10 mysterious photographs that have no explanation. This will definitely leave you puzzled
Goddamn you. I started watching that Elisa Lam elevator video because something was bugging the shit out of me about it, and finally I realized what it was and it freaked me right the fuck out. That elevator door never even tries to close until after she leaves, then it opens and closes over and over again. It is spooky as shit and freaking me the fuck out.
Though after obsessing over it for a couple hours I think I not only have I explained it, but i think I've solved the case. At least to the point that I can be sane again and forget about that goddamn haunted non-fucking-closing door. I'll cut and paste the irc transcript where I presented my case to a couple of bisexual canadian women friends of mine who are pretty damn smart and I wanted their opinion on my theory.
<Fuse> Ok yes, that's it. She steps onto the elevator, presses a button, and the door doesn't close. she looks outside to see if someone's pressing the button messing with her, but no one's there, so she steps outside, steps back in and back and forth wondering if it's her weight and the elevator has a weight sensor, but no, still no door close, she presses more buttons to see if she didn't press something right, steps back outside and, joking with herself about the strange situation, waves her hands around saying "Close....SESAME!" or some such then finally leaves realizing the elevator is not going to work. Then the door starts opening and closing after she's gone.
<Fuse> All caused by the fact that the sensor in the elevator door is shorting out and registering that someone is holding it back with their hand when they're not
<Fuse> Doesn't explain why she's found dead in the water tank, but it explains the weird shit in the video
<Fuse> Damn I should work for the police
*an hour later*
<Fuse> Goddamn, I think I have solved this entire case
<@Alice> Confound it, Holmes! How the deuce did you manage that?
<Fuse> Ok, she wanted to go up on the roof for some reason, just to hang out, see the city from high up, whatever. That's why she was on the elevator. So after the elevator doesn't work, she takes the stairs, goes out, then realizes that, like most of these doors, the door locks from the inside once you go out. She's stuck up there, and it's high up so no one can see or hear her calling for help.
<Fuse> She's up there for a day or two, stuck waiting for someone to notice she's gone, and gets dehydrated. She realizes the only way she's gonna get any water is from one of those water tanks, and fearing that either her wet clothing will endanger her or just not wanting to swim in wet clothes, she strips, opens the hatch, and climbs in to get water, and the hatch falls closed behind her, trapping her in there. Or even if it didn't fall closed (don't know atm), the water level may have been too low for her to climb out.
<Fuse> So after a day or so of floating, she gets tired and tries to sleep while floating on her back, which not everyone can do. She sinks while asleep, breathes in a little bit of water, suddenly awakens choking on water and panicks, taking in more water and drowning quickly.