The GTA series has been privy to all manner of spooky stories and urban legends, going back to the first 3D entry in the series but really hitting its stride with San Andreas, whose huge map was set to contain secret characters as disparate as bigfoot and Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. More often than not those myths have been thoroughly debunked and, really, Rockstar cram enough content in there without having to make more up but the spirit haunting the latest title is all too real. Grand Theft Auto V is full of weird, often frightening stuff (basically any cut scene involving Trevor, really), but apparently the apparition sighted atop Mount Gordo was a happy accident, if you believe Rockstar's official line. Well, not happy so much as incredibly eerie. If you traverse the cliff edge at 23:00 precisely and zoom in from a distance with a sniper scope, you'll see a ghost girl that looks a lot like a legless Sadako from The Ring, hovering above the rocks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6cpS8NeAkI She'll disappear if you get too close, but investigating further does reveal that she was floating above a message scrawled in blood on the rocks below her: JOCK. This is where it gets really creepy. And a little sad. Visit the website Whokilledleonorajohnson.com using an in-game computer or your phone and you'll find some newspaper clippings. One story relates to a young couple who were walking along Mount Gordo in the seventies, only for the woman to tragically fall off the edge and perish. Jock might just refer to Jock Cranley, a politician who appears on radio shows and advertisements in the game supporting his bid to become governor of San Andreas. Whatever happened to that wife of his...? Spotted any other creepy video game Easter Eggs? Share your finds below in the comments thread.
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