Bill’s Lost Site

So, there is this guy Locke on the island. Box company collection supervisor by day and super-hero of our mystery island by night. Seems like every episode I am left asking myself, “How in the world does Locke know so much?”.

This post will be an on-going post based off feedback that I receive. My hope is that by the time we document everything Locke knows or does we will have a better understanding of his real background.

In no particular order here is what Locke can do:
— Hunt boars
— Skin boars
— Cook boars
— Collect water off plants
— Make glue out of plant stuff
— Make stuff that causes people to have really bad mental trips
— Ties up Boone in a very particular way after giving Boone the head trip stuff
— Quotes extensively from ancient history
— Speaks a little Italian
— Knows how to set a fuse in a stick of dynamite
— Built massive piece of equipment to try to break into the hatch
— Makes ropes
— Built a cradle for Claire’s baby
— Can track humans
— Great shot - flashback scene he bags a bird on his first shot
— Cleans and maintains all weapons ranging from hand guns to assualt rifles
— Knows how to install a lock on the gun room in the hatch
— Can seriously fight - whoops up on Charlie
— Knows how to take a lock apart and change the combination
— NEW from MamaMia - Locke is able to do this with just a single kidney
— NEW from Amber - Locke is able to predict when it will rain - usually in 3 seconds or less
— NEW - Locke is a literary critic

I consider all of these things unique since I can’t do a single one of them. Further, from what we know about Locke’s past he was a foster child. He mentioned that he was an outcast. He worked in a toy store and at a box company. Oh, and for the past 4 years he was paralyzed from the waist down.

Now some of these items you can learn from a book. But others … you have to actually do it.

So, post your comments about other things that Locke has done. He is truly an amazing character.

In the latest episode Mr. Echo comes face to face with the “monster”. He becomes the 2nd person that we know of that has seen it. There are several facts that are beyond dispute.

First, the monster appears to have great strength since trees fly out of the ground when it appears, trees are pushed around as it travels through the forest (think back to Season 1) and it was strong enough to capture Locke and drag him down a hole.

Second, the monster does not appear to have any mass. If you had to describe the monster most would agree that looked like a cloud of smoke.

Third, the monster was intelligent. The monster moved with purpose, changing it’s shape.

Fourth, the monster showed images from Echo’s past. We don’t know what Locke saw at this point.

Fifth, neither Locke nor Echo appeared scared. Locke went on to say that what he saw was beautiful. Echo, when asked, said he was not afraid.