Moe Sargi Paranormal Video Controversy
Overview
Moe Sargi Paranormal Video Controversy refers to an exposé that Moe Sargi, a popular YouTuber known for filming visits to "haunted" locations, had been faking his encounters with the supernatural.
Background
On October 31st, 2018, YouTuber Perserving #1 posted a video entitled "Moe Sargi faking videos." The video, apparently, shows Sargi, a YouTuber known for posting encounters with the supernatural, directing when and how those encounters would take place. At one point, he tells his crew member to open a door at a certain point in his script. The post receive dmore than 252,000 views in 24 hours (shown below, left).
That day, Perserving #1 posted a since-deleted video entitled "HAUNTED ABANDONED GOAT DEMON HOUSE! BAPHOMET THE DEMON GOAT" (shown below, right).
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Following the post, on October 31st, Sargis claimed that his account had been hacked. YouTuber CJ Faison tweeted, "So @MoeSargi just called me… These zodiac people have hacked his twitter and have been causing tons of problems lately for him. It’s not always a glamorous life, times like these are when we all need to stand by our friends." The supposedly-hacked Moe Sargi account responded, "we dont care about you or the problems we have given him. This is a game to us. And a game we aim to play till the bitter end! Hows your race car by the way! It be a shame if something happened to it." The post received more than 45 retweets and 270 likes in 24 hours.[1]
Following the post, Sargi posted a video discussing the hack, which had been, according to him, propagated by a group called "Project Zogo." However, some online believe that he had been behind the hack (shown below, left). Twitter[3] user @FORR_G_TV tweeted, "Now Moe Sargi put out this poorly put together video to get validity to his actions of “purposely faking” a video!"
On November 1st, Sargis, apparently regaining control of the Twitter account, tweeted, "No one fucks with my Sargints!! got my twitter bk.What a terrible night. your support is unreal!! I love you all so so much. I will do anything for you guys ANYTHING!!! All i want to do is keep u all busy from the pains of life i dont care about anything else. No matter what." The tweet received more than 270 retweets and 1,600 likes in 24 hours.[2]
That day, The Daily Dot [4] published a report about the exposé.
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[1] Twitter – @MoeSargi's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @MoeSargi's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @FORR_G_TV's Tweet
[4] Twitter – YouTube star exposed for faking paranormal video
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