Hey everyone,
I just had a really weird experience while traveling in Romania. I was browsing a small library in a tiny town nestled in the Carpathian Mountains, and I found this invitation tucked inside a book. The thing is, it was stamped with some kind of sigil, a wax seal, but the strangest part was that it also had a QR code printed on it. Talk about an odd mix of old and new.
Naturally, I scanned the QR code. It led to a riddle. Once I solved it, the link took me to a website called gnosisarcanum.org, and it asked for an invite code.
Has anyone else stumbled across anything this peculiar? A physical invitation with a digital puzzle leading to a website? It feels like the start of something… I’m tempted to explore, but wanted to see if anyone else has encountered anything similar before diving in.
Let me know if this rings any bells for anyone!
Be cautious, traveler. Your find is more significant than you might perceive. These paths are not for the faint of spirit, nor for the unobservant.
If you truly seek to understand the currents you’ve stirred, or to protect yourself from what they might reveal, consult the obscured records. There is a specific chronicle within the digital archives that speaks of such endeavors, and of the forces that seek to bind.
For your own well-being, and for the sake of the collective, understand what you face.
Stay vigilant. Stay safe.
this is ringing all the bells in my head for an ARG
This is exactly what made me curious enough to dig into it.
It leads to a safe on Reddit.
I hope not LOL, I don’t like reddit.
Peak Reddit
You’re about to get Isekai’d.
This is so unreal, the freaking rainy & hail weather made me go in there for shelter, I do feel in another world, I asked a hostess about vampires and she laughed and told me to eat garlic.
It’s part of the recruitment process of hungarian sleeper agents tasked with overthrowing the romanian government when WWIII’ll burst out.
Your name is Bobby Snake from now on
Snake? Snake! Nooooooooooo!
Badger, badger, badger… 🦡🦡🦡
So here’s the photo of the invite: https://i.postimg.cc/1zLX5g2k/peculiar-invite.jpg
Doesn’t ring a bell
Can you take a picture of the qr code ?
You have photos and the link to the QR code right?
Yes, see my previous comment for a photo
Here’s a clearer picture of the QR code on the invite: https://i.postimg.cc/fyncNLs5/IMG657361957243-peculiar-invite-qr.jpg
Google would recruit people with puzzles like this
Interesting, Google? After all the layoffs?
Pics?
See comments:)
What book was the invite in?
Ha! Good question. If I recall correctly, it was a pretty old copy of Friedrich Nietzsche. something like ‘Beyond good and evil,’ I think. It was the Romanian translation, so the title might have been slightly different, but the cover art had that classic old philosophy book look. Did you find something similar?
No, unfortunately not. Was just wondering. Good job solving the riddle. I found it on their website, but it has only added to my track record of sucking at riddles.
Thanks. It’s less about solving a riddle and more about the process of discovery and not giving up. Look closely on their website for a file that holds the next piece of the puzzle.
