[3] The posts are often mentioned in conjunction with other bizarre and/or unsolved internet mysteries, such as Sad Satan, Cicada 3301, the Publius Enigma, and Unfavorable Semicircle.
In 2012, Kevin Morris of The Daily Dot referred to the messages as "the Internet’s oldest and weirdest mystery".
[5] In 2016, Susan Lindauer was mistakenly identified as a possible source of these posts; when contacted, she denied being the author.
Club proposes the event only became a mystery due to later media coverage, having not been widely reported prior to the 2012 Daily Dot article.
[6] This seemingly nonsensical[3] message was posted to the board "alt.religion.christian.boston-church" in 1996:[7] jitterbugging McKinley Abe break Newtonian inferring caw update Cohen air collaborate rue sportswriting rococo invocate tousle shadflower Debby Stirling pathogenesis escritoire adventitious novo ITT most chairperson Dwight Hertzog different pinpoint dunk McKinley pendant firelight Uranus episodic medicine ditty craggy flogging variac brotherhood Webb impromptu file countenance inheritance cohesion refrigerate morphine napkin inland Janeiro nameable yearbook hark[7][3]