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by buttkisses on November 12th, 2009
He made it all up, was exposed and hurt an awful lot of people.
by BigDaddyBS on November 13th, 2009
Let's just say that according to him, his wife was killed... He was suicidal... In about 24 hours, he commanded/piloted a military transport plane from Guam to New Hampshire, giving coordinates all the way so we could follow the flight, to bury her on their property, and became suicidal again.
People found many "holes" in the story, and commiserated mostly off AB, then they posted many of the "problems" in the story they found, and when he was confronted with the "evidence", instead of explaining, he attacked, and, after a couple of days of "normal ABing" for him, he closed his account and left.
That's the whole thing in a nutshell. Major Tom is gone - at least for now.
Apparently, he'd mentioned to someone that he was getting ready to leave AB before all this happened, and now has.
by Brian I on November 13th, 2009
It seems quite likely that he had concocted a fictitious persona and used it to play out a drama that involved over 150 other AB users.
He told us that his wife was killed in a traffic accident (no accident was reported in the local paper) and that he had been given the use and command of a USAF Hercules to take her body home from Guam to New Hampshire (after an army chaplain had dissuaded him from suicide).
He then regularly reported on the progress of the flight, giving regular position updates.
There were a couple of inconsistencies - his initial direction was west instead of east, and having told us that he had never done a mid-air refuelling, he said he had only done it once before.
Some people suspect that it was all make-believe, while others say they have absolute proof that he never left his armchair. Whatever the truth this link makes interesting reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchausen_by_Internet
by seldomseen on November 12th, 2009
Man down....................
by Jewel on November 13th, 2009
How sad.
I hope so much that this isn't a rumor being spread without proof. If he was truthful, this might ruin him.
If he wasn't truthful, I feel sorry for someone who would need to play such games. They would need to be such a confused soul.
by tuvw on November 12th, 2009
Oh nose, more drama. Roll up your pant legs, it's going to get deep. Seriously, you didn't miss one interesting thing. A lot of OVER the TOP over reacting.
by level headed on November 12th, 2009
I haven't been on here long, but I've seen his name in some of the posts. Hope for the best. Maybe he just needed a break.
Why "Waboo" is so jealous with "Bornabrit"?:D
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Just curious. How did he hurt people with a lie. Did he pull a Dreanna?
by Anonymous on November 12th, 2009
Ah, the Dreanna Syndrome.
by HasntBeen on November 12th, 2009
I wasn't here for Dreanna, but I read about it and yeah much like that except he wasn't the one that "died" Lots of people supported him through this and his "flight" across the sea. Stayed up with him, beggedhim not to kill himself after he spoke of such things. It was awful. really awful. I think thats the vibe you are feeling.
by buttkisses on November 12th, 2009
how do you know he made it up? For all you know he could have been telling the truth
by Mikelbf2000 on November 12th, 2009
There was proof of some of the things he was saying, that turned out to be lies. It was handled and if you want more info I am sure you can ask a CL.
by buttkisses on November 12th, 2009
What I read is that his stories were inconsistent -- i.e. claiming he had already buried her, then claiming he was going to bury her the next day, as well as inconsistencies in IP address vs. his reported location, etc. But the most telling thing in these kinds of hoaxes is when the party themselves disappears rather than confront the doubters.
Seems like most of the "somebody died" reports on AB turn out to be hoaxes. There's only one case I can think of that was not exposed as a hoax.
by HasntBeen on November 12th, 2009
Oh...ok...maybe he is a very lonely person ...but still not nice to play with peoples feelings
I suppose...
by Ocean Flower on November 12th, 2009