Heather had been preparing for this trip for ages, reading survival manuals and learning how to navigate in the woods.Īt this point, Heather is skeptical about the missing map and she starts to question the motives of Mike and Josh. The two guys who insist they have no idea where they are are leading the one person who actually has experience. One morning the map goes missing and not only do the guys suddenly not seem concerned, but they actively start leading the way. At 20:37, Mike even says he can’t read maps, that it’s “like Greek to. Heather shows them on the map how they’re going to go, but the guys argue with her every step of the way. Once they’re heading back to the car, it should just be an easy straight shot back. Thanks for kicking the map in the creek, Mike. The guys remove all ways for Heather to find her way out. This helps the theory two-fold: It keeps Heather scared and it sets up their alibi for anyone who may find the footage. At 17:00, Josh tells Heather about how he heard strange cackling in the night while she’d been asleep.
Sure, we see some stick figures hanging in the trees and some rock formations outside the tent, but those can be easily explained as random objects or things the guys did while Heather was asleep.Īnd in fact, the only person who does seem to hear the witch is Josh. Although they show the supernatural aspects in the 2016 sequel, that wasn’t the case in the original. This is one of the biggest reasons why this theory works so well. It’d be quick and easy to make these stick figures while Heather sleeps. Why? What’s in it for him? Maybe he’s just interested in helping his friend Josh get rid of the one person who’s been getting on his nerves for years. They’ve never met, he’s not being paid, yet Mike is agreeing to go on this trip. At 02:15, Heather tells Mike that it’s nice to meet him. In it, she says “Josh does not listen to me at all and he’s supposed to be my friend.” He clearly doesn’t like her, which may be a clue that he’s got motive.Īdd to that the fact that Josh is the one who hired Mike. As part of the promotion for the movie, they released Heather’s journal online, which was supposedly found under the abandoned house where she’d eventually die. Even if that wasn’t explicitly stated in the film, there does seem to be animosity from the start. Originally, they were meant to be exes who were still working together on the project. It’s established that Josh and Heather are some type of friends. The connections between Josh, Heather, and Mike are hinted at in the very beginning of the movie. (All timestamps are from u/TomKatDF2’s great work, though his theory is a little different.) Josh might have a motive. But if you read on, you’ll probably become a convert too. The documentary was just a ruse for Josh and Mike to murder Heather. While there are plenty of theories out there that explain what may have actually happened to the characters, there’s one that’s so good it should be canon.
BLAIR WITCH PROJECT ENDING EXPLAINED MOVIE
At least, that’s how the movie made it seem. Unfortunately they’re stalked and ultimately killed by the witch, leaving only their footage behind. A trio of filmmakers, led by Heather with Josh and Mike on production and sound, went into the woods of Burkittsville, Maryland to document the legend of the Blair Witch. Now, found footage horror movies are commonplace, but at the time it was completely novel. When The Blair Witch Project came out in 1999, it was a phenomenon.
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