ARG: South Bay Bulletin Board Archive

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May 12, 2026

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The ARG for BACKROOMS has just gotten some exciting developments!

Phase 2 of the Backrooms ARG has begun. Users who had previously signed up to receive email/SMS reminders have just received notifications that their “accounts” have been approved.

Upon visiting https://408bbsarchive.net, you will now be greeted with a menu board. There’s a few pages to visit, but perhaps the most notable is the Bulletins.

Upon pressing B, we’re greeted with a timeline starting in 1990 and dating back to 1989. There is a LOT here, which for your convenience has been compiled into a single image:

The first bulletin, from 3/15/1990, features someone complaining about trash being dumped in the Freemont parking lot, with it attracting every Seagull in the Bay area, looking for advice.

The second Bulletin, dated 3/13/1990, promotes an enrollment program at Santa Clara University, with a summer session beginning on May 29th, 1990.

The next bulletin, dated 1/8/1990, is interesting. Complaints about a neighborhood stop sign have arisen, with the poster upset at what seems to have been an act of vandalism. However, based on what we see in the movie, that may not quite be the case…

Another detail here, which may or may not be intentional, is that the numbers in the username “nextdoor247” have the same first 3 numbers of “247647”- an unlisted video in the description of Found Footage #2 many Backrooms fans are familiar with.

This bulletin, dated 11/9/1989, is promoting a community event for Santa Clara City Hall, mentioning a proposed construction project and overviewing the plans for the meeting. Interestingly, the representatives are from a ‘Reverchon Ventures’- which may interest TOV fans…

While that Bulletin has some interesting thematic connections to both TOV and Backrooms, the final bulletin is more simple- someone seeking players for an “epic DnD campaign” at a comic collector shop in San Fernando.

The “information” page doesn’t have too much on it, simply just an overview of the Bulletin Board’s purpose. However, the Directory is more interesting….

The directory page takes you to a document titled ‘ENTER.TXT’ which, upon downloading, leads you to ANOTHER website- https://enter.backrooms.mov.

This website takes you to what appears to be a waitlist for a pop-up Backrooms EXPERIENCE in LA! Incredibly exciting for those who live in the area. It seems to already be sold out, but that could be an error.