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"Me posting that was a mistake, you need to understand," Discord messages from TheHungHorse read. The user claimed to be "the guy who posted that Reddit post" and asked for any mention of the test unit serial number to be pulled. Miles shared screenshots of DMs (opens in new tab) from The Hung Horse's now-deleted Twitter account as well as Discord conversations (opens in new tab). Miles describes The Hung horse as being "fairly respected in that community, but known for elaborate tricks." He says that, at the time, he still believed the post was from someone else, but "was told HH went silent when he was pressed on this thread using my tweet." The Hung Horse was one of the sources cited in a recent Did You Know Gaming video (opens in new tab) which collected findings and theories from Metal Gear Solid 5 fans, including the Anti-Nuke Gang apparently led by The Hung Horse, arguing that the disarmament event tied to its in-game nuclear weapons is actually impossible to pull off. However, Miles says "one of the Metal Gear guys tipped me off early on that it may be a ruse constructed by a man named The Hung Horse." The Hung Horse "I had several people from the Metal Gear community, game preservation societies and other YouTubers lend their talents."

"We were still holding out hope to try to help them get this data preserved and start a campaign to find the lost test kit," he says. With some help, Miles kept digging even after the initial Reddit post was deleted. "I gave them the benefit of the doubt, because it was a piece of media with historical significance to Metal Gear. Miles agreed that the post looked shaky, but says he "sincerely wanted to help this stranger and the greater gaming community." So I figured I would try to get one of my compadres in the scene to help this guy out," he tells GamesRadar+. "I know many preservationists due to my work on the CBOMB story. We reached out to Miles to get a handle on how this mess exploded and then imploded just as quickly. Unfortunately, the build and all the posts attached to it evaporated overnight, and the user behind the farce was unmasked shortly after.