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John's Furby
John's Furby
Eyewitness illustration from survivor of the Epica Explosion in Wrocław, Poland.

John's Furby is a haunted toy, specifically a haunted Furby. The toy is said to be responsible for, or at least harbinger to, several major disasters[by whom?]. John Wong, of Undisclosed, claimed to be the original owner of John's Furby in the hours preceding his death in 2014. [1] He is the earliest known fatality associated with John's Furby.[citation needed]

John's Furby has appeared at the site of several major disasters since its original appearance[2], although there is debate over whether it is in some way the cause of those disasters, or merely drawn to places where disasters are about to occur. It's appearance is usually in some well trafficked area, on top of a table or other elevated surface. It announces its presence by talking loudly in the "Furbish" normally associated with the toy for several minutes, punctuated by shouts, in one of the native languages of the region. Common confirmed phrases include "I'M SCARED", "ITS COMING", and "GET OUT", but it has been known to utter other phrases as well.[3]

During its appearance on White Island prior to the White Island Eruption, John's Furby was subjected to Alcubri Entanglement. It was then moved to a secure holding facility in the Arizona warehouse of dangerous phenomena investigator Alana Trabek in December of 2019, shortly before the facilities destruction during the Scottsdale Disaster in January of 2020.

There have been multiple claimed sightings of John's Furby in 2021, 2022, and 2024, but none of those sightings have been confirmed, and the current location of John's Furby, and whether it survived the Scottsdale Disaster, is unknown.[2]

Background

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Earliest Known Appearance

The first confirmed sighting of John's Furby was at a brewpub in West London called "The End" in 2014. John brought the toy out at the bar to show first to his friends, then to the bartender, and then to several strangers. He insisted the toy was "off the shelf and already totally cursed", that "the doc was a total whack job but he sure can pick 'em" (this is believed to be a reference to Dr. Kinoshita Jikai [by whom?], and "I'm this close to figuring out a way to get it to predict winning racehorses". The toy acted like a normal, uncursed furby until approximately 11:20pm.

At this point, the toy said "I'M SCARED". John indicated that the english utterance was "totally far out" and that he had not "seen that before". Shortly afterwards, the toy warned the onlookers that "ITS COMING" and that they should "GET OUT". It repeated this final phrase six more times, with the time between each warning growing shoter each time, until at 11:46pm a tank in the brewery portion of the establishment burst violently, injuring a passing employee and shooting a valve component through the open door into the bar area. The component hit John in the back of the head, rendering him unconscious.

His friends claim the toy became completely silent and inert after the incident. By the time paramedics arrived, John was dead from his injury and John's Furby was no longer on the bar. None of those interviewed later claim to have taken it.[2]

Gaining Notoriety

This incident received very little news attention at the time, and articles that mentioned it did not mention John's Furby.[7][8][9] The connection was only discovered two years later in 2016, when footage of John's Furby appeared on national television after being recorded at Copley Square just prior to the The Boston Burger Massacre.[10] This led several viewers who had seen the toy to call in and share the experience, linking the toy to John's death at The End and several other smaller disasters and tragedies across the United States.[2]

The connection with the cursed toy lead to international interest in the Boston Burger Massacre, at which point a segment on Kanal 2 in Estonia lead to a viewer contacting the station with video evidence that confirmed a connection with the Tchkenska Incident, one of the most deadly disasters in modern history.

Since then, the toy has been conclusively linked to over a dozen disasters worldwide, and reports of the toy's presence have been reported at hundreds more.[11] Many of these disasters have no known cause, or have been the result of extremely unlikely sequences of events, leading some to speculate [who?] that John's Furby does not merely appear at these incidents, but actually causes them.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Komprot, Andy (2010). The History of John's Furby.
  2. ^ "John's Furby and John's Death at the End". Rafabasupra.com. 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Famous Furbish Phrases - John's Furby Edition". furbofanatic.com. 28 April 2022.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Fatality at The End!". londontimes.com. 28 June 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Local club accident". localnews.com/london. 28 June 2014.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "What exactly IS a brewpub?". interestingtimes. 4 July 2014.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Massacre in Boston Weirder than it Appears". unbelievableboston.com. 8 August 2017.
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