brief pause, she looked at the roadside camera and smiled at the camera. —— The video automatically terminated at 03:43. When the dash cam of the photographer was found, the SD Card had been burned.
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