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Another story was created to explain the origin of these images, made by a few users on 4chan's /b/ imageboard. The story involves an alleged woman named "Victoria", who was a webcam model on the site [[wikipedia:Stickam|Stickam]] who used /b/ as self-promotion of herself. A /b/ user took a screenshot of her face and posted it to the board with the caption "Am i pretty?". Later, other users on 4chan began photoshopping the image and posting their edited version back as a reply, with one of the users posting the less-edited image with the caption, "''Now you are.''" The woman then found out about the post and quickly vanished off the internet.<ref><nowiki>[https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/23477917/ "Finding the unedited image of "Jeff" (Oldfag Edition)"]</nowiki> 28 Sep 2019 - Anonymous on 4chan.org</ref> This Victoria is another example of people who were rumored to be the person in the image. | Another story was created to explain the origin of these images, made by a few users on 4chan's /b/ imageboard. The story involves an alleged woman named "Victoria", who was a webcam model on the site [[wikipedia:Stickam|Stickam]] who used /b/ as self-promotion of herself. A /b/ user took a screenshot of her face and posted it to the board with the caption "Am i pretty?". Later, other users on 4chan began photoshopping the image and posting their edited version back as a reply, with one of the users posting the less-edited image with the caption, "''Now you are.''" The woman then found out about the post and quickly vanished off the internet.<ref><nowiki>[https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/23477917/ "Finding the unedited image of "Jeff" (Oldfag Edition)"]</nowiki> 28 Sep 2019 - Anonymous on 4chan.org</ref> This Victoria is another example of people who were rumored to be the person in the image. | ||
The original file name of the less-edited Jeff the Killer image is White powder (2), suggesting the possible existence of another version which predates the existing two. There has been debate over what this image may look like, and whether or not this image may actually even exist. Some people have speculated that an image known as "Green Eyed Jeff" may be the original, though this theory has been proven false.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVAie3i18SA</ref> Investigators where able to track down Mr. Malholland, the pya.cc user who first posted the images, on Twitter. His responses to the investigators questions were: | The original file name of the less-edited Jeff the Killer image is White powder (2), suggesting the possible existence of another version which predates the existing two. There has been debate over what this image may look like, and whether or not this image may actually even exist. Some people have speculated that an image known as "Green Eyed Jeff" may be the original, though this theory has been proven false.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVAie3i18SA</ref> Investigators where able to track down Mr. Malholland, the pya.cc user who first posted the images, on his Twitter account Miyama. His responses to the investigators questions were: | ||
*"To put it simply, in mid-2005, a cropped image of a video of a middle-aged Asian woman appeared in Japan. At that point [ | *"To put it simply, in mid-2005, a cropped image of a video of a middle-aged Asian woman appeared in Japan. At that point [her] face was white. *I edited a little in Photoshop to post to "pya.cc". | ||
*"I remember watching the video only once, but unfortunately I don't have it now. It also doesn't seem to exist on the internet." | *"I remember watching the video only once, but unfortunately I don't have it now. It also doesn't seem to exist on the internet." | ||
*"By the way, the image I found is almost the same as white powder (Pt.2). I just made a few corrections. Therefore, the real creator is another person. and I think the video was indoors somewhere in Asia, but I don't remember." | |||
*"Brightness was clarified by level correction. It's a minor edit. I hardly remember what filter mode I used." | |||
*"It was 15 years ago, so I don't remember it, but it's "<nowiki>http://shitaraba.com</nowiki>" or others... However, since "<nowiki>http://shitaraba.com</nowiki>" is BBS, only someone made it was posted. The BBS has closed." | |||
*"By the way, this image was posted on various bulletin boards as a surprise image. This image was going around as a Japanese meme back then. *The original story is a crop of an Asian (Japan?) Video, but I think no one probably remembers it. Then, good night again!!" | *"By the way, this image was posted on various bulletin boards as a surprise image. This image was going around as a Japanese meme back then. *The original story is a crop of an Asian (Japan?) Video, but I think no one probably remembers it. Then, good night again!!" | ||
*"At least I couldn't find the video. I remember the woman in the video coming up to the camera." | |||
*"Someone edited the cropped image of a video. This image was posted on various BBS as a scare image and spread in Japan. The reason why this image spread was that it was suddenly posted on various BBS and it was a scare image, so I think it left a strong impression on everyone." | |||
*"There was no fixed name. For example, some people called it "いつもの画像", (usual image) "オバQ", and so on. I'm sorry, but this is the end of the reply to this tweet so that the message exchange is not cluttered." | |||
Mr. Malholland suggests the image originated from an unknown video, and that Jeff the Killer is a highly photoshopped image of a woman. For now, the person in the Jeff the Killer image remains unknown, this alleged video remains lost, and the search continues. | Mr. Malholland suggests the image originated from an unknown video, and that Jeff the Killer is a highly photoshopped image of a woman. For now, the person in the Jeff the Killer image remains unknown, this alleged video remains lost, and the search continues. | ||
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<u>NOTE</u>: The following links contain potentially scary images! | <u>NOTE</u>: The following links contain potentially scary images! | ||
*'''Original image, a less-photoshopped one''': web.archive.org/web/20180118092048/pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=17882 | *'''Original image, a less-photoshopped one''': web.archive.org/web/20180118092048/pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=17882 | ||
*'''The image used for the character of Jeff''': web.archive.org/web/20210618155920/pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=20716 | *'''The more famous image used for the character of Jeff''': web.archive.org/web/20210618155920/pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=20716 | ||
*'''Original story with no audio''': youtube.com/watch?v=5RSDIIEoLkA | *'''Original story with no audio''': youtube.com/watch?v=5RSDIIEoLkA | ||
*'''Learn more''': | *'''Learn more''': | ||
