Rockstar loves to fill their games with Easter eggs and mysteries, and it often results in their devoted fanbase spending hours, days, or even months exploring as much of the map as they can. This is a Grand Theft Auto tradition. Remember that creepy hotel in Vice City? Or the creepy ghost cars of San Andreas? Grand Theft Auto V holds no exceptions. While the game was released back in September 2013, 💫players are still hunting for secrets, debating the existence of various myths, and discussing numerous mysteries that still haven't been cracked.💦 It's a massive open world – there are bound to be a few unanswered questions.
Grand Theft Auto V is also filled with another type of unanswered mystery – that of the plot hole. As exciting and epic as the game's storyꦑ is, it also contains some baffling plot holes that fans have been trying to fill in and answer throughout the past five years. Now, it's entirely possible that these plot holes have weak answers that you can kind of see if you really squint your eyes. However, many player♉s believe that they should have been answered or addressed in a more straightforward manner. As good as the writers at Rockstar are, they are not superhuman.
We're here𒈔 to pore over these mysteries and discuss the most intriguing unanswered questions and plot holes that are found throughout this💎 massive game. So buckle in, because things are about to get creepy, mysterious, and infuriating.
25 What The Heck ༺Are Black Cellphones? 💧
If the player dials the number 1-999-367-3767 into their cell phone, a random and mysterious explosion will trigger over their head. Their phone will al🌠so grow in size, and the background will go an ominous black.
What is 🎃the explosion? Why does it alter the size of your𝓰 cell phone? Some people have linked the phenomenon to UFOs, while others believe that it's some form of an electromagnetic pulse triggered by the player.
However, seeing🉐 a💎s how players input cheats via the cell phone, this is likely just a remnant of some cheat, or perhaps even a glitch. Still interesting to ponder over, though...
24 W𒀰here Did The Body Armor And Minigun Come From?
During the mission, The Paleto Score, Michael, Trevor, and a rand🍸om gunman walk into the Blaine County Savings Bank with nothing but their guns and duffel bags. After robbing the joint of over $8 million, the three emerge from the bank wearing heavy duty body armor and wield꧂ing a massive minigun.
It makes for a cool reveal, but we have to ask – where did that stuff come from? They certainly we💫ren't in the bank, and no one seemed to have lugged in all that equipment.
We suppose it comes from the same place everything in our invento🦂ry comes from – thin air.
23 What Doesಌ The Mount Chiliad Mural Represent? ♉
The Mount Chiliad mural is perhaps the most intriguing and debated mystery in the game. The mural depicts what looks like the mountain, some random boxes and symඣbols, and what looks like a UFO.
While there is indeed a UFO atop Mount Chiliad, the rest of the mural has yet to be fully deciphered. It has caused players to go absolutely bananas, which has😼 included overlaying and up-scaling various maps and theorizing about the existence of an in-game jetpack.
Cue the X-Files theme, be♎cause this is a 🏅conspiracy for the ages.
22 ✱ Why Was Michael In Jimmy's Truck?
In the missioღn, Complications, Franklin is tasked by Simeon to repossess Jimmy's SUV. And, like the morally sound repo man that he is, Franklin proceeds to sneak into Michael's house and steal the SUV directly out of his garage. And he almost gets away with it. Too bad Michael was in the back seat. But why!? He likely didn't see Franklin coming, and even if he did, how would he know that he was after the car?
It's possible that it was one of the few quiet places Michael could relax by himself, but we later see hꦆim ignoring his loud family by listening to music by the pool. Why wasn't he doing that? Why lay down in the backseat of your son's car? It was nothing but a contrived ไway to get Michael and Franklin to meet.
21 What Is The Gr൲een Glow Behind Humane Labs♛ And Research?
If you trav✨el behind the Humane Labs and Research building at night, you can see a mysterious green light glowing in the water just off the beach. Naturally, theories abound regarding its source. Some say it's a link to the game's UFOs. Others believe that it's connected to the🍌 Mount Chiliad mural.
Another popular theory is that it's some kind of nuclear or chemical waste that the company is discreetly dumping into the ocean. It could also be a reference to a popular piece of pop culture, like The Great Gatsby's metaphorical green light or the mysterious "green goo" that was collected by CJ in San Andreas. The possibilities are endless!
20 Why Is It So Easy To Find Michael? 𝔍
It's established throughout the game that Michael is living under government protection. In exchange for cuttꦦing ties with Trevor and Brad, Michael g𓆉ets a cozy salary, a mansion in the Hollywood Hills, and the comfort of witness protection (however informal it may have been). So why on Earth is it so easy for Wade to find Michael?
Wade, who is ✅portrayed as a bumbling moron throughout the game, is able to track down Michael USING THE PHONE DIRECTORY with no problem whatsoever. To make matters worse, he only narrows down a "Michael De Santa" because he's the right age and has two kids. Do you know how many middle-aged Michaels there are in LA with two kids? That is one major stretch.
19 What Does The Alie꧙n Mural In Sandy Shores Represent?
One of the most interesting locations in Grand Theft Auto V is the alien mural in Sandy Sh🌸ores. It contains colorful art pieces, declarations like "beam me up," and a weird, indecipherable mural depicting what looks like aliens. They are drawn in a variety of positions, some of them crude, some funny, and🍷 some straight bizarre. All of them are totally confounding.
What makes this mural even more ไinteresting is the fact that a UFO can be found directly above this location. Are these the aliens inside that UFO? Was the mural made by the aliens, or by alien enthusiasts? And what do the various positions represent? Perhaps we'll never know.
18 ꩲ Why Is Trevor Forced To Hurt Mr. K🐟?
One of the most controversial missions in the game sees Trevor harming a man known as Mr. K at the behest of the corrupt Steve Haines. However, the whole angle s🦂eems a little moot, as Mr. K is more than willing to cooperate and identify the criminal, Tahir Javan. In fact, harming him only seems to make things worse and drasticall🌜y slows down the proceedings.
Yes, it was meant as social commentary and helped characterize the FIB and IAA as unreasonable, but that seems like just a flimsy excuse to squeeze a controversial mission in there. It wouldn't be GTA without controversy now, would it?
17 What Is Inside 🎐The Blaine County Motel?
In a derelict area of Sandy Shores there exists the abandoned Blaine County Motel. But maybe it's not so abandoned after all. While you can🐭 enter the building, most of the doors are boarded up, which prevents access to a vast majority of the motel. However, many players have reported hearing creepy things throughout the building such as scraping, knocking, and even a crying baby.
It's possible that vagrants are responsible, an idea seemingly reinforced by the fact that suspicious characters tend to hang around the motel during the day.ꩵ Or it could be haunted.
16 Why Would Franklin Get Rid Of Michael? ꦐ
Franklin is left with three choices at the end of the story – end Michael, end Trevor, or team up and end their mutual enemies. We get wanting to eliminate 🌠Trevor, seeing as how he's an unpredictable character. But why would Franklin ever decide to go after Michael?
Michael served as a father figure throughout the game, made him rich, and took him out of the ghetto. Yet he attacks Michael... Why? As a personal favor for Devin, whose motivati🐲ons are flimsy enough as is? Why would Franklin ever side with Devin over Michael?
It doesn't make much sense, and it seems to be a poo♈rly thought-out conclusion simply fꦬor the sake of player agency.