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Catherine Lewis

GTA 5 sleuths finally work out the infamous Mount Chiliad mystery after 12 years in the most anticlimatic way possible, right before GTA 6 likely gives them another mystery to solve

Three playable characters stand in a triangle wearing suits and holding guns in GTA 5.

Almost 12 whole years after its release and around nine months before the launch of GTA 6, one GTA 5 detective is convinced we have the answer to the seemingly eternal Mount Chiliad mystery, but we might have known it all along.

The Mount Chiliad mystery is something that's haunted GTA fans for over a decade. Between a mysterious map-like mural, unexplained glyphs, and even the appearance of UFOs, it was always clear that something was going on. Over the years, there have been many theories, and last year, one ex-Rockstar Games employee even suggested that it might have been meaningless all along, noting that "as with all Easter eggs, sometimes you just put them in to mess with people. They don't actually do anything."

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