Mysterious Fan Marks Poe's Birthday

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I would say a ghost is the most likely suspect, but I'd like not to think so. The "Poe Toaster" has been around for like 60+ years now. Before my sudden "awakening" to the supernatural 15 years ago, I had a lot of respect and admiration to the mysteriousness of the Poe toaster. Life was so mundane, and there seemed to be no mysteries in life anymore (before that fateful night) and I admired that this small token of appreciation to E. Poe every birthday as an annonymous party (just 1 day after mine btw) still happens to this day, and so far people have respected his wish to remain anonymous, and have left this paticular mystery alone. It gives me hope that people may one day accept and even welcome the mysteries that is the supernatural, and the few of us who already have accepted this mysterious force of nature will be part of the general populace instead of hidden keepers of a secret truth nobody wants to know. It’s a small hope, but its hope none the less.

Sorry, I’m over killing my statement (I get that way when impassioned about the subject). In the short version, he could be a ghost, could be a vampire, could be a nutjob; or he could be just an average job with an admiration of Poe’s works, who knows. But these days its a welcome change to have a mystery without the danger of being eaten / beaten / killed / terrorized or worse by it.

leave him alone, he ain't hurtin anybody.

Geronimus wrote:leave him alone, he ain't hurtin anybody.

I tend to be wary of that level of committment and secrecy without any explanation.

If I was there I'd probably just walk up and simply ask him. But then again I don't much care, as I've never had much time for poetry. In general everything except for Kipling drives me nuts.

You men! You have no romance in your souls. You think if you can't just outright kill it, it's something even more dangerous. And although I admit that sometimes itIS true, there's still room for a mystery that DOESN'T end up chomping on people.

To honor and respect the dead? To bring his existence to the attention of a world that seems to care less and less? For random shits and giggles?

Maybe the person is Japanese... Sounds very similar to a tradition they perform over there.

Besides, if there was some evil ritual involved, why the hell would it take this many years with no effect?

I'm not liking this... when I showed Clarity the article, her words were literally: "What a nice thing to do. It's a lovely diversion for all involved."

Guys, I don't think this is the crux of the problem.

Ethan Skinner wrote:I'm not liking this... when I showed Clarity the article, her words were literally: "What a nice thing to do. It's a lovely diversion for all involved."

Guys, I don't think this is the crux of the problem.

What is the crux of the problem?

Rituals involving dead people bother me.

Eilonwy Solstice wrote:I think an admirer expressing their respect in a romanticized manner is a good thing. It’s wonderful that children are potentially being taught the merits of being well read on classic literature.

And the roses are a lovely expression, too.

Poe wrote odes.
Maybe this admirer should, too.

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
I know you're dead.
But I still love you.

Roses and romance...

OK, so by your reasoning, anyone who stalks Stephen King is trying to use him in a demonic ritual?

concrete_Angel wrote:OK, so by your reasoning, anyone who stalks Stephen King might be trying to use him in a demonic ritual?

Fixed that for you, angel.

No, that was intentional, since Ron believes that because of the macabre nature of Poe's works, he's being used for something sinister. Which means that EVERY stalker of horror writers is obviously doing something evil, and must be stopped. No MIGHT BE about it.

Agreed.

OK, I never said KILLED, I said STOPPED. YOU"RE the one who said KILL, Ron! And I'm getting tired of people not trying to actually understand what I'm saying, by the way.

Which means that EVERY stalker of horror writers is obviously doing something evil, and must be stopped.

I understand what you're saying.

I understand that this is not Ron's stance, too.