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[RABBIT HOLE] Sammeeeees
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Mountain Girl
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 		That's what I meant by empty profile. Wink I should have clarified that.
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 		Works and seems to be blank except for the title, but for how long? A quick skim over the source revealed nothing, not that I was expecting it to anyway.
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Mountain Girl
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 		I Googled the phone number for "betty," it is actually for:
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Wendy Way (212) 874-4712 159 W 80th St, New York, NY 10024


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 		So I left a message for a person named Betty, asking to talk about a fictitious guy...on a real person's voicemail?

Er...oops? Embarassed
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:20 pm
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mapmaker
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 		I know Betty is a sammeeeee
How?
Because hidden in the source for the sammeeeee blog is:
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-... . - - -.-- .. ... .- ... .- -- -- . . . . . @ -.-- .- .... --- ---
translating, of course, to
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bettyisasammeeeee@yahoo
.
Sent an e-mail - we'll see what comes my way.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:25 pm
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xnera
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 		#unfiction has turned up quite a bit of stuff.

Blogs:

http://misteralanjohnson.blogspot.com/
http://sammeeeees.blogspot.com/

I believe both were found via the phone message.


Flickr, with findings:
http://flickr.com/photos/60738841@N00/

I believe this was found by searching Flickr, once it was realised that photos on the blog were being posted from Flickr.

There's a LOT of stuff in the comments. We learn that happyhappyrogers was given several "missions" to do. One of the missions was the "melon man" mission:

http://flickr.com/photos/60738841@N00/sets/72157594304137837/

I have just asked the question "are you a sammeeeee" and he said he had retired from Spoocheeeee and was now a "white rose".

happyhappyrogers becomes more and more paranoid during the missions, and starts to wear a tin hat as she believes Mr. Johnson can read her thoughts.

Other stuff discovered in the Flickr photo set include a "Codes of the Underworld book"--the page that the book is open to has codes that look a bit similar to some symbols on the mralanjohnson blogspot. There's also a piece of paper with FostersFreeze.com written on it.

There's also a map of Santa Monica, CA. In the comments happy says she met with someone from Otis Corporation. Otis is linked to from the bottom of the sammeeee blogspot.

Email:

Someone in #unfiction pasted this in this email address. I am not sure how it was discovered.

mr_alanjohnsonSPLATcare2.com

Figured I might as well try emailing it!

Quote:
From: xnera
To: mr_alanjohnsonSPLATcare2.com
Subject: SAMMEEEEE!

Greetings Mr. Johnson! I listened to your recorded message and found your blogspot. I'm eager to help out in any way I can. Please advise.

Sincerely,

xnera



Reply:


Quote:
From: "Alan Johnson" <mr_alanjohnson>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 18:56:49 -0700
To: xnera
Subject: Re: SAMMEEEEE!

And Greetings to you, dear Xnera

I do admire your enthusiasm.

Please do return when you have completed the task at hand.

Good luck and I do hope to hear from you soon.

Warm Regards,

Mr. Alan Johnson


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I'm pretty sure I've missed stuff here--there was a LOT of discovery happening very quickly! I'm getting tired though, so figured I'd post anyway. Trout or correct as you will.

(Not sure what the normal spoiler policy is, so I just spoilered everything. Mods, feel free to unspoiler if it's not necessary.)

[edit - your emails probably don't need spoilers. Spoilers are typically used to cover up the solve to a puzzle - so those who want to do the puzzle themselves don't see the answer before they try to solve it - kona]
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:28 pm
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Mountain Girl
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Esteed wrote:
So I left a message for a person named Betty, asking to talk about a fictitious guy...on a real person's voicemail?

Er...oops? Embarassed


Perhaps, perhaps not. Betty may just be her screename. I'm MountainGirl everywhere online, but that doesn't mean I don't have a real-life name. Smile

If I were selling tin-foil hats, I wouldn't use my "real" name either. Foily!
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Mountain Girl
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 		Xnra wrote
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http://misteralanjohnson.blogspot.com/
http://sammeeeees.blogspot.com/

I believe both were found via the phone message.



Gonna have to Trout you there.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:33 pm
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 		I went ahead and set up #sammeeeees on chat-sol, if people want to come in and chat.
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Rolerbe
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 		View source on AJ's blogspot reveals:

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<p>AREN'T YOU CLEVER, SAMMEEEEE? I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS ARCHAIC COMMUNICATION BUT THIS SEEMED THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY TO FIND QUALIFIED SAMMEEEEES. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU AND BEST OF LUCK WITH THIS TASK. mr_alanjohnsonSPLATcare2.com</p>


working on an email now...

[edit] Trout trouts self as this is referenced above (but not how it was found)
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dontpanic42
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xnera wrote:
#unfiction has turned up quite a bit of stuff.



did i miss the task at hand or are we still working on it?

[edit - to remove the repeat of a huge bit of spoilered info that is posted just a couple of places above - kona]
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konamouse
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 		Dates on blogspot
Those can be edited so even though they look like they are from a few years ago, they could have been put up at anytime.
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drizjr
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 		bettylovesbarney.blogspot
I had the blogspot search open before bettylovesbarney.blogspot went to a black page with a title.
I saw both of these posts on her blog, before I refreshed and it was gone.
Below is the pic that goes with the "where am i?" post.
Quote:
where am i?
17 Sep 2006 by r u a sammeee

six months ago.. i received a little pink card that read "RUA SAMMEEEEE?" and the back of this little pink card read "the skies are not always blue in the land of spoocheeeee"

rua sammeeeee? - http://sammeees.blogspot.com

who, where, why
17 Sep 2006 by bettylovesbarney

five days later i received another strange note: "an ordinary man fell from the blue, blue sky and landed here, somewhere in the land of spoocheeeee. the question for you, SAMMEEEEE, will you stop and help this ordinary man???"

betty loves barney - http://bettylovesbarney.blogspot.com

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Mountain Girl
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 		A highlight from the flickr account is this pic:

and the text comment below the pic:


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happyhappyrogers says:

Quote:
Hi Honey!
I know you think this is my mid-life crisis.. what if I'm right about this Spoocheeeee stuff? What if I could save this world? This is the map that came with the address 429 Ocean Front Walk. I know how you hate Venice. It wasn't bad. The restaurant was cute. I met with a woman from the Otis Corporation for tea. She told me a lot about Peeps and his involvement in Spoocheeeee. He did some pretty awful things. I also told her about the other Sammeeeees. I think it was safe to tell her. She must be on our side. I will post those pictures later. Benny's really good at tailing me without being noticed. Maybe Benny will end up being a spy! Wouldn't that be a riot?
Lots of Love
Happy Rogers (LOL again)
!

Drizjr found this

Quote:
I went to 429 Ocean Front Walk (which turned out to be the Fig Tree Restaurant) for a private meeting with someone named Patricia Moore. Patricia Moore told me that she works for Otis. She wants to me help me help Peeps. She and Peeps have been friends for a long time. She has promised to give me documents that prove that Otis is just a cover for Spoocheeeee. Don't worry. Ben went with me. We did not let Patricia Moore know that he was around taking her photo. Don't be mad but I just bought Ben a zoom lens for his camera.
He needs it.
As you can see I am keeping my promise. I have told you more about what I'm doing than I have my Sammeeeees. (which I feel really bad about because I'm not supposed to be telling anyone about this stuff.)
love you


Question:
Is an ARGer having a "tin-foil hat" experience? The Sammeeeees blogspot has a link to Otis Elevators, but the title of the link is "TINAG." And what's up with the flickr "treasure hunt?" Very Happy

*EDIT*

I received an return email from Mr. Johnson.It's the same as xnra's with this personal response.
Quote:
From: "Alan Johnson" <mr_alanjohnsonSPLATcare2> Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 20:18:07 -0700
To: moonlitmidnghtSPLATyahoo.com
Subject: Re: Sammeeeees!

Dearest Mountain Girl,

At first glance, you do appear to be perfect Sammeeeee material.


Original:
Quote:
Hello Mr. Johnson,

I found your blogspot (and possibly a couple of blogs belonging to your friends?) and am interested in knowing exactly what a Sammeeeee is. Do you need assistance in tracking down these dastardly Sammeeeees?

Blessings Abound,
Mountain Girl

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looks like something you'd see in cheyrnoble.


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