Captured at the disney television animation studio, it was originally believed to have been a leaked screenshot of an upcoming episode, taken during a tour of the facilities Following the premiere of society of the blind eye, the image. Gravity falls employed outlandish methods to keep its secrets from being spoiled by its overzealous online fanbase To throw fans off the truth, the show created a fake leak, spreading a photo of old man mcgucket writing in the journals, and even the. Alex and the gravity falls crew drew up a fake screenshot of mcgucket writing the journals and leaked it online towards the end of season 1, causing a majority of the fandom to believe he was the author up until society of the blind eye More info on its wiki article.
In this clip from the gravity falls box set documentary, the production team talks about the time they fooled the whole fandom In 2012, the creator of gravity falls, alex hirsch, made an anonymous fake leak of his own show to throw off fan theories about a new season. The fandom cracked the theory of who the author was so alex threw out a fake leak to throw fans off the trail The image is of course well known and shared around and even the original full image still exists, as it can still be accessed here These images originated from a post made to 4chan's /co/ board. Gravity falls' key secret was at risk of being spoiled much earlier than it was supposed to be shown to the audience, so the showrunners decided to think outside the box and make fans believe that they were in the wrong
