Tara the android compilation
In 2009 and video was uploaded to YouTube called «I feel fantastic» uploaded by Creepyblog. In the video was shots of a pale mannequin-like character known as «Tara the Android». Tara didn’t really do a lot of stuff other then have shots inside the house and shots outside and some other basic shots. But what she did eventually do was sing. She sang «lyrics», if you will, but the thing about those lyrics was that they were off, they where «please leave» and «run, run, run, run. «
To this video and the others that have been posted about Tara, a myth came up about the artist who made Tara. The artist was said to have made the mannequin out of ivory, and had instantly fell in love with her. And with this doing the mannequin had simply came to life. Bergeron’s, the artist, had made Tara the mannequin out of a replica from a real woman who was also named Tara. For reasons unknown, Bergeron had killed the woman because she did not «live up to his perfect standers». After he had killed the woman Tara, he took her cloths and other essentials and made Tara the Android. Bring her to life and making her his «perfect» woman.
When making the video of Tara, people suspected that Bergeron taunting the viewers with clues about the real Tara’s fate, or that he was later very guilty about him killing the woman Tara and was trying to get caught with out Turing himself in.
According to some information, Tara is $2000 worth of materials, and Bergeron was planing on promoting Tara to the first ever android music star. His planed on taking Tara on the road and have her perform live shows once some «hardware updates» were made. But for reasons unknown, there was not have been any updates on Bergerons project since 2006, and no further news have been updated on Tara either. Soon after a new web legend came arise; Tara had somehow achieve self-awareness and killed her creator.
No solid evidence have been discovered about the rumours about Bergeron and Tara, or Bergeron’s true identity or whereabouts.
GREGORY BURKART @G9Burkart April 12, 2016 Among the ever-growing creepypasta community, the freakiest tales, rumors and theories often begin with mysterious video footage (previous examples we’ve covered here include the nightmarish “Agamemnon Counterpart,” the eerie “Mereana Mordegard Glesgorv” and the notorious “Barbie Interview”).
One of the earliest videos to spark the imaginations of countless social media users is a deeply disturbing YouTube clip entitled “I Feel Fantastic.”
First uploaded in 2009 by user Creepyblog (who has not posted any other clips), and racking up over 6 million views since then, the video is centered entirely on a pale, mannequin-like character known as “Tara the Android,” who sings the title song through a primitive voice-simulator program while bizarre, atonal synthesizer music noodles in the background.
There’s not much more going on in the clip; the camera is locked down and Tara doesn’t move anything but her head, hands and mouth. That’s spooky enough as it is… but the video’s haunting reputation originates with just two brief moments.
First, between shots of Tara in different outfits and poses, we are shown a brief shot of an outdoor location — possibly the edge of a grove of trees, or maybe just someone’s backyard — during which the camera zooms in on a pile of sticks, leaves and dirt.
Second, one of the song’s “lyrics” (if you can call them that) includes the phrase “Please leave,” followed by the repeated words “Run, run, run, run…”
Those two odd diversions from the otherwise repetitive theme led some viewers to suspect that the video’s creator — who goes by the name John Bergeron — had committed murder, that the outdoor shot shows where the victim’s body is buried, and that “Tara” is wearing the victim’s clothes.
The description accompanying the first YouTube post includes a cryptic reference to the Greek legend of Pygmalion — a sculptor from ancient Cyprus who believed that all women were tainted and unworthy of love.
According to this myth, the artist decided to sculpt the ideal woman from ivory, and instantly fell in love with her. Upon discovering this, the love goddess Aphrodite pitied Pygmalion and brought the statue to life.
“Consider the mind-scape of the creator,” the description continues. “In whose mind does this appear beautiful? In whose mind is this pure, near worshipful? Are we missing out on his perspective?”
That mythical reference gave birth to the rumor that Bergeron had murdered a woman named Tara, who had, for reasons unknown, failed to live up to his standard of perfection. Bergeron had then constructed a crude robot in Tara’s image, dressed it in her clothes and programmed it to sing to him — perhaps a first step toward bringing her to life… or maybe to chase away the memory of his victim’s screams.
It was then suggested that Bergeron’s video was either taunting viewers with obtuse clues about the real Tara’s fate, or that he was later tormented by the horrible deed, and subconsciously wanted to be caught.
While those horrific tales certainly compounded the mystery, it doesn’t take much digging to uncover a more practical explanation for the nightmarish footage.
The answer is most likely tied to the antiquated robot-builders information page AndroidWorld.com, which credits Bergeron (or whatever his real name is) as the creator of the Tara robot. The site also contains a link to a collection of five Tara videos (presumably including the “I Feel Fantastic” clip), but those links are dead.
The titles of the five clips are “Electricity (Metal Version),” “Brutal Metal,” “Please,” “Electricity” and “Brutal1.”
In November 2015, Russian YouTube user Brand-Smetana uploaded what they claim to be the “full” version, which is nearly 15 minutes in length — and this runtime corresponds to the website’s description of a DVD/download compilation of Tara videos.
According to what little information can be culled from the site, Bergeron built Tara from roughly $2000 worth of materials (allegedly including a dental training mannequin) with the ultimate goal of promoting her as the world’s first android music star.
His plan was to take Tara’s act on the road for live shows, once certain “hardware updates” had been completed. Bergeron never explained what those updates would be.
For reasons unknown, there have been no updates on Bergeron’s project since 2006, and no further news about Tara is available (apart from the creepypastas mentioned above). This decade-long absence set off a new web legend: that Tara had somehow achieved self-awareness and killed her creator.
So far, no solid evidence has been found to confirm any of these rumors, or Bergeron’s true identity and whereabouts. Even if the website’s info is legit, it still fails to explain much at all.
Especially that eerie shot of the woods, which seems uncomfortably out of place…
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This is not unholy a new subject but I was asked to cover this one by a friend and so here goes! Tara is an android, a robot who can be found by looking around on the general internet. The most often is a cut down clip of her singing “I feel fantastic”. Tara is a blond-haired an blue eyed female android and my friend asked me to look into the rumours and the information about her.
In advance I’d like to say I do not really find it all that creepy to watch her. I found Tara to be an interesting project, someone who is passionate about making robotics and used the internet to show off their work. The creator is John Bergeron and he posted Tara and other projects in the website androidworld.
Tara is a full-body project but on his original site he had a hand, which in my view, explains the building process on a smaller project size. The hand is mostly metal on the inside, it has a removable glove, made of synthetic rubber in order to try and create a fleshy look. The hand has DC motors and uses analogue chips and at the time of undertaking it I think it looked like a rather cool project. Videos of both Tara and his other two hand-styled robot projects that were all made available on VHS.
John Bergeron seems to have been a creative man on his side, he has since taken it down although its being geocities it’s pretty much a defunct server. At one point on the site he had offered up the purchase of a robotic voice for use to greet visitors for something like theme parks or reception type affairs. If you had a personal computer you should link this up and create the messages you wanted for your guests. The software program could be used to create an interactive experience for the guests and you could download a sample of the voice.
You could make an offer to buy the project too, there was no listed price but as someone who works in the bespoke product market this should not necessarily be seen as something unusual. However you would get the following things for the purchase:
Robot you can use for display as the “greeter”, for indoor use only.
Intelligent chat program.
Tech Support to set up the software.
You would have collected this directly from Bergeron as it was a heavy set of equipment, and he was listed in the Vermont, USA area. To me this also goes to show you that Bergeron is an electronics type of gent with a vision that is nothing dissimilar to ChihiraAico by Toshiba. If you haven’t seen her before here is the relevant video:
and yes I have deliberately picked the version of her singing, Creepy or cool? Same kind of scenario here.
So what about Tara and why is she on this blog? I think it helps to see what other information is out there, not to mention there is a Creepypasta so of course it’s already a bunch of fiction. As I said I don’t think that she is creepy, I think that she is an interesting project on a scientific level.
Tara was made by a serial killer who dressed her in his victims clothing. The killer loved the noises his victims make, to the point of having her sing about it hence “I feel fantastic” and the shots of the gardens are of places his victims are buried. When the robot stopped singing the victim was dead or the cries were transformed into her singing (take your pick).
The creator of Tara had put up that he was in the process of doing some upgrades and when he finished she killed him. The reason he went quiet is because Tara killed him and now she is out wandering around somewhere.
Well let us be fair both are wrong, John Bergeron is very much alive and has been contacted, and understandably refused to discuss the project with random strangers. I am sorry to say this to those people out there that have rang him, you are quite invasive to expect a man to take a call and just explain away what is obvious nonsense. If I am ever proven wrong well I will (if alive) redact that statement.
Tara’s listing can be found on www.androidworld.com/prod10.htm and explains that she was built for about $2,000 and is 5 Feet and 10 inches, she is described as anthropomorphic. It says that Tara cannot walk about, so how is she wandering amongst us now unless she’s had a very serious overhaul? She can also be found on a 15 minute long DVD with five songs on it.
You can purchase it on androidworld but I am not that big on the idea of buying it, I think for me a plushie of a BB8 robot is my limit on these types of matters.
There is zero proof that the creator is a serial killer, the clothes are most likely just ones he has brought for the purpose of cover over the androids body and if there was sufficient grounds for concern about it the police would have been involved. Most of this is utter speculation and fiction, the only truthful part I can find is the project of building her, the garden is probably just something on a VHS Video that was on there. VHS was not as easy to manipulate and clip as modern software…
To me this is just people using the android for a medium of scare factor, incorrect assumptions and in some cases just outright misinformation. So I hope that this helps you and if you can prove me wrong I’d like the actual evidence not just an extract from a creepypasta or listverse style click-bait.
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