Whistle Blower Message #3 - Sonar

New messages began appearing in email boxes, with one of the following images attached - sonar_1.jpg and sonar_2.jpg. There is no note or message attached.

It looks like some kind or sonar image, but of what? Was this the first detection by Tagruato of the monster?

Click here to see the two images overlapped and animated.

Click here to see the "difference" of the two images.

It looks like it is a screen shot of a Tagruato computer, based on the Tagruato wallpaper in the background. The program that appears to be running is titled "Tagruato Son-air Bld.18 Rev 1a", and has various tabs, some marked in Japanese, and shows a date of 12/18/07. The status bar of the first image says "Occ. Det. ANO 0012433. Monitoring...", and the second image says "Occ. Scale. ERR. 163".

* Thanks to Mark, Ryan, Caleb, and Brat

Whistle Blower Memo #2 - pseunmoisuf

I just received a new memo from "The Whistle Blower", which was sent by email using the Tagruato email address: 18kagashimad@tagruato.jp. I had emailed them a while back asking about the ParafFun recall.

The memo itself is written in Japanese (translation anyone?), but another hand-written message reads:

Americans, No Oil Here! They must have known before they built! - The Whistle Blower

Interestingly, the memo came as a PDF, and the file name is pseunmoisuf.pdf. I Google search for pseunmoisuf doesn't turn up anything... maybe it is an anagram?

UPDATE: Kosmopol from Unfiction has provided a translation. The document is a financial statement for the third quarter of 2007, with a table of the profits from each drilling station. Conspicuously, missing from the list is the Chuai station.

Slusho! Store Sending Secret Clues?

Several members at Unfiction are reporting new clues added to their Slusho! orders. In addition to the usual Japanese newspaper clippings, recent orders have been shipping with a torn Tagruato memo.

I have pieced together a few of the photos that were submitted. If you receive anything in your order, please scan it in and sent it to me!

The front has the Tagruato logo at the top with Japanese writing. The large writing across the front says "TOP SECRET". Here is the complete translation:

You obtain, the batten

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{TO:} Level 1 Temporary Provision Staff Member
{FROM:} Judgement Council
{SUBJECT: Trusting Those Out of Our Sight}
{DATE:}11/24/2007

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Effective Immediately!

Over the next few days, because of the incident that took place, starting now all letters to the outside will first
pass through our communication center, or they will not go out. Level 1 Personnel? They will remain where they are,
making certain to read the message from start to finish. (How will they know it is authentic, this message that is
dispatched everywhere? When it is inscribed by the ?.)

In addition, working hard/employment rusted overtime? As for the employees, they will be made to wait in their
appointed lodging facility until told otherwise.

If one witnesses an act of misconduct, and neglects to report it to the Council, Chuai's department bureau will enforce
principles and regard it as a violation. There will be no exceptions.


As exciting as this is... there is more! On the back is a hand written note, which reads:

American, The Chuai station hides a dark secret. Good people are going missing. Expect further communication in the near future. - the Whistle Blower

The Chuai station is shown on Tagruato's deep sea drilling map. It is located in the Atlantic ocean, about 1000 miles off the coast of NY. The station was supposed to open in September, but it seems like there may have been some problems.

So, who is the Whistle Blower, and does this have anything to do with Teddy or "the cause"? I'll keep you posted!

UPDATE: Here is the Tagruato memo I personally received in my Slusho shipment!

* Thanks to KOZMO, MrTOASTY, JULIA, BACON ARMY, KOSMOPOL, and McPhearson for all their hard work translating this!