A missing fence on the freeway leading to East Los Santos.A gap in the wall between a house and OG Loc's house, that leads to the freeway.This is supported by a collection of potential openings that Tenpenny could have used in his escape: The theory states that not only has Tenpenny survived his accident but that he has fled the city to a new location.
The notion that Tenpenny survived the incident and escaped emerged a year after the game's release, originating on a NeoSeeker thread in 2005, but was rarely investigated until the YouTuber ulown00b revived interest in the myth in 2017. Tenpenny's whereabouts after the final mission was commonly debated by myth hunters, and a long-standing myth in the game claimed that Tenpenny had died and his ghost was haunting Grove Street. His death is only referenced on an episode of WCTR News that airs once the mission is completed, claiming that Tenpenny's body was mutilated by the local homeless. During and after the cutscene, there is little indication that Tenpenny died. When CJ aims a pistol at Tenpenny, Sweet prevents him from shooting to make the death look like an accident, before walking off. Tenpenny climbs out of the truck writhing in pain, surrounded by the game's main characters. In the game's finale, End of the Line, Frank Tenpenny's firetruck crashes off the Ganton Bridge, flying into Grove Street at high speed.
