Comments on: Ledger’s Lafayette & Seely’s Sasquatch

By: plant girl

plant girl — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:11:31 +0000

Is the fayette factor suppose to affect towns by the name of Lagrange? What does it do?

By: cryptodan

cryptodan — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:08:58 +0000

Hi,
I think it’s also worth noting that the young actor Brandon Lee wore Death-Clown makeup when he died filming “The Crow.”

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:42:17 +0000

Although I am more interested in the hard biology and zoology behind cryptids, I am nevertheless drawn to things Fortean and find them endlessly fascinating to speculate upon. Even though I feel too ill informed to comment much on things such as “twilight language”, and the “name game”, I appreciate the inclusion of these kinds of articles on the site and always read them with interest. I do not mind these little side trips into the murkier and more mysterious corners of our universe.

By: CamperGuy

CamperGuy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:01:14 +0000

Heath Ledger:

In my opinion Pneumonia is most likely the determining factor in this young father’s death.

I wish his family and friends peace.

I am a bit confused about “twilight language” so please forgive if I posted out of turn.

By: Carol Maltby

Carol Maltby — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:39:56 +0000

Broome Street was named after John Broome, who was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1804 to 1810. Another John Broome, writer for DC Comics, wrote several Batman comics featuring the Joker.

You use a Lafayette Ford logo as an illustration. The Washer at the Ford was a Celtic fairy woman related to the bean nighe(banshee), and occasionally the Morrigan. She washes the clothes of those who are about to die at a fording place in the river.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:54:17 +0000

Rumor control:

“Apparently [Mary-Kate Olsen] owns the apartment Heath lived on!!! (Last I heard, anyway!)”

This is a false rumor. They were, however, reportedly dating.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:46:42 +0000

Just in passing…

The masseuse called Mary-Kate Olsen before she called 911!!!
Twice!!! Apparently she owns the apartment Heath lived on!!! (Last I heard, anyway!)

IMDB is saying Olsen’s bodyguard apparently knew CPR. The IMDB boards are saying maybe she panicked and made the wrong move but that it was stupid of her to do that-maybe Heath could have lived, they’re saying—–way tooo strange!!!

Just in passing, again…

Just pointing out how weird this story is getting.

By: Munnin

Munnin — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:13:46 +0000

I agree with other commenters on this thread, and look forward to the inclusion of similar posts here in the future. I find this subject to be very interesting. And I think the phrase “twilight language” is a clever handle for describing these kinds of relationships between place names (LaFayette, Seely/Seelie, etc.), events, subjects, livelihoods, etc. So thanks once again for a very interesting read, Mr. C.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:12:33 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly with UncleMonkey. What was weird about Ledger's death is the fact on the day he died it was reported on the news that he was found at the foot of his bed, unclothed. Looked almost sacrifice-like. Now CNN and other outlets are saying that he was actually in his bed, and when the masseuse first came to check on him he was still alive and snoring. When she came back some time later to wake him up he was unconscious and near death. Also, it turns out there were no open sleeping pill bottles near him; there were closed. (That's what I heard this afternoon, anyway. Information may have changed since then.) I'm not necessarily suggesting any conspiracy surrounding this, but which is it? Could it be the "story" was deliberately changed? (One fringe conspiracy site I looked at suggested this.) I doubt it---but still it is strange. Poor guy. Way too young. And his daughter will grow up without him!!! IMDB and other websites are "speculating" that maybe Ledger got a little too much into his character and it messed him up emotionally and physically. They are saying in effect the JOKER character killed him. So I'm not the only one saying anything new. Or controversial. Ledger himself said the character "haunted" him and that he could not deal with the challenge of playing pure evil. Who knows, maybe it did contribute to his death. The pneumonia plus too many sleeping pills due to his massive insomnia? We'll never fully know. I did not know he died with so near Lafayette St. as a cross-street!!! That is just too weird! Keep up the good work, Loren!!!

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:20:23 +0000

Kudos for this wonderful article Loren.

Life and Fantasy, deeply intertwined, with a blurry edge that let us not know where one ends and the other begins.