The Confusing Blair Witch Project Ending Finally Explained

Part of the Blair Witch mania that took hold in the years following the film's release was due to its ambiguous ending. What did it mean? Was the tragic fate that befell the three aspiring filmmakers a supernatural one, or was it something more human? Let's investigate the most popular theories surrounding the abrupt ending of The Blair Witch Project.

The backstory to The Blair Witch Project included the relationships between its fictional filmmakers Heather Donohue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael Williams. Josh's backstory included a previous relationship with Heather, and they'd worked together on a few documentaries prior to Blair Witch. This makes it all the more upsetting for Heather when Josh vanishes from their tent after a particularly depressing day when the group hiked for hours only to end up in the same place. Mike and Heather's first night alone turns even darker when they hear Josh screaming in agony but can't locate him.

Production designer Ben Rock explained that Josh had been taken to record the screams in a studio, and they were then played for Heather and Michael in the woods.

Heather wakes up to find a strange bundle of sticks outside of her tent. Inside the bundle was a swatch of Josh's actual flannel shirt, a lock of his hair and what was meant to be Josh's teeth, which Rock confirmed were actual human teeth that producer Gregg Hale got from a dentist. The bundle also ties the torture of Josh to other Blair Witch mythology, which claims that in 1825, a ten-year-old child was seen being pulled into Tappy East Creek near Burkittsville, Maryland. The film's website explains that her body was never recovered and:

"Thirteen days after the drowning, the creek is clogged with oily bundles of sticks." Keep watching to hear The Confusing Blair Witch Project Ending Finally Explained!

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Josh's disappearance | 0:00
There's no place like home | 1:46
Strange symbols and creepy hands | 3:01
Standing in the corner | 4:20
Townspeople | 5:22
Did Mike and Josh plan it? | 6:29
Maybe there's a time warp | 7:37
Possible possession | 8:56
Mystery kids | 10:15
Alternate endings | 11:09

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