Creepy Zelda Mysteries 🎃

I always thought Bongo Bongo’s “eye” was his cut neck

What's really creepy is the fact that Kakariko villagers would drink/use water from the well that may or may not contain leftovers from all the stuff inside the bottom of the well 🤢🤮

I love the mystery behind Bongo Bongo- honestly, my favorite theory on him is that he was a Sheikah who did work for the Royal Family during the war- interrogation work. With his ability to ‘see’ what others couldn’t, he was a stellar interrogator. But when the war was over and Hyrule wanted to hide its bloody deeds, Bongo Bongo was executed. The lens of truth may have been made from one of his eyes (hence the boss only having one eye left) and it’s possible his hands were removed to keep him from continuing his torturous work in the life beyond. A handful of this theory is conjecture to connect bits, but it’s one I still greatly enjoy.

Personally I always thought that the Stal Children (this is going to be dark) WERE ACTUAL CHILDREN WHO DIED DURING THE WAR! I think that these were kids who died during the war and because they were killed in war their soul and skelton were deformed into the stal children which would explain why a) the stals are child size and b) they dont look like hylians.

To this day, that darn Ghost Ship is still one of the more daunting things in The Legend of Zelda. It was the one thing I was curious about when going into Phantom Hourglass.

I'm glad someone is finally talking about Bongo Bongo. In my opinion it's just the creepiest boss in OOT bc of the possible backstory. A man who was executed possibly by the Sheikah bc of being an enemy to the Royal Family bc of his ability to see the truth and then turned into a monstrous beast in the said torture chamber.

It's possible that the Stalchildren were a form of the Mogmas from Skyward Sword! They're not perfectly on par with each other, but share similar features. Smaller legs, extended noses/faces, digging claws. I mean, we've seen Zora go through evolution like changes in the series, why not Mogmas? Maybe they were wiped out in the war. Edit: I see now I was not the first with this idea LOL

I think I know what happened to Jabu Jabu. For the recovering zora, who were starving and couldn’t break through the ice to eat what they ate, fish or something, I dunno, the closest thing that they had was Jabu Jabu, and that’s why the ice is broken over there. They broke him out to eat him, the only way for the zora to live. Then they could access their food at the bottom of where he once was. Sorry I’m late to the video lol.

Considering Bongo Bongo, I hadn't really considered it, but you talking about execution and decapitation made me realize that Bongo Bongo's "head" could potentially be the stump of his neck after his head was cut off. Quite the gruesome boss beast.

The stal children could be inspired by the japanese Gashadokuro, a giant skeleton made from regular skeletons, who manifests in places that have mass graves usually from war and starvation. The skeleton eventually disappears when it's energy is used up (which could explain why there are none when Link is an adult) but before they disappear they hunt down any nearby person. They're usually depicted just being a big skeleton, but zelda could just take creative liberties Either that, or there was a race in Hyrule we never saw that was wiped out during the war.

I always felt Bongo Bongo was different from the other Ocarina of Time bosses, and now that it's actually clicked in my head that the Bottom of the Well is an old torture site I understand why. Unlike all the other bosses (With the exception of King Dodongo, but he's not exactly out of place where he is at) Bongo Bongo has no connection to Ganondorf, he's not a servant of Ganondorf, or one of his creations. He's a Vengeful Spirit, one that is vengeful against the Sheikah, he sent fire to Kakariko Village (I assume so at least), manhandled Sheik for a moment before tossing Sheik aside and effectively just shoving Link out of the way instead of killing them. They weren't Sheikah, Sheik had his attention for a moment, but once learning Sheik wasn't actually a Sheikah by blood tossed him aside, and Link was just in his way while he was looking for an actual Sheikah. He then went to the Shadow Temple because he figured the only ones that would come after him and be able to find him were the Sheikah and their Mind's Eye to see the false walls of the temple.

You know what's even creepier about that mask in The Wind Waker? Not just the grin, but the fact that if you try to get closer to the mask in the GameCube version of The Wind Waker by jumpslashing over the treasure chest, the game crashes.

For some reason I kinda want a temple in new BOTW game to match the creepiness of the Shadow Temple

Fun fact: that scream that you hear on the ghost ship once you open the chest is actually Jabun's unused scream but sped up and higher pitched

Chilling on Mekar Island with the fully upgraded Radiant Set is such a fun experience. Nice to know that when Link feels alone he can go chill on the island with his undead friends.

Zeltik has an amazingly great voice for going to sleep.

I don't think the bottom of the well is an extension of the shadow temple. I think it was part of the house that stood on the well, and was used by the man who had the lens of truth. I also think he was the torturer hired by the royal family (having "an eye that can see the truth" would help with extracting information), that is until his secret is discovered and he's killed. His hands are cut off as a fitting punishment for what he did with them and his eye of truth is hidden in the torture chamber he built below his house and is protected by a well.

I still remember my first time playing WW… I just finished the second dungeon and was hyped that I could now sail across the whole map so I ignored the main quest for quiet some time until I arrived at Greatfish Isle by mere coincidence. I was shocked to see the island destroyed and decided to look around for something useful. Then I turned around and saw it: the Ghost Ship, highlighted by a perfectly timed lightning strike! That was the first time I saw the Ship and my heart skipped more then just one beat that day… Up to this day, most things in the horror genre do not even come close to that scare the Ghost Ship gave me…😅

"Claiming Islands as my home." That's so wholesome.

Might be a shot in the dark but now that i'm looking at him, Bongo Bongo reminds me of the twili invaders in Twilight Princess. Just some common design elements or a deliberate allusion?