The Karadedeler Incident (2011) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

The journalist planned to leave the village after 10 days of investigating but had no evidence of the strange creatures. He gave his camera to the boy hoping the child would capture proof of the creatures if they appeared, essentially using the boy as a remote witness to continue his investigation after he left.

Foreshadowing: Earlier in the story, the journalist notes that despite all the rumors, he witnessed nothing unusual during his stay, prompting him to leave behind a recording device.

• journalist
• camera
• boy
• recording
• evidence
• investigation

The boy and six other villagers were found brutally murdered, but the exact cause is never confirmed. The camera was still recording when the bodies were discovered, capturing whatever horror unfolded. Whether the mysterious creatures actually killed the villagers remains the central unresolved mystery of the film.

Foreshadowing: The village rumors warned that strange creatures patrolled after 5pm, creating an ominous atmosphere that primes viewers for violent events.

• murder
• villagers
• creatures
• deaths
• camera
• village

A blood-written inscription appeared on the wall at the murder scene, containing the journalist's initials written in Arabic. This suggested a sinister connection between the journalist and the killings, though the full meaning remains ambiguous and adds to the mystery of whether he was involved, targeted, or somehow responsible.

Foreshadowing: The journalist's belongings were later found abandoned in the forest, suggesting he was either kidnapped or fled under duress.

• blood
• arabic
• inscription
• journalist
• initials
• crime scene

The captain who interrogated the journalist resigned one year later due to severe psychological problems stemming from the case. The trauma of the investigation and what he witnessed or discovered during the interrogation haunted him until 2006, when he ultimately shot himself, unable to cope with the psychological burden.

Foreshadowing: The summary mentions the captain experienced significant mental health struggles during the questioning period.

• captain
• suicide
• trauma
• psychology
• investigation
• 2006

The captain's daughter discovered three video cassettes containing footage from the boy's camera and recordings made during the interrogation. She managed to watch only 22 minutes before the disturbing content became too traumatic. The recordings captured the events leading up to the boy's death and the interrogation, but the most disturbing footage remained unwatched.

Foreshadowing: The camera was still rolling when the bodies were discovered, implying it captured the actual moment of the murders or what preceded them.

• video
• footage
• recordings
• daughter
• cassette
• trauma
• interrogation

After being taken into custody for questioning, the journalist was released the next day. However, his belongings and clothing were found abandoned in the forest behind the village, and he himself disappeared. Whether he was kidnapped, fled in fear, or met some other fate is never clarified in the story.

Foreshadowing: The Arabic initials found at the murder scene linked the journalist to the killings, potentially explaining why he became a suspect and why he might have fled.

• journalist
• disappearance
• questioning
• missing
• forest
• belongings

The village reports indicated that strange creatures began patrolling after 5pm, causing residents to fear going outside at night. This time-specific behavior created the atmosphere of danger that forced everyone indoors after dusk, though the reason for this specific timing is never explained in the film.

Foreshadowing: The journalist arrived during daylight hours and witnessed nothing unusual, suggesting the creatures only emerge when darkness falls.

• creatures
• 5pm
• night
• village
• darkness
• patrol

After taking two years to recover from the shock of watching part of the footage, the captain's daughter sold the three video cassettes to a film producer. These 'cursed' recordings containing the terrifying evidence of the strange creatures and supernatural events thus passed into new hands, ensuring the mystery would continue to influence others.

Foreshadowing: The daughter could not bring herself to watch the complete recordings, suggesting the content was too disturbing to hold onto.

• cassettes
• filmmaker
• cursed
• sold
• evidence
• producer

Despite spending 11 days in the village investigating the rumors of strange creatures, the young journalist witnessed no actual evidence of the creatures during his stay. The silence and lack of events became a source of tension, leaving him with no proof of the supernatural sightings he came to investigate.

Foreshadowing: This absence of evidence prompted him to leave the camera with the boy, hoping the child might capture what he could not.

• journalist
• investigation
• no evidence
• creatures
• 10 days
• silence

The 14-year-old boy who received the camera and six other villagers were killed in the incident. The victims included a girl who was murdered first, followed by others. The brutal nature of the killings shocked the community and elevated the mystery surrounding the village's strange phenomena.

Foreshadowing: The timeline mentions a girl was murdered first, then others, suggesting a sequence of escalating violence.

• victims
• murders
• deaths
• boy
• villagers
• girl