# Majoras Mask Creepypasta Ben Drowned Ben Drowned is a 2010 creepypasta about a supposedly haunted Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask cartridge for the Nintendo 64, posted to 4chan's /x/ board by user Jadusable. The story mixed diary-style posts with YouTube clips of glitched gameplay, producing catchphrases like 'You shouldn't have done that' and helping shape the tone of early online horror fiction. ## Overview Ben Drowned, also called Majora's Mask Creepypasta, is a horror story about a supposedly haunted Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask cartridge for the Nintendo 64 that already had a save file named 'BEN' on it when the narrator got it[1]. The piece pairs a first-person 4chan diary with YouTube clips of glitched gameplay where music plays in reverse, textures vanish, and NPCs address the player by the dead BEN's name[2]. The Elegy of Emptiness statue, a minor in-game object, works as the entity's visual calling card across the videos and the fan art that followed[3]. ## How It Spread A tutorial video by YouTuber HolyHeeroYui uploaded on September 12, 2010 broke down some of the video-editing tricks behind the glitched footage[3]. A final video titled 'free.wmv' and a companion text file called 'TheTruth.txt' were released on September 15, 2010 at 23:04, framed as material passed on by Jadusable's roommate after he vanished from his dorm[1]. On September 17, 2010 a comment on the Jadusable YouTube channel pointed to the now-defunct youshouldnthavedonethat.net, teasing a 'Moon Children' cult, and three days later Jadusable admitted the whole thing had been a college creative-writing project[4]. The full text of the story was reposted on the Within Hubris forum on February 21, 2011, and picked up by outlets including Kotaku[2]. Jadusable, whose real name is Alex Hall, kept teasing follow-up material and an in-development game called the 'Third Arc,' but placed that project on indefinite hold on July 15, 2011[1]. On April 1, 2012, he uploaded a self-parody video swapping Link for Goron Link dancing to Jibbs' 'King Kong,' which drew backlash from parts of the fanbase and sparked long arguments in the Within Hubris admin threads[3]. ## How to Use The Ben Drowned template typically pairs a still or edited screenshot from Majora's Mask, often the Elegy of Emptiness statue or a distorted Link model, with one of the story's stock lines like 'You shouldn't have done that…' or 'You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?'[1]. Later riffs often mix the audio motif of a reversed Song of Healing with any footage meant to feel unsettling. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Majoras Mask Creepypasta Ben Drowned? Ben Drowned is a 2010 creepypasta about a haunted Majora's Mask N64 cartridge, told through 4chan posts and YouTube clips of glitched gameplay uploaded by a user calling himself Jadusable[2]. ### Where did Majoras Mask Creepypasta Ben Drowned come from? It started on 4chan's /x/ paranormal board on September 7, 2010, and Jadusable revealed on September 20 that the whole thing was a college creative-writing project[1]. ### What does Majoras Mask Creepypasta Ben Drowned mean? The name refers to BEN, the ghostly save file supposedly left on the cartridge, who drowned in-story and haunts both the game and Jadusable through channels like Cleverbot[1]. ### How do you use Majoras Mask Creepypasta Ben Drowned? People typically pair a warped Majora's Mask image, often the Elegy of Emptiness statue, with a stock catchphrase like 'You shouldn't have done that…'[1]. ### Is Majoras Mask Creepypasta Ben Drowned still popular? It is a classic of early online creepypasta referenced in horror-gaming retrospectives and fan art, though Jadusable's planned 'Third Arc' game was placed on indefinite hold in July 2011[2]. ## References 1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Drowned]() 2. [https://kotaku.com/the-haunting-of-majoras-mask-5638085]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/majoras-mask-creepypasta-ben-drowned]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/user/Jadusable]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/majoras-mask-creepypasta-ben-drowned Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library