Island of mystery
Couple of (seemingly matching) suppositions posted about the identity of Mittelwerk's island. I quote:
Alison: I think the small island in Mittelwerks photo is Edward Island in Lake Superior, Canada.
Brandon: The island from the video appears to have been discovered through Google Earth. The island is apparently in Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada, near Thunder Bay. I don't know if the island has a name. Link
And justis points out that it would be unlikely that this island is the Lost island, that they'd reveal that crucial bit of show info in a game very few of the show's viewers are playing. I tend to agree, but we'll see, I guess.
Any solid confirmation on this stuff? Any further ideas?
Also, glad we're all in agreement that Mittelwerk's hair/wig is fugly. Not just a fake-looking ponytail, folks. It's a fake-looking mullet-y ponytail.
Comments
Did a little bit of research on some of those islands. Nothing too terribly exciting about Edward Island: the only potentially significant event I could dredge up from it's history is that the steamer "A. Neff" wrecked there in 1886, and someone somewhere postulated that Mittlewerk is looking for a shipwreck. The other islands, Simpson and St. Ignace, have two big patches of pink on the satellite photo. These were caused by huge forest fires in 1998. Could Hanso be responsible for those?
Here's what I found interesting, though -- apparently, there is an island on the map, located at 48°24', 88°34', called "Magnet Island." This account tells of a man whose sailing in Lake Superior whose charts had the island labeled "Magnetic Disturbance/Anomalie magnetique."
An island with strange magnetic properties?
Sound familiar to anyone?
Posted by: Baylor | June 25, 2006 1:50 AM
Also, something odd:
Putting a subdomain before rachel's stophanso blog (such as http://anything.stophanso.rachelblake.com/) doesn't redirect you to the stophanso blog. It plays the flash movie about the closing of the Hanso Foundation website.
Again, things like this you have to wonder if it's intentional or if it's just an error on the part of the game authors.
Also, has anyone else noticed/mentioned the white noise that builds louder and louder under said flash movie?
Posted by: Baylor | June 26, 2006 12:31 AM
DJ Dan's new podcast is up- talking about RB and others stuff.
Posted by: Beverly | June 26, 2006 12:09 PM
Baylor, the "noise" is just a clue to keep your pointer still. If you move, the noise stops and if you hold still for 108 seconds you get the clue to the Test Video.
Posted by: Larry | June 26, 2006 4:51 PM