ARed Dead Redemption 2player appears to have uncovered the disturbing truth behind one of the game’s most unsettling characters.
Players will bump into all sorts of odd strangers inRed Dead RedemptionandRed Dead Redemption 2. Alien spaceships,missing friends, and grisly murders are par for the course out there. Or yee-haw for the course, if you want to be hilarious.
Before we move on, take a look at some of the bestRed Dead Redemption 2wins and fails below.
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If you’ve playedRed Dead RedemptionorRed Dead Redemption 2, then you’ve no doubt met The Strange Man. This enigmatic NPC appears in a side mission in the originalRed Dead Redemption, and seems to know things about John Marston’s past that he couldn’t possibly know.
InRed Dead Redemption 2, the Strange Man shows up again, in a much more disturbing cameo. While playing as John during the game’s epilogue, players can visit an abandoned shack every day for a few days and watch as a painting of the Strange Man slowly comes together. Once the painting is finished, the Strange Man appears behind John in the mirror for a moment before vanishing. Freaky, right?
While we’re still not entirely sure just who this ghoul is supposed to be, one dedicated Reddit user has pieced together an incredibly compelling theory that’s hard to deny.In short,Basketballjuicebelieves that the Strange Man isCain, a figure from the Bible believed to be the first murderer.
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Basketballjuice also points out the town of Tumbleweed has likely been abandoned as a result of the Strange Man’s presence. There are a fair fewRed Dead Redemption 2theories linking the character to Tumbleweed’s problems, but Basketballjuice believes this is particularly relevant to his true identity. In the Bible, God tells Cain that “when you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth”. Is this why Tumbleweed is barren?
It’s a properly incredibly theory, and full credit to Basketballjuice for putting it altogether. It’s unlikely Rockstar would ever confirm this outright, but as far as I’m concerned? This is definitely the real deal.
Topics:Red Dead Redemption,Rockstar Games,Red Dead Redemption 2
