look for something to keep yourself interfering at next month ’s San Diego Comic - Con ? Why not sign up for an in - person aptitude trial run to see if you ’re the kind of person that the Dharma Initiative are looking for ? Yes , that ’s right ; while you wo n’t see another episode of Lost until 2009 , that does n’t mean that ABC ’s best-loved island mystery is keeping to itself over the next few month .
The latest viral merchandising exercise from the mind of JJ Abrams , Octagon Global Recruiting , has started ramp up by broadcast out the following electronic mail to those who ’d registered at the site advertised during the final episode of the show ’s quaternary season :
https://gizmodo.com/your-chance-to-join-the-dharma-initiative-394164
Octagon Global Recruiting , on behalf of the Dharma Initiative , would wish to give thanks you for show your expression of interest in our latest voluntary recruitment drive .
We will be plunge in San Diego on July 24th at Comic - Con International offering select registrants the opportunity to take an exciting aptitude test that will give applicants the chance to demonstrate their unique talent .
The Dharma Initiative hopes you will be able-bodied to link up us to find oneself out more about their ground - breaking newfangled research task . We will contact you closer to the date with more info .
For those not capable to attend the con , do n’t vex – the e-mail lend :
For those not capable to join us in San Diego , Dharma ’s full recruitment program will be made uncommitted online to registered recruit after July 27th .
What kind of aptitude examination will those ( un)lucky enough to participate have to face ? There have n’t been any cue throw as of yet , but I ’m hop that it include making lapin travelling through time and defend displaced polar bear . sure as shooting , it sound grave now , but conceive of the crowds !
This being mislay , of course , there are hide mysteries within the email itself . foremost , there was a out of sight receiver to each email that survive out :
After gain “ Reply to All ” and sending a message back to “ Hans Van Eeghen , ” I invite this message :
“ Thank you for your electronic mail . I am currently on assignment in the champaign . I will contact you as soon as I am back in the billet .
Sincerely ,
Han dynasty ”
Who is Hans Van Eeghen ? Enough people are apparently trying to find out thatit ’s making Google notice , but itmay just be an Easter Egg gone waste ; Hans shares a name with Henk Van Eeghen , one of the editors on the telly show .
The 2nd hidden message is in reality a outcry - out to an early lose yell - out :
When you watch this connection from the email : “ if you ca n’t see the images in this email please click here ” , you get to view the same image , but if you view reservoir , you may see this tidbit in the lintel : . This does n’t anything in term of coding , and was evidently placed there for sport . Now , if you follow this link you will see that the meta tag was a acknowledgment to the Mystery Tales # 40 as seen in misplace : http://www.mysterytales40.com/march-has-32-days-last-story-from-the-mystery-tales-40-comic-book-96555
And yes , I got to this site by google “ March has 32 days ” , so I know it ’s not prescribed , but still pretty fun stuff . And hey , the obviously put this meta tag in there for a reason . Let the game begin !
But did the games begin in the first place than anyone expected?Suspicious fans over at 4815162342.com certainly think so :
I go for I am not over - thinking the whole thing . But I discover what has been revealed to us so far a number … . strange , to say the least .
first of all , although this blog “ MysteryTales40.com ” might look like a fan land site , I was quite surprised to see that its domain & user profile were actually read 1 Clarence Day ( May 16 ) after the knowledge domain for “ Octagon Global Recruiting ” was register ( both through GoDaddy .com ) .
Secondly , the possessor of the blog dedicate a couple of posts to the journeying how he / they adopt the laughable book on eBay , even ply a Paypal receipt / screencapture as proof . It also mentioned that the risible book was put up for auction sale before the relevant S4 episode “ Cabin Fever ” was aired- May 8 , 2008 in the US . It seems that the first web log post was “ publish ” on the same mean solar day . But as name before , the user visibility was n’t created until May 16 . Therefore I think the publish date for all posts prior May 16 are manipulated / fake .
What ’s more , after looking at the archived eBay auction sale varlet I was once again surprised to see the buyer “ yojo_26 ” ( obviously the proprietor of the blog “ lost ” or one of his friends ) being a first - time eBay bidder / buyer , who only joined eBay in mid April 2008 .
And estimate by the bidding history , he ’s not the only first - time eBayer who was uncoerced to pay good amount of money for the same vague funny Holy Writ ( in all probability to ensure they could really get the book ) .
I am not familiar with the vintage comic books collecting / trading scene online or on eBay . But from my past eBay experience , it is very unusual to see any first - time bidder who would make their first purchase on high - price items . Not to mention , I would have thought this “ lost / yojo_26 ” guy to have a minute more experience on eBay since he appear to be a major comics fan / collector … It ’s not like eBay was created only recently . It has been around for years , and millions of aggregator search & buy things on eBay .
Anyway … now suddenly that OGR ’s first email happened to have the musical phrase “ March has 32 days ” hidden in its meta tatter . And the scans of the comic can only be discover on this purportedly “ buff site ” ?
Either this is some amazing ( & very convenient ) co-occurrence in life or ARG3 is much more advanced ( & Byzantine ) than I ’ve expected .
Where does the new selling political campaign begin ? Where does it terminate ? Just wait ; When Lost finishes its running , we ’ll strike that all of life was really a cooperative effort by JJ Abrams to get you to watch over his boob tube shows .
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