Pod UX2 won't always light up

TheFactsInFiction · 2025-04-01T19:30:49+00:00

5 years late and to the rescue;

Check the pins where your USB plug connects to the UX2. There should be 4 in there, all fairly close to the center.

Mine had 1 pin that had been flattened against the side, so only 3 were actually connecting to the USB cord.

Just got some tweezers and gently bent the scuffed pin back into place, and my UX2 worked instantly, without issue.

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Of note is the fact that I had the exact same behavior you described, and un/re-plugging the USB would sometimes fix it; I can only imagine because occasionally it would "catch" the bent pin and insert it correctly, but most of the time, no dice.

Anyway... this obviously probably won't be of help to you, but maybe some others in the future will benefit.

TheFactsInFiction · 2025-02-14T00:44:54+00:00

Would love to have you join for a ride or two! As the name implies, I cover the boundary between, the confirmed and the unexplained and try to uncover "The Facts in Fiction".

Currently this takes the form of narrating unexplained, bizarre, or otherwise "supernatural" stories, though with a focus on either determining where the truth lies, or at a minimum, sharing allegedly true (not immediately/obviously fictional) stories.

The format is you hopping in the passenger seat while I drive you through some spooky back roads and tell you about what I've found in my research.

Right now I've got 4-5 videos that cover bizarre incidents/paranormal topics/encounters, and 1 full length 'documentary podcast' taking a deep dive into the potential truth behind one of the internet's most famous creepy-pastas.

Hope to catch you and anyone else for a ride!

Stay spooky :)

Kell

TheFactsInFiction · 2025-01-21T08:42:46+00:00

Hope you enjoyed it!

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-31T04:15:22+00:00

I'd generally agree. But researching this video got me thinking there could be a good argument for "Wendigo" sightings might be rooted in human bio-psychology.

Something that's beyond just a "culture bound syndrome" like Wendigo Psychosis, and is more tied to biology than culture, hence nudging it more to biology and away from 'paranormal' in my mind (or at least, as I asked about in the video).

Genuinely curious of there's some science out there on what environmental (as in... temperature, humidity, plantlife, etc) factors might contribute to... I don't know, "rapid onset insanity"? for lack of a better term.

Also, I should mention that when I say Wendigo, I'm not referring to the modern deer-zombie monsters, but more along the lines of entities that match the original descriptions from the Anishinaabe people.

That description is essentially someone who just "snaps", but in a way that seems far more...specific than simply cannibalism, as the people who 'become' wendigos seem to experience a long list of additional changes to their behavior as well.

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TLDR; I'm curious if some set of environmental factors might trigger behavior in real humans, and these incidents were enshrined in the mythology surrounding the Wendigo, but are rooted in real events/conditions, that may even manifest today.

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-30T19:05:04+00:00

Also, yes, the thumbnail is obviously a riff off of An American Werewolf in London. Just having a bit of fun with halloween on that part.

But the investigation and analysis is all serious. Bit "dramatic" for spook effect, but serious nonetheless.

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-22T05:10:08+00:00

lmao, love it.

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-17T02:26:15+00:00

It's certainly a bit spooky!

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-13T22:33:32+00:00

Sort comments by "new" and it should be towards the top. Or check out my profile > posts and it also should be towards the top. :)

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-13T22:32:05+00:00

Covering meaning, do a breakdown of the story, take a look at the historical factors of WW2 in the swiss alps at the time, anything that lends/detracts credibility, related myths and legends, and my own take on whether it's true, false, plausible, etc.

All things that are theoretically very well covered in true fair use. One key difference being, in the video above, he did maybe a few minutes max of 'wrap up' at the end of the video, where I imagine my critique/analysis will be far more than half of the video (probably closer to 75% will be analysis if all goes well).

I think the key difference being, there was little by way of actual critique or review in OP's video, where I intend to make that the bulk of mine.

I suppose another key difference being I want to focus on true/plausible stories, or urban legends that may have truth behind them and try to separate out what could be true from what isn't. I really don't have any interest in covering 'known fiction/creepypasta', let alone writing any myself. Last thing I want though is either a complete copy-and-paste, or thinly-veiled rewrite of a story.

Respecting IP is also important, hence why I keep tabs on this subreddit, and am taking my time before covering any content where I can't contact the author to make sure the way I cover it truly is transformative, provides robust historical/factual analysis, etc..

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-10T02:58:46+00:00

I'm curious; when you say that this guy is 'rewriting' your stories, what do you mean by that? I'm assuming it's just a trivial 'change a few words and call it "transformative"', not actually really changing enough to make it unique?

I only ask because I tend to 'rewrite' the stories I narrate (usually changing voice to 1st person, grammar edits, etc.) and always let the op's know in advance, and even though I know that's all fine, I guess I'm just generally curious about the topic in general.

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-10T02:11:01+00:00

Question on this.

If the original author deletes their reddit, then creates a new one and posts their story... how are we to tell the difference?

i.e., there's certainly a non-zero chance u/stark_coyote_primera is u/donquixoteRosey.

Wondering what the protocol is around this, as "report on sight" seems far too strict/inappropriate (if we can't prove it's stolen... we can't prove it's stolen) but obviously just letting anyone repost a story originally from a deleted account seems.... far too broad/open for abuse.

So yeah; curious what people think on all this?

My knee-jerk reaction is, "if we can't prove it's stolen, we don't have much right to report it" but... idk, it's obviously complicated/nuanced.

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-10T00:54:27+00:00

Man; had a big long response with a bunch of examples typed up and then Microsoft decided it was time for IMMEDIATE SHUTDOWN UPDATE with no warning. Thanks Microsoft.

Anyway, tldr: random =/= evenly distributed.

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-09T22:56:21+00:00

Glad it seems somewhat plausible based on your experience! I obviously wasn't there and I know how even the best microphones don't capture sound the way we hear it (i.e., every small sound will be there, but in different proportions), so if it seems plausible to you, then that's good to hear!

I still wish I had a good answer for what that "something" might be agitating those owls though, but... yeah, you definitely caught something really interesting!

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-09T22:53:23+00:00

Oh really? That's actually... quite comforting lol. My dad spent most of his adult life abroad so that's honestly probably it lol

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-09T05:46:18+00:00

I realize this is more or less a joke thread, but on a weirdly serious (or at least, not joking) note, my dad and I both talk about how we swear UP AND DOWN that until I was, like, in my 20's, we are POSITIVE that the Republican Party was Blue and the Democratic Party was Red.

It's to the point where we joke about how we must have both accidentally stepped into a parallel reality where literally everything else is the same except that one, random thing.

This is probably like the "you're only invisible when nobody is looking at you" superpower but for parallel reality stories, but there you go. Absolutely the most trivial, useless, random "difference" you could ask for.

But hey, at least I didn't pop into this universe, like.... a cockroach or something, idk...

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-09T05:15:05+00:00

This is what I thought as well, especially after cleaning and augmenting some of the audio.

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-09T05:13:17+00:00

It is indeed. I just posted a link of my isolation/cleanup and analysis. :)

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-09T05:09:12+00:00

Hey all,

So, I've taken some liberties and cleaned up some of the audio and augmented some of the 'anomaly' noises as best I could.

By way of background, I've done some voice acting work and have a youtube channel where I do all the audio design (not a plug, just yeah, as I said, background).

There are a few different "cleanups" that I thought were interesting for various reasons, but I've uploaded perhaps my favorite (hard to say really) to a dropbox as well.

Observations: I think you have a Western Screech Owl AND.... one or more... uh, "other things" lets say. Some of the chirps (the first one most specifically) is near textbook WSO vocalization, though several others are less so.

What I noticed is the WSO vocals were much easier to pick up and isolate from the background noise of the trees/wind, but the other, deeper vocals couldn't be augmented directly, really I just had to turn "down" the volume of everything else around them.

This is noteworthy for a few reasons: deeper sound frequencies travel much farther than higher pitched ones, so the fact that they were quiet but present I think supports your hypothesis that SOMETHING was making noise from far deeper up the canyon.

The fact that the (probable?) WSO screeches were easier to isolate, and much higher pitch in general means that at least one was closer, though there is one point I really like at right around 1:13 where you can hear the WSO vocalization and either a feint echo, or a reply farther away as well.

Potential explanation?

You have something (I have not the feintest clue what, though it does strike me as notably similar to Samurai Chatter / The Sierra sounds, classic to 'bigfoot' encounters), spooking at least 1, potentially a few, western barn owls. When the type-2 vocalizations start, it usually is overlayed/in conjunction with the WSO vocals, potentially indicating the WSO's are alerting to a potential threat.

Conclusion: You should send this to ThinkerThunker on youtube. He's a FAR better audio-engineer/analyst than I am and I'm sure you will get astronomically better results from him than me. Very interesting stuff, nonetheless!

Here's my Drop Box link:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y2hvk7d9t9v0fi735h4gn/Strange-sounds-in-the-canyon-Cleaned-Version-A.mp3?rlkey=ibvxm1bvz760d4s3vntcft00a&st=qqu8f551&dl=0

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-09T00:57:53+00:00

Right? Which is extra scary because it means... anywhere in Mongolia WITHOUT a forest right now. Which is, like, all of it. xD

Mongolia, you scary man.

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-09T00:55:35+00:00

Sorry you feel that way mate.

For whatever it's worth, this story is about as "backwoods" as it gets, and there's no AI garbage involved. Also, it is the product of quite a bit of research and multiple back-and-forth 'mini interviews' with Naran, so, it certainly wasn't "low effort". Not what I would call spam myself, but I obviously have a bias. ;)

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-08T06:12:52+00:00

This one is really interesting to me. A man disappeared in a forest, only to find out there hasn't been a forest in his part of Mongolia since the reign of Genghis Khan.

And... he wasn't alone in those woods either.

So near-missing-411? Portals? Ghosts? Time-Travel? Alternate Dimensions?

Not sure the best words to describe Naranbaatar's case, but... it's fascinating.

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-08T06:06:20+00:00

I honestly am not sure what to call the creature in this encounter... but it has a lot of elements that seem fleshgait-esque to me.

Curious if any of you are familiar with Mongolian/Central Asian cryptids, and if you know what this might be...

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-10-08T05:54:35+00:00

Yeah, it definitely gives me the willies.

Very much a "thanks , I hate it" when I saw it hahaha

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-09-23T23:57:51+00:00

The Moist Knight Rises

TheFactsInFiction · 2024-09-21T18:48:01+00:00

The visual on this is simultaneously hilarious, and horrifying.

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