If you're into YouTube or even Twitter, I'm sure you've seen the trending topic #savemarinajoyce. If you're like me and have a curious mind, you may have clicked on a few posts and started to investigate.
Marina Joyce is a 19-year-old British YouTuber, and recently her fans have started to notice some strange things in her recent videos. People pointed out that she appears afraid and perhaps as if someone is telling her what to do. She's been repeating herself a lot in her new videos, and at one point a gun can be seen in the background. At one point in her latest video, it almost appears as if she whispers "help me," and you can see visible bruising on her arms and back. There has also been strange activity on her Twitter; last weekend she Tweeted about hosting a meetup at six a.m. Six in the morning! For a YouTube meetup? That's pretty sketchy. Many YouTubers warned against attending this meetup, and eventually Marina cancelled the event.
There have been a few theories explaining this behavior, but none of them add up. Some people theorized that she had an abusive boyfriend who was controlling her in videos and that's why she was so afraid. This theory would also explain the bruising on her arms.
Another, somewhat bizarre idea is that was kidnapped by ISIS, and they are controlling her in her videos and had planned the strange meetup for an attack. Local police reported that Marina was at home and safe after they recieved mutliple reports of this theory. It was also suggested that Marina was getting into hard drugs.
Some people have theorized that she could be schizophrenic, which would explain her behavior and perhaps the bruising. In a YouNow stream, Marina said she was not schizophrenic. In this live stream, she never cleared any other rumors — she just said that she "was feeling better." Her mom said that she was directing Marina in videos and the "help me" was actually her mom saying "like me." Although this information clears up some of the mystery, there's still a lot left unexplained.
Marina's behavior is definitely strange, but I don't think she was kidnapped. She probably has some kind of mental disorder that is impairing her judgement and causing her to get more help from her mom than usual. Whatever the truth is, Marina hasn't confessed and we're all still wondering what the truth is. Watch her newest video here and comment what you think happened!
