{"id":11468,"date":"2024-05-30T15:56:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T22:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=11468"},"modified":"2024-06-23T09:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T16:33:15","slug":"backrooms-photo-was-from-a-furniture-store-in-oshkosh-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=11468","title":{"rendered":"Backrooms photo was from a furniture store in Oshkosh, Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s official. Farrell McGuire<\/a> has found the actual location of the famous Backrooms photo. Technically he re-discovered it had been discovered in 2019, but nobody noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For almost 20 years people have tried to figure out the location of this mysterious photo that spawned an entire genre of creepy pasta writings, videos, and games. It’s location has been investigated for years – but the location was elusive because there’s is almost no history of the photo online and so few clues. Image searches and examing for EXIF data came up blank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGuire did a lot of investigation into the image. He tried everything from low level digital file and image forensics to reverse image searches. He noted the photo appeared to be unedited copy straight from an old Sony Cybershot digital camera. The outlets on the walls appeared to place its origin in North America. The biggest addition is an observation about the strange walls – including some that don’t go all the way to the ceiling. He said it reminded him of older furniture store show floors. Searches, however, lead to too many dead ends and it was uncertain how to narrow things down more. There’s been a lot of furniture stores over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only a few weeks after his original video, a breakthrough was discovered. It turns out someone HAD found the original image. Way back May 29th, 2019 a Twitter user (@rkfg_me<\/a>) posted that he found it. But nobody noticed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FWIW, I've probably found the source image here: https:\/\/t.co\/qYWubUwVvw<\/a> EXIF says it's from 2002.<\/p>— rk\u26a1fg \uea00 (@rkfg_me) May 19, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>