New testimony: LOL Superman on mediabum.com

OG post by u/The_Navarone

I wouldn't count "lol superman" out just yet unless there is definitive proof that it doesn't exist. I say that because, based on what I read, the possibility exists that the video entitled "lol superman" might exist in FBI archives, hinting that the video is likely real but lost.

I definitely recall seeing a video similar to people's recollections of "lol superman" in high school 19 years ago (time flies). I remember, in my computer class during my freshman year, whenever our class finished our assignments, we were free to browse the internet until class ended without much supervision. I recall the guy that sat next to me constantly browsing different websites that hosted different forms of media and flash games.

Such sites were commonplace back then because YouTube was fairly new. A lot of these websites were "shady" for a lack of a better word, as the links were often in different languages and ended in domains that were completely different to the typical ".com" or ".org." However, one site that I remember in particular that he suggested was a site called "mediabum.com."

I just went to it as I remembered these events, and it seems to be a forum for up-and-coming content creators now. I'm actually surprised the domain name still led somewhere, to be honest. Nonetheless, back then, this site wasn't a forum but, instead, hosted many different types of media. I often visited it back then after completing my assignments to watch goofy videos and listen to prank calls.

However, I recall this site also having crazy, gruesome videos. I vaguely recall my classmate next to me showing us a video on this website of an Arab man getting his penis chopped off with a sword for supposedly raping a woman, which freaked us out. Right after that, I then recall him showing us a video of people jumping out of buildings on 9/11 and hitting the ground, which is very likely to be "lol superman."

This definitely happened and I would never forget it because not only was the video gruesome, but it also made one of my female classmates cry. Because it was so long ago, I can't say if the video was entitled "lol superman," but it seemed to fit the description but a little different than what some people describe.

From what I recall, the video showed people jumping, similar to the videos that you can find on YouTube today but actually hitting the ground. It is clear today's YouTube versions cut out that part. The video that I remember didn't have anybody falling on cars, nor was it filmed by cameramen standing in the plaza the entire time.

From what I remember, it began with the footage of people jumping and hitting the ground, with the cameraperson filming from an adjacent building. I remember this quite well because my female classmate screamed when she saw it and got my teacher's attention. Right after that, in the same video, it cut to a close up of the bodies, as if the person that filmed it went down there to get a closer look.

This is the part that made her cry. The close-up part played straight after the falls happened, as if it was cut or possibly even edited in. The bodies were hard to forget, being only 15 at the time. I've never seen gore like that before then. They were splattered on the ground like a broken ketchup bottle. I remember my teacher came over to see what we were watching and we got in trouble that day.

The only problem is that I don't remember the title. I can't guarantee if this was "lol superman" because it was so long ago and I wasn't paying attention to the video titles at the time, but I definitely saw this video in computer class for sure.

For what it is worth, even if it wasn't titled "lol superman," there was definitely video of 9/11 jumpers hitting the ground and close ups of their bodies at the time because I saw it with my own eyes. Unfortunately, I can't recall if any music was playing in the background. Whenever we were watching shock videos in class like that, we often did it with the sound muted to keep the teacher from catching us (failed that day because of her scream). Even if I did hear it, I likely wouldn't remember it anyway.

TL;DR

I saw a shock video in high school 19 years ago that showed people jumping out of the Twin Towers on 9/11 and hitting the ground, followed by close-ups of their bodies. I remember it because the video disturbed my classmate so much that she cried. While I can’t confirm if it was the actual “lol superman,” it fits many descriptions, minus falling on cars or music. It was likely hosted on mediabum.com, a site we used to visit for shock content back when YouTube was still new. The fact that it exists in my memory supports the possibility that "lol superman" or something nearly identical did exist, even if lost today.