Leatherface / GTA San Andreas: Mysteries (#18)

Leatherface, also known as the Chainsaw Killer or Panopticon Killer, is a popular myth in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

The name Leatherface is taken from the antagonist of the horror movie series The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He wears masks made out of human skin and engages in acts of cannibalism and murder by using a chainsaw.

The whole idea of Leatherface began sometime around the release of GTA San Andreas when internet-based rumors began to spread about strange chainsaw noises that could be heard around The Panopticon late at night. In fact, there are many online videos that supposedly document these strange chainsaw noises in the area. Soon, these rumors got more intense, and players started to say that they had witnessed a killer.
Early Sightings

Most online videos showing Leatherface are either fakes or modifications, and because of the lack in showing proper evidence, it is difficult to say for sure whether or not this myth is true.

Moreover, these reports included a frequent assault from the killer, using either a chainsaw or a firearm and usually strike from behind the player, an infamous rearward technique used by professional serial killers to murder them, unknown to their conscious.

Claims have circulated regarding distant chainsaw sounds prior encountering the killer in The Panopticon. Ironically, a chainsaw can be obtained by the chopped trees. A rather vague and absurd report states that when the player abandons the gaming console unattended, they may find their in-game player teleported to the hospital. The reason of what is claimed to be an assault from the killer in human absence. However, this claim is either death of starvation or likely a work of fan fiction.

Another common rumor in the early days of myth hunting stated that if the player goes to The Panopticon, freezes the time at 00:00, then unfreezes it and repeats it for a few days, the Leatherface may eventually spawn.

Other sightings were documented and it was derived that the copious amount of these reports hailed from the countryside of Red County, Fisher's Lagoon and the house in the mission Body Harvest, bearing a resemblance to Leatherface's house, and at night, its windows glow blue. A building in Los Santos also was a hotspot for many Leatherface encounters.

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0:00 Leatherface in GTA San Andreas
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