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[[File:Katy Robinson.png|thumb|247x247px|'''Katy Robinson''''s photo which is widely rumored to be the original un-Photoshopped image.]] | [[File:Katy Robinson.png|thumb|247x247px|'''Katy Robinson''''s photo which is widely rumored to be the original un-Photoshopped image.]] | ||
The image received controversy<ref name="Nerdvana" /> after it was believed and rumored to be an unedited photo of a woman named "Katy Robinson," who committed suicide after finding herself being bullied<ref name="Horror Stab" /> for her weight on 4chan.<ref name="Daily Dot" /><ref name="Gizmodo" /> This started when one post on [[4chan]], dated April 21, 2008, was written by a supposed brother of Katy Robinson claiming that she had committed suicide after she was bullied for having her picture posted on 4chan. However, some | The image received controversy<ref name="Nerdvana" /> after it was believed and rumored to be an unedited photo of a woman named "Katy Robinson," who committed suicide after finding herself being bullied<ref name="Horror Stab" /> for her weight on 4chan.<ref name="Daily Dot" /><ref name="Gizmodo" /> This started when one post on [[4chan]], dated April 21, 2008, was written by a supposed brother of Katy Robinson claiming that she had committed suicide after she was bullied for having her picture posted on 4chan. However, some users say this is made up of a corpse with a dog's broken jaw.<ref name="Daily Dot" /><ref name="Gizmodo" /> During Sesseur's interview with ScareTheater, where one of the questions involved the origin of the image, to which Sesseur answered by claiming to be a picture of himself wearing a white latex mask.<ref>[<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhPpcvD01Ok&t=90s</nowiki> "Interview with the Creator of Jeff the Killer"] December 12, 2015 - via [[YouTube]].</ref> Ironically, this was likely false. As proof that he had claimed that its "alternate version" of this image was his original design concept. | ||
The earliest sighting of this image was on the Japanese message board, pya.cc, where the two images (including the less unedited and the edited Jeff one) were uploaded.<ref name="Reddit">[Jeff the Killer - new image origins? "<nowiki>https://www.reddit.com/r/creepypasta/comments/bd5wzp/jeff_the_killer_new_image_origins/</nowiki>"] - u/[deleted] on Reddit.</ref> These two images are uploaded between September 10 and November 16 on 2005, by users Mr. Maruhorando and Omega Boruto. The first image, named "white powder" was a | The earliest sighting of this image was on the Japanese message board, pya.cc, where the two images (including the less unedited and the edited Jeff one) were uploaded.<ref name="Reddit">[Jeff the Killer - new image origins? "<nowiki>https://www.reddit.com/r/creepypasta/comments/bd5wzp/jeff_the_killer_new_image_origins/</nowiki>"] - u/[deleted] on Reddit.</ref> These two images are uploaded between September 10 and November 16 on 2005, by users Mr. Maruhorando and Omega Boruto. The first image, named "white powder" was a less unedited version than the one used for the character of Jeff. The earliest other appearance online was on August 2, 2007, when it was featured in a Japanese [[screamer]] video titled "[[NNN Special Broadcast|NNN臨時放送]]", which was probably for a horror film project named "Victims of Tomorrow". The image appears at 4:11, before the text "おやすみなさい" appears on the black screen, to which it would mean "good sleep,", which is in a similar manner to "go to sleep." After finding the image through extensive research, it was found that the woman in the picture was named "Katerine White", who still lived with two kids. One Reddit user also contacted Katherine through Facebook to ask if she was aware of being rumored to be dead by 4chan users, to which she responded back by threatening those who made that rumor about her death on /b/ with a lawsuit.<ref name="Reddit" /> However, there were mentions of Heather that she was a different girl than Katy because of her appearance at that time. The image of this woman was originally posted to the site TrueChristian.com on November 17, 2004.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20061122165849/http://www.truechristian.com/favoa.html</ref> | ||
A story was also created to explain the origin of these images, made by a few users on 4chan's /b/ imageboard. The story involves a woman named "Victoria", who is a live-streamer on the site [[wikipedia:Stickam|Stickam]] and uses/b/ as self-promotion of herself as SomethingAwful forums will become obsolete. A /b/ user took a screenshot of her face and posted it to the board with the caption "Am i pretty?". Later, other users on 4chan began photoshopping and posting the image as a reply, with one of the users posting the less-unedited image with a caption, "''Now you are.''" The woman then found out about the post and quickly vanished off the internet.<ref>[<nowiki>https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/23477917/</nowiki> "Finding the unedited image of "Jeff" (Oldfag Edition)"] 28 Sep 2019 - Anonymous on 4chan.org</ref> Victoria is one of the people that was rumored to be the woman on the image, as this would explain the story. | A story was also created to explain the origin of these images, made by a few users on 4chan's /b/ imageboard. The story involves a woman named "Victoria", who is a live-streamer on the site [[wikipedia:Stickam|Stickam]] and uses/b/ as self-promotion of herself as SomethingAwful forums will become obsolete. A /b/ user took a screenshot of her face and posted it to the board with the caption "Am i pretty?". Later, other users on 4chan began photoshopping and posting the image as a reply, with one of the users posting the less-unedited image with a caption, "''Now you are.''" The woman then found out about the post and quickly vanished off the internet.<ref>[<nowiki>https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/23477917/</nowiki> "Finding the unedited image of "Jeff" (Oldfag Edition)"] 28 Sep 2019 - Anonymous on 4chan.org</ref> Victoria is one of the people that was rumored to be the woman on the image, as this would explain the story. | ||
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