Welcome Home is an unsettling alternate reality website based on a children’s cartoon from the late 1960s. The site is supposed to be an archive of old episodes, stories, and behind-the-scenes looks, and while that may sound fun, the more you dive into it, the more sinister it becomes. There are hidden secrets stashed away for you to find, taking the lore to new, terrifying depths. Here’s a list of all the discovered secrets in Welcome Home ARG.
All discovered secrets in Welcome Home ARG
If you’d like to follow along with this guide and go down the list in real-time as we reveal the secrets discovered so far, start on theWelcome Home websitehere.
These are all the secrets that have been discovered so far, but internet sleuths are still going through the site with a fine-tooth comb, so if they unearth any more creepy findings, we’ll update this list.
Welcome Home secret URL codes
When reading through the Welcome Home website, you’ll notice the lettersY,O,X,W,V, andEscattered around on different pages. This seems like nothing at first, but when made intoa Welcome Home URLinvarious orders, some creepy secrets appear.
Welcome Home! page - Hidden message
When on theWelcome Home! page, you’ll see a scrollablegalleryof photos near the bottom. Thefourthpicturein it, a drawing ofFrankandSallybuilding a snowman, hides a secret. When you open the image in editing software and manipulate the brightness, exposure, and contrast, a hidden message appears over the “We’ll Be Right Back!” text at the bottom of the image. It reads,“May Your Home Be.”
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About Us page - Invisible message
While theAbout Us pagelooks like one you’d see on a typical website at first, it becomes creepy really fast once you scroll down to theFAQ section. The answer to “How did you begin your research into Welcome Home?” sounds natural at first, but it’s when youhighlight the blank spaceafter it that things take a sinister turn.
“But it hurts,” it reads. Oddly terrifying.
About Us page - Frank GIF
Midwaythrough theFAQsection, you’ll see twoGIFsof Frank’s spinning head. Take note of thecolorfulone. Thespineson the books to the left of the character read, “HELLO,” “It’sYou Know Who?,” “I’mYour Neighbor,” “Do You Think About Me? You Do,” and “I’veFelt You.”
About Us page - Scrambled message
Further down in theFAQ, a question asks, “Why did you make this website?” and, instead of a normal response, the answer isjumbledand difficult to read.
If you drag your cursor over the text andhighlightit, the hidden message will become visible. “When I unwrapped the first letter, I felt it. I heard it. Open. Open. Open. I want it out. I’m going to get it out,” it says.
About Us page - Invisible message #2
Another whited-out message is hidden in theFAQunder the “Do you know how many episodes of Welcome Home there are?” question.Highlightthe end of the sentence, and “The numbers are so hard to read. Sometimes I can’t see them” will be readable.
The Neighborhood! page - Hidden URL #1
The Neighborhood!is another page that looks innocent at first; you click on a Welcome Home character’s house, and it brings up biographical information about them. Though, if you’re a fan ofFive Nights at Freddy’s, you may get familiar vibes. And rightly so, because there arelinkshidden on the page that, when clicked, open up some seriously eerie content.
Thefirst linkis hidden in thetext at the top of the page, under the Welcome Home logo. Click on the first half of the word “you’re” in “Even if you don’t live there, you’re still one of its most important denizens!” and a GIF that reads “you” in a colorful font will open in a new tab. Stay on the page, and the following message will slowly type itself: “Wally is your best friend.”
The Neighborhood! page - Hidden URL #2
Thesecond linkon the page is on theyellow pathdirectlybelow Wally’s housein the center of the street. Click it, and a new tab will open in your browser, displaying ablack pagewith a terrifying image of agiant eye looking through a window at Wally. Note how the URL is called “so-below” which is a reference to the second verse of the Emerald Tablet (“as above, so below”), a set of Hermetic text from the eighth century.
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If you view The Neighborhood! page on amobile device, Wally’s house will belevitatingabove a largeblack abyss, which could be a nod to the Emerald Tablet verse from the URL.
Guestbook! page - Hidden file names
On theGuestbook! page, visitors to the Welcome Home website can leave a message. While many of them are real (or at least appear to be), some of them hide a rather unsettlingsecretthat you may only spot byhoveringover thedoodled imagesand reading theuploaded file name. If hovering doesn’t work, right-click the image, selectOpen Image in New Tab, and read the .png name at the end of the URL that appears in your browser search bar.
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