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anonymousloli
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 		Re: UPDATE (long)
James' website is compromised
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Doug,

To be honest I've been a very sickly person for as long as I can remember. So was James and Melissa, as I recall, were always just as sick as I was. Red tide, though, can also bring on coughing fits. Healthier people can usually handle it but I was no match.

The beach is a beautiful thing. Tourists however are not. Tourists are just another little tool created by Them to suck the life out of one more thing we hold precious.

-James



Is there more than one James, or did he mistakenly refer to himself?

I'm confused.

Anyway, I'm in. Very Happy

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arbolita
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 		I haven't been involved in an ARG for quite some time...this looks like a good one to jump into.

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Salsaman1991
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 		Re: UPDATE (long)
James' website is compromised
anonymousloli wrote:
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Doug,

To be honest I've been a very sickly person for as long as I can remember. So was James and Melissa, as I recall, were always just as sick as I was. Red tide, though, can also bring on coughing fits. Healthier people can usually handle it but I was no match.

The beach is a beautiful thing. Tourists however are not. Tourists are just another little tool created by Them to suck the life out of one more thing we hold precious.

-James



Is there more than one James, or did he mistakenly refer to himself?

I'm confused.

Anyway, I'm in. Very Happy


My guess is that he just mistook the names. Sounds normal, since he must be puppeteering this all alone.
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eegleburger
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 		hm, I'm in. Let's see what he has to say.

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plugs
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 		I'm definitely lurking this one at the very least.

I'm very forgiving for mistakes - puppeteering solo is a very tough job and it's all for our enjoyment after all Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:10 pm
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arbolita
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 		Got a reply back about my story today:


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Hello James~

Well, I'll admit, I'm intrigued. A friend sent me your website, and I'm one to only learn from experience, so I figured I'd toss out my own story to you.

For the past 3 years, I've overseen the database for a non-profit health organization (the American Lung Association), but within the past 2 weeks, I've taken a new job at a college, overseeing their fundraising database. I currently live at home with my parents, but because my new job has come with a raise, I'll be moving back out again on my own. I moved back with them since June, since my lease was up, and I knew I would be looking for a new job.

That's a good start on my current life, I believe.

I also have a question for you...you say that They are controlling and manipulating people...do you have an idea as to how? Like, have They found a way to mentally/internally affect our decisions and peceptions of ideas and things? Or do They have people in place walking among us, who monitor our moves and create situations which allow Them to play the role of God in our lives?

I'm looking forward to your answers.
~Theresa

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Whoever your friend is who referred to me is a good friend indee. You should thank them for me.

As far as I can tell from what you've given me, They haven't been too active in your life. Consider yourself lucky; a philanthropist such as yourself has a much stronger deffense against Their control.

They do walk among us and below us. It is the Ones that walk within us, however, that we must worry about the most. My brother Wes, walks among us and among Them. Be careful.

-James

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James~

Philanthropy runs in my family - my mom worked for the same organization that I do for 24 years. I do love it, but I think moving into a college environment will be good for me since they offer all employees 8 free credits a semester.

You say your brother Wes walks among us and Them? Is he aware of Them? Has he joined their mission, or doing so undercover? Does he even believe in Them, or is he one who thinks what you believe is some crazy conspiracy theory?

~Theresa

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Theresa,

Wes and I are different strains of the same virus, if that makes sense. He is like me in that he knows They exist and can see Their effects. We differ in that he agrees with Them. Now, whether They accept him as an ally is unknown to me. He seems to think that They do, but from what father used to tell me I find it hard to believe that they would ever think of a human (even one as gifted as Wes) as an ally.

Your unselfishness is wonderfull. It is perhaps the greatest weapon against Their plans. They strive with all Their power to make us feel isolated and alone. As long as you help others actively you won't ever feel alone.

-James


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Salsaman1991
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 		Well, here are the e-mails, we've exchanged. It seems they control us in order to make us more influentiable. Useless. Unable to survive on our own. Unable to defend ourselves psychologically. According to their plans, we're supposed to sit back and agree to whatever the TV says.

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I've read your posts on both webs, and you mention an upcoming flood. Were you being metaphorical or you meant an actual flood?

Mmh...on further inspection, my life consists of the same routine over and over again. However, I believe I'm quite beyond the status quo. I'm not the same as everybody around me. I've always thought of my school mates as easily influentiable. I used to believe they were just immature. As I grew up, I realized nothing ever changes. People still listen to TV ads and think their lives will be better once they get the product advertised, or that they'll be cool if they dress as characters from a teenage-drama. I think I started writing poems and short stories to set myself apart from the rest. I guess my life seems dull because of the people around me, and not particularly because of me.

From your last e-mail I draw a conclusion: They are the ones behind all this "stupidity" surrounding me. After receiving your reply, I asked my mother why people listen so much to what the TV says. Her reply was "That's why ads are there for".

What I cannot stop wondering is: why? Why do They want to make us so...useless?

-Salsa


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From: theonlytruthishereSPLAThotmail.com
To: salsaman1991SPLAThotmail.com
Subject: RE: what should we believe?
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:17:10 -0400

If it's any comfort, Salsa, if you were being controlled by Them then I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't have contacted me. They know by now that they'll never control me - but they'll do Their best to kill me, that's for sure.

Your life is dull because of Their influence on the world around you. It is the wish of Them that all of us comfortably sit and go about our lives buying new TV's and new washing machines to further minamize our actual usefullness. The fact that you realize that your life is dull is a good thing. It means that you are not merely a number on a chart. And the more you pus yourself beyond the status quo, the safer you'll be.

-James




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From: salsaman1991SPLAThotmail.com
To: theonlytruthishereSPLAThotmail.com
Subject: what should we believe?
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:33:00 -0300

James,

I've seen your website. I've found it pretty interesting. I've always felt like I'm being observed...controlled...and sometimes, I see myself as thpugh I were out of my body... Maybe it's just paranoia. But I feel like I have to know.

How would I know if "they" are controlling me? I can't even trust myself, then...

I go to school, go back home, hang out with my friends. I lead quite a normal life. Sometimes, it just feels dull and uninteresting. Other than that, I don't know what could be of use...

Please, call me Salsa (it's a unique nickname, I feel better when people call me that). My name is far too common to make me feel special...

Salsa

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Will 2.0
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 		Email from James:

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Your brother seems to like Them. Any particular reason why?

James Hargrove <theonlytruthishere> wrote:

Will,

My brother is everything I am not. He is brash, brave, outgoing, brilliant, and easily angered. Being the oldest Wes was always my father's favorite sun. Of course it went to his head. He used to say over and over again, "Why not? Why shouldn't They do with us as They please? When They finally do as we all know They will, I'll be at Their side. Where will you be, baby brother?" Oh, How I hate him.

"They," as I have told many of your commrades, are something other than human. Father said that they were human at one time. They walk among us, inside us, and below us.

-James

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yellowcard
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 		I got a couple of responses from James.

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If you could find me, then so could They. It isn't important where I am, just as it is not important where you are. And no, Wes is not one of them - he's something else entirely. He is more dangerous and more unpredictable.

-James


...and...

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My apologies for writing twice before you reply, James, but I noticed below that you said "James and Melissa". Is this another James or merely a Freudian slip?

Doug (trying to get a handle on things)

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Doug,

It is good of you to ask such things; I wouldn't want to confuse those trying to help me. It is part of my illness, I'm afraid. Names, even my own name at time, can get jumbled. In fact, I recently wrote a letter to another truth seeker like yourself and I signed it as "Wes." I laugh at myself sometimes. Sorry to confuse.

-James


So who wrote James and got something signed "Wes"? Anyone here?
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Salsaman1991
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 		He didn't answer my question on the flood >_< The poem doesn't have anything cryptic as far as I see it. Googled it, nothing found. It shows his will to live life his way. See if you guys can find anything on it.

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James,

A couple of friends told me about your relationship with your brother. Why does Wes ally with Them? He doesn't sound as someone that would fall for Their tricks. In fact, he sounds really smart. He knows what's in risk. Yet, he chose to be on Their side. Is it that he just wants power? Does he think that by helping Them he'll be safer? Or maybe, he feels superior to the rest of us humans?

-Salsa




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From: theonlytruthishereSPLAThotmail.com
To: salsaman1991SPLAThotmail.com
Subject: RE: what should we believe?
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:21:54 -0400

Salsa,

A stupis and content civilization is easier to control. If we start to think for ourselves, it threatens Them. You are a poet? Here's a poem for you.

It is for the end that I stay the course
And for the middle that I pull the horse.
It is for the future that I sit and pray
And for the now that I don't delay.

-James

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Will 2.0
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 		New site and new email!

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I'll be sure to check it out. Does he live near you?

----- Original Message ----
From: James Hargrove <theonlytruthishere>
To: will fallows <nobuofanxiii>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:26:24 PM
Subject: RE: hello

Like Them? He's absolutely in love with them. Last time I heard he had started a church in worship of Them; he's calling it The Church of Saints. What nonsense! He thinks that They actually care about us! If really want to know why he loves Them so much you should check out his website, www.freewebs.com/thechurchofsaints .

-James


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eegleburger
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 		Rev. W T Hargrove?
Daaang, seems like Wes has integrated with Them and is in fact leading others to believe in the same thing.

He sounds brainwashed to me, which is really freaky.
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lergnag
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 		You know I'm kind of eager to see what becomes of this, an what the big payoff is, if there even is one.

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Will 2.0
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 		Looks like we're looking for someone...

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When Wes and I were much younger, our father used to tell us about all the things he would discover about Them. For the longest time he could never figure out anything about Their hiearchy. Eventually, only a month before he died, father showed us both a letter he had intercepted from one of Them. I'll have to ask my mother where she put that letter, but at the moment I do recall the mention of a head being, someone known as the "The Cloud Saint." I'm pretty sure that's who he could be referring to. If it helps, I'll try to dig up that letter.

-James


Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:29:32 -0700
From: nobuofanxiiiSPLATyahoo.com
Subject: RE: hello
To: theonlytruthishereSPLAThotmail.com

Do you know anything about this one true god he talks about?

James Hargrove <theonlytruthishere> wrote:

He used to live near me, but I'm not sure where he is now. Last I had heard he hooked up with some pretty wierd people to start his church. I really haven't seen him in a while.

-James

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arbolita
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 		I had a few more questions answered:

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I have a few more questions about Them, if you don't mind.. I want to get a better understanding so that I can be on the lookout for Their presence in my life.

How/When did they originate? If they were here before man, then is our history as we know it created based on Their desires? Do you know what Their ultimate goal is?

~Theresa
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Theresa,

Only Wes believed that They actually had a goal. Father and I always were of the opinion that this whole thing was some demented sort of game to Them. I guess it's just easier for me to believe that They're just sick and cruel. We would always try to convince me that they were working toward some better world. He's a fool.

They have only existed as long as humans have, or at least that's how I understand it. My father always said that they were once humans. Other than that, Theresa, I'm afraid I am as in the dark as you.

-James


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