The film first hit theaters back in 1999 and quickly became a creepy cult classic. This found-footage horror movie ended up earning nearly $248.6 million (£182 million) globally. It even led to two sequels that came out in 2000 and 2016.
The plot follows three young documentary makers—Josh, Heather, and Mike as they set out to uncover the dark folklore behind a mysterious figure known as the Blair Witch.
Things start going downhill fast once they enter the forest. The film wraps up in a chilling, ambiguous way with the group seemingly meeting their end and the Blair Witch’s identity still a complete mystery.
But according to some viewers, there might be more to the story than we originally thought.
In the post, the Reddit user points to an elderly woman named Mary Brown. She’s interviewed by Heather near the start of the movie and says she saw the Blair Witch herself when she was younger.
“I think that the crazy shut in woman who claimed to have seen the witch as a child was in fact the witch all along.” the user writes. “It is clearly shown that she is mentally unstable during the interview and while in the car Heather mentions that she also made several other ridiculous claims that seem to boast her self perceived fame.”
“When hearing about how these kids are investigating the legend she decides to use them as a way to finally get her recognition, something she does by stalking, terrorizing, and murdering them in the woods.” the post continues.
“She then is the one who collected the tapes and turned them into the police so that she could finally be seen in the spotlight and also prove to everyone that she is not crazy.”
Still, not everyone agrees with the theory. One user argued that it doesn’t line up with the timeline, pointing out how student filmmakers supposedly found the group’s camera equipment years after the events.
Another commenter brought up a totally different explanation—time travel. That person wrote: “They went back in time, back to when the woods were a lot larger. They were killed by Rustin Parr, not Mary Brown or anyone else.”
“The house still standing even though it was burnt down 60+ years ago isn’t a plot hole.”
