Grand Theft Auto 5 players think they finally solved the mystery of Pepper Mountain, but others don't believe it

one Grand Theft Auto 5 The content creator believes that after 12 years of investigation, he finally solved the infamous mystery of Chili Pepper Mountain, but some members of the community are not convinced.

If you've played GTA 5 – and You have a good chance – You may also have heard of Chiliad Mount and its infamous UFO Easter eggs. In September 2013, about 12 years ago, eager GTA fans launched Rockstar Games’ latest sandbox to find three main characters, new locations and an infamous mystery. Evidence from aliens can and can still find information about the map of Los Santos, and if they know where to look, they can discover everything from alien relics to the UFO ship that crashed.

Aliens have been a hot topic for GTA 5’s game citizens and their real-life players, but it’s the mystery on Chiliad that has spun the Heads for over a decade. Those who trek will find a small cave with a maze-like pattern and four unique marks that will notice a small cave: an UFO, a cracked egg, a man wearing a jetpack and a panoramic view overlooking the Chiliad.

12 years later, most GTA 5 fans are still unsure what this means, but content creator Gator Keys believes the answer is always in front of us.

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Gator Keys, a popular YouTuber who wore the GTA detective hat to solve some of GTA 5's biggest mysteries last year, digging out what might be the most infamous Easter eggs in the series Their recent uploadtitled “This is the end of the mystery of Pepper Mountain.” Unfortunately, this is an eight-minute video with an unfortunate vaginal conclusion: GTA 5 players solved the mystery a few years ago.

As Discovered more than ten years agoplayers returning to the top of Chili Pepper Hill after achieving 100% completion will have a full-on UFO – laser beam noise, flash, etc. As an additional gag, this UFO, as well as some other products in the game, has the fib logo, representing a parody version of the Big Theft Auto Universe.

The assumption since GTA 5 in 2013 is that there must be more UFOs in the story. After all, other UFOs were found around the map, but Gator Key believes that it does return to the Fib logo.

“The point of this mystery is to tell us more,” Gator Key said. “The reason they put an UFO on the top of Chiliad is to show us the FIB logo on its side. That means FIB created these UFOs. They are aliens. They are panoramic sites.”

This makes sense – Rockstar is known for using GTA to comment on the real world, and conspiracy theories about aliens play a role. Like players obsessed with Pepper Mountain and its connection to space life, Los Santos worships aliens and tells stories about UFOs.

Former rock star designer Ben Hinchliffe has also considered some comments recently. When talking to it gtavioclock Last year, he talked about the mystery of the great Pepper Mountain, and although he wasn't directly involved in its creation, he admitted that some Easter eggs included “just want to get mixed up with people.”

“Chiliad Mount Mystery is a real-life drama,” Gator Keys added. “The government, the people of power control the population, we can hit the fact that we like 100%. We can reach the top of the mountain, but UFOs are still out of reach because we are alone are not everyone's eyes.”

They're alive

It would be disappointing to see 12 years of community efforts boil down to misunderstandings, but if Gator Keys are right, that's exactly what happened. This is an explanation, only one year before the launch Big Theft Automatic 6and haven't even convinced some stubborn GTA 5 fans who have been combing on the chili for years.

“Barring. The Creator should stop making these types of videos” Personal comments In the nearest reddit thread.

“He dug very far. X/Twitter Posts.

This video is totally nonsense! We won't be resting before the GTA VI. We have a year left, hopefully we can complete it#crackingchiliad #GTA5 https://t.co/fgj15s0rvf

– Cracked Chili (@crackingchiliad) August 13, 2025

user CHILIADMYSTERY SUB REDDITwhich contains over 44,000 “hunters”, was released a few days ago as they continue to figure out what the bottom of the GTA 5 mountain mountain may be. Some people think the Easter Egg Connection may continue to branch into GTA 6, while others think it may be with DLC was canceled a long time ago. It's unclear how the rock star team will continue to build on the Chili Mountain mystery or may not continue to build, but for sure – no one is saying anything.

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