*Logbook Spoilers* Secret Code -- Help Wanted!

[Rollerwings]

**As warned in the title, this contains spoilers for the Survival Logbook.**

We're trying to solve this one on the FNaF Reddit and we could really use more eyes on this! Scott has used secret codes before, and there is something hidden in the logbook.

As Freddit user MichaelO2000 noted, several pages contain the faded text "MY NAME." Each page with this text has a weird numeric clue:

Page 29 is numbered 52.
Page 32 is numbered 39.
Page 43 is numbered 15.
On page 47 the numbers 7 2 appear out-of-order on a survey question.
On page 85 the numbers 10 11 appear in red; they're part of a list.
On page 108, the time 8:11 appears on an incident report Mike is supposed to log. (As a night shift guard, though, he wouldn't have been around for an incident at 8:11 a.m. or p.m.)

So putting the numeric clues in order, we get:

52
39
15
7 2
10 11
8 11

On page 95 there is a drawing exercise involving a grid, but the grid isn't set up properly to complete the drawing. Its axes are numbered from the upper-left corner and there's a tiny A B C in that corner. This is a Polybius Square, used for cracking codes:

http://crypto.interactive-maths.com/polybius-square.html

It appears we're supposed to fill out the rest of the alphabet on the Polybius Square, left to right, and then graph the numeric clues on it. (down, across style?) Doing that yielded:

Z N E L Z N

(For the record, graphing them (across, down) yielded X Y Y X R P.)

This is where we're stumped. I ran the ZNELZN clue through the standard Geocaching Decryption Key that substitutes one letter for another and got MARYMA. If you take out the last two clues that each have two separate numbers (10 11 and 8 11) that leaves you with an actual name, MARY. I'm still thinking there's got to be more to it, though.

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There are other oddities in the book. For unknown reasons Mike has made red-ink tally marks throughout it:

On page 9 there are 5.
On page 19 there are 10.
On page 31 there are 14.
On page 36 there are 5.
On page 100 there are 5.

This adds up to 39 tallies. The pages with tallies don't appear to have anything else in common.

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On page 79 there are some coupons for FFP, on one of these Mike wrote "For real value, see page 61." Page 61 contains a "finish the comic strip" exercise. In one of the completed panels, Foxy and Freddy stand before a chalkboard on which "5+4" and "3" are written. Foxy is also reading a magazine with the word "FRIDAY" on it.

Opinions differ as to whether "9" and "3" are part of the code or just confirmation that FNaF1 happened in '93.

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Any ideas on these are more than welcome! I'd like to keep this thread clear for fellow code-crackers, so kindly keep comments and discussion on topic. Thanks!

[WeltaChara]

I see Scott's getting into coding messages...

[PresPy]

Geez, you're acting like you're solving 3301.

[Rollerwings]

The book's been out since Dec. 26th and we still can't collectively solve it. Scott's hidden this one deep.

[LOL21h]

Originally posted by I think I'm Logan:

Geez, you're acting like you're solving 3301.

I know right.

[wobbegong847]

Let's just get Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman to solve this case/ game.

[Sp00ky_Matt]

Don't worry it can't be as bad as the cod zombies ciphers *flash backs intensifying*

[Doctor Script]

Little known fact, I failed statistics thrice in college. I Loathe math.

But keep me updated with any new data. I'm on it.

[Doctor Script]

Jesus, you've given me enough info already.

Let Freddit know that "Friday" is the answer you are looking for when you run the initial set, not MARYMA. The graph probably has a scrambled alphabet in it. Running the tallies should yield a different word.

We need an answer with a base set and confirmation, so we can solve the rest of the puzzle. Otherwise we would run in circles with nothing to go off of. I think I might know a guy who would be better at this kind of puzzle, but I hope this helps.

[Doctor Script]

Or "My Name"... now that I'm thinking about it.

I'm betting that our buddy, Mike, is trying to figure out who he is talking too.

[Apollo]

I'm not completely sure but, maybe Mary is the name of Henry's daughter, the girl that posesses the Puppet.

[Apollo]

The time 8:11 AM may be a flashback to when the crying child got chomped by Fredbear.

[Apollo]

Now my question is, is Mike Schmidt really Michael Afton. I saw MatPat's theory but some things don't add up. If Michael Afton was going back trying to free the souls of the animatronics he wasn't doing a great job. Because William Afton had to go back and do it himself. So I honestly think Mike Schmidt is his own person.

[Gaymer]

Originally posted by joshski1215:

Now my question is, is Mike Schmidt really Michael Afton. I saw MatPat's theory but some things don't add up. If Michael Afton was going back trying to free the souls of the animatronics he wasn't doing a great job. Because William Afton had to go back and do it himself. So I honestly think Mike Schmidt is his own person.

How did Will end up going back?

[Apollo]

Originally posted by Spark:

Originally posted by joshski1215:

Now my question is, is Mike Schmidt really Michael Afton. I saw MatPat's theory but some things don't add up. If Michael Afton was going back trying to free the souls of the animatronics he wasn't doing a great job. Because William Afton had to go back and do it himself. So I honestly think Mike Schmidt is his own person.

How did Will end up going back?

He knew the animatronics were alive and angry at him so when the pizzeria closed he knew it was the perfect time to strike

[Gaymer]

Originally posted by joshski1215:

Originally posted by Spark:

How did Will end up going back?

He knew the animatronics were alive and angry at him so when the pizzeria closed he knew it was the perfect time to strike

Oh yeah the minigame... I totally forgot about that