A few weeks ago we reported on a mysterious website that was launched called “The Tension Experience.”
I’ve been keeping tabs on “Tension” (via reddit) ever since I signed up. Since it appears to be Los Angeles-based for the time being, I’m assuming that’s why I haven’t been led down the rabbit hole the same way many others have.
Once you signed up on their website, you were e-mailed a series of cryptic clues.
If you deciphered these clues, which was damn near impossible, it allegedly led you to a phone number.
Apparently, if you called the phone number, a receptionist picked up from the “OOA Institute” and scheduled an in-person consultation, which is a bit bizarre.
From what I was able to gather, people who cracked the code were given a time, and told to wait until the morning of the event with location details. I guess, once some of these people arrived they were texted with yet another address, sending them on a wild goose chase.
While we were not able to attend the event which took place in Los Angeles this past Friday, a handful of pictures have been posted to their Facebook page that deepens the mystery surrounding “Tension” and promises that this is “only the beginning.”
From what we can decode so far, it’s part ARG, part immersive theater, part haunt.
Since I can’t head down the rabbit hole myself, those of you local should sign up on their website and keep us posted with whatever you are able to find out.
I’ve seen people suggest this could be the world of J.J. Abrams, although I literally have no way of confirming such a claim.
