Myths in GTA IV

There are a variety of myths revolving around Grand Theft Auto IV. Most are misconceptions, made up, or simply glitches or bugs. These stories revolve around actual locations and events in the game. Due to the popularity of these myths, people have spent countless time searching for or wanting to know about something that does not exist.

Sprunk Factory Ghost

People have mistaken a ghost in the abandoned Sprunk factory in Tudor, Alderney for the Honkers Gentlemen's Club bouncer in Alderney. If the player fires a weapon, a voice from the bouncer can be heard telling the player to leave. If captions is turned on, the caption will show the text of the voice even if the player is distant from hearing range of the bouncer.

UFOs

Many player have mistaken distant blinking lights of aircraft as alien UFOs. These aircrafts are meant to be flying at high altitudes but sometimes if the player themselves are flying at high altitudes, the blinking lights can be seen below the player and can sometimes be seen passing through tall buildings.

Bloody Bedroom

This is not exactly a myth. However, in an apartment in Liberty City, there is an open door. The bedroom has a massive amount of blood strewn about, making it more likely a piece of miscellaneous interior detail. Also, on the mattress on the floor in the main room and in one of the side rooms is a picture of a policeman (identity unknown) with a pile and three lines of cocaine running across it. This could mean that there was either a police officer with a cocaine addiction living there, or a cop killer with the same addiction. If it was the prior, the police officer likely either committed suicide or was killed. If it was the latter, he may have kidnapped the police officer (depicted in the picture) and brought him there, only to promptly kill him; The killer likely would have then fled from the obviously undiscovered crime scene.

It is located on the apartment in North Holland where Jimmy Kand lives.

It should be noted that the same bloody bed prop is in the room where Niko was sent to kill Teddy Benavidez, on orders from Ray Boccino.

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Ratman

The Ratman is a creature that is said to be seen in the subways of Liberty City. Fabrications of his description include having sharp claws and teeth, frightening red eyes, and an incredible running speed, as well as the ability to kill the player instantly.

Growling Noises

These are rare, but they can be heard mostly during nightime when Niko is by himself (i.e. no nearby pedestrians). It's a low growl that persists for a good amount of time, and may scare players if caught off guard. It is not known what causes these noises but it could be a glitch.It almost sounds as if it is the growl of a mountain lion.

Deep echoed growls are known to occur in Alderney Casino and the Sprunk Factory, It is unknown what they are caused by but they might just exist for atmospheric effect.

Other growling can be explained by nearby Flying Rats or thunder.

Lola

See article: Lola Del Rio. Is the prostitute seen on the concept art of the cover of Grand Theft Auto IV is often believed to be actually found in the game. She is a prostitute, who is suggested to be seen in Star Junction, Algonquin, but is never seen there. Many videos on YouTube, have reported they have seen her in Bohan Industrial, Bohan, near the docks. Legend has it that if you have sex with her in a car the game will go in to cutscene where you die. She will attack you for just bumping into her. She has as much health as 3 police officers put together and when hit by Lola the player will lose twice as much health than when hit by a knife. She runs about half the speed of a Sanchez. Many believe that she carries weapons (i.e. knife or gun), but remember this what occures only if she is found, which is very unlikely and better said rare to identify if a prostitute is Lola or not, only of what is above happens.

Whale

The whale is believed to be a sea mammal that can mostly be seen in the water in Middle Park (most reports claimed to have been at night). Many deny this myth by simple stating that the whale is nothing more than an Annihilator helicopter with the blades broken off, crashed into the water. Alternatively, some claim it is an Annihilator just flying overhead, with its reflection giving off the appearance of a whale. A Liberty Tree article states that people have been reporting sightings of the whale.

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A possible picture of the whale.

Changing faces of The Statue of Happiness

Some players have reported that at different points during the game, the Statue of Happiness's face will change from the normal "happy" face, to a angry, somewhat frightened face. Many players have said the face will change during a darker or more violent time during gameplay. Others have said if Niko Bellic has a high wanted level, or has killed many people and caused a high amount of property damage, the change might occur. Some theories state that you have to shoot the Statue's face, body or heart to see it. So far, none of these theories have been proven to work.

Faustin's House

Next to Mikhail and Dimitri Faustin's house is a broken guardrail with several half-submerged cars - it was suggested that this was simply a comedy bit about drunk drivers in the area, but others soon found out that the cars had no doors, suggesting an explosion blew them off of the road, possibly hinting to assassins sent to kill the blood brothers that were quickly thrwarted.

After the mission where you meet Dimitri and Mikhail, their friend (Andrei) is shot to the head - after this mission is completed, a bloodtrail from the back of Mikhail's porch is found leading to the bushes, hinting to where the body went.

Few suggested that the body itself - along with a fair amount of dropped cash and guns - can be discovered at night, near the beach and/or bushes with a 5% spawn chance; this has yet to be proven.