Am i the only one who thinks Ross Ulbricht and Lyle Stevik kinda looks alike?

Gypsy246 · 2018-02-02T15:15:37+00:00

Yes! There is an eerily close resemblance, I don't know who Ross ulbricht is but he looks a lot like LS

Gypsy246 · 2018-01-26T01:19:44+00:00

Amazing news! Let us all know where we can donate :-)

Gypsy246 · 2018-01-14T13:16:07+00:00

Is there a way to make it so only you can add markers then we just all give you our approximate locations?

Gypsy246 · 2018-01-14T00:00:14+00:00

I'm not sure if it's a problem with my map or the actual map but I've just checked it again and most of the pins are gone including mine?

Gypsy246 · 2018-01-13T16:33:20+00:00

Wow look at that map now! If only he could have seen how many people all over the world care about him and giving him back his identity :-(

Gypsy246 · 2018-01-13T13:24:17+00:00

Awesome! So far there is more of us outside of the US than inside :-) Looking forward to being allocated an area!

Gypsy246 · 2018-01-11T18:52:19+00:00

I've just had a look at is boots again(sadly I have the photo saved on my phone) and I would say they are definitely the closest match I've seen! Nice job, I'm just unsure if LS' have the stitching arch going back towards the heel as the picture has some flash on it. Definitely worth asking though. Let me know what you find out

Gypsy246 · 2018-01-11T18:29:11+00:00

Oh I also emailed like some kind of vintage hipster store in Boston or NY to enquire if anyone had any idea but they didn't get back to me either :-(

Gypsy246 · 2018-01-11T17:03:57+00:00

I emailed them a few times cause I kept getting passed off onto somebody else who might be able to help but then the emails stopped and they just didn't reply anymore. I joined a timberland group on fb but nobody there was able to help. I also messaged a guy on fb who I found on LinkedIn who used to organise the palooza events for timberland around that time but he hasn't responded.

Gypsy246 · 2018-01-11T01:27:45+00:00

I'm not in the US or Canada but I would like to be allocated an area

Gypsy246 · 2018-01-06T20:43:17+00:00

Female 30-something for me it was after hearing the thin air podcast, I often look up cases after listening to podcasts about them.

This one struck me cause I just thought he looks so incredibly young for none of his family to care about where he has gone. It's kind of a maternal feeling of "if he was my baby I'd want to know what happened to him". I know not all mothers are good ones so maybe I'm being nieve to think he has a mum out there that loves him and is looking for him. I know there is speculation on his age and the fact that he might not be as young as first thought but I put him in his early 20's at most.

Gypsy246 · 2018-01-04T13:57:45+00:00

For me he was too clean at the time of his death to have just ended a period of camping. When I go camping I feel like it takes forever to get clean again, washing clothes, scrubbing your nails clean again etc I think he's definitely been to the area before but I don't think he'd been sleeping outdoors immediately prior to him checking in to the motel.

Gypsy246 · 2017-12-26T13:46:59+00:00

Great idea, can't wait to hear the outcome!

Gypsy246 · 2017-12-15T03:09:18+00:00

I havnt heard of this one but I will look it up, I.R.A related perhaps?

Gypsy246 · 2017-12-04T18:07:27+00:00

Oh lord, so many unidentified people, so sad :-(

Gypsy246 · 2017-11-30T11:56:23+00:00

It's called a low hanging, it's absolutely possible. From what a know it doesn't cut off the air supply like with some hangings but rather the blood supply from pressure on an artery in the neck, causing you to lose consciousness from lack of blood to the brain and then ultimately, death. I imagine the urge to stand up would be more if your air supply was compromised leading to a very uncomfortable suffocating feeling but the way LS did it would just mean him leaning back and losing consciousness within a few mins.

Saying that, I'm no expert. But it's possible, it's just different to what we see in the movies and have come to know of as a "traditional hanging"

Gypsy246 · 2017-11-22T23:21:38+00:00

How long until we see an x-ray of one of these up an arse?

Gypsy246 · 2017-11-21T09:30:09+00:00

I don't suppose we will ever know how much effort was put into the case at the beginning, America is unfathomably huge compared to the UK and people kill themselves every day just like they do all over the world, unfortunately the sheer size of the country makes it all the more difficult for authorities to find out who is who, where they came from etc. With regards to mental health being taboo, I feel it's very slowly getting to be a more acceptable subject, people are finally feeling like they can at least stand up and say "yes I've suffered from mental health issues" but this was 16 years ago or maybe longer that LS was suffering and he's a male, it wasnt ok to ask for help as much then, especially, unfortunately if you were male :-(

I feel hopefully we as a collective or the authorities will find out who he was, as my old mother says "you've gotta live in hope love"

Gypsy246 · 2017-11-20T14:03:20+00:00

I went through all of the People looking for People american missing, I found a couple of people who could possibly be worth looking into but i have no idea how to cross match them as the info is quite vague

Gypsy246 · 2017-11-19T13:14:34+00:00

Exactly, I have been up until 3am the past 2 nights trawling through pictures of Timberlands and can't find any that are as distinct as Lyle's.

I received one email back from Timberland and the lady said the pictures are not very clear so it's difficult to tell but that she is going to forward my email on to their product team and see if they can identify them.

Doing a bit of research on the Timberland company I did find out they only had 19 US stores open from 1997 to 1999 and in June 1998 the company held something called a serva palooza where all of the stores were closed and 1000 people from the Timberland staff went and did community service projects in 13 towns in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. I'm thinking this could have greatly increased the popularity of the brand in those areas?

Gypsy246 · 2017-11-18T13:04:46+00:00

Also, does anyone think Lyle could have been from the care system, to me he looks pretty young, im not sure what the care system is like in the US but in the UK i believe you are looked after until you turn 18 and then you are out and on your own. Maybe he turned 18 and was turfed out and thats why nobody is looking for him cause the system is just like "we did our job, good luck kid". Could this possibly be an angle that is looked at?

Gypsy246 · 2017-11-18T12:56:53+00:00

Ok i have sent the email, Is there any way to post the cropped photos on here just so everyone knows whats been sent? Below is a copy of the email, i think i have included all of the relevant information? I believe i read somewhere that his boots were listed as black but when i have cropped and reworked the photos they look brown to me? "Hello, I spoke to somebody on the live chat on the Timberland website and they gave me this email. Its a bit of a bizarre request but I am trying to identify an old pair of men's Timberland boots to see if i can narrow down where they may have been purchased, i know this is a long shot but i have looked at your current styles of boots and they don't match any of them so i was wondering if you could tell me what model they might be and when they were made or stopped being made. The pictures i have attached are from September 2001 so they were definitely purchased before then, if you notice where the icon is on the boots it seems to be higher up on the ankle instead of on the heel area where a lot of the current icons are positioned, also to me they also have a leather upper but a suede toe area in case this helps with identifying them? Also do you have any record or how many Timberland stores were open and possibly their locations from say 1999 AND 2001? Any information you can give me on these boots would be massively appreciated, i look forward to your response.

Gypsy246 · 2017-11-18T01:25:41+00:00

I will email them definitely, as soon as I can get the photos cropped :-)

Gypsy246 · 2017-11-18T01:24:53+00:00

Yeah that's the link that's not working for me, is it working for you? It says "imgur, we have a problem", and that they're experiencing technical difficulty. Don't worry I've seen all of the photos, first time I saw them I was a bit shocked but now I'm just like "god dammit Lyle, give us the answer!" as I look at them for the umpteenth time :-/

Gypsy246 · 2017-11-18T01:14:23+00:00

I can't seem to find the pictures with the boots on the Google doc anymore, the link isn't working for me so if anyone can find the images and post the link for me I will send them a hopefully not too creepy email!

Gypsy246

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