The Bambi Sleep files, a collection of audio recordings designed to hypnotize people, promised to make listeners obedient and sex-obsessed. But some consider them to be unsafe. Warning: This article contains descriptions of alleged sexual violence. BuzzFeed News is using pseudonyms to refer to the people in this story to protect their identities, due to their fears about potential retaliation and the nature of the traumatic events discussed in this article.
Our sources had not brought formal criminal charges against James at the time of publication and BuzzFeed News has chosen not to name him. Made by an anonymous creator β whom no one has been able to identify as of yet β the Bambi Sleep files first appeared online in Under the influence of the files, hypnosis subjects are meant to become obedient, feminine, dim-witted, sex-obsessed people who, most importantly, are supposedly unable to remember the content of the recordings outside of their listening sessions.
The files β which fall under the umbrella of erotic hypnosis, a form of sexual play in which people undergo hypnosis and enter trance states in the pursuit of sexual pleasure β are often set to soothing background noises like chattering crowds and ticking metronomes.
Their messages are delivered by a series of high-pitched, stereotypically feminine voices made by text-to-voice generators. The Bambi Sleep files have generated an online community that has attracted more than 20, members on Reddit, although the wider erotic hypnosis community considers the recordings to be too powerful, even dangerous.
She thought the files could be an interesting way to explore her femininity and help her battle the dysphoria she felt about her body.
