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kevrock
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Oriza wrote:
Possibly because he took it with a digital camera and had to shrink it down...? Although why he happened to have a digital camera with him in the middle of the desert I've no idea.


That was my point - the images were not shrunk. The HTML is shrinking the pix into ~300x200 thumbnails, but if you view the image directly you'll see their ~2000x2000. I pointed this out b/c people were suspecting steg since the file sizes were so large; however, I was pointing out they were large b/c they were huge pix.

My ARG-sense would say, "Why did he post such large pix unless there's something there he wants us to find?" So I looked and found a bullet casing in the middle of the rabbit hole.

I sent him an email yesterday about it but still no response.

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DarthUnokidney7
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Okay so i also heard about this through Drunk Tank. The first thing i thought was "New ARG!" Has anyone here emailed the guy asking if he was shot at? That and he doesn't have a picture as a burn mark.

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jaeger138
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Maybe he did make an effort, maybe we just didn't find it. Either way, it must have a purpose and I intend to find out what it is. I sent him a message telling him 'my friends and I' could help and he should contact us. I'm waiting on a reply to figure this out.

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Lieoften
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Oriza wrote:
I was linked to this twice in the same day a few days ago. Really fascinating, but I don't think it's an ARG-- the writer hasn't really made an active effort to bring it to the public eye.


I beg to differ, though he may not have used the generic contact people directly about it. he's been getting it to the public somehow. The guys at Rooster teeth (drunk tank) said they found it on another persons blog (i'm still searching for that blog, but it was just refered to as a friends blog...) Maybe he's relying on Word of Mouth over BruteForceEmailing.

edit: It might just be because the site is newer, but i noticed if you type int he Beatles never broke up on on google the first link is the site, followed by like a 3 or 4 sites also talking about this... so he's getting it around rather quickly... 4 days since the site was first found by many people

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Lieoften
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sorry for the double post. I got a reply from the guy; i basically asked him if i could ask some questions about the device, he replied that i could. i'm sending him another reply right now. anybody else check their inboxs

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jaeger138
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checked and have nothing. I was really hoping he'd respond as I was offering help. I'll keep checking back though!

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Oriza
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Did you guys ask him if he was shot at?

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I beg to differ, though he may not have used the generic contact people directly about it. he's been getting it to the public somehow. The guys at Rooster teeth (drunk tank) said they found it on another persons blog (i'm still searching for that blog, but it was just refered to as a friends blog...) Maybe he's relying on Word of Mouth over BruteForceEmailing.

edit: It might just be because the site is newer, but i noticed if you type int he Beatles never broke up on on google the first link is the site, followed by like a 3 or 4 sites also talking about this... so he's getting it around rather quickly... 4 days since the site was first found by many people


I see what you're saying, it certainly has been getting around somehow. Googling and whoising the site reveals it was made on September 11, and the first mention of it anywhere else on the Internet that I can find is September 18 on tweetmeme.com.
It almost makes me wonder if he's got 'plants' in the blogosphere somewhere, and they're saying they just stumbled upon it, but in reality they've been planning this for a while.
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Lieoften
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Oriza wrote:
Did you guys ask him if he was shot at?

Not yet i'm testing the waters right now to see if its an arg or just something else... still no reply since the last time i posted... grrr.. if this isn't an Alternate Reality Game... then what would it be? alternate reality story? lol

Oriza wrote:

I see what you're saying, it certainly has been getting around somehow. Googling and whoising the site reveals it was made on September 11, and the first mention of it anywhere else on the Internet that I can find is September 18 on tweetmeme.com.
It almost makes me wonder if he's got 'plants' in the blogosphere somewhere, and they're saying they just stumbled upon it, but in reality they've been planning this for a while.


I'm wondering if anything is going to happen from this because--like you said it was made-on September 11th which is about 2 months ago... and nothing... it might just be the front for something bigger to come. but still... its slow... only time will tell whats going on here.

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I've kept my eyes on this also.

On the above point I did notice the FAQ was updated 11 days ago. [i.e. 11/06/09].

But yeah, waiting.

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kevrock
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I sent him another email trying to pin down where the incident occurred. Based on the story, it sounds like he was on the 580 between Livermore and the speedway. googlemaps

If this does turn into something, the fact he lives in Livermore, where the Livermore National Labs are located, has to tie into the time travel aspect of the story.

Edit: shortened url - sapagoo

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According to the GPS data from the "rabbithole" pic, this is the exact location:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=N37.453833,+W121.269333&t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=16
Which is like 40 miles south we east of Livermore and on the other side of the Altamont Pass (Coast Range).
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kevrock
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I made contact!

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From: kevrock
To: thebeatlesneverbrokeupSPLATyahoo.com
Sent: Tue, November 17, 2009 7:23:44 AM
Subject: Location of incident?

I'm curious, did this take place on the 580 between Livermore and the speedway? I'm trying to figure out exactly where you had the incident based on the your story.


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from James Richards <thebeatlesneverbrokeup>
to kevrock
date Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM
subject Re: Location of incident?
mailed-by yahoo.com
signed-by yahoo.com

Hey Kevin

Actually it didn't happen that close to Livermore, it was more closer to where Patterson California is. There is a road that winds through the canyon and eventually exits either to San Jose or Livermore (depending on which way you take at the fork), the road's called Del Puerto Canyon Rd and it happened maybe about 5 miles in from the entrance to that road (near the Pleasanton 580 freeway exit).

Thanks for the email!

James


So that description matches the GPS data Rogi found. Looking at the streetview (wow, they have streetview out there?!), it matches the pix he took.

I will try to continue the conversation w/ him. Now I just hope this is a game and not some crazy person! Wink

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jaeger138
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Sent a second messge to James asking about the bullet and apologising if I freaked him out before. Here's what he said:

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Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, I've been getting quite a few emails so its been hard to keep up. You did notice a coincidence as far as I can tell. That actually wasn't the exact hole I stepped in, to be honest I have no idea which hole was the hole i stepped in, that whole field is covered with them.

I will say, the only coincidence about it is that I didn't even notice it in the picture when I took it, whether there being bullet shells in that field has anything to do with Jonas or other odd activity out there is another story.. i've taken this casing in to account and am now worried if Jonas may have weapons and is looking for me (i could just be paranoid though).

Thanks for the email!

- James Richards


So he didn't know about the bullet. I mailed him back asking if he could give us an update on what's going on, if he could remember any more and if he thought there might be a way to connect to the other reality's internet so we might learn more, just waiting on a reply now I guess.

I really hope this moves forward as an ARG because it would suck if I'm talking to a nutjob.

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Lieoften
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jaeger138 wrote:

I really hope this moves forward as an ARG because it would suck if I'm talking to a nutjob.


yah. that would be quiet upsetting.... lol. I've sent him like 3 emails this week still no reply back... :-/

just an update... the website has changed... it now includes a link to a facebook fan page.

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I stumbled across this site myself not too long ago. Literally 'found' it on stumbleupon. That may be how it's leaking into the blogosphere so quickly.

Anyway, it seems to me that the whole story is just to support the 'album,' which is just a mashup of the former members solo careers all thrown together. It doesn't sound too bad, but even in an alternate universe, it's not the Beatles.

I think the guy is just trying to get his stuff out there with a new and clever approach, though I'd love for this to be an ARG.

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