User blog:Trainsparency/2019 Spook and Sinister Hunting Thread

Like the previous year, this thread is organized as a blog post to allow infinite posts (forum posts cap at 500 replies; treat this as a forum post.)

You might think we're crazy for hosting this again. ''Seriously, Train? Another blog? It's been five years, aren't you tired of this?'' you say to yourself. You continue to doubt it. ''What could possibly be unknown at this point? We've found everything.''

Well...

...other than the fancy new title, there are many community challenge winners from last year that deserved to be recognized, more unclaimed community challenges, and fresh challenge ideas waiting to be thought of.

That's why this year is being completely devoted to them! Fresh challenge ideas as well as the good old unsolved ones will make a return in this thread. Climb your towers, prepare your storage, and start your engines, because things are about to get spooky.

''2018 challenge winners, starting from the highest honor:

''Please send challenge winners from 2018 to either myself or Mehda! We want to congratulate the winners from the previous year who put so much effort into finding some of these things.''

''Below are some challenges from 2018 that were left unsolved and new, fresh challenges. Due to the rampant number of LT2 copies distributed, we ask that you back up your proof with some kind of modern evidence; if the media you upload does not seem legitimate to us, you may not be counted as a winner. Video proof is preferable.''

CHALLNGES:


 * Multiple Spooks in one server. It is believed that multiple spooks can only happen on October 31, aka Halloween, or on the day after (where the spooks haven't died yet.) People have claimed to witness multiple spook trees, but no evidence has been brought forward. The only true piece of evidence of this is uploaded by youtube channel Karmanoodles; the 2015 video depicts what appears to be 3 trees. However, one piece of evidence alone (especially with it being so old) demands this to be reconfirmed in 2018. For each unique number of spook trees found in a single server there will be a specific record; try to be the first person to find 2, 3 (again), for this thread, or be the first to find 4+ in a single server! The more spooks the higher the ranking.

Karma's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBRAHtbhuSs


 * > Multiple Sinisters in one server. The rarity of this happening is ABSURD. Combined with the already set rarity of multiple spooks, and the 1/100 chance of being a sinister, even finding 2 in one server is a feat to marvel at. No recording of this has been made before. Good luck.


 * > September Spook. Find a spook in the month of september. Only one person has ever achieved this, on September 23, 2016.


 * > December Spook. Find a spook in the month of december. Only a handful have found a december spook, all within 2015.


 * > Cavecrawler Cavern Spook. Simple as it says: Find a spook or sinister in the Cavecrawler Cavern. We know they are possible but evidence is little or nonexistant.


 * > Safari Point Spook. Find a spook on the Safari Point.


 * > Spook Superstump. Sometimes spook trees bend too far on the next segment and stump themselves. They grow to look like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5QmpMQZs1U. They are less rare than sinisters but are very uncommon. See if you can find one! They seem to be about as rare as sinisters but a few are expected this year as always.


 * > Sinister Superstump. Essentially the same thing as before, but instead a sinister tree. As of writing this, a sinister superstump has never been found before (verification needed—one could have been found, but evidence is needed.)

Pitch any other community goal ideas to either myself or Mehda.

Refer to this handy infographic! Made just for you guys. Also refer to this epic remake of my old 2016 spook chances chart by Skyblaze: Feel free to share these infographics everywhere.

5 years in I would have never expected us to find some of the crazy things that have been posted recently. Let's find even crazier trees.

~ Trainlover123123 & Mehda