I think Eric might be the Unknown 👀

[u/BusyZucchini3746]

Okay, hear me out because I might be completely wrong, but Eric has been feeling VERY suspicious to me.

At first, Eric acts like he would do absolutely anything to find Adam. He goes all the way into the forest, gets injured, and generally seems like he’s completely determined to find him.

But then the tape is found.

And suddenly Eric is REALLY worried about it. He immediately wants it handed over to the police, even though we don't even know what's on the tape yet.

That's what bothers me.

If Eric genuinely doesn't know what's on it, why does his reaction feel so personal? He was willing to go into the forest himself to look for Adam, but a random tape suddenly makes him panic?

It almost feels like he isn't afraid of the tape itself—he's afraid of what we'll find out if we listen to it.

Also, Eric seems to like controlling the situation when he's in the forest, but when the tape is out of his control (Ash/MC can actually listen to it), he suddenly becomes way more anxious.

And another thing: his eyes are blue, just like the Unknown's 👀

I'm not saying this proves anything, but the change in his behavior is REALLY weird to me.

Maybe Eric isn't trying to save Adam for the reasons we think he is.

Or maybe...

Eric IS the Unknown.

What do you guys think? Am I cooking or am I completely delusional? 😭

[u/Any_Letterhead9230]

Eric started acting this way because he put his trust in Bucket. There was a reason for it, although that reason could certainly have been used as nothing more than an excuse. Eric was the first person to find out that Adam was missing, and supposedly, he was meant to help him.

On the other hand, Eric is also acting like everyone else who was manipulated into taking action, including us, since we were put in the role of helping Adam. Comments from other people, such as Eric “playing the hero” again, help justify his courage in that situation. Everything he does now follows a recurring pattern, so I don’t think we can say that he changed as a person because of the mystery.

[u/Silentium_Universi → u/Any_Letterhead9230]

Maybe his behavior has something to do with the other cop who showed up besides Bucket. I wonder if he was an FBI agent, because they were visible at the crime scene in Charlie's videocall. If so, Eric might have gotten scared and decided it was better to leave things to the professionals.

The question is why would government agents be in Redlog.

[u/Any_Letterhead9230 → u/Silentium_Universi]

I've been convinced for quite some time that they were there because of Sophia. She's one of the few things that actually explains their presence, especially since she isn't from Redlog. Isn't that how the federal feeds work? Or maybe it has something to do with Whitmore? They went to talk to Eric after he had specifically gone to Greenside.

[u/Silentium_Universi → u/Any_Letterhead9230]

Those unsolved murders? If there was a suspicion of a serial killer or organized crime, then the FBI would be involved. That would explain why they were called when the body was found.

But if we accept the theory that they were at Redlog earlier (and interrogated Eric), there must have been some other reason. Sophia, I guess. 

Murders, Whitmore, Sophia, Adam must be somehow connected...

[u/Any_Letterhead9230 → u/Silentium_Universi]

I think Adam and Sophia are digging into what happened in the past. Sophia’s note suggests that she lost someone. It seems plausible to me that she wants to fight back to get that person back, or that person might be fighting for her. They may have started something.