THE MOUSE RETURNS! AN OLD LIVE STREAM, A MAGICAL IMAGINARY GIRLFRIEND AND ANOTHER UNANSWERABLE QUESTION!

Just when you thought the Mouse had disappeared into the Spanish undergrowth, he's back on YouTube. And what does he bring with him? Another piece of MattTaylorTV! content and a question that apparently even he cannot answer!

Well, that didn't last very long!

Following yesterday's extraordinary developments, which saw The Mouse seemingly disappear from YouTube after an apparent accidental camera reveal, the notorious online personality has returned.

And what a return it is!

Rather than addressing the questions surrounding his sudden disappearance, the mystery surrounding his identity, or the appearance of two travel channels brought to public attention by Tube England, The Mouse has decided to do what he apparently enjoys doing most: stealing my content and playing it on his channel…

This time, however, we're going back in time. Quite a long way back.

A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

The Mouse's latest upload features an old YouTube livestream originally broadcast from my girlfriend's house.

It's an old livestream, dating back years, and apparently sufficiently interesting to warrant another appearance on The Mouse's channel.

But it's not simply the reuse of an old video that makes this latest development interesting.

It's the question The Mouse has chosen to accompany it.

THE MOUSE ASKS THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION

"Why was it so important that he felt he had to do this video LIVE?”

I don't even know the answer???"

Unfortunately, The Mouse doesn't appear to have supplied an answer, and neither do I have any way of knowing precisely what motivated me to broadcast live on that particular occasion.

Perhaps I simply wanted to share something with my audience at that moment. Perhaps it was spontaneous. Perhaps a live broadcast was more appropriate than a prerecorded upload.

Or perhaps, as is often the case with YouTube livestreaming, there wasn't any particularly profound reason at all.

People go live on YouTube. That's what the facility is there for!

Not every livestream needs a mysterious backstory, a hidden agenda or a forensic investigation.

Sometimes a livestream is just a livestream.

WHY THIS VIDEO, AND WHY NOW?

But there is another question worth asking.

Following the events of yesterday, why has The Mouse chosen this particular moment to return with an old livestream?

The timing is certainly interesting.

Yesterday, attention was focused on the apparent disappearance of The Mouse's videos, the screenshot circulated by Linda K, and the subsequent links to Dan Tours and Jetset Dan shared by Tube England.

Today, the subject has changed. We're back posting his old videos.

Is that simply coincidence? Is The Mouse attempting to change the subject? Or is there some other reason for selecting this particular piece of historical content?

I cannot know his motivation without further information.

What I can establish is that the latest upload has once again brought material from MattTaylorTV!’s YouTube archive into The Mouse's commentary. And that raises a broader question about the repeated use of another creator's material: what is the purpose of republishing it, what context is being provided, and what impression is the audience supposed to take away?

THE QUESTION THAT ANSWERS NOTHING.

Perhaps the funniest aspect of this latest instalment is that The Mouse has managed to construct an entire question around something that has a remarkably simple explanation.

Why did I livestream from his girlfriend's house? Because I wanted to!

Sometimes the obvious answer really is the answer.

But if The Mouse believes there is something more significant about that particular broadcast, perhaps he could explain what he thinks it demonstrates.

After all, asking questions is easy. Establishing what they actually mean is rather more difficult. And while we're asking questions, perhaps there are a few others that deserve some attention.

• What happened to yesterday's videos?

• Why did The Mouse's channel apparently go quiet?

• What is the significance of the Spanish camera footage?

• And what, if anything, connects the two travel channels brought to everyone's attention?

Those questions remain unanswered.

THE MOUSE SAGA CONTINUES!

So, welcome back Mousey!

Yesterday you disappeared. Today you're back, armed with an old MattTaylorTV! livestreams, a magical imaginary girlfriend and a question that apparently has you completely baffled.

Meanwhile, the wider mystery surrounding your own identity remains unresolved.

Perhaps the next instalment will answer some of those questions. Perhaps not.

But one thing is becoming a familiar feature of this pathetic YouTube saga: just when the audience thinks the story is moving in one direction, The Mouse finds another old MattTaylorTV! video and takes everyone somewhere else entirely.

I will continue documenting the developments, examining the material and asking questions of its own. And if The Mouse has any answers to offer, I’m all ears.