Because of the Cecil's creepy history, some even suggested that spirits manipulated Lam's behavior and the elevators. When the video was released, people were suspicious that a hotel employee kept the elevator open or that an unseen person outside pressed a button to hold it.

The elevator remains open for a long time.

Taking the supernatural element out of the equation, it's possible she may have wanted to throw off someone following her (or someone she perceived to be following her). One outlandish theory suggests that she was playing a Korean elevator game that brought her to another dimension.

Lam oddly presses on an entire column of buttons several times.

At 2:28, it almost looks like there's a shoe from another person and not the heel of Lam's own foot. It struck some as odd the way that Lam strangely twists her foot in the very last frame we see her.

We potentially see a foot from outside.

Here were the key observations that viewers from all over brought up: A swarm of internet sleuths shared their thoughts through posts on Reddit forums, published YouTube videos, and tips to the investigators. 13, the LAPD released the video to the public, hoping to gather relevant information. It's very odd behavior, and it especially feels unsettling given that it's the last footage that we'll ever see of her. A moment later, it opens and closes twice, but there's no one outside. Only after she leaves does the elevator close. Eventually, Lam steps out of the frame permanently. Going out, she oddly waves her hands as though she's wading through water or conjuring a spell - it almost looks like she's gesticulating to someone outside. Lam then goes back into the elevator and presses on the buttons again. A few moments later, she steps out, strangely moving her feet in almost a square dance motion. She peeks out of the elevator, looks both ways, and coils right back in. When Lam enters the elevator, she presses down on a column of buttons and moves to a corner. Let's review what actually happens in the bizarre video. 31, 2013, detectives discovered a surveillance clip of her on one of the elevators. While the case has an official finding of an 'accidental drowning,' people have treated it like an unsolved mystery.Īfter Lam went missing on Jan. The clip quickly fueled conspiracy theories and rumors of foul play, which are explored in Netflix's Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel.

Around the time of her mysterious 2013 death, the only piece of evidence widely available was a four-minute security video of Lam acting oddly in an elevator. How the 21-year-old Canadian student ended up dead in a rooftop water tank at the infamous Cecil Hotel immediately created a frenzy on the Internet.

The game sees a player pressing different buttons in a lift to supposedly unlock the door to another dimension.īelievers say the have proof that the game has desperate consequences.To say that the last available footage of Elisa Lam is odd is an understatement. The Korean elevator game was behind her death after it all went wrong, a number have stated. Some theories claim that Elisa was summoning some kind of paranormal force hours before she died. But as people used the tank, used water, unknown to her, the level was dropping to a point where she could no longer reach out and escape, and she died that way.” Korean elevator game 'At the time, I think that water tank was maybe full. He told CBC: 'My opinion is that she fell off her medication, and in her state, she happened to find her way onto the roof, got into the tank of water.

Wallace Tennelle, the lead detective on the case, claims he had been told by Elisa’s sister that she had been taking four types of medication – including an anti-depressant and a mood stabiliser. Officials say nobody is to blame for her death (Image: NETFLIX)Īccidental drowning is the official cause of death – but many just can't accept that.

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