There were flames and insects and what may have been mouths and what may have been sex organs. One person even writes to Papa Knoth about going near these towers, saying "I was overcome with waking dreams as of a power I had never before experienced. But what is it? Well, as you cross the lake, another loud noise/bright light incident happens, but it's clear that both of these are coming from the area where you saw the mysterious towers. You can spot this across the lake and take a video record of it. As the game goes on, you'll notice that these noises being to preclude the famous Catholic School scenes, where Blake imagines himself back at Catholic School with his deceased friend Jessica.Īn important part that people often miss in Outlast 2 is the existence of a set of towers or some other building. When this first occurs, it has no effect on Blake, but everyone around him becomes almost petrified and is overcome with visions of their past. Now, is it likely that both Blake and Papa Knoth are hallucinating the same baby? Probably not, but they both could be hallucinating a baby.ĭuring the course of Outlast 2, you'll often experience a loud noise that sounds like a boat horn accompanied by a flash of bright light. If this is a fake baby, of course Papa Knoth wouldn't be able to kill it. He says no matter what he tried, he wasn't able to kill him and instructs Blake to crush his head beneath his boot if he has the chance and ability.
With Red Barrels' Tweet, this seems to be confirmed.Įven if her pregnancy is psychosomatic, what does that mean for the story and ending of Outlast 2? Didn't the sun still explode bringing about the apocalypse? What does any of this pregnancy stuff matter? Let's explore:įirst off, this fully explains why Papa Knoth wasn't able to kill the baby. The Morphogenic Engine is the device in the original Outlast that lets people take control of the Walrider, so it's very possible that the Murkoff Corporation used it to experiment on women just like this person suggested. Seems unethical to pass up on such a potential windfall." God knows mental illness is an equal opportunity affliction. He then goes on to say "Why aren't we performing experiments on women. Richard Trager telling him "Apparently we had issues with female employees experiencing psychosomatic pregancies, something to do with how the Morphogenic Engine interacts with the immune system?" In it, a Murkoff staffer sends an email to pre-crazy Dr. In Outlast: Whistleblower, you will come accross a document called Miscarried Profits. This theory didn't come out of nowhere, either. This condition is much more often found in animals, but whatever, we're dealing with fiction here. The theory is that Lynn's pregnancy was psychosomatic, a real-life phenomenon where a woman thinks she is or wants to be pregnant so bad that the show signs of pregnancy, even down to the expanded abdomen.
But you can check out more of ma98me's work here." With this image, the phrase "there's nothing there," can only be referring to the baby. This seems to be indeed the case after Red Barrels Tweeted a fan-art picture of Blake carrying the baby, but added themselves "There's nothing there. Rather than just turning her head as a dying lament, Lynn was likely looking at what Blake was holding, to which she said "There's nothing there," meaning Blake wasn't holding a baby. However, another popular theory emerged for what she could be talking about: the baby. One interpretation of this is that, as she is dying, she realizes that there is not paradise or anything waiting for her after death: there's nothing there. After evading Marta, Blake and Lynn successfully arrive in the pews of Papa Knoth's house of worship, where the now-infamous birth scene occurs.Īfter giving birth, Lynn turns her head toward Blake, who is now holding their child, and says cryptically "There's nothing there," as she dies. Blake has rescued his wife, Lynn, from the mines and is heading toward the only shelter in sight: the church. Jumping right into the ending sequence of Outlast 2.