The dark web is filled with scary and very questionable things. It houses illegal sites where users can purchase stolen information, drugs and sometimes illicit content.
Basically, if you don't know about it, it's probably best it stays that way.
However, some adventurous buyers are going to the dark corners of the internet to grab themselves a mystery box.
One such curious being, by the online name of Red Mask, posted a series of eerie 'unboxing' videos that he ordered from the dark web.
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Wearing a black mask, he stares into the camera as he as he opens up phones, fake Rolexes, and USBs, to things like a broken PlayStation and a note with a key attached to it.
The YouTuber began 'dabbling in the dark web' in 2015 but started his hobby, if you can call it that, during lockdown. I guess that was the time everyone was trying new things.
'The creepiest thing I've ever received is a letter from someone claiming to be my real birth mother. It actually had details about me that not just anyone would know,' Red Mask explained as he opened the letter he claimed was delivered to his home address.
'They didn’t want to get in contact but told me they still keep an eye on me.'
Another YouTube creator, HindiDarkestFacts, didn't believe the mystery boxes until he tried them out for himself.
'I’d actually seen lots of the videos too, and they seemed really scripted. So I decided to check if there was a mystery box out there myself.'
Now specialising in unboxing content himself, he orders most of his boxes from the deep web and has them delivered to a PO Box for safety.
Other YouTubers have since taken part in the Dark Web Challenge.
Kill’em's channel received more than 4.7 million views on his Dark Web mystery box video, claiming that 'it was the scariest thing' he's ever done.
He uncovered packages allegedly containing a drug-stuffed teddy bear, a voodoo doll, controversial doll parts, a Satanic children’s book, tools, electronics, and what appeared to be a murder weapon and victim’s clothing.
Similarly, YouTuber Jude Somers also revealed items like a Motorola phone, a pill wrapped in tin foil, and a bloody screwdriver.
To those curious or doubtful of the dark web's offerings, HindiDarkestFacts offers a message of warning: 'I'm glad you don’t believe in it, because the less curious you are, the more safe you are.'