gridwerk

I will say this, I am not trying to get notoriety or take credit for zalgo outside of the anonymous world of BBS- its why I havent dropped my real name here. Even the guy that owns ZalgoApproaches has admitted that he didnt invent it- “There are rumors going around that Zalgo was created by a group of individuals seeking to start a new religion or cult. They spammed message boards and forums with Zalgo and it eventually became an underground internet phenomenon. If this is true, than perhaps our...

There was a website called beatdevice.com used by a handful of ex AF security police to keep in touch after they all reassigned or left the military. That would be where I first sounded the idea off some ex-SP friends about hoaxing a cult. Then I would simply go to different website discussion boards about David Koresh, Marshall Applewhite, Charles Manson, whatever and talk about the God Of Chaos. The original context was simple- interrupt a thread with nonsense and invented religious babble (kind of a...

Thats where it gets rough, all I have are memories and ramblings of an old prankster. Of course dont think that I havent already imagined my credibility is a little tarnished having admitted to not only this starting as a hoax but to openly being a hoaxster. Like most memes these days these things get released into the wild and then flourish from there. There is nothing that I can do to prove any of this, of course, so I imagine it will all have to be discounted. The only thing that went into making this...

I’m leaving this because it is officially over. Zalgo was originally created in 1998 as a Super Hoax/get rich quick scheme titled “Bawaji” by now defunct short-film studio Zeke and Ralph Productions (ZNR) in Portland, OR. The proprietors of ZNR, Robb and Nolan (last names witheld- Im sure you’ll understand why) had originally decided on a UFO hoax but, later deciding UFO’s were real, thought a more plausible hoax would be something leading to the end of the world hysteria surrounding 2000 and the Y2K. We...