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[Alberta's Child]

WOW.

This guy sounded like he had a few "toys in his attic," so to speak, but I never thought he was a fraud.

I grew suspicious today when I checked the local newspaper sites here in New Jersey (where he claimed to live) and found no mention of an accident yesterday. A double fatality would have made the local sections of any newspaper.

For comic relief, I would recommend that everyone should visit the "Help - My Daughter I Have Has 102 Fever" thread linked above in the body of the main message . . . it was one of the most entertaining threads I've ever seen here.

[The Mayor]

I was able to shoot more people in road rage incidents that day than ever before!!!!

I'm suprized you were able to shoot straight due to all ths shaking..

I gotta go get my son, he works at a coffee shop.

[Darksheare]

LOL!
My personal fave was the one person who could get a MUCH higher score in a vid-game than before taking a shot of that weird stuff I call coffee.

[metesky]

We are gullible. But that shows that we're honest.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Okay. We've been had. The incident -- when I thought it was real -- did get me to thinking about some things in my life I have kind of taken for granted. I guess one can learn something even from a fool.

[MEG33]

I was thinking of Bogdan and his prayers and statements about God seeing him through Magda's death at the time I wrote that.

[Alberta's Child]

Oh, my . . .

Check this out!!!

I feel like an @ss.

[Lady Jag]

Your phraseology prompted me to say that, as in "you don't mock/mess with/fool Mother Nature".

[Darksheare]

Had a weird thought: What if he was mixing some fiction with some fact?
The most effective 'infiltrators' I've seen have done such.

But, I fear that is not the case here.
You seem to have had some foresight into this one, no matter how unrealised.
Just wish we all could have such discernment.

[MEG33]

Strange ,very strange day to reflect on the goodness of so many posters and the relief of thinking the stories,the family and deaths were all a hoax.

[hummingbird]

Oh, don't you get me started on THE PRETENDER, don't you do it:

I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
I’ve been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it’s the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
You’ll get up and do it again
Amen...

...Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the Pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there...

Ah, man...now, I'm getting all verklempt. Lyrics Deathmatch...I like it! Throw in Dylan and Warren Zevon (God rest his soul) and we're talking gazillions, partner!

[hummingbird]

Had a weird thought: What if he was mixing some fiction with some fact?

The most effective 'infiltrators' I've seen have done such.

A very good technique to make it seem all the more believable!

[MEG33]

I was in tears and heartbroken,so I can't claim foresight..perhaps I just took awhile to think about the possibility it wasn't true after the mods note and links before I expressed anything.I was just so relieved at the idea that the tragedy never happened.

[Darksheare]

Yes.
But God I hope it wasn't the case!
That would be extremely beyond the pale to my thinking.
That's beyond manipulative.
That would be downright evil.

[xp38]

I only "knew" Bogdan from a few threads. Missed the fevered daughter thread so when his post about losing his wife came on I was moved with compassion as any normal human would be. I didn't stop to analyze the validity of the post because you want to reach out and offer condolences. I don't feel like a victim very much. He has the problem not us. Prayers for his mental health are probably in order.

[Tennessee_Bob]

You're alive? Check the link in my tagline...

[cyborg]

WAKE UP!!!!!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

He didn't waste my time.

He posted war news, and rallied others to support the troops daily.

We are competing against AP/Reuters newswire-fed "hometown" papers and "local" TV news outlets by the hundreds, most all misleading our neighbors, endangering our troops, our war efforts, our nation.

Our troops need us all helping in that effort today.

I am grateful for the time bogdan spent here.

He lightened my load.

[hummingbird]

Strange ,very strange day to reflect on the goodness of so many posters and the relief of thinking the stories,the family and deaths were all a hoax.

MEG33, after my initial surprise & disgust, I must say it has been an excellent thread for reflection. Got me to thinking about the important people in my life and how the little irritations or disagreements are so silly. So, today I'm especially praying for my loved ones and feeling grateful. bogdanPolska12's immaturity or mental disorder or whatever it is that prompted him to do what he did has blessed me. I prayed for him & his "family" but what was returned to me has been so much greater. Awesome.

[Darksheare]

I'm still in rage /denial mode, but the evidence is too 'coincidental' to be anything but the truth.
But your comment, quoted previously by others, seemed too prescient.
Once heard a sermon about how sometimes God reveals things and we sometimes don't realise it.
Not being too religious myself, I only vaguely remember said sermon as I had my mind on other things at the time.
But IIRC, the basic idea was that we as humans are sometimes oblivious to what God is trying to say.

*shrugs*
It just is frustrating to me to see stuff like this happen.