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1999, also known as Caledon Local 21[1] or Mr. Bear's Cellar, is a creepypasta written by Camden Lamont on November 14th, 2009.[1] The story is formatted as a pseudo-blog chronicling the efforts of the narrator, named Elliot, to discover the truth about a lost Canadian public-access television station named "Caledon Local 21" run by a mysterious person known as "Mr. Bear".[2]
Plot summary
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The narrator, named Elliot, recalls how he discovered a bizarre public-access television station called "Caledon Local 21" when he was a child in 1999. The channel broadcast almost exclusively children's programming. The most common program on the channel was called "Mr. Bear's Cellar" and it featured a host in a bear costume playing with child guest stars in his "cellar". A few months after the narrator found the channel, almost all broadcasts on the were replaced by a "Mr. Bear's Cellar" episode urging viewers to write him if they wanted to visit his cellar. Out of curiosity, the narrator sends a letter to Mr. Bear and receives a response from him, telling Elliot that at the cellar, "We play games, watch movies, and go fire camping in the middle of the woods!"[1] The narrator's father drives the narrator to Mr. Bear's house and discovers a police investigation being conducted in the area and no trace of Mr. Bear.
Back in present day, the narrator decides to investigate Local 21 and with the help of an ex-cop named Mitchell Wilson, discovers that Mr. Bear was a Satanist pedophile who lured children into his cellar using the television channel before drugging them and burning them alive as a sacrifice to Satan. After finding footage of the final episode of "Mr. Bear's Cellar", which showed the actual burning of the children, the narrator says that he's going to look to see if any more tapes are in police stations in the Regional Municipality of Peel. The story abruptly ends, leaving the final ending ambiguous.
Reception
editThe story has been praised for its realism[3][4] and is regarded as an influential early "lost episode" creepypasta. According to Lucia Peters of bustle.com, "There are no ghosts, no ghouls, and no 'spirit world' or 'Other Side'... People like 'Mr. Bear' exist."[3]
Accusations of plagiarism
editIn 2018, the creator of the story was accused of plagiarism in regards to now-deleted aspects of the story. A widely circulated version of the story contained a Local 21 program called "Booby" (a parody of Oobi)[5][6] and additional episodes of "Paint With The Soul" that were similar to videos in Alan Resnik's Alternate reality game alantutorial.[7] The author claimed that these sections were only added by the first person to reupload the story, a user named Giant Engineer. Most videos and reuploads of this version of the story were copyright-claimed and taken down.[1][6] Some have speculated that Giant Engineer was in fact the creator using a sock puppet account[1] and they were attempting to save face by distancing themselves from it.
Adaptions
editSeveral fan-made adaptions of the series, showing early hints of analog horror, were released on YouTube shortly after the story became popular.[3][7]
In 2017, the story was adapted into the four-episode Amazon Prime Video series "The Pasta Tin", starring Franklin Barnes as Wilson, Chris Kokitka as Elliot, and Patrick O'Conner as Mr. Bear.
See also
edit- Candle Cove, a similar influential early creepypasta centering around a lost television show.
- List of creepypastas
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "1999 - Creepypasta - Creepypasta". 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "1999: Creepypasta". 1999. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ a b c "Is The Creepypasta "1999" Real? Here's The Truth About Caledon Local 21 And 'Mr. Bear's Cellar'". Bustle. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ DeepCast. "CreepCast: 1999 | Creep Cast on DeepCast". DeepCast. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "1999 - By Camden Lamont". Nightscribe. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ a b HDhunter360 (2022-04-19). "Has anyone noticed this about 1999?". r/creepypasta. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "1999". Know Your Meme. 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
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