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- gutterboy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+85"Who is that rapping at this hour? Oh snap its some cognac and a flower. The visitor is not who you thunk. So please leave me in peace, I'm bouts to get crunk." -Poe-
- KniteWulf, on 10/10/2007, -1/+29Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pr0n surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'.
While I clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour,
" 'Tis not possible!", I muttered, "Give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -7/+33Spoiler alert!
I just wanted to read who did it in these comments, and nobody was ***** enough to, so I'll do it.
It was the guy taking care of the grave and his fellow tour guides. it was a publicity stunt that they didn't think would make big news, whoopdy friggin do. - LucasKane, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Except for the fact this has been going on longer then when he claimed he was doing it
- jmarcini, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10I kind of wish the mystery lived on, but oh well...
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8The guy is 92. You have to take into account that he's fallen a bit off his rocker and started to tell stories that may not be entirely true. I'm still surprised by the crap my grandparents make up in their old age... and they seem to believe it themselves.
- zydeco, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Did you even look at the rest of the stone?
ORIGINAL BURIAL PLACE OF
EDGAR ALLEN POE
FROM
OCTOBER 9 1849
TO
NOVEMBER 17 1875
Can we coin "RTFT" for Read the F***ing Tombstone? - LucasKane, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4This was going on longer then this guy claimed he started it
- djagia, on 10/10/2007, -16/+19I dont know, the source IS fox news.
- jason469, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Edgar Allan Poe was great, but I just don't get what the big deal about this so-called mystrey is.
- geekboyo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I just gotta say this is genius!
- thecompkid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Wow, I dare someone to top that...
- terminal157, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I usually hate an unsolved mystery but this is one I'd rather have remained unknown.
- danwallace, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Poe died on Oct 7, 1849. The tombstone says "Original burial place of Edgar Allan Poe from October 9, 1849 to November 17, 1875." I can only assume he's since been moved elsewhere?
- rzurad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3[citation needed]
- TechScribe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2In Baltimore this event makes a nice news story every January, but I always thought it was an inside job. Although there are some questions (i.e. it might have been going on before this guy got involved), it still seems to me that this is more of a publicity stunt than a mystery.
- orxor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Oh dude, my bad. I didn't know that was for Ed. I just found it there though I'd have a sip or 2.
- MarkDykeman, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Covered in other media outlets as well.
- MonkCanatella, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I dunno, it's a mystrey!
- KniteWulf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The bottle was empty when place on the grave.
- mrkmrk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2(It's from Bash. Still awesome, though.)
- kathaclysm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I had been wondering the exact same thing; if it was his burial place from 1849-1875, where'd he go?
Thank you for clearing that up :-) But your link needs to not have the ) on the end of it:
http://www.asylumeclectica.com/asylum/sightseer/us/md/poe/grave.htm - sly100100, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3In the article it says they found an old news clipping from 1949 where someone left a bottle. So how could he have started it in 1967, and it didn't get the news attention until the 70's. Sounds like someone is looking for some attention in there old age.
- wholly2b, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2that was the first time I've lol'd all day. thanks.
- Calcipher, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2This is correct, he has been moved. To quote a source: ""He was moved in April of 1875 to the location that is now marked as the 'original burial site' and again in November of 1875 to his current location, just inside the cemetery gates. His original headstone was destroyed in an accident immediately after his death and was never replaced, so he was in an unmarked grave from October 1849 until April of 1875. As people came to pay their respects, perhaps pray for his poor, unfortunate soul (rumors about his alcoholism, etc. started immediately after his death) they were unable to find his exact gravesite. Local school children went into the neighborhoods in 1875 to raise money for a suitable monument. Unfortunately, the monument would not fit on his original gravesite (between his grandfather David Poe and the monument marking the second burial place), so he was moved to an unused portion of the Poe Grave (where the 'original monument' is now located). When he was moved in November of 1875, no stone was placed to mark the original grave. In the 1930's they decided to mark the 'original' burial place and basically didn't go far enough into the Church's records, thereby marking the second burial site as the first." (http://www.asylumeclectica.com/asylum/sightseer/us/md/poe/grave.htm)
- merreborn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Popularity of "Classic" literature waxes and wanes over the years, from country to country, actually. Many great writers have been "forgotten" for decades or even centuries at a time.
- bitcloud, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Lots of great writers would remain undiscovered without people like this guy...
- BufordT, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"Porpora is an energetic, dapper fellow in a newsboy cap and a checked suit with a bolo tie."
For a second there, I thought I was reading a British news article. - tao52nyc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Nothing changes. If we can all live through the outing of Fake Steve Jobs, we can certainly survive this. [/snark]
- Gunsotsu, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
- wbxhc, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Does anyone else find it odd that the dates are messed up on the tombstone?? According to the stone he was 26yrs old not 40 when he died.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_allan_poe - jkizzle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2who cares, poe is arguably the greatest american writer to date
- WeeklyGeek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2there was a mystery? Some dude visited poe's grave a lot?
So what? - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -7/+8Partisan bitch.
- TheUnknownComic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If the 1950 newspaper article really exists then the current claim is a total lie. Since the new story is from Fox News then it's pretty sure to be false and misleading.
- astrotrain, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No No.. you got it all wrong boy.... the bottle was full, and it contained the map to the body of Jimmy Hoffa and the real safe (which is full) of Al Capone. The map was left by Aliens who were the same one that delivered Ralph Hinkley his super her suit to benefit man kind (but Hinkley lost the manual).
- RichStradler, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think a lot of parnormalists are going to be disappointed... and well. that's about it.
- ReturnToFreedom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Please spread the word. We are boycotting Fox News, online and offline. Bury in the hopes of restoring a little bit of sanity in the media.
- Maldoror93, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This guy is a complete liar and fake. His story is already in the process of being exposed as a lie. Pathetic.
- astrotrain, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1FOX has more credibility then the deceiving CNN, who needs to make things up just to keep you glued to their station, and the ratings up.
- sweetcera, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i'm kinda disappointed with the reveal. a little anti climatic.
they snuck back later and took by the cognac every time, didn't they? drank it up and had their jollies about fooling the world. - OwdenBowden, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Never more. Never More.
- silverchrysalis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1gutterboy- you win digg for the day.
- usherzx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1every year a guy dressed like Poe would leave 3 flowers and cognac at the tombstone.
- nihilite, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Poe was always an unapologetic liar and plagiarist... a broken man. This fits exactly into the persona. as an admirer of poe's work, i am not disappointed if this story is true.
- PoptartKing, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I really had resolved to go see it this time around, kinda disappointing that it won't be so much a mystery. I hope it's still as solemn and respectful.
- binorgog, on 08/07/2008, -1/+1Baltimore FTW! Before you 'crab' at me and bury this, at least take time to visit charm city.
- LucasKane, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2RTFA
- RezzedOut, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Incredible...they quoted Edgar A. Poe same as I did when I left a comment in the "20% Chance we are living in the Matrix" section just a bit ago...I thought some people would know it, others won't, and will have to look it up just to catch the allusion. Rock on Edgar A. Poe, and all your poetry, too.
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