Ben Drowned
A college student buys a bootleg Majora's Mask cartridge from a strange old man at a yard sale. The cart, labeled only 'MAJORA,' already has a save file named BEN. The game begins exhibiting impossible behavior — NPCs know his real name, Link's body floats face-down in water, and the haunting feels intentional.
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Created by Alex Hall (Jadusable) in 2010 as a multi-platform ARG spanning forum posts, YouTube videos, and a fake website, Ben Drowned is one of the earliest and most sophisticated creepypasta ARGs ever constructed. The game footage was manipulated using emulator cheats to create genuinely unsettling glitches. It inspired a dedicated community wiki and multiple continuation arcs years after the original.
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