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In the late evening hours, at 10 p.m. ET, we received a mysterious and downright sinister phone call from a Universal Orlando phone number promising “all will be revealed soon” for Halloween Horror Nights 2012.
The 30-second message begins with tolling bells, followed by moans and growls, along with a deep, commanding voice mandating “you cannot escape centuries of” what sounds like “hate” or “hatred.” The call concluded with a whispering female voice confirming the call relates to “Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights.” She then makes it clear that we’ll soon know more about the upcoming Halloween event.
Here’s the message in its entirety:
The message was sent not only to us, but many media outlets around the Orlando area, clearly intended to pique our interest… or scare us away forever.
UPDATE (8/29/12): A second cryptic phone call was received today, with howls, screams, and the same deep voice proclaiming, “You’re scared of the unknown - these creatures of the dark - and you should be.”
UPDATE (8/30/12): With the launch of the official Halloween Horror Nights 22 web site, we received one more call, informing us that “nowhere is safe” as Universal Orlando’s monsters threaten, “We’ll hunt you down and you won’t know where to run.”
The image above showing a hand emerging from dirt was also posted to Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights Facebook page, with the caption, “Remember that thing we dug up yesterday? This image was taken at one of our many construction sites. This ‘creature’ is confirmed to be emerging from the ground…and is not alone.”
Universal Orlando plans to reveal all the haunted houses, scare zones, and shows for Halloween Horror Nights 2012 at the stroke of midnight tomorrow night, as the date turns into August 30th.
I think the female voice is whispering “Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights,” but the “Universal Orlando” part does sound a bit like “Lord Santos.”
Yep, that’s what it is. I really liked “Lord Santos” though. Article updated.
An evil Mexican super-luchadora wrestler? Has possibilities.
I listened to the video a few times (between 20 and 30), and I’m pretty sure the first part says “You cannot escape centuries of hate.” The second part says “The birth of Lord Santos, Halloween Horror Nights… All will be revealed.”
As pointed out by Drew above, “The birth of Lord Santos” is actually “Universal Orlando’s”. So much less exciting that way… but still fun.
Listened to it again and now that it’s been mentioned it does sound like Universal Orlando… Bummer. The birth of Lord Santos sounded really cool.