PokeNews (2012-05-19 16:19:27)

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EDIT: I KNOW this has already been posted!!!

The Lavender Town Syndrome (also known as "Lavender Town Tone" or "Lavender Town Suicides" ) was a peak in suicides and illness of children between the ages of 7-12 shortly after the release of Pokémon Red and Green in Japan, back in February 27, 1996.

Rumors say that these suicides and illness only occurred after the children playing the game reached Lavender Town, whose theme music had extremely high frequencies, that studies showed that only children and young teens can hear, since their ears are not fully developed.


Due to the Lavender Tone, at least two-hundred children supposedly committed suicide, and many more developed illnesses and afflictions. The children who committed suicide usually did so by hanging or jumping from heights. Those who did not acted irrationally complained of severe headaches after listening to Lavender Town's theme.


Although Lavender Town now sounds differently depending on the game, this mass hysteria was caused by the first Pokémon game released. After the Lavender Tone incident, the programmers had fixed Lavender Town's theme music to be at a lower frequency, and since children were no longer affected by it.


One video appeared in 2010 using ”special software" to analyze the audio of Lavender Town's music. When played, the software created images of the Unown near the end of the audio. This raised a controversy, since the Unown didn't appear until the Generation 2 games: Silver, Gold, and Crystal. The Unown translate to "LEAVE NOW". There is also the said Beta Version of Lavender Town





Good luck...

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2012-05-19 16:19:39

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Android18 (2012-05-19 16:20:53)

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I got a BAD headache after listening to this. >3<

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PokeNews (2012-05-19 16:21:32)

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Listen to the video with headphones.

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CoolApps (2012-05-20 09:25:47)

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Creepy 0.0

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Etria (2012-06-19 04:41:51)

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My ears are not adult, Ima try this one day. Pray this Isn't real.

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Android18 (2012-06-19 10:53:09)

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I listen to the Missing frequiences. O.o I could hear a odd humming sound in the backround, [I listen to it with headphones], Then I could hear a REALLY high pitched noise. I listened to it for 15 minutes. Take that!

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AmayaTime8D (2012-09-15 22:59:53)

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I listened to it, I'm 9, nothing happened, I'm happy, I love my life, it's all a phony.

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AmayaTime8D (2012-09-16 22:21:39)

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If you listen to this and think it's good and download it and stuff and listen to it everyday, you have Lavender Town Syndrome and should NEVER listen to the song again. And don't even THINK about suicide. Also, it might be fake. I listen to Lavender Town about once a week trying to find answers, and I use HEADPHONES EVERY SINGLE TIME! And if ypu get a 'headache', it's cause you're thinking about it. I think about headaches and get a tiny headache. Even more proof, I'M NINE.

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DeathKid (2012-09-17 00:30:46)

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The "get out" thing is fake. I used the same spectogram software used in the video on the original lavender town music and nothing happened through the entire song. But, the maker of that video used an edited version of the song to make the frequencies appear.

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Spector (2012-09-17 19:02:35)

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I still don't get how this creepypasta is scary -p

But one odd thing is, My friend and I were skyping once and she told me to listen to this song, So I did. Near the end, For whatever reason, I almost started crying .__.

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Crush42 (2012-09-29 22:49:34)

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Just listened to 3 or 4 different versions on Youtube, (including, more than likely, the version mentioned in the story) and I wasn't having any unpleasant thoughts at all. In fact, I thought it sounded rather pleasant. Not Mario Land quality music, but pretty neat nonetheless. :l

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