There has been many myths around the game Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, telling about hidden surprises in the game. Some of the speculations are based upon hints in the game, like the map of San Andreas with seven marked spots on it, found in the game interiors. There has been numerous claims that people saw things while playing the game, but none of them has been followed by real pictures or videos to prove them. There has been some pictures, most of them proven to be fake, and/or the descriptions of how to get things to happen has failed.

To start off in the wrong end, here are some of the fake pictures:




The two pics with the chainsaw are told to be Leatherface, or Piggsy, but it turns out to be Carl Johnson (the main character of the game) in a jumpsuit and a hockeymask. The chainsaw is one of the available weapons in the game. The pictures of bigfoot and the UFO are manipulated fakes.

Players have taken great interest in the myths of San Andreas, and there has been several more or less organized hunts to track them down, and uncountable forum discussions.

This is the most popular myths:

The only myths actually exposed, is the ghost cars, the ghost graffiti and Blue Hell, in addition to the great amount of references to the Epsilon cult, and some references to Ed Gein and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.


What is a myth?
Wikipedia says: "Myth - from (mythos) identifies a sacred story or narrative containing supernatural, divine or heroic beings, arranged in a coherent system, passed down orally, and linked to the spiritual or religious life of a community."

A Grand Theft Auto myth should (in my opinion) fulfil these criterias:

1) Something not to be found accidentaly by just going there (like the ghost cars and ghost graffiti)
2) Demanding specific knowledge or certain acts from the player, to enable it to appear (like when entering Blue Hell)
3) Not being a static find (like a sign - that's an easter egg), something should actually happen (like if Leatherface attacked you)
4) It should not be revealed very shortly after a game release, and if actually discovered early, it should take time to find out how to make it happen again.

The uttermost reason the myths have become myths, is that somebody experienced something that they alone or very few players had experienced, like if Leatherface would appear as result of certain acts from the player. There has been a lot of claims of seeing both Bigfoot, Leatherface and other stuff, but nothing followed by hared evidence (except the pictures proven fakes).

Except from the proven myths mentioned above, none of the other myths has actually been revealed, allthough hundreds or maybe thousands of players have used hours and days to search them. But there has been recorded several hints and references to The Epsilon Cult - which is the far most interesting myth, as it is both part of the game story, and clues and hints is to be found on several locations within the game. The strongest hint that there should be something more, is that Rockstar has made a website for The Epsilon Program, with a description of how to join the Epsilon cult. There are also certain hints of UFO's and aliens in the game, but I will not discuss that subject here. During my hunt, I've collected a few bits and pieces, and decided to present them on this website.

There has been claimes of an e-mail message sent from Rockstar, stating that the romours of Bigfoot sightings are false, but concluding that "there is something in the woods". You can find more information of this, and the game in general, at Wikipedia.org. There was also an interview with the Rockstar CEO, you can read it further down on this page.

Did you find something, have a comment, or want to discuss The Epsilon myth?
You are welcome to send me an e-mail at mythmaster@myepsilon.org.