1999 - A small town in [REDACTED] was home to a small UHF station run by religious leaders, airing programs by and for community members of their church. This channel was key to the forming of the "Absolutionists." The programs aimed to teach their own modified Christian doctrine, as well as encouraging families to participate themselves. At a cursory glance, this seemed to be a great way to keep close ties between townsfolk. This would not be the case for long.Anyone who watched this channel would see that it hosted figures such as the enigmatic Reverend Gotcha and group founder Oliver S. Goodson, who openly discussed the "impending apocalypse" coming on the first of the new year. The theory was that Y2K was a imminent event, where all technology will cease to function and God himself will punish society for straying from his teachings. The channel "attempted to use Satan's creation of the television against him, helping absolve humans in the eyes of the lord," Goodson once claimed.The group received media attention after one investigative journalist found animal carcasses and apocalyptic messages inside the UHF station facilities.Not long after this discovery, 96 members of this group went missing, including the previously mentioned community leaders. On the night of New Year's Eve, authorities found various possessions and clothing from these missing persons strewn about the TV station, but no bodies were ever recovered.
