The new American folklore Gen Z made online (The origins of Creepypasta)
A look at the 12 most iconic creepy internet pasta monsters beloved by Gen Zers.
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@FenixFang
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
ANY AUSTIN!?!?
@MattTheMiiMan
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
19:15 ye didnt one of them recently escape?
@davidfeltheim2501
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
The Oldest View is peak found footage internet horror
@the3dluxe53
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
I wouldnât really call SCP creepypasta. In my mind it kinda fits in a category of its own.
@dstinnettmusic
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
1:22
Creepypasta as a term has its origin in the term âCopypastaâ, which are non-scary, long form comments. The only ones that seem to have survived to the modern internet are the âNavy sealâ Copypasta and âI put on my robe and wizard capâ
@PhilipHall-n7z
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
As a security supervisor with a biochem degree there is no such thing as scp
@ProGremlinPlayer
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
There's something strangely charming about an older guy explaining gen z cultural iconography with a level of open-mindedness and sincerity. I hope you do more videos like this in the future.
@myownlittlegarbagedump
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
If you ever make another one of these, I would love it if you included Polybius and SCP 2521. I just really like those creepypastas and the song 'Cabinet Man' by Lemon Demon about the Polybius urban legend.
@spabby2151
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
16:57 HOW DID I NOT KNOW TREVOR HENDERSON MADE SIRENHEAD
@oak8594
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
I'm usually not into creepypasta, but I still have fond memories of how, as someone who usually browsed 4chan in the day but not /x/, the one time I decided to look into /x/ on a whim just happened to be when Ben Drowned was first happening. That was a great experience back then.
@isaacplayzbc360
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
Wait till gng hears about Italian brain rot
@drprzemek9374
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
What happened to creepypasta characters like Jeff the killer or eyeless jack isnât too dissimilar to Frankenstein or Dracula from the silver screen imo
@higherquality
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
13:59
hol up that's not the right smile.jpg photo
@wytemanfrmtwn9363
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
Millennials invented creepy pasta, but Iâm glad Gen Z is carrying the torch
@lrgogogogo
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
Is there a reason JJ doesn't describe the appearance of Horace H beyond gesturing back to the pixel art? I'm not that famiiliar with Candle Cove and I am having trouble parsing out that sprite iin particular..
@nancychisholm5399
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
Thanks to my fabulous grandmunchkins I am kept in the loop ….
@Khorne_of_the_Hill
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
Reason #871 that I'm not going to let my future children use the internet unsupervised or have a phone
@Nubman121
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
check scp 999
@superduperdrew12345
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
My favorite SCP, 261, is a vending machine. The buttons don't have labels or prices, and it gives snacks or drinks that sometimes don't exist like a peach yan-yan or are from a far off place like black black gum. The more money you put in, the stranger it gets. One had metal packaging and something alive inside it, you twist the package and it becomes hot and turns whatever was in it into jerky. It was being kept in a break room at the foundation until someone opened a soda can not meant for an oxygen-rich atmosphere and it exploded.
Since I last looked into it, the entry has been expanded a ton showing other things that came from the machine which is pretty interesting.
@craigrobbins2463
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
This is so cool. Back in my day we had Badgers and Charlie and later Llamas and, salad fingers, half beard, don't hug me.
@andrewferrier3351
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
Jj is the boss
@rabbtdemon
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
I dont think momo was just a latin american fear, im a midwest american and my mom legit asked me if it was something to worry about
@gabriellavedier9650
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
A good number of creepypastas are American reimaginings of Japanese things that filtered from Japanese boards onto western boards. Japan leaves a lasting legacy on the west.
They didn't include SCP-1471-A, despite her enormous popularity and recognition and we all know why. Hugs and kisses, Mal0.
@flyingsodwai1382
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
My memory of it is a bit different. The copy/paste thing came about via a shared writing. Where one person would write a paragraph or page of a story and then email to someone who would copy/paste it and continue the narrative. Then it was sent back or passed onto another party. From there it began to morph as described.
@vercingetorixavernian8978
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
Love JJs videos â¤
@usedtobekrampus
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
Ben Drowned cracks me up for some reason
@filipgawronski4364
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
nah I was not into it I was scared shitless
@omegalink314
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
I can't belive that herobrine didn't got in the list đ
@sleepin9713
August 26, 2026 at 12:16 pm
Enjoyed the video! Your channel has gotten me to appreciate alot of modern cultural ideas and objects that I take for granted, I really enjoy the perspective on creepypasta as a sort of folklore.