Cryptic Instagram posts by Stefan Raab: his fans pack the puzzle fever

The almost 2.2 million followers of Stefan Raabs (58) Instagram account are currently trying to literally put light in the dark. There are currently only two black square on the page: that was posted on Wednesday and in which only noises are perceptible. And now, a day later, an almost completely black picture followed. The second gives a little more space for speculation, because in addition to contours that are hardly recognizable, a mysterious code was also posted.

“.182.012” it says. The speculations range from possible coordinates via a date until it becomes a hidden alphabet code. However, the numbers do not really seem to be brought in a meaningful context for the first two fant theories. Theory is different with theory number three. A resourceful puzzle fox wrote, for example: “If you group the number sensibly (18-20-12) and assume that this means the position of the respective letter in the alphabet, RTL comes out.”

In the comment area, many fans also believe in the photo to be able to recognize the outline of the Cologne Cathedral. Then yesterday’s video could again be the everyday noises around the landmark. Cologne Cathedral, RTL – that sounds coherent, after all, the Rhine metropolis is the headquarters of the station. The statement then still has uncertainty. Because that Stefan Raab does a common thing with RTL is now truly no more breaking news.

But it doesn’t matter how banal the dissolution of the puzzle may be – Stefan Raab once again successfully managed to attract maximum attention with the simplest means. Just as he had already done it with the opening of his Instagram account last year, on which he initially hinted at a TV comeback after nine years of break and finally put it into practice with a boxing match against Regina Halmich (48).