Around early 2007, a strange Flash file began circulating on obscure dark web forums under the name: “HAY-ECARD-test-הופמסיבה.swf” No one knows where it came from. No one knows who created it. At first glance, it appeared harmless — an ordinary animated e-card. When opened, however, the window title displayed a different name: “HOOPPARTY.” The file’s metadata was written entirely in Hebrew. No author. No company signature. No embedded credits. Just blank or untranslated fields. Its thumbnail showed nothing alarming — colorful hoops arranged against a yellow and white polka-dotted background. Bright. Cheerful. Innocent. But as the file spread, reports began to surface. Users across different forums claimed that shortly after opening the file, they experienced severe seizures. Not mild episodes — extreme, violent neurological reactions. Within months, five deaths were unofficially linked to individuals who had opened the file shortly before collapsing. Medical professionals initially dismissed the connection as coincidence. But discussion boards archived timestamped posts from victims describing symptoms minutes before losing consciousness. Then something stranger happened. On September 18th, 2007, the file vanished. Not just from websites — from hard drives. Users who had downloaded it reported that the file deleted itself. Archived copies became corrupted. Backup drives showed missing data sectors where the file had once existed. Even forensic recovery attempts failed. Investigators later discovered something disturbing: The file appeared to be tracking system time internally. At exactly 00:00 UTC on September 18th, 2007, every known copy executed the same deletion sequence. As if it had an expiration date. As if it was never meant to exist beyond that point. Hallmark, whose branding style the file vaguely resembled, publicly denied any involvement. They claimed no knowledge of the file and stated it did not originate from any of their systems or creative departments. For years, the file was considered lost. Until fragments began resurfacing — partial backups, corrupted drives, forum screenshots, and old camcorder footage of monitors playing the animation. Through these scattered remnants, someone attempted to reconstruct it. The recreated version does not behave exactly like the original. But it is close. Watch at your own risk. An H&Y Creepypasta thing inspired by El Pendrive Azul.
HUUGE flashing lights warning. (duh) Also Loud Sounds.
