Rockstar Games' ability to hide easter eggs and troll fans outright is unparalleled. It has sent fans on wild goose chases for years, even including as recently as last week as it had the entire Grand Theft Auto community studying moon phases while waiting for news about Grand Theft Auto 6.
So, is it really any surprise that it has spent the past decade keeping players on the hook for what might be one of the longest ruses in the franchise, and gaming overall?
As revealed by former Rockstar developer Ben Hinchcliffe on the GTA VI O'clock podcast, the popular Mount Chiliad mystery and conspiracy theory is nothing more than just Rockstar deciding to have fun with its players.
Although Hinchliffe did confirm that he wasn't part of the team who added it to the game, he did mention that the Mount Chilliad mystery is just one of those Easter eggs that Rockstar put in "mess with people", explaining that "they don't actually do anything."
To be fair, it has worked wonders. There's still an active subreddit dedicated to the mystery, with over 40,000 users working together to come up with an answer, some of whom have been playing digital detective since the launch of GTA 5.
Believers of this long-standing theory believes that Rockstar hid a secret related to a cryptic map found on the aforementioned landmark in Los Santos. They have connected several dots over the years, saying that they are all linked to aliens, the occult, and even other universes. However, as per Hinchliffe, all of these efforts have been all for naught.
