- We all have cell phones, and therefore all over
the world, we are connected.
And while being connected is good for the world,
there are some connections that are very much the opposite.
In fact, there are still some numbers
that you can dial right now that will leave
you confused, scared or even worse.
Dial these at your own risk.
(breathing)
Here are 10 mysterious phone numbers
that you can call right now.
Number 10 is Binary Man.
Originating in Marion, North Carolina,
this Voice over Internet Protocol line
has been confusing and creeping out people
all over the world.
Calling 828-756-0109 will get you a recording
of a man who sounds desperate to get
a message out to the world.
The first thing that you'll hear
is a loud staticky sound that will likely
make you pull the phone from your ear,
followed by the frantic and out of breath man listing
off a binary code, a series of zeros and ones
as he tries without success to stay calm.
The recording ends with a monstrous sound,
as whatever's chasing him finally catches
up and you hear what sounds like a scream.
Then the call abruptly ends.
But the most disturbing thing is that converted
into text form, the binary code
that the person in the recording
delivers spells D-E-A-T-H, death.
Number nine is Harvard Sentences.
If you're looking to hear something mysterious,
then call 858-651-5050, and listen
to the prose left in the recording.
The poem, if you can call it that,
begins with the lines fishing in a mountain stream
is my idea of a good time, spoken
in what sounds like a man's voice,
and after the dance, they went straight home,
said in what sounds like a woman's.
The sentences continue on for several minutes,
none of them seeming to make much of a connection
to the next one until the recording ends.
The lines are all what's known as Harvard Sentences,
developed in the 1940s in a secret lab
in the boiler room at Harvard University.
They're designed to be phonetically balanced
and are the result of experiments
involving the effects of sound on the human ear.
Despite this, they can cause an unsettling
feeling in those who hear them.
Number eight is sobbing.
Registered in Billerica, Massachusetts,
the number 978-435-9163 will connect you
to a truly unsettling recording full
of fear and despair.
As soon as the message begins,
the sound of a man sobbing uncontrollably can be heard.
His wales and cries echoing off the walls,
as if he's moving slowly through a tunnel of some kind.
Combined with the occasional sound
of something dripping, it's been widely suggested
that the recording took place in a sewer
that the man is somehow lost in.
Adding to the already unsettling audio,
a loud screech can be heard near
the end of the message as if an evil hungry creature
is making its way closer and finally reaches
the crying man before the recording suddenly ends,
only to play again and again in a loop.
Number seven is The Red Numbers.
On April 13th, 2007 an email began circulating
in Pakistan that warned people not
to answer their cell phones if the number calling
them appears on their device in red numerals.
When they answer, the recipient of the call
would hear an incredibly high-pitched tone
that would cause damage to their brain.
The frequency was said to be so ear splitting
that it could cause devastating
and potentially lethal nerve damage.
The calls began happening more frequently
and the story spread quickly across the globe.
Telephone companies which launched investigations
into the story could not find any evidence
that the phones were taking lives,
however many still claim that the numbers,
a list of which can be found online
are still in service and causing damage.
For obvious reasons and for the protection
of you guys, I'm not going to give you those numbers
and I highly encourage that you do not look them up.
Number six is 666.
To many, the number six has long been associated
with evil, with the number 666 often being
referred to as the number of the beast
and being directly linked to the devil himself.
So naturally it shouldn't come as a surprise
to learn that dialing Satan's number
would bring with it potential dangers.
In fact, numerous people have claimed
that the phone number 666-666-6666 should never be called,
as they've experienced horrible events shortly
after connecting with it.
It's also been claimed by many
that simply dialing 666 can bring about a terrible fate
as it's a way to contact the devil directly.
While some claim nothing happens,
others have reported hearing eerie music
or even Satanic tones.
Regardless of which number you're dialing,
it might best to try another number.
Number five is I Am Friendly.
Calling 701-347-1936 will get you a recording
of what sounds like garbled chatter,
at one point accompanied by ominous music.
But what many claim it also brings you
is a curse which will do more than scare you.
The number, the source of which is Casselton, North Dakota,
is connected to the game Five Nights at Freddy's.
However exactly how is unknown.
It could be a number that simply hasn't been found
in the game or the work of someone who loves it,
but either way fans can almost
immediately recognize the connection.
At first, it almost seems like whoever's speaking
is talking backwards, but many have made out
the phrase I am friendly, how are you,
and even I will kill you.
If the stories are true, then they just might.
Number four is Susie's Drowning.
Started in the 1970s, a phone number based
in the United Kingdom was often called
by young people looking to be creeped out.
Using payphones, they could dial the number
for free and reach a recording of a female's voice.
Sounding distressed, the woman would urgently call
for action on the part of the caller saying
things like help me, help me, Susie's dying.
Or help me, Susie's drowning.
Neither of which left those listening feeling particularly
good about what was happening.
Today, it might be hard to find
the exact number as although many people
can remember calling 20-20-20, or 20-20-20-20,
the exact digits are disputed.
Still, it's chilling to think that either someone
kept changing the message or there's
a paranormal entity bent on haunting those phone lines.
Number three is The Most 8's.
When 48-year-old Vladimir Grashnov,
the CEO of Mobitel, a mobile phone company in Bulgaria,
first issued the phone number 0888-888-888 to himself,
he obviously had no clue just how bad
an idea that was.
Shortly after getting it, an aggressive form
of cancer took hold, ending his life.
Grashnov wasn't the last to fall to the number either,
as every person who had the multi-eight phone number
has lost their life in tragic and often violent ways.
So many lives were taken because
of it that it was permanently taken out
of circulation by the phone company.
Today it's said that although it's no longer connected,
calling 0888-888-888 will bring about horrible
and potentially fatal consequences.
Oddly, eight is considered to be a lucky number
in many cultures, but in this case
it most certainly wasn't lucky at all.
Number two is Boothworld Industries.
If you're looking to have some remodeling done,
then calling 630-296-7536 could get you
in contact with the right organization.
That is, if the type of remodeling you're looking
to do consists of someone losing their life.
At least that's what you're led to believe when you call it.
Dialing this number will connect you
with a landline in Illinois, USA belonging
to Boothworld Industries where you'll either hear
the recorded message that they've set up
or the voice of an actual ridiculously creepy operator.
Whatever name you give them apparently becomes
the company's target and will be dealt
with by Boothworld's employees.
Said to be a way to continue a horror story
by Christopher Bloodworth, this number
brings with it a true eerie feeling when called.
And number one is Sadako's Number.
It's without question that some
of the best horror movies come out of Japan,
but sometimes the legends here
in the real world are even scarier
than those portrayed on the screen.
Many who have dialed 090-4444-4444,
a number out of Japan, have reported hearing
unsettling noises coming from the other end.
Some claim the number summons an Onryo,
a vengeful grudge spirit with an unrelenting wrath
towards anything and anyone it encounters
or is foolish enough to summon it.
(scary orchestral music)
It's believed that once you call this cursed phone number,
similar to the curse in the movie The Ring,
you have seven days to get your affairs in order.
Then you'll suffer a terrible accident,
one which will severely injure you,
or worse cost you your life.