After 13 Years, the True Story of Herobrine was Just DISCOVERED...
Herobrine is the biggest legend in all of gaming. Becoming so synonymous with minecraft, that his name forever reminds us of the nostalgic past. But what if I told you that his story was wrong, and that 13 years later, the truth was only just uncovered...
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0:00 - Intro
0:54 - The Famous First Sighting
3:24 - Him
5:45 - The White Eyes?
10:25 - White Eyes.
13:08 - 13 Years Later
16:32 - White Eyes and Herobrine
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4. Scott Buckley - Decoherence
5. LEMMiNO - Cipher
6. Scott Buckley - Ephemera
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Amazing video EPIC, it's so weird something we were all traumatized to as kids has had it's origin being revelaed 13 years later, it's like we've all been lied to.
@@Dtos1no one cares
@@Dtos1no one cares
Really, nobody cares.@@Dtos1
It's honestly scarier having Herobrine's origin lie in an actual bug than from a creepypasta. Originating from within the game with real user encounters is completely different from originating from just a scary story.
Now now, we never knew if he was actually malicious. What if he was just saying hi? Or thought the player might get lonely without some company? Mincecraft is better with friends after all.
@@SkyBlue-gb3qx I read your comment in a creepy middle aged man's voice trying to induce me into something while I am walking in a dark alley 👍
@@SkyBlue-gb3qx you could make a meatcanyon episode out of this comment
@bait1021 that's how a lot of haunted gaming rumors start and start to be believed, look at halo for instance, just look at a few videos of stuff like "the ghost of [insert map here]" that nameless and animationless or invisible and nameless player is an actual player just with a scuffed connection and people found ways to replicate it in more than just halo 2 and 3 but also (kinda) halo reach, generalkidd has a good video on explaining that invisible player glitch in halo reach too if you haven't seen it.
@@Chemical_Agent4340 I was using halo as an example of how it's not just Minecraft but a lot of games with creepypasta things, but maybe for Minecraft, Herobrine for a temporary Halloween update could be neat, but scary things especially in games very quickly become stail to me lol.. but for similar reasons I doubt Mojang would permanently add Herobrine, cuz it would eventually just stop being scary and just become annoying for people
It's interesting to know that Herobrine originates from a real bug in a way
I remember hearing something a long time ago (maybe AntVenom?) that said the 2x2 tunnels, trees missing their leaves, and missing torches were caused by world generation bugs
Yes… a bug… :)
@@spartanipodsyeah there used to be a lot of weird rendering and lighting glitches back then and the world generation was crazy but fun. The random tunnels I can't explain though unless they just forgot they made it even though they're sure they didn't.
Hmmm
I think what makes Herobrine interesting is that whole concept of him being the one responsible for some of the weird world generation and rendering bugs at the time, which can't really be disproved. He wasn't extremely malicious or looking to hunt you down and kill you, he was just an explanation for why torches were disappearing, the cave noises, or how a bunch of structures were found due to the randomness of world generation and how the save files worked. I don't like the whole concept that he's a demon trying to kill you or something, I like to think he just possessed worlds and spooked players with unexplainable encounters
I think the true origin of Herobrine/ white eyes is the eerie loneliness of early Minecraft. People would rather imagine a monster than deal with that much emptiness.
maybe… but a monster in a highly populated multiplayer game would also be pretty exciting
@@max73916 imagine herobrine on hypixel lmao
God created us in his own image but we sinned and broke that image so now we deserve hell but God wanted a way of forgiveness so he took on the form of man suffered on the cross for the forgiveness of sins that whoever repents of his sins and puts his faith in jesus christ can be saved to get that forgiveness u have to repent of ur sins put ur faith in jesus christ follow him and rely on his finished work on the cross and not ur own works to be saved repentence first means realising ur a sinner who needs Gods help then u change ur mind about sin realising its disgusting before God and u let him help u to stop doing sin putting ur faith in jesus means u do his commandments which u can know about in the bible loving jesus means to do his commandments but u have to be careful first of all u dont know when ur gonna die so come to God and repent today and that jesus is the only way to heaven the only truth and the only life and we can go to heaven bc of what he did on the cross not bc of our own works so ur good works dont get u to heaven its only bc if what jesus did on the cross but that doesnt mean u live a life of sin no u live a life pleasing to God having a true relationship with him but u trust in what jesus did on the cross and not ur own works that can get u to heaven jesus loves u and he can give u eternal life repent today@@max73916
@@max73916God created us in his own image but we sinned and broke that image so now we deserve hell but God wanted a way of forgiveness so he took on the form of man suffered on the cross for the forgiveness of sins that whoever repents of his sins and puts his faith in jesus christ can be saved to get that forgiveness u have to repent of ur sins put ur faith in jesus christ follow him and rely on his finished work on the cross and not ur own works to be saved repentence first means realising ur a sinner who needs Gods help then u change ur mind about sin realising its disgusting before God and u let him help u to stop doing sin putting ur faith in jesus means u do his commandments which u can know about in the bible loving jesus means to do his commandments but u have to be careful first of all u dont know when ur gonna die so come to God and repent today and that jesus is the only way to heaven the only truth and the only life and we can go to heaven bc of what he did on the cross not bc of our own works so ur good works dont get u to heaven its only bc if what jesus did on the cross but that doesnt mean u live a life of sin no u live a life pleasing to God having a true relationship with him but u trust in what jesus did on the cross and not ur own works that can get u to heaven jesus loves u and he can give u eternal life repent today
@@ralouph3238 balls
It would be terrifying if instead of saying "removed herobrine", it said "added herobrine" in a new update.
what if they actually added a ultra rare herobrine spawn
Update log: Made herobrine more common to spawn
nah, removed sounds scarier cause it implies they simply can't get rid of him
Or "failed to remove herobrine"
I remember being scared of Herobrine as a child, 6 years later, This video was posted and brought my memories back. I can't believe the community is still discovering new things.
yep
Me as well i was MORTIFIED
herobrine gave me nightmares lmao
I once legit had a nightmare where I was in the game and Herobrine was hunting me.
Yes 👍
I never heard of "White Eyes" before, but between the two, I would find White Eyes more troublesome than Herobrine. A mob that randomly digs tunnels & stares at you isn't really a problem, but a mob that destroys your light sources while you're caving is setting you up for other mobs to attack you on your way back to the surface.
But both are scary nonetheless.
Hey I was wondering if anyone had played pocket edition before, because I saw something weird. It had a player model but had creeper textures, it had no name tag and I was playing offline so it was pretty weird, it even jumped and crouched it didn't attack and didn't do anything weird. I killed it and went on and nothing ever happened. I wanted to know if anyone else had experienced that.
@@Golurk_Enjoyer Probably a hacker that joined your world and went afk after that.
@@TON__618. how though? It had no connection to anything.
@@Golurk_Enjoyer Basically, the people that are your friends can join without an invite on pe, so probably what happened is that a hacker joined, its probable that his name also didn't show when he joined as he is a hacker.
I only ever knew about the Herobrine as we know him today, but hearing about how he originally started as two white eyes in the darkness suggests to me that he very much likely started out as some rendering bug. It doesn't surprise me how it soon turned into a creepypasta considering the atmosphere that Minecraft had back then.
I SAW him myself years ago since then i never played Minecraft again and i am still scared
@@King-kano visit a psychologist
@@TheCultDc2 but it does sometimes spawn entities such as zombies skeletons which disappear in distance, I had it happen to me
This video is so high-quality. The music, the editing, and the custom White Eyes model really made it spooky. I remember when we all used to be so scared of Herobrine, when we look back on it, it seems silly, but this video brought it all back.
Im so glad to see herobrine becoming relevant again. I like seeing him come to life once more, especially because of all the new mods and datapacks that can cause him to actually terrorize you
It's gone from an urban legend, or a creepy pasta, with the occasional (and usually poorly executed mod) to a more full blown thing with many people attempting to resurrect with unique twists
@@jwalster9412 I remember all the old mods being made about Herobrine, they were usually very poorly executed but man were they scary as a child.
@@lobodasneves5374true that
Fr I love it
@@lobodasneves5374the shrine.
Two different things to consider. There was a glitch in the indev and alpha builds that would replace the skin of some mobs with the player standard skin There were also problems with torches suddenly vanishing world generation when a player updated their world. These problems however were solved or mostly well before the official release however. Sometimes when they were solving a problem with skin or texture rendering they would refer to it as removing herobrine and notch later said so himself.
Sure ye we all believe you. Herobrine
So it is possible that the buggy state of the alpha versions to have born a whole game legend. For example some zombie to bug out and use the default skin plus that bug with the white dots to like occur on the eyes for some reason, and basically create the "white eyes" and after that the thing with the torches to start happening. That basically explains a lot.
Holy shit bro if ur fr with the retextured skins that would explain a lot for me
@ozthebeeman The creepy pasta part was a complete lie but the glitches/ bugs were real even though notch absolutely promoted the meme for multiple reasons. Imagine having a free marketing opportunity that people are buying into and purchasing your games just to try and see it for themselves. I wasn't saying that the glowing white eyes thing was real only the part about occasionally the skins/ textures getting swapped along with the early problems with world generation.
@@jedstanaland2897 wooooooosh dude thats the sound of the joke flying over your head
Funny thing is, there was a player on the server I play on in 2015 who almost got banned because he unintentionally started the belief that our server was haunted by Herobrine. He didn't even realize it, he just had the habit of making really long and very straight 2x2 tunnels that he would replace mined out rocks on the side and would take the torches back when he was done. In itself not very odd but he dug a *lot* of tunnels so it was a pretty common occurrence that someone would come across one and get freaked out by it. I knew about his tunneling because he popped up right next to my house once trying to figure out what he ran into (our server has towny). One of the older mods decided to also play some random pranks around the same time involving random stuff like cobble pillars with lit netherrack on the top that they would relight with lightning when someone would try to put it out, random cobblestone structures, and leaf stripping trees. That mod also usually played hidden (we joke that they are the ghost of the server) so the weird stuff would often happen and no one would figure it out. I also knew about the mod doing that stuff just from obeservation and the fact that if you called them out by name they would always respond. The admin actually got really concerned and confused about it and when he asked me if I knew what was going on and that if whoever was doing this was being malicious because several of the younger players were genuinely scared and didn't want to get back on as long as "Herobrine might get them". I hadn't realized how bad it was since I kind of was already in the know but I explained everything I knew and that neither the player or mod were really being malicious, just very bad timing. Everything got sorted in the end and that is really what pushed for our server to have a better system of communication. Now everyone on the server are just used to finding random tunnels all over although he usually does 3x3 tunnels these days. 😂
Some men just really love digging tunnels I guess (it's me, I'm one of them)
Man that's crazy... One time I was on this server and I could tell there was a mod watching me because I saw floating bonemeal for a second XD They never responded when I told them to show themself, but at least I know what's going on... sort of...
Even though your story doesn't add much to the search, I think it highlights something we need to keep in mind: Modding in servers are a BIG thing in Minecraft. I wouldn't be surprised if the myth of Herobrine started from something mundane like you're describing. Whether it was pranksters, people having weird tunneling habits, or server admins pulling pranks.
@urphakeandgey6308 Yeah, that is something I had always wondered. At the time all this was going on I was already pretty aware of a lot of the minecraft creepy pastas and such because I quite often wandered into the weird side of KZhead. But for a lot of the younger players they were just starting to hear about it and didn't really know much about it except for what the most popular current story about it was at the time. So a lot of younger players didn't really know that it was made up and really did think it was real because of how it was portrayed. But over the years I have seen a lot of different variations of the Herobrine portrayal/theory and it does have a tendency to shift drastically depending on where *exacty* you hear it from.
I think one of the most interesting aspects of stories like this is the fact that the original creators are just entirely unknown. And that applies to any and all online myths, creepypasta, etc. In an age where everything exists forever on the internet, it's kind of wild to think that those who were once so heavily involved in the community that they inspired an entire movement that is an integral part of the game's history, just.. don't know what they did? Like, what are they doing now? Were they just young kids having fun, and when life caught up with them, they moved on from it all and never happened to look back? Did they live under circumstances were one day they were just unable to have computer/internet access? Did they just stop caring? It's all so interesting. You would think by now we would have dozens of people claiming to be these users. But so far, not a peep. The other possibility is that they've kept their silence all these years in dedication to the bit. I which case, mad props to that determination. Instead of claiming their 15 minutes of fame, they're allowing an internet legend to live on in mystery and, in essence, keeping it alive. I seriously respect that kind of commitment. I do hope they come forward some day. It's still a part of Minecraft history, and digging into the origins of these legends is still interesting. I think it okay for them to make themselves known at this point and tell their stories, now that it's the people themselves asking them to. -oh and i guess the third possibility is that they are dead, but that isnt nearly as fun to wonder about-
Interesting note here: During the Beta 1.8 Adventure Update's development, before having green eyes, enderman had white eyes, so they were originally Notch's way to add "White Eyes" into the game, combining how they are black and blend in with dark caves and how they could take and place every single block in the game, they would have been very interesting
Wait legit? You're serious?
@@qui-gontimtherandomraptor1072 Yeah no joke
omigod and with the creepy noises it makes thats so cool, my knowledge of herobrine (and the new knowledge of white eyes) has grown so much from this video and the comments
That's SO COOOL!!!
@@jaideepshekhar4621 Yeah it is!!!
Honestly White Eyes actually sounds like it could be a very cool mini boss-type mob. It inhabits random caves in world gen, disables nearby mob spawning, and is only tangible in the dark. You would have to take note of how strange your cave is being and then remove any torches you have placed to find and fight it.
Ur funny 😂
🦍@@youtubewatching1373
@@LeeWeiChengChsit would be so cool!!
@@LeeWeiChengChs cry
@@LeeWeiChengChs We already beat up the Warden, how would this be much worse?
My favorite stories or "sightings" about White Eyes and Herobrine tend to be the ones where neither is hostile, or at least don't seem to be, but instead enjoy causing anomalies around the player's world, and creepily observing from the shadows. I'm inclined to form a head canon of these two entities coexisting. At 18:10 we see both White Eyes and Herobrine meeting, while Herobrine walks away leaving White Eyes behind. What if White Eyes prefers to only lurk inside dark caves, while Herobrine doesn't mind being in the light, just like a regular player? Maybe they've arrived to an understanding of some sort, and agreed that Herobrine would be in charge of observing the player in most places, dark or otherwise, while White Eyes would inhabit the dark places. Or maybe it wasn't a deal at all, but a threat. Maybe Herobrine, being perhaps more evil than White Eyes, forbade her from showing herself to a player or to mess with their world ever again, since he wanted to be the sole creepy watcher and NPC builder/destroyer of the game. And for 13 years, he has had his way. Could our discovery of White Eyes tilt the scales and allow for her to be on equal grounds with Herobrine again, even if just from the shadows?
I read the last parts with the voice and accent of those narrators for those superhero cartoons in the past.
@@DE.V.S Awesome! Thanks! :D
This is how you create lore ppl
"Discover this and more on the next episode of Dragon Ball Z Kai"
@@fathe3217The normal dbz voice was better. It also had that awesome ost playing when he said "Next time on Dragonball Z"
Ain't nobody gonna talk about 13 years later and disc thirteen, its an interesting coincidence
imagine the 100 yrs Disc100 11 and 13 discs are already scary bruh
@@II_Faither ye
I remember all the old mods being made about Herobrine, they were usually very poorly executed but man were they scary as a child. It's kinda nice to see Herobrine being relevant again.
I remember the mod that if you made a 3x3 base of netherack with 2 gold blocks on-top eachother, and another netherack on-top that is lit. You could summon herobrine. The mod at the time was legitimately scary as in pocket edition you couldn’t summon lightning normally at the time.
@@YogurtSnipe There's a 1.20 version of that mod called "Into The Fog", I recently played with it on a small modded server with a friend of mine and it really hit me with nostalgia. Great mod.
Fr
weeping angels suck lol@@MeLikeToast
@@MeLikeToastTry "the end of herobrine" too its the ssme thing but rougher
The early versions of Minecraft was far more unsettling and scary than the Minecraft we have now. Yes, nobody knew much about it since it was such a young game, but in combination with the untextured blocks and VERY dark atmosphere, it makes Minecraft PERFECT for horror like this; right to scare me!
Ambient cave sounds still scare me
Exactly. There was no happy music, no funny easter eggs. It was just survival
Updates technically weren't even official. It was like, being hand given updates from an Indie developer using Unity, from a Modern Kid's perspective these days. Truly though, everything was made so much easier when the first launcher was released. The fact we had to wait for Notch to release anything, let alone find it through the forums, was Tedious now that I think about it, but so much fun due to the excitement. God I remember when opening the game, you had the most basic login, just Username and Password, then the title screen would pop up after logging in. Damn good times man.
also world was much more empty
Especially because of how the brightness was always set to maximum darkness, and Minecraft felt a lot more "unknown" and mysterious back then.
The fact that some of the most infamous stories (not to mention seeds) from these bygone ages are just being recovered from these stories is honestly insane to me
I'm so glad Herobrine is still popular and alive in the Minecraft community! Thanks for this video that sheds light on the true story behind this iconic legend
same here! Ah man I remember being obsessed with him as a kid. I dont even play Minecraft lol, but the first exposure i got to the game was through Herobrine. I would research day and night about the dude, and got into creepypasta and other og minecraft youtubers.
As someone into theology/anthropology, it's neat how the creation of Herobrine parallels the development of many gods and myths. Unclear original creators whose origins can only be inferred via their retellings create a prototypical version of the myth that people know now. That myth then gets retold and used as inspiration for another myth that gets popular and ends up sticking in the public conscious because all of its lore is way, WAY better preserved.
i love how a lot of mythology can be traced back to people being high as balls and not wearing glasses too :D
had the same thought as you lol
True. Dragons, for example, are a result of people misinterpreting fossils. The "we don't know why this happens" always creates scary explanations, because for some reason (maybe "better safe than sorry"?) people prefer that over something mundane or benevolent.
the development of gods is so interesting!
Underrated Comment in my oninion Well.. this underrated comment (soon to be "underrated") got mE existential a lil Time comes for the most of us. I'll be forgotten just like the rest, who've never ever been -chillin'- experiencing fame or glory. Some of the forgotten are at least lucky enough to be happy, but that ain't how my story goes. It's always sad 4 Me to see people, who'll never be spoken of ever again, sad & relatable. God.. Ꝡhyv?! Just imagine knowing somebody with a great life, awesome story, interesting biography, very popular.. and after years You ask people: “Rememeber this sertain someone?” - and they're like: “Wha?..” I still have faith for God.. but God ain't having it for Me. This £μ¢に¡№г World :: can't stand a human interaction without a KZhead filter. ¿How do people fall in love, when everyone is so s!thy? *are there «happy people» anyway* ...Б&#@ь Sloth might be the sin that will end this World. It's not like I don't like it.. it's just too much (but what's the limit then?[who de F knows]). Le Me from the past would've roasted me azz if I were to meet (I promised not to be a lazy adult... and yet) _…...…...…...…...…...…·--- It feels like I know too much and yet so little. I'd be more happy if I just followed the system, no questions asked, educated meself "the way it meant to be" and just be a iiiimbclc barbarian.,. but I'd be happy. Now cope only I am I'll give myself 3-5 years. If me dreams and goals not cometh true.. then I'm off. Like wa-a-ay £μ¢に¡№г off͠. I'll do a FINISH -HIM- I, cuz I'm theatrical and like some show, so I'll give myself the last one. And no-one will even notice. I don't like hurting people, but the Family might not like it, cuz they care about Me.. it's just that I'm the cold one, who can't love em back. I want to, but for some reason it doesn't happen. My Friend is a bridge between Me and Family, cuz for the past few months I ffo tuc myself. Fells good living in XXI century I'll go watch some black and orange KZhead.
How has no one commented that he took the time to find out the seeds from the screenshots and recreated stories for the video that looked so seamless? 10/10 video production from TheMisterEpic as always
For real!
The only real seeds used in this video is the original herobrine screenshot (which was cracked by minecraft@home) and the copeland stream (which had its world released to the public). The other ones are random worlds that were just picked based on the stories contents, aka not the actual seeds.
@@Yqe- youre fun at parties arent you
@@Skeletor96bait’s the truth. The creator in this video did not find these seeds
@@carperfjord8748God created us in his own image but we sinned and broke that image so now we deserve hell but God wanted a way of forgiveness so he took on the form of man suffered on the cross for the forgiveness of sins that whoever repents of his sins and puts his faith in jesus christ can be saved to get that forgiveness u have to repent of ur sins put ur faith in jesus christ follow him and rely on his finished work on the cross and not ur own works to be saved repentence first means realising ur a sinner who needs Gods help then u change ur mind about sin realising its disgusting before God and u let him help u to stop doing sin putting ur faith in jesus means u do his commandments which u can know about in the bible loving jesus means to do his commandments but u have to be careful first of all u dont know when ur gonna die so come to God and repent today and that jesus is the only way to heaven the only truth and the only life and we can go to heaven bc of what he did on the cross not bc of our own works so ur good works dont get u to heaven its only bc if what jesus did on the cross but that doesnt mean u live a life of sin no u live a life pleasing to God having a true relationship with him but u trust in what jesus did on the cross and not ur own works that can get u to heaven jesus loves u and he can give u eternal life repent today
Before Herobrine existed there was a bug in Minecraft where generating a new world might cause some chunks from your old world to spawn. People might find parts of buildings or tunnels with torches in them that they had actually created previously on a different world but didn't remember because it was out of place. This sparked post of people claiming to have found structure built in their world that they didn't build. Most I'm sure we're completely fake. Many of the post showcased elaborate structures that appeared out of "nowhere". Lots of structures that Herobrine was originally attributed to actually come from these earlier posts including the pyramid and the 2x2 tunnel. Eventually these posts turned towards who built the structures and that's the beginning of Herobrine. By the way Herobrine means unknown in swedish.
Herobrine definitely doesn't mean unknown in swedish?
Yep, you are correct. Can't even find where I googled it now, nor verify it's even a word in swedish. Sorry about that.
@@rnick3665 No worries!
@@novameowww😂😂😂
Do you know if there was ever a bug like that in Pocket Edition? Like back in the blue roses days. I think I might remember something like that happening but I genuinely can’t tell if that’s a real memory or something with unrelated memories getting mixed uo
The fact that people say he didn’t exist and was never found in the code makes me question my sanity because I swear I saw him twice on the Xbox 360 version
Don’t worry, you’re not alone. I saw him once too. I didn’t play for months after that and I almost threw my iPad when I saw him. I just can’t accept that he’s just a myth. That memory is so damn vivid
Me to bro,your not crazy haha
There was a time when I was playing the 360 version that still haunts me lmao I was playing a single player world and was starting a tunnel system underneath my house. I all of a sudden started getting hit but there were no mobs around me. I thought it was some weird glitch until I started getting hit repeatedly, exactly how a player would hit you. There was literally nothing around except me and I just quit the game. I tried telling my friends and everyone who played with me but they all thought it was just another stupid herobrine joke so I dropped it. I honestly believe something very unsettling exists in the early versions of Minecraft.
They simply never removed him, anyways im pretty sure he doesn't exist on physicial copies and he's only able to haunt digital ones because ive never seen him, if i did i probably thought it was a zombie, if i actually saw him I'd run over there and sword his ass.
Not gonna lie, like everyone else - I’m glad people are hearing about Herobrine again. I am excited that new players can discover what we were afraid of.
I’m kinda new got Minecraft 2 years ago and I immediately knew about herobrine
same
Yeah I was wondering if today's Minecraft kids know about Herobrine still. Glad to see he hasn't died.
If you were afraid of anything in minecraft, you were and are a pussy.
Just wanted to say how actually terrifying the ambient sounds were in Alpha versions, I had no idea if it was an enemy approaching or warning me or if there was something else nearby and it made the game extremely unnerving, especially because the game generally felt empty and spooky back then, even above ground
I couldn't play the game without listening to other audio when i played single player. Older updates were just eerily unnerving for reasons i could never quite put into words. I was also super into minecraft at the same age I was super into coraline, which can't have helped my paranoia
The lighting or textures in early versions really made the world feel more empty and creepy.
I wonder if thats how the backrooms would feel
11:49 "Notch, if you read this, PLEASE ADD A "KIDS MODE"! WITH NO SCARY SHIT!" i found that funny lmao
It's 2024 and been playing on different bedrock and java servers. Almost no one even mentions "Herobrine" or has a herobrine name anymore. Gosh I miss those 2014 days where in every suspicious activity leads to people thinking that Herobrine is in your world or hacking in the server. Good times.
When Beta 1.8 came out, I just suddenly started taking damage, even though no mobs were around. Thought it was Herobrine or something. Then I found out you can starve to death
Omg
LMAOO
What I find weird is that this has only been recently found this year. You'd think after researching herobrine for 13 years, you would have found this story a lot sooner
Yeah he was dedicating 13 years of his life for this one thing. No he probably was looking into this a few months ago to a year.
I feel like everyone who had/has the ability to do serious research just scrubbed off Herobrine as an internet scary story
Ngl, that white eyes story is a lot creepier than the more famous herobrine story. 11 year old me would be shitting his pants if he had heard it back then.
The 2 stories are almost identical 🤦♂️
Ain’t no way my grown ass is still scared
I remember trying to spawn herobrine in vanilla like creating portal to aether. Good times.
Yep! Always after watching those "how to summon herobrine" videos
YES, and then combing through my creative world looking for sand pyramids and tunnels or whatever else. I would hail anything that VAGUELY resembled one of his landmarks as PROOF of his existence, I swear I think Herobrine raised a bunch of future conspiracy theorists XD And now we have that mod "From the Fog" which just makes my inner child so happy. After all these years, he's finally real. And he's as terrifying as I always dreamed🥹
As an avid Herobrine fanatic from years back, this video is filling me with so much nostalgia. I remember doing everything I could (besides mods) to get Herobrine to spawn, being the gullible child I was, and of course it never worked. Though, now I know how mods work and can simply get a Herobrine mod up and running if I so desire. I remember watching vids mentioning the “white eyes” bit before but have never seen anyone go THIS in-depth, kudos to you for doing all the digging and research to get here! Amazing video! If there’s ever a good time of year for a Herobrine-themed vid, it’s right now. Gotta say I love your vids in general, been subbed to you for over a year now (I think lol), your content is very unique and entertaining :)
The old textures made me remember a memory of a world I had as a child. I had an extremely similar house as the one shown at 11:55, also in the woods. I remember seeing something staring at me from outside of the windows that actually made me panick and scared. The reason I am so invested in the whole herobrine story is because I want to find out wether I had just childhood halucinations or wether I have actually seen something back then. In that sense thank you for this in depth video about the topic, the level of research makes you worthy of the Lemmino soundtrack (;
If im extremely lucky, I might be able to retrieve the world files to see wether the world was created and played around the time white eyes was created... retrieving the world files seems rather unlikely tho, sadly
4chan: hold my tea, i'll find it for you
Same here. I have strong memories of seeing creepy a creepy figure in a tree who would walk out of my view when i saw him. This was around 2014 too, so not too early on. There was also the creepy tunnels that popped up. I refuse to believe that it was nothing
Damn, that sounds terrifying for a kid.
I actually like the idea of adding secret updates, mojang should have continued doing it. Notch's decisions made the game more interesting
Discovering that Herobrine's origin isn't what we thought it was and is now an unknown mystery, along with White Eyes being a whole new entity that came before him is the one of the creepiest and most fitting things that could happen for Herobrine's origin.
Herobrine was one of the main reasons I started to love Minecraft
same
yes, hes scary, but at the same time, he makes minecraft more popular as people will download the game and try to find him
Man I miss the good Ol days😢
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I remember as kid living in 2012 herobrine was terrifying. There were whole books written about him and seeing the myth nearly 10 years later still going strong is makes me feel very happy.
Glad White Eyes is getting more awareness, I learned of it from Ossy's video on it and the origin of Herobrine definitely deserves to be more well known
Herobrine is one of the most iconic phenomena in Minecraft History and to think that the true story of this 13-year-old mystery has been revealed is mind-blowing. Edit: Now that I took a second look about it, this comment really looks like it was made by AI. 🤣💀 But trust me, it's not. I really made this myself.
Bro types like an AI
Weird choice of words my guy, you either didn't watch the video or are a bot. Otherwise, I don't know why you'd say the "true story" has been "revealed," instead of the "true origin" has been "uncovered."
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13:40 In my own research, I know the origin of screenshot. It was exactly 2 days gap between alpha release and screenshot. So, @TheMisterEpic got really close to estimate. This video was I expected if someone to found the answer about Herobrine. I've done a research on Herobrine where story come from, I've realized the same thing as @TheMisterEpic, the fact that Herobrine isn't the original. I'm impressed because @TheMisterEpic found how Herobrine was conceptualized. My research was saved to txt files, timelines of events with links, it was on my computer, which I currently unable to access, I'm sad that my computer was damaged. During my research, I think I've encountered across some White Eyes threads, but I didn't bother to research further because I've found the origin of screenshot, I'm satisfied. You could say I'm just close to @TheMisterEpic's research, if I've put more effort into it. But, the research I've done when I'm kid, and the research started around 2014, and now I'm grown.
bro either is ai or just stupid this comment adds nothing to what i just watched, cheers.
Haven't played Minecraft in a good while, but I would definitely hop on if they added Herobrine into the game as a legitimate feature. Maybe something similar to the phantoms. Or just a super low chance that he will appear somewhere in your line of sight briefly before vanishing again.
Maybe with a mechanic that's somehow based on sleep paralysis? When you wake up, Herobrine briefly appears as your sleep paralysis demon. Not sure what causes sleep paralysis and whether it can be put into Minecraft as a game mechanic though.
I feel like that could potentially be too scary for younger players. It would be nice if there was an Easter egg where if you build the shrine herobrine will appear ontop of it when you light up the shrine at night
@@cxdronemaster1593 I’d say I agree, except for the fact that the skulk(?) biome exists. I’ve never been more terrified playing a game than having one of those things chase me and deal damage through walls.
mods are great
@@altbrainpain6824 oh yeah I forgot all about that biome, it’s been a while since I last played. They are terrifying especially on hardcore
My encounter with Herobrine was on an online server where someone disguised as him(some modder/hacker) kept spawn killing along with everyone else in that pvp match
I played a couple older versions of Minecraft that included the "human" mobs, and I noticed that at a distance their eyes looked white. For a while I assumed that that's where it came from, but apparently it's a _different_ rendering fluke. Who would've thought?
I remember when youtubers milked herobrine, but he still never died out as if he was an infinite milk source
Milk
Herobrine milk lol
HEY GUYS I SAW HEWOBAIN IN MY WORLD AND DELETED MY WORLD LET ME EXPLAIN WHY -cringetuber
We can milk herobrine
@@acevant7535no it's power. When characters have white eyes u know they are strong as frick
I remember one time when herobrine came into my house and just started herobrining all over the place, he was really hitting the herobrine and leaving herobrine all over his herobrine it was crazy.
Yea that happened to me too, only except Herobrine was entering inside me.
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@@uitbuiter The true Herobrine was the Herobrine's we made along the way.
@@uitbuiterfr, you could really feel the herobrine coming inside of you
This comment section is full of relatively serious discussion about Herobrine and creepypastas in general, and then there's this memefest of a comment thread. Gorgeous. /li
Dude congrats, I have not been afraid of herobrine in 10 damn years, but you did it. Something about the presentation in this video just makes me so viscerally unsettled. Fantastic job
This is one of the best videos you've made! Super captivating, you should do more creepy pasta stuff 😀
The pure irrational terror of a dark cave has escaped me ever since my childhood started to fade away, however this video managed to grasp this specific part of it. Your video single handedly brought back a what’s left of my childhood
He really does manage to grasp the unsettling nature of something that stands out so starkly and yet still somehow blends into shadows, it's not always easy to actually make unsettling but somehow these glowing squares in darkness are actually....heart sinking?
Man its that model he got, can't believe he commissioned or something a specific model just for this video, that shit gave me the creeps, specially when it was stalking Herobrine
Id like to think of it as the child scared of the cave, is now the hero who adventures and explores them.
New fanon: White Eyes is Herobrine's friend, and she's incredibly shy. After she was spotted in the darkest depths of Minecraft, Herobrine revealed himself to draw attention away from her, so she could continue to lurk in peace.
That... was actually cute. If that's the case, then I shall leave her in peace!
13 years later and Herobrine and White eyes' origin still being a mystery just adds to the myth in a fitting way
6:54 I can see a nametag right when the lights went out in the middle-ish right side.
I never experienced any Herobrine or White Eyes shenanigans. I only started playing the game around the time bees were added and only heard rumors and tales about some people's experiences with a white eyed Steve around one or two years later. But the knowledge that that "haunting" started by a creature conceptualized as a MIX BETWEEN A SPIDER AND A SKELETON does put into perspective just how terrifying that period was for Minecraft players.
That's very recent.
It was worse then you’d ever believe
It still gives me shivers
being apart of minecraft during the herobrine craze was genuinely such a wild time
@@trip7002oh my gosh yes it was way worse than any horror game because it was so unknown and so random. Worse than even FNAF dead space any horror game you can think of because it was not just gore or jump scares it was pure unadulterated terror.
Just imagine: Minecraft Halloween Update Log! - Snow Golems now glow in the dark - Villagers wear Halloween costumes - Villagers house are decorated - Iron Golems are dressed up as Buff Villagers - Fog is increased - Mobs do more damage - Torches, Laterns, etc. are now colorable - Minecraft Logo, menu, and marketplace is themed - Witches can now use newly added flying brooms - Black Cats causes bad luck - Pigs are now more likely to be striked and turn into Pigman (Oh sorry, Zombified Piglin) - Candy for healing - H̸̡̨̧̨̢̡̡̨̨̢̨̨̨̧̨̨̢̛̛̛̛͇͖̻̭͓̫̤͔͇̗̯̤̱͎̜̮͓̯͍͓̥̲̱͇͕̟̙̻̫͓̜͎̟̝̖̺̭̺̗̠̖̘͎̲̦̩͓̳͎͎̥͉̭̻̘̼̬̞̭͉̳̟͓̞͇̞̗̙̙̤͚̗̤͇͕͇͓͎̱͎̪̗̥̣̤̯̥̪͔̥͍̖̹̥͔̱͓̱͎̣͍͇̫͉̠̹̪̤̩̗͙̰͚͚̗͕͉̝͕̯̞͕̞͇͎͖̳̬͕͐̅̂͆̀͛̀̾̏̌̂͋͒̓̽̈̓̑͒̽̐̉͂̇̓̾͊̾́̆͋̒̄̈̈́̇̅̈̌͋̉̎̽̒̋͂̆͗͒̓͛̐̓̀̃͆́̆̀̓̅̍̎̀̿́̿͒̑̌̀̊̓̎̉͋͗͊́͆̈́̈́̐̈́̿̊͂͆͐́́̀̋̀̉͐̒̄́̀͆̈́̕̕̕̕͘͜͝͝͠͝͝͝͝͝͝͠e̷̡̨̢̧̢̛͚̲̯̼͎͎̬̥̮͉̯͓͓̳̳̭̲̯̲̹͓͙̦̫̝̫͈̖͍͈͓̞̝͔̣̯̖̠̤̟̣͕̰̗̺̟̬̖̫͓̻̩͉͍̦̯͇͕̗͈͇̹͕̓͗̐̌̌͆̓͑́̇̓̋͛̆͌̅̄͋́́̂͛̅̓̋̀͌̇̎͐̋̐͛͛̉͐͛̃̾̃̓̔͂̌͗̃̍̀̆̆̆̐͒͗͊̂̈́̒͆̑̈̉̅͛̆͂̈́͐̚̚͜͝͠͠͠͝ͅͅŗ̸̧̨̨̧̡̧̧̢̡̡̧̨̛̮̯͚̼̗͚̬͕̜̬̺͈̞̘͎̲̫̟̱̤̰͔̞̮͇̟͓̟̤͓̙̱͔͚͚̺͇̰̤̦̞̯̠͔̱̫̙͓̞̫̟̹͈̟͔̟̮̭͙̪̱̰̝̟̝͈̝̱̲̻̤̺̻̦̘͍̣̳͔̪͓̬̲̗̫̠͓͙̫̥̠͎̖̳͙͓̬͙͉̻̖̩͍̳̮̻̮̥̠̗̗͖͕͖̖̬̟̗̗͎̪͕͈̩̟̩̩͍̹̰̫͖̩͖̻̪̩͙̣͚̩̖̩̻͈͖̞̘̣̞̦͎͉̥̹͇͖̦͓̰̭̪̪͖̮̬̠̏̅͑̃̅̾̈́́̈́́̆̀̀͌͊͂̈̊̏͛͆̆̃̀͋̾̋͛̅̈́̔̽̿̉̂͌̓͑̃̒́̂̒̅̑̀͆̀͗͛̉̋͂͛͒͋̀́̅̉́͋͗̊͋̉̔͐̒̉́̏̄͋͛̅͊̒́̓̂̿̆̋̈̈́̃̌́̍̐̈̾̋̇̇̌͑͋̀́̚͘͘͘̕͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͝͠͝͝͠͠͝͠ͅͅơ̵̢̡̢̧̧̡̢̢̡̡̨̨̢̛̛̛̗̙͎͎̖̱͙̩̱͕̝̩͎̹͈̼̲̳̪̦̪̺̜̼͕̪͕̭͈̺͚̬̖̳̘͇͕͔͇̠̯̜̤͔̜̫͇̣̣̦̰̖̜̰̘̘̤̝͇̬̙̙͎͉̹̜͇͈̘͕̝̘̩͈̗͔̤̙͍͇͈͓̹̜͖͚̹̹̤̯̖͙̩͕̰̖͔̞̖͎̥̹̻̱͙̫͙̙̞̼͚̐̈́͋̂̀̎̎̒͌̈́̿̎̅̔̃̓̈̎̇́̆̿̋̉͗̔͂̓́̏̃̽̐̈́̌͑̎̑̓̌̾͗̽̉̾̉̍͒̾̏͋̄̈́͐͛̈́̍̑̏̀̈̆͋̂̈́͂͒͂͑͌͛̉̓̄͂̇́̈́̑͋͂͊̿̀̐̔̂́̌͒̋̊͆̋͊͂̓̾̽͗̒̌̿̈́̄̉́̎̐͊̈͋̃̋̆̓̉̽́͂͐̌́̉͑̕͘̕̚̚͘͘̚͘̕̕̚͜͜͜͝͝͝͠͠͝͝͠͝ͅͅͅͅb̷̡̢̡̡̨̨̧̢̨̨̡̧̨̡̨̛̙͔̹̤̪̞͇͓̖̟̻̹͇͍̳̲͖̫̜͓͕̰̘͕̰̬͓̠̙͇̬̦̮̮͉̫̱̟̤̠̬̗̩̫̯̗̟͎̩̩̝̱̟̪̬͇̯̞̣̥̲̗̯͖̮̦̖̦̜͕̺̫͎̥̼̠̜̟͚̮̠̗͖̩̣̳̺̪̭̟̪͕̠͚̦͚̘̲͈̞͙̹̖̝̩̭̳̞̪̭̦͚̲̩͇͈̙͒̊̒̒̇̒͆́͌̍̎̇͋͂͋̂͊̏̈́̽͑̔͌̏͂̓͗̀̓̔͋̒͑̅̈̈́̈́͆̎̀̑̅̆̀̅̐̿̇́̌̎̂̑̔̓͋̂́͂͊̂̌̍̐̈́̐̉̈́̄̅͛̃̋̌̓̓̐̕̚̕͘͘̕͜͜͜͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅŗ̶̡̧̨̨̨̧̡̢̛̲̖͔̦̖͓̪̥̦͍̫͇͉͓͖̤͚̲͇͖͖͉͙̺̝͔̦̱̠̻͇͈̠̯̼͕͇̻͓͖͔͇̺̗̱̯̯̺͙͓̺̤̬̞̺͖͙̗͔̼͍͚̪̻̼͉̤͖͔̭̜̺̳̞̮͎̆̈́͒̐̑̊̋̇̊͂̌̿̍͌̆͛̈͋̓̓̅̃̔̀͂͒̒̈́̉̒̓̿̏̂̆̓͌̂̈́̉̈͗͋́̓͑̽̆̔́͒͐̀̊̎́̀̎̍͗̓̔̑́̀̓̂̆̍̐̈́͗̈́̀̐̎̽̽͌̍̈́̎̉̓͐͋̐̉͆̎̈̍̈́̅́̍̓̿͗̎͂̋̏̑́̐́͒̃̏̈͌̽̀̓͛̔̆̃̃̍̈͗̽̈͆̓̿̀̄̑̅̉̑͑̾̎̚̕͘͘̚̕̚̚̚͘͘͜͝͠͝͠͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͠ͅi̶̧̨̨̨̢̨̨̛̛̛̛̭̮̞̮̙̙̠͔̥̠̲̻͓̪͇͚̺̘̯̪̪͓̜̗̲̭̲͓͍̱̖̰͇̻̖̪̤̹̞̗͕̣̥̞̬̙̼̜͍̟̫̮̟͍̖̹͍̫̥̮̬̩̟͈̣͇̼̱͙̠͉̥̰̯͎͔͓̺̬̙̦͖̥̞̖̫̯͉͖̼͙͎͈̩̹̬̰̮͙̩̭̦͇͕̱̭̪̙̹͔̣̻͉̭͖͕͓͎̰͙͎̯̮̠̺̹̺͇̞̖̓̀̅̒͊̀̄͗͊̎̒̂͒̍̈͐̉́̄́̔̂͊͑̒̍̆̈́͆̐̍̎̃́̀̅̽̄͒͊͛̇̒̃̈́̂͒̔̏̈͛̀͐͊͐̌̏̓̅̈́͐͂̉̊̑͂͂̅̔͊̎̔̽̐̂̑̈́̆̊͆̇͑͋̂̂͋̋͊̃́͂͛̔́̌͋̂͛̑̿̉͋̎̌̑͆͐̒͊͒̽́͛̋́͊̆̽̽̍̇̔͋̏̀̎͒̈́͋̈́̆̉̐́̍̌̆͐̎̌̀͛̽̿̽͋̌̒͗̆̌͊́͆̆̄̅̚̕̚̚̕̚͘̚̚͜͜͜͠͝͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͠͝͝ͅͅn̸̢̛̛̛̜̯̞̙̪̺͍͈̲̤͓̥̖̜͍͓̮̪̞̼̘̩̦̼͈͇̟̘̳͓͇̞̤̳̼͚͇̭̩̼͎̝̾͂͐̈́́͌̋̐͑̊̾͂̅͛͆͋̋̋͗͂̂̏̏̋̔̋̀̓̋̒͂́̓̃̿̈́͌̅͒̇͋̅̓̄̆̑͂̾̅͋͐̾̽̎͌̉̆̽̈́̆̈͘̕͘̚͘͝͝͝͠͝ͅḛ̸̡̡̡̡̗̱̣̜̯̦̘͍̭̮̜̯͓̺̖͚̼̪̭͈̹̣͓͖͓̠̗͈͖͕͈̘̜̮̣̩̰̭̮̱̞̪̬̠͚̩̹̼͓͊̅͑̓͛̉̏̅̌̿̓͑̀̃̀̃̓̓͐̃̒͛̐̄͘͘̕͘͜͝͠ͅ ̸̨̨̧̧̧̧̧̧̡̢̢̡̨̡̧̧̨̨̛̛̣̮̮̗̥̪͍̬͇̗͈̬͉͖̙̼̖̦͓̩̞͔̙̬̫̦̬̘̺̲̝͉̲̦͎͙̖̺̗̳̝̥̟̭͎̠̤̮̼͕͇̣̞͖̘̬̫̭̻͎͈̣͈̳̝̖͖̲̙̼̞̞͚̯̗̲̪̬̖͔̱̦͎̖̲̠͕͙̪̪̘̞̤̣̰̺͎͇̞̜̹̼͈̣͙̬̼̝̘͇͎͙͓̺̠̱͈͈͉̱̭̝͓̠̺̝͖̖̬̱̙͍̝̱̮̗̤͇̟̯̯̱̣͚̽̇͂̉̀̓̂̀̂̇̆̈͛̀̏̋́͌͊̉̿̍͊̒̂͂̇̅̋̆̊͒͆͊̃̍̎̄͘͜͜͠͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅĩ̵̡̡̧̡̧̢̧̨̛̛̛̩̱̙͕̖̣̗͓̤͇̞̙̼̞̤̫͔͇͇̩̭̬̱̮̪̣̜͚̜͇̩̟̠̱͇̗̜͉͈̦̱̗̗̠͈̰̻͇̺̲͔̣͔̟͇̳̼̙̯̬͈̲̙͚̺̯̫͙͚͚̮̬̱͔̫͈͕͚͙͙͎͚̞̪̭̻͉̝̙̹̩̝̝̱̣̦͗̽̽̾̿̃̿̌̔̋͊͊͗̊́̀̿̎͋͂̓͒͊̉̉͒͑̄̾͆̑̄̉̀̽̀̿͌̆̏̾̏̈̂̈̄̏̀̒̉͌͌͒̽͑͐̌͐̍̓̿͌͗͑̀̈́̌̌̀̀̓̈́̔̃̇̈́͌̈̇̍̉̐̐̒̏̀́͊̈́͗͊͛̅̑́̓̆͌̊̀̄̅̎͊̀́̏̚̚̕̚̚̕͘̚̚͘̕̕͘͘̕̕̕͘͝͠͠͠ͅͅͅͅs̴̛̛̛̪̦̗̠̰̖̏͌́͐̏̔́̉͛͐͛̔͗̃͗̾̀̑̅͂͆̅̐͛͗͐̋̚̚͘͝͝͝͝ ̴̢̧̨̢̡̡̧̡̨̨̛̛̛̛̛̥͚̻̤̣̤̥͎͍͍͖̰̤͖͍̰̱̬̻̻̝̘͇̞̪͎̭͇̝̺͈̭̹̹̙̳̼̝̫̪̠͙̯̞̘̪̠̰̘͖̙̟̝͙̰̞̣̗͇̳̹͓̘̟̰̫̙̱̣̟̯̩̥͍͎̰̣͚̳͇̩͕̯̬͙̼̟̮̦̤̲͍̩̘̹̯͇̖̙͕̱̦̩̟̬̤̝̙͈̣͖͓̭̩͉͈̫̺̯̪̣̥̰̟͇͙̝̻̠̜͔̎͛̅͌͗͗̔̐̽͊́͐̔̄́̃̍̾̾̾̐̑̽̏̆̿̏̍̽͂͑̈̅͐̀́͊̀̇̆͛͐͑͗͒̂̈́͐͐̈́͛̐̃̃̈͆͌̈͊̾̈́͒̍̀̉̽̽̇̇͗̂͌̾̂̆̀̍̍̔͒̒̿̽̉͛̍̃͗̊̍̿̎͆̏͛̉̾̇͗͒̏̋̿̈́̑̈͑̈́̿͛̋͗̊̈́͌̓̃̋͊̆̊̀̏̚͘̕̕͘̚̚̚̕͘̚̚͜͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅb̴̢̢̡̢̢̧̡̨̧̢̘̯̖̱̟̥̙̩̰̠͈̩̗̳̯̹̼̟̹̯͙̼͓̯̖̤̦̱͚͔̦͉̳̤̲̲̩͙̩̮̹͚͔̹̥̰̮̬̻̥̻̰̳͖͍̭̘̜̝͈̯͕͍͚̳̠̥͓̖̝̩͕̳̞̼̗̝̣̩̭͚̪̜̝̞̻̣̖̺̺̻̤̗͍̬͉͐́̓͂̇͋̑̈́̑̄̑́̋͛͒̊́̑̿̍̀̔̕͘͜͜͜͜͝ͅͅą̵̡̨̡̨̢̢̨̧̧̨̢̨̡̡̖̟͇̭̱̖̝̮̣͖̝̮̠̲̘͕͖̳͍̹̘͔̯̦̫̣̟̜̯̠̯̺̣̠̠̥̥̹͎̳̠̩̳̹̣͎̫̯̟̜̱̲̖̜̯͍̫̗̲͉̥̙͔̠̜̤̭̘̰̳̥̰̺̙̲̻͎͕̭̳̞̯̦͔̲̱̩̬̖̭͕͕̮̞̜̼̖̯̗̖̺͍̣̥̹̲̳̰̳͍̞̹̤͎̫̳͉̮̺̠̞̲̥̦̩̰̺̱̰̗̭̥̰̼͍̖̼̪͙͔͓̤̲̿͂̇̆̾̏̆̈́̄̑̂̾̈́̏̊͜ͅͅͅͅĉ̸̢̧̢̛̦̼̱͚͇̞͇͔͙̣̜͆̄̏̓͑͛̈́̔͂̇͊̒̓̔͛͋̈́̏̾̽̅̔́̾̈͗̔̅̄͆̿͋́̀̒̾̾͐̄̑̐̔͂̒̒̓̃̅͑̆̊̇̉̇͂̒͋̓̈́̋̈́̀̓́̑̎̈̌̃̾́̇̀͊̓̓̍̊̃̏̋̈́̈́̐͛͆͌̃̍͒̚̕̕̚͘̚̕͠͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝ǩ̶̢̧̛̛̛̰̼̠͍͔̻͎̝̠̱̗͖̱̻͓̹̥̟̤̗̝͈͓̙̱̯͇̤̙̞͖̮͇̫͎̣̫͚̣̩̱̟̗̭͙̥͙̦̗͔̞̞͍̲̳͖͖̘̘̘͎̞̞̬̤̬͔̺͔̘̙̳̯͓̊̐̄̿̇̓̏̍̓́̕͜͜͜ͅͅͅ.̷̧̨̨̢̧̡̧̡̡̧̨̛̛̛̛̝͉̦̝̣͎̭̦̭͓̟͍͎̺̩̠̙̗̺̦͕͕̞̲̗̯̫͉̘͓̥̗̮̖̻͍̩̬̣̗̖͖͍̖̖̪̭̼̩͈̥͈͓͉̺̞̻͉̻͎̬̖͖̟̫̤̱̖͙͉̻̩͚̰̥͓͖͕̘̻̤͈̫̞̲̠̠̗͖̫̣̺͉͉̪̙̮͍̯̝̻̘̀̅̾̾͊̈̏̄́͑̎͋̌͂̈͛͆̅͋̔̑́͗̑̄͛͗̓̍͒̎͊̎̑̆̊̆͛͐̾̌̽̆̾̐̇̎͂͗̄̑̀̍͊͌͊͒̽̊̈́̿̐̊̏̎̏͆̀̎͆̒̋͆̈́̀͌̋̈́̇̀̒̀̾̾̃͗̀̋̀̂̂̍͐̈́̔̆̀͊̈́͆͐̈̓̈́͆͆̈́̍̃̒͐́͊̇̐͊͊͋̎͊͋͆̔͐̋͌̀͆̕̕͘̕̚̕̚̚̚̚̚͜͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅ.̵̧̢̰̬̘͍͎͖̳̥͚̥̜̲̞͎̘̣̫͈̹̹̖̫̬̗͈̪̣̻̪͍̤̞̭̖͍̤̰̺͎̼͈̲͓͖̗͚͚͈̙̫̪̦̥̠̹͓̝̼͚͎̠͈̫͈͍͎̦͓̱̞̙̱͕̦̗̺̬̑̀̔̃͂́̈́͋͌̉̿͛̎͐̓̓͊̈͗̉̋̇̔̀̃̆̆̎͆͐̊̑͗͊̐̊̀͘̕͘͝͠͝͝ͅͅ
Wtf happened there bro😹
@@FinlaythelegobuilderI think bro nutted on the screen while stating his ideas
@@Finlaythelegobuilder The final line ("Herobrine is back") has some special formatting to cause weird glyphs all over the rest of the text.
@@ehx3419 it looks fuckin BURNT (or scratched, or just damaged in general)
@@REQUIEM-xx1ff Yeah, pretty sure the intent behind it is, in fact, to make it look glitched and corrupted. As if Herobrine himself had interfered with the readability.
It's bizarre to think that these people might just be the only ones who can give us a proper response to those questions and settle this myth that's been going for over 13 years once and for all, and these people are just out there somewhere
Amazing video I've been a subscriber for a while and must say I love these kind of videos and I see improvement in your channel!!! Great job 😊❤👍
It’s crazy how the White Eyes research was started by my favorite Portal Content Creator, and now finally one of my favorite Minecraft Lore Channels is covering it!
Do you play a bunch of portal?
@@aidenking3557 Yeah, it’s one of my favorite games
Wow, I never thought a video could recapture the same feeling I had when I first learned about hero brine. Thank you for this blast to the past.
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I was always interested in the topic of Herobrine ever since I heard of him. 14 years later, it’s still interesting. It’s like he’s the main villain of the game, despite never being added.
the creepiest thing i remember happening w me in minecraft was around 1.14 pocket edition in a creative world where i was building a mansion for fun once when i loaded this world and noticed there was a chat log where some random players had a very short conversation which i don’t remmeber but do remmeber it being along the lines of “i paid ___ for this place” and someone else saying “there’s nothing here” or something along the lines of that. it creeped the hell out of me. and yes it was COMPLETELY singleplayer
I like to think that a lot of this came from the atmosphere the game used to have especially in singleplayer mode. Our minds create imagination to keep ourselves from feeling alone in the vast empty world and the conditions were just so perfect for that figment of that imagination to manifest. Now after years of change in the game's atmosphere. It's too cute and populated now to ever be that scary again. That charm is lost forever. Kids these days really missed out on this playing pretend something unknown stalking you in a lonely sandbox world.
og minecraft was a liminal space of its own
We're not afraid of being alone in the dark. We're afraid of not being alone in the dark. But we also don't want to *be* alone... It's an interesting paradox.
No, Minecraft single player is still absolutely terrifying, I’ve been playing for the past 13 years, and I still hate playing alone it’s absolutely terrifying
Since it's a sandbox game, we can still give it the atmosphere we want.
lol people actually read this? Thanks for reading, people.
Crazy how the truth of herobrine was hidden for this long...
Yeah
Yeah what if its all staged bs to get Minecraft relevant with such topics and mysteries
@@Checkmate_EditsIt wasn't entirely bs, sure the "hero brine is actually notches dead brother" is a silly assumption but there were many bugs in the early versions of the game, including the characters models glitching, so yes, hero brine is actually originated with in game bugs but he isn't "a diabolical force that tries to take over Minecraft"
@@user-yw1nl6sk7y no im just saying what if its purposefully made a part of minecraft lore by the devs cuz that'd be interesting lol Then again kinda fascinating
@@Checkmate_Edits Oh, I misunderstood your statement, in that case I agree with you
0:22 Herobrine: OMG I'M SO EXCITED TO PLAY WITH YOU I'VE BEE- player: no
I remember back in 2011 when me and a ton of school friends were playing on mac laptops from a shared minecraft game on a usb, and one of them screamed and said someone appeared on their screen, saying it looked like a player with no eyes. None of us saw it in our game, so we didn't believe it, but a year later I heard of Herobrine and realized that must've been what he saw.
I was there on the night this first got discovered, it was absolutely insane to be there. It's great to see even more coverage on it, it's really interesting to see how they evolved.
Ayyy same here. Funny seeing you in the comments.
oh yeah of course, i remember a post that i made in a game forum 14 YEARS AGO when minecraft was not even in beta... AND I REMEMBER IT ALL!
@@wildFARTSMELLAai I was there when the forum thread was found out and stuff, idk where you got that from but I suppose I shouldnt expect literacy from a name like that.
@@rollnaway7809 oh i thought you said you were in the time the story was created
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I've actually heard about White Eyes before on another Minecraft video weeks back (I forget who made it), and it's also brought up on the Minecraft Wiki page for Herobrine, listing it as a predecessor to the Herobrine story. I have reason to believe that Herobrine was likely a spin-off or alternate take on the White Eyes story, becoming the popular version thanks to the Copeland stream. It's not surprising, considering White Eyes was barely known outside the Minecraft Forums, which at the time was the only major MC community, given the game was still small and niche and had yet to gain the mass popularity it has now. As for who made it, I only started playing Minecraft in 2012, and wasn't part of any MC communities at the time, not learning about Herobrine until some time later, so I can't say for certain who made it. But whoever did, they probably didn't know how big of a storm would come from it.
My favorite small detail about Herobrine still remains that the change note “Herobrine removed” still appears on minecraft patch notes to this day
The Minecraft lore is so creepy who would think a open world game would be scary..
This man can make Herobrine sighting stories sound so realistic and interesting like we’re not talking about a game of pixels lmao, all aside great video man, I’d love to see a lot more about the origin of the creepypasta
At its base, “White eyes” and “Herobrine” are the same, the need to conceptualize and understand an untapped fear felt in a game coming from the completely out of place creepiness that comes from caving.
I had a personal sighting myself when I was younger, on the Xbox 360 edition. I was playing split screen with my sister, when I turned around and swore to god I saw his blue shirt and outline, standing in the doorway, right next to where I was standing. I still cannot confirm whether he was actually there or I was just seeing things.
Same, I was also playing xbox 360 and I went slightly into a cave to mine and I swear I saw Steve's shoes on the surface block, I came up to look right after and there was nothing. Not a single mob near me. Could've been a despawned sheep/cow but who knows.
When I played on 360 I swear I saw him twice. People saying he was never in the code and didn’t actually exist made me question whether or not I was seeing things too but idk what else it could have been.
I saw him once as a kid while playing the pocket pe version on my iPad. Can’t recall when it was, but I was pretty young
Yo, not related to herobrine but i swear this shit freaked me out, i was on my xbox 1 hanging out in my cousin's flatworld while in creative, and i made a forest, i called it the goblin forest but whenever we went inside my goblin forest in survival we died, and this shit wasnt funny, like we kept playing around but no bugs happening but when we went in my forest again we died again and again
I actually went by “Herobrine Yolo” when I first made my channel 😂 my profile pic, background, everything, was Herobrine themed lol.
Things like this always intrigue me. A simple storry blown to pieces by something as random as a timestamp on an old photo. Males me wonder how often this kind of thing happens on a larger scale. What if a common truth from history is simply untrue, with all the evidence in front of our very eyes?
It's literally us watching the making of modern mythology, a similar thing happened with Slenderman and tbh a lot of Creepypasta have become or are bordering on mythical status in my opinion, I remember being convinced things like that was real and it led me to some very superstitious behavior
@@scootinkermieI used to think siren head was real and was horrified of every light post I saw cuz I taught it would abduct me or my friends lol.
@@scootinkermie archaeologist in the 61st century trying to figure out what the fuck a Herobrine is
@@goshdarnchicken had me dying lmao, 'Guys, I discovered these ancient documents, its a ... What on earth is Herobrine???'
You mean like what supposedly happened in eastern Europe under German occupation from 1941-1945? It do be like dat sometimes.
Y’know, I had nearly forgotten about herobrine. I always thought as video game myths as a foreign concept, especially in minecraft, a game with NO lore. But now that we have to full story, I feel like feelings of curiosity have been put to rest. Thank you for this video. Edit: apparently, minecraft does have lore but it’s all theories and non-important stuff (the ender dragon’s gender does not count as lore)
Mincraft does have lore but its not important
Theirs lore it’s just not a main part of the game
Sacrilege !! Minecraft has so much lore Matt pat on game theory has done so many videos on Minecraft lore before you start hating this comment but please whatch those videos
Watch the game theory videos about Minecraft guys
Minecraft and lore is... a bit of a weird relation. The devs definitely do intend to have lore, with all the generated structures and interconnected items and such, but at the same time they very apparently try (and repeatedly stated that they want) to design all these aspects such that the lore is something the players themselves decide upon. They make a solid framework for interpreting your own lore into the game. I'm pretty sure even the Ender Dragon's name (and thus gender) was never intended to be a canon statement (and thus isn't).
He just pranked the whole entire 20+ years old right now back then 😂
I really hope the original copeland stream is still out there somewhere. Copeland himself has said that he no longer has it, but maybe someone else happened to be screen recording and captured it and the video is still on someone’s hard drive. Its probably the main reason the myth gained so much popularity, so its an incredibly significant relic of minecraft history. Itd be super cool if we found it somewhere and uploaded it so everyone could see the stream that started it all
Gee, who knew there was more to the story of Herobrine than we originally thought? This is a really well-made video covering the true story behind Minecraft's greatest myth!
I think the most interesting thing of that description of white eyes being “a mix of a skeleton and spider” means it has a high chance of being the inspiration for the skeleton jockey
I thought exactly same.Thogh it might an accident since the creator of the design himself said that another thing inspired his design
i can't wait until my internet bullshit makes it to video essay and they're trying to contact me
I personally think that white eyes was herobrine. All the stories talk about white eyes when he is in low light levels. But when someone wanted to put them into light for a post, they just took the only skin in the game; Steve. And retextured his eyes.
Incredible work! I loved the storytelling and the scenes! All the explanations were so clear, and it’s crazy to me how white eyes was just thrown to history, yet being the biggest source to herobrine out there. The cave disc part was so chilling and felt like a horror movie. Your gonna make it big someday, keep up the good work!!
The cave disc thing was freaking me the hell out. In my 20s and it's too much. No wonder I steer away from horror.
It would be hilarious if in like.. either an April fools update, or a few select snapshots, Mojang added a Herobrine model that did nothing but rarely appear when players turn their camera before quickly disappearing. Or something like Odin appearing in Valheim, and if you get too close it’ll say “Herobrine has left the server” or something like that in chat. Just an extra cheeky nudge nudge from the developers for those who play snapshots. And when I say rare I mean RARE. even if it were like a 0.0001% chance, that’s still a little high considering it’s whenever you turn your camera, and there are MILLIONS of people who play the game. It’d be too common comparatively.
As a kid if I’d heard about “herobrines true form” being a skeleton spider hybrid I would have been far more terrified by it
9:58 Brighten the image, you can see the a cavern off to the right and one in the left under where the camera is, a black figure with white eyes is running below them looking away from the user's direction.
Thing is, back in the day, creepypasta wasn't uncommon. There were dozens of creepypasta around about Minecraft in Alpha. Internet trolling was a different kind of thing too. White Eyes -> Herobrine was the one that took off, the snowballing concept because it was the one that had the best "irrefutability". Even those of us who weren't part of the original story conception caught on and either amplified it or tried to diminish it and failed. It's really boils down to that. It's a sort of OG trolling, with an organic, grass-roots, out-of-the-ether kind of thing. I doubt there is a set origin, it's a cumulative thing out of a throw-everything-and-see-what-sticks. Yes, White Eyes ("her") evolved into Herobrine ("him") and one poster at the time was annoyed it wasn't still a "her" as it was meant to be a "her" and that was "more creepy" but you see these stories evolve on their own. Nobody owns them. That's as much as I remember. It wasn't who said it, it was what was said. Different times. Old, even archaic, Internet culture.
Think of it as everyone throwing a seed at a brick wall for fun. Some people are lucky, unknown at the time, and their seeds stick in the cracks. Those seeds grow. Some try to root out the plant others protect and nourish it. The preferred seed it the one whose nourished more than attacked. That's the one lucky seed that became "White Eyes" / "Herobrine". Some of the others were never going to take off. Not before, not during, not after. They didn't "feel right". Some were outright rubbish. Some were good but the wrong time, etc. etc.
No you are wrong.Herobrine is not the nother version of the white eyes.I wish I could make a video about it but no one see
The quality of your thumbnails across the years is amazing
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@@TheMisterEpic 13:40 In my own research, I know the origin of screenshot. It was exactly 2 days gap between alpha release and screenshot. So, @TheMisterEpic got really close to estimate. This video was I expected if someone to found the answer about Herobrine. I've done a research on Herobrine where story come from, I've realized the same thing as @TheMisterEpic, the fact that Herobrine isn't the original. I'm impressed because @TheMisterEpic found how Herobrine was conceptualized. My research was saved to txt files, timelines of events with links, it was on my computer, which I currently unable to access, I'm sad that my computer was damaged. During my research, I think I've encountered across some White Eyes threads, but I didn't bother to research further because I've found the origin of screenshot, I'm satisfied. You could say I'm just close to @TheMisterEpic's research, if I've put more effort into it. But, the research I've done when I'm kid, and the research started around 2014, and now I'm grown.
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Nice video! Brings back memories of making worlds with the seed “Herobrine” and trying to find him with my friend
As much as people will say Herobrine doesn't exist I still have a very vivid memory of 1 time on a Halloween around 2011-2018 whereby there was an update in which in the patch notes it said on the last dash point, - Removed Herobrine. Later that same day, I was in a cave and Herobrine punched me over the edge to my death. That was the last time I saw him.
So we mixed it up all along, Herobrine was supposed to have dead white eyes, eyes with no pupils, but eventually the many believed that "him" had glowing white eyes, this is the reason! Also rumors Herobrine was a miner from a cave never to be found again makes sense! There were so many info that people were mixing things up.
I thought I was the only one who thought that herobrine isn't inspired by the white eyes and its actually a great accident
Old Minecraft's barrenness is something often forgotten. Imagination in old players ran wild
he visually presents the stories so well. i was expecting a terrible explanation but this is too good
i absolutely LOVE the herobrine legend. even just typing his name out just now, and watching this video, is giving me goosebumps, not that i'm scared now, but the feeling of ABSOLUTE TERROR i felt as a 10 yearold playing minecraft still resonates in me. having just heard of "herobrine" and being constantly paranoid of seeing him in my games.. it was a level of scared i don't think i"ve ever reached since. back then i alt+f4'd several minecraft sessions purely out of fear because i was getting paranoid that i'd run into him. it feels amazing to still get that creepy, itching feeling inside just thinking of herobrine. thank you for making this video and rekindling that feeling inside me :)
to this day, i actually think they should have actually added herobrine to the game as a super rare mob that could spawn at any time and do the things in the legends. the "removed herobrine" thing is cute, and even was included on the 360 version of the game, but i feel like it was a missed opportunity.
The reason he wasn't added is likely because coding something like that would be insane. Having something specifically remove torches and stand in caves just far enough away that you can't reach it, and only appear in darkened caves when you are looking down them, and only at specific times. Seems like a lot of work for something that many players would probably find horrifying and would quit the game over.
i see your point, but i think the fact that he’s not actually a part of the game makes him wayyy scarier. humans fear the unknown way more than something scary that we do know. it’s scientifically proven, probably an old survival instinct. that’s why horror movie creators won’t show the monster until usually the very end of the movie - you get the point. i think herobrine’s creepypasta/myth element makes him scarier. he’s not *supposed* to be in the game. he’s an intruder, and that makes players feel unsafe.
I remember being absolutely terrified of encountering Herobrine when I was a young Minecraft player. This video is so nostalgic and it's crazy the origin is still unknown
For real, the way we've all been traumatized by him as kids yet still didn't know his true story is mind blowing.
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i was so scared of him… once, i came across a chunk error in a world after upgrading it to a newer version, and immediately out of fear i deleted it because i thought it was herobrine.
This brings back so much memories and nostalgia. I remember having sightings of this phenomena back in the early days as well on my single player world. After that i was on a full blown research and paranoia of seeing something unsettling again amids the vast loneliness of early minecraft versions. None of my friends however never got to encounter it themselves. Its really interesting how herobrine became i think the best and greatest minecraft myth, people tried so hard to get him to spawn naturally that it was considered just as a myth as it was impossible. But i had my own experience i believe was seeing a steve skin with white eyes, that cemented his existence in my heart from early days. Thank you for this well-done video. I believe it may have been a bug, but kind of a bug that wasnt truly found out yet.
Most people nowadays: "I just be playing Minecraft and stuff whenever I'm stressed, it's really calming, and just peaceful all around 😊" OG Minecraft players: "wassup chat, today we're gonna be playing some horror games!" (Loads up Minecraft)
I really like how all these myths and creepypastas we were scared of as kids are now being uncovered and deconstructed by the same kids that have now become adults trying to make sense of our young nightmares!
tbh the fact that people freaked out about some random mob mojang likely added to have as a small scare, and then denied adding it to have some fun with it, is really funny to me.
I’m so glad this video isn’t clickbait and is actually a lost media thing thank you