Lavender Town Syndrome
Perhaps one of the most popular video game urban legends, the Lavender Town Syndrome legend made the rounds in the early 2010s and originated from a creepypasta.
In the first generation of Pokemon games, there was a rural area called Lavender Town. The town was small and campy, even for an early Pokemon game and the most notable location in it was a huge Pokemon graveyard.
The first thing you might notice, however, is the creepy music that seems incredibly out of place. For a game aimed at children, the theme and atmosphere of the town seemed off and unsettling.
Rumors began to spread that when the game first released, there was a spike in child suicides in Japan. Apparently, the Lavender Town Theme had extremely high frequencies that only kids could hear and these frequencies caused nausea, nosebleeds, and even suicidal thoughts.
There were apparently two hundred such cases that all had the similarity of children playing Pokemon and committing the act after they got to Lavender Town. This would be terrifying if… the whole thing wasn’t just made up.
There is absolutely no evidence that this theme caused anything like this to happen. Yeah, the song feels dark and odd, but it’s just meant to contrast the colorful world of Pokemon with the sad story of Lavender Town.
