The "I Feel Fantastic" Video

• 💡 The "I Feel Fantastic" video, uploaded to YouTube in 2009 by user "creepy blog," featured an unsettling robot named Tara singing in an eerie voice.
• 📌 The video quickly went viral due to its curious and creepy nature, with its description referencing the ancient Greek myth of Pygmalion and a creator's unconditional love for his creation.
• ⚠️ After garnering over 24 million views, the original video was eventually taken down due to copyright claims from "Terabyte Music Distribution Services Limited."

Creator and Early Intentions

• 🤖 The robot Tara was created by John Bergeron, who first posted about her in 2001 on his Geocities.com website.
• 🎯 Bergeron envisioned Tara for various applications, including theme parks, security, and home entertainment, and attempted to monetize her through rentals, leases, sales, and even DVDs of her music videos.
• 📈 His website detailed Tara's features, such as a head that tilts and a mouth that moves for expressive speech, and plans for Tara 2.0 with camera eyes.

Evolution of the Mystery

• ⚡ Later in 2009, a user named "Halloween Android" uploaded six new videos featuring Tara, which were more violent in nature, showing her biting a finger and being pierced.
• 🎭 These subsequent videos featured a robot that looked similar but potentially different from the original Tara, with her eyes often obscured, leading to speculation about a new version or a copycat.
• 📂 Other YouTubers, like "NIU 77" and "creepy blog817," further contributed to the mystery's spread by re-uploading the original and violent videos, effectively archiving the content.

The Bergeron Disappearance

• 🔍 A significant part of the mystery revolves around John Bergeron's whereabouts, as an obituary stated he died in 2005, yet his blog was updated in 2006, and individuals claiming to be him were reportedly contacted in 2011 and 2015.
• 🧩 This conflicting information raises questions about whether the contacts were John Bergeron Sr. or his son, John Bergeron Jr., especially since the son's existence was later suggested as a possible updater of the website.

Internet Theories and Speculation

• 💬 A prominent, albeit unsupported, internet theory suggested John Bergeron was a serial killer who used his victims' clothes for Tara and featured burial sites in his videos, drawing parallels to the Pygmalion myth.
• 🧠 The "Fredo Theory" proposes that John Bergeron Jr. inherited his father's project after his death, updated the blog, uploaded the original video, and later added the violent content to capitalize on the viral mystery or out of frustration with the project's lack of success.
• ✅ This theory suggests the son's actions were an attempt to keep the mystery alive and potentially profit from the attention, rather than any sinister intent. It provides a more grounded explanation for the conflicting information and the video's evolution.