Herobrine.com
Not to be confused with the Minecraft character Herobrine.
Herobrine.com was a screamer webpage with a misleading domain name that tricked the user into thinking the website was about the Herobrine urban legend. The website is specifically a mirror of Shafou.com and contained an animated file of Regan MacNeil from The Exorcist, while the same scream from The Maze plays. The creator was revealed to be snsunzhen, the same creator of Shafou.com.
History
The earliest archive state shows GoDaddy's parked site in late 2012. In March 2014, the site changes to a blog created by a chinese user, stating about his experience on his first job.[1] In December 2014, the website changed into another blog which contained a text stating "Hi, I am Chinese, Born in 1989, Male. I want to go to the US Travel, But My Tourist Visa(B2) Did Not Pass, Who can help me?".[2]
However, someone else bought the website domain and turned it into a screamer by adding a redirect to Shafou.com, leaving people who visited the website in shock. In 2017, the website used the image of Regan instead of using the .swf file. In November 2019, the screamer was removed and the content of the page was replaced with: "This domain for sale 1 Bitcoin Email: 474840521@qq.com". This was until May 2020, the domain, along with Shafou.com, was acquired again and simply showed a photo titled: "1.jpg", showing a picture of a QR Code from Alipay, which is a Chinese third party online and mobile payment platform.
In March 2023, the content was replaced again with an image at the top of the page titled "2023.jpg" and a different note that says: "国内空气污染带来的危害堪比新冠病毒：国内空气中的细微颗粒吸入肺里呼不出来，会造成肺通气性变差喘不上气必须大口吸气才行，还会造成偏左边的胸口阵疼形成心肌炎，还有很多人都有肺结节只是没做ct查而已，这都是空气污染造成的，可惜老百姓愚痴认为那是雾，其实是空气污染太严重了，还有那些医生不知是真愚痴还是知道这些不敢说，我看到这些忍心不下去我心痛每天都活在抑郁之中", which translates to: "The harm caused by domestic air pollution is comparable to the new crown virus: the fine particles in the domestic air are inhaled into the lungs and cannot be exhaled, which will cause poor ventilation of the lungs and make it difficult to breathe. It seems that the oxygen has not been absorbed by the body, and it will also cause a stabbing pain in the left side of the chest. Each time it hurts for a few seconds, it can hurt many times. If this happens for a long time, the heart will become diseased and cause heart failure. Many people have lung nodules, but they are not. It’s just a CT scan. It’s all caused by air pollution. Unfortunately, ordinary people think it’s smog. In fact, the air pollution is too serious. And those doctors don’t know if they are really stupid or they know this and dare not say it. I can’t bear to see it. My heart aches and I live in depression every day".[3] Just like Shafou.com, this website is also currently in this state.
Variant
The website also had a variant called "Herobrine.96.it", which was hosted by an Italian user. This site presented the same content as the original site. However, a script was provided to lock the .mp3 sound file at 50%. There was a title that stated "ORA MORIRAI" which translates to "NOW YOU WILL DIE".
References
Link
NOTE: The following website contains a screamer!
- web.archive.org/web/20180308043334/herobrine.com
