(DISCLAMER SOME OF THIS WAS MADE BY AI)

THE APEX CONNECTION
After the 1985 incidents, ShowBiz Pizza quietly severed ties with Apex Fabrications, the company that designed the original springlock systems. But Apex didn’t disappear. Internal memos from 1986 show that Apex attempted to buy back the animatronics from FreadBears Family Diner, offering far more than they were worth. ShowBiz refused without explanation. Apex shut down in 1987, but their final inventory list shows three missing items labeled “S4 Components.” These were never recovered. Some believe parts of the abandoned S4 prototype were secretly installed inside FreadBear, SpringBonnie, or SpringFeddy during routine maintenance, which could explain their unpredictable behavior after 1985.

THE UNREPORTED 1983 INCIDENT
Two years before Daniel Rourke’s death, a part-time employee named Henry Lasker filed an unofficial complaint claiming he was “grabbed” by SpringBonnie while cleaning the stage. Management dismissed it as a malfunction, but Henry quit the next day. His report was never added to the official logs. When investigators reviewed the diner’s history after the 2004 shutdown, they found Henry’s handwritten note taped inside an old maintenance binder. The note ended with the words: “It wasn’t the suit. Something else was inside it.”

THE MISSING MANAGER
In 1990, the diner’s night manager, Paul Hensley, abruptly resigned and left town. He never picked up his final paycheck. Years later, a former employee claimed Paul had been reviewing old security tapes from 1985 when he saw something that “shouldn’t have been possible.” Paul reportedly told a coworker that the animatronics were “following patterns” that didn’t match their programming. He left the diner the same night and never returned. His disappearance was never investigated because he wasn’t reported missing.

THE HIDDEN ROOM
During a 1998 renovation attempt, workers discovered a small, windowless room behind the main stage wall. The room wasn’t on any blueprint, and the door had been sealed from the inside. Inside the room were three items: a broken speaker, a damaged springlock frame, and a maintenance clipboard dated 1981. The clipboard listed a fourth animatronic unit labeled “S4 Observer,” with a note reading: “Do not activate until further instruction.” The room was resealed after ShowBiz ordered the renovation to stop immediately.

THE 2003 AUDIO FILE
One year before the final death, a new night guard found an audio cassette in the lost-and-found box. The tape contained a distorted recording of the animatronics performing a birthday song, but halfway through, a fourth voice joined in. The voice was metallic, deeper than FreadBear’s, and repeated the phrase “system ready” several times. The guard turned the tape over to management, but it was never seen again. The guard quit two weeks later after claiming he heard the same voice whispering from the maintenance vents during his shift.

THE FINAL MESSAGE
After the 2004 shutdown, a demolition inspector entered the building to assess structural damage. He left after only ten minutes, refusing to return. He claimed he found a message scratched into the inside of the security office door. The message read: “S4 ONLINE.” The inspector insisted the scratches were fresh, even though the building had been locked for days. The door was removed and taken by ShowBiz corporate. No one knows where it went.