Most Obscure Cases of Lost YouTube Videos

Overview

The video is a roundup of “lost media” cases—especially obscure YouTube videos that disappeared due to deletions, missing archives, or mystery origins. Many involve childhood jump scares (“screamers”). It emphasizes how even small fragments—like Wayback/archived pages, screenshots, reuploads/remakes, or metadata—can help researchers reconstruct what the original videos likely contained.

Main cases and key points

Smash Bros. Brawl “Screamer” unlock video (Status: long searched; page archived, video missing)

• A widely feared fake tutorial claimed to show how to unlock non-playable characters such as Master Hand, Taboo, and others.
• The described “video” is about 3 minutes, reportedly a Windows Movie Maker production featuring a loud screaming jump scare and specific pre-jump text cues.
• Researchers found an archived YouTube page (creator nickname Elite Metal Mario, uploaded March 19, 2008) with view estimates and hateful comments, but the actual video file wasn’t preserved.
• A later remake by Zerty TV (same low-quality style) exists. The remake’s description frames the search as long-running and based on memory.

Zelda “Ganon in Kieri/Kakiri” Easter Egg screamer (Status: partially archived; screamer image missing)

• A Lost Media subreddit user (via Reddit) remembers a 2008-era screamer claiming there was a hidden Ganon model under Link’s house.

• The archived/rediscovered version reportedly ends with the buildup, then replaces the real scare with explanatory text such as:

  “the horrific image… and a loud scream should have appeared.”

• The community’s main goal is identifying the exact image used for the original alien-like screamer moment.

“The Little Dancer / Oh My God, The Amazing Dancer” origin mystery (Status: not lost, but creator unknown)

• The video is described as a popular screamer: static, dancing, then an abrupt horrifying reveal.
• Many reuploads exist, but the original creator and origin are unknown.
• A YouTuber using the pseudonym Toby Pastor tells the story and reportedly offered a $100 reward for identifying the original creator.
• The oldest known reupload is said to date to March 14, 2010, but the video also mentions an earlier reupload (Oct 2, 2008) titled “Oh my God, this girl can dance,” by rays 1983 with clearer imagery—raising questions about whether it might be close to the original producer.

“Miracle Caught on Camera 062406” (Mandela Catalog-related creator)

• Mentioned as a recent upload on a channel associated with Alex Kister (Mandela Catalog creator).
• The upload is framed as a blurred recreation of a childhood jump-scare video Alex remembers seeing on his mother’s laptop, and he still can’t find the original.

Deleted plush/animation videos (Mario/Talking Carl; Ghost Mario in the Hospital; etc.)

• “Mario Meets Talking Carl” (uploaded Feb 10, 2011) is described as a mobile-app interaction video that became popular largely due to later archival/recommendation effects.
• It was deleted and is now lost, except for how it circulated through related archive content.
• The video also references other lost/comparable plush-related scares and missing Mario videos that remain heavily discussed.

“The Ghost of Little Bigple” (Status: largely lost; only remnants remain)

• A 2011 Windows Movie Maker-style edited gameplay screamer tied to LittleBigPlanet, using a Halloween-like musical cue.
• The channel disappeared later (with Little Big Deal vanishing in 2018), leaving mostly one screenshot and a faint trail through recommendation archives.
• A separate channel (Epic Gaming Pig) later revealed a possible partial view in a demonstration video that includes barely visible footage of the missing segment.

VHS “Funny FBI Warning” intro/logo mystery

• A VHS-intro-oriented channel uploaded “Funny FBI Warning from VHS” (March 2011), showing a legal warning screen with comedic phrasing about punishment and serious embarrassment.
• Sleuthing couldn’t trace the true origin, turning it into a standalone “where did this come from?” mystery.

Cinemassacre “Super Mario Bros.” intoxication livestream (Status: mostly erased; one clip survives)

• Mike Mate allegedly broadcast a Super Mario Bros. NES stream in 2016 showing signs of intoxication.
• The full stream was quickly deleted after it ended; only a 4-minute reupload survives.
• Claims in the discussion suggest the stream ran about two hours, with the worst behavior/speech happening earlier.
• The segment was nicknamed “Mario’s Devils”, but it hasn’t returned beyond the surviving clip; Mike reportedly doesn’t want it resurfaced.

“What’s wrong with this image?” Rickroll screamer (Status: partially found)

• A user requested a lost screamer involving a sequence that ends with a Rickroll.
• A link later pointed to a camera-recorded 2009 recording archived with very low views when discovered.
• The screamer is attributed to “Hot Gang 2”, but most of their related uploads appear deleted.
• The originally described screamer length was longer than what’s currently preserved.

Other hoax/screamer “lost” claims

• GTA San Andreas “Leatherface in a Ponopticon Cabin”: a 2007 hoax/legend video now lost except for partial evidence preserved inside another archival/compilation-style video (“How to Avoid a Scrummer”).
• Wii Sports cheat video: a lost-era cheat upload allegedly popular for its music. Wayback/metadata suggested huge views, but the video wouldn’t load when referenced later.
• “High Keysy HD / High Keysy HD” status partially found: refers to early Minecraft creator Baby Keem’s cousin, noting a shift/loss of content from older channel material.

Creator-led/forgotten channels (more general disappearance)

• Flash (Swedish YouTuber “Flashy”): much of early 2006 content was removed around late 2008, leading to many lost videos.
• “Nickname 2002” (German Lego set YouTuber): channel disappeared in 2022; only a few videos are archived.
• Chronic Sheep / early “MS Paint Windows Movie Maker” cat sketches: a search post aiming to identify an English, subtitle-free early 2010s creator (blue cat variants; Windows Movie Maker editing).
• Bean Boozled challenge (personal loss): the narrator states it’s their own and a friend’s deleted 2016 video (“Oh God, It’s Corn”), with only a cropped screenshot remaining.

Overall theme

Across all segments, the video emphasizes:

• Why these disappear: deletions, private videos, channel shutdowns, and incomplete archival snapshots.
• What counts as evidence: archived watch pages, Wayback fragments, metadata, screenshots, reuploads/remakes, and accidental partial recordings.
• Why people keep searching: childhood jump scares remain psychologically memorable, and missing originals become community “mystery projects.”

Presenters or contributors

• Narrator / video creator (unnamed in subtitles)
• Zerty TV (remade a lost Smash screamer video)
• Elite Metal Mario (credited uploader of the archived Smash screamer page)
• Toby Pastor (told the “Little Dancer” origin mystery; reward mentioned)
• Alex Kister / Alex Kissa (Mandela Catalog creator; referenced in connection with a recreated lost screamer)
• James Rolfe (Cinemassacre co-creator; referenced)
• Mike Mate (Cinemassacre host involved in the erased livestream)
• Nin Kendog / Nick Handdog (reuploaded the surviving clip of the livestream)
• Hot Gang 2 (attributed creator of the Rickroll screamer)
• Little Big Deal (channel referenced as having disappeared)
• Epic Gaming Pig (channel that showed partial footage on-screen)
• Chronic Sheep / Heddy (pseudonym of a forum poster seeking an early cat-sketch YouTuber)
• Pizza Piggy LOL (Lost Media forum user)
• Poise (Reddit user posting about Zelda Ganon screamer memory)
• Robbo DM (channel that hosted the narrator’s Bean Boozled video)
• rays 1983 (early reupload mentioned for “The Little Dancer”)