Talk: Portal:Mysteries

Die Hard

Why people who scape the island can´t be killed? Remember Tom saying to Michael he can´t die until he return to the island? And Ben can´t kill Widmore (and either can Widmore kill Ben) off the island? Strange... this makes Walt, Widmore, Eloise and Desmond immortals? --Harrare 19:17, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Shouldn't the the occurrences of pregnant women dying be included on this page?--Enzo ValenzettiEnzo-Valenzetti 14:26, 17 June 2007 (PDT)22.26 16th June 2007

A New/Old Mystery?

I have searched the site and have not found a link or write up in regard to the electrical tubing leading from the ocean, to the beach, and up to Danielle Rousseau's (old) camp, as found by Sayid (& Hurley?). Should the link come off of the theory of the underwater station The Flame? Or should it be a mysterious portal? I think it bears mentioning either way, but I'm new, and thought I should ask.

Namaste,
--Jess angell 13:58, 24 May 2006 (PDT)

This http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Cable ?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Moogle (talk • contribs) .

• I agree.

Daka 09:19, 17 May 2008 (PDT)

Color coding

I think the colors should go like this: Red-unsolved yellow- Partially solved green- solved --Tehfrog 21:55, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

I completely agree. There's no logic behind the colour system used now, and traffic lighting removes the need for constant reference to the colour key.

why did the directors mess up the timeline for the crash?

the flight departed sydney in the afternoon. if you look at hugo's ticket on the oceanic booking screen I think it was schedule for 2:55pm.

from the pilot the radio went out when they were six hours in, they turned back to land in Fiji. When they hit turbulence they were 1000 miles off course. Implying, of course, 8 hours into the flight (Assuming 500mph).

For compmarison purposes, If you go to qantas and check QF391 it departs Sydney at 13:10 and arrives local time Fiji 18:55. about 7pm. So a 2 hour later flight would arrive in Fiji around 9pm. If they "turned back to land in fiji" it should be nightfall., probably around midnight.

for the month of september: sunset is around 6pm. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=82&obj=sun&month=9&year=2006&day=1

when the plane crashes on the island it appears to be mid afternoon.

--Slamkal 11:26, 3 June 2006 (PDT)

• The island has a time dialitaion effect thing going on, so it could be that it was night when they crashed, but on the island its still day.

Daka 09:18, 17 May 2008 (PDT)

"is his father in the island?"

this is the question that desmond said to claire in "live together.." pointing aaron...and i think: why ask this? (since it is not a common question to do, in order to be the first contact...) notice about it: the others are interested in the father-son relation of michael-walt... and they, now have the list with four people: jack (his father is on the island; dead, but he is on it) kate (his father is militar....and there are a lot of military-realation with the people on the island...maybe he is on it) hugo and sawyer.......hum....i don`t know.....—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fuzter lost (talk • contribs) .

Pictures

Anyone like what I did with the pictures and stuff?--Peephole 09:10, 25 July 2006 (PDT)

Yeah but the discharge one is a bit bright, just looks white. There isn't really much of an alternative though I'll grant. Overall looks pretty damn cool --Nickb123 (Talk) 02:22, 7 August 2006 (PDT)

Island

uh....shouldn't the island be included here? i mean come on guys--Two Coyotes 01:27, 4 August 2006 (PDT) I don't have the ability to upload a picture, but if someone would put the island on the article page, again I'd really appreciate it.--Two Coyotes 23:08, 17 September 2006 (PDT)

I was just wondering if it should be included, because it's the place where most of the other mysterious things are happening, I thought it was kind of covered already. That's all. Someone else is welcome to upload if they feel differently, I guess. --PandoraX 23:38, 17 September 2006 (PDT)

This page could do with a few additions, I reckon...

As someone said, "The Island" itself is a mystery. Where is it? How do you get there? Why can't people leave?

Then, what about Walt's special abilities?

Also, doesn't Desmond deserve a page of his own for his premonitions? Because they're hardly comparable to the dreams that other characters have had.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by DHARMA Chief (talk • contribs) .

The Mittelos Bioscience

The Mittelos Bioscience should be added as a new mistery since its already on the main page.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jakovexc0 (talk • contribs) .

Dude, I just though Mittelos Bioscience was a front company for recruiting for the Others. What's so mysterious about that? RandomKM 08:30, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Connections to each other

Loads of the characters have had crossovers before they were on the island. There are too many to mention at the moment but dosent anyone else think this is a bit mysterious? Its all a bit much to be a coincidence I think. - H4eafy

Patchy

Nickname Eyepatch name should be replaced with Patchy's real name - Mikhail Bakunin.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jakovexc0 (talk • contribs) .

The Man From Tallahassee

Anthony Cooper's appearance on the island is one of the most mysterious events ever on the show. Mention should be made of him, or at least the box.--MacCruiskeen 07:26, 26 March 2007 (PDT)

• Totally agree. Answers to "The Box" might be forthcoming nearer to the end of this Season, but this is one mystery that should totally be added. -mr_tee_canada
• Seconded that. We're about to start the 5th season now and the "box" it's still a big mistery. Maokun 10:47, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

I didn't think this was that mysterious. Ben told Tom to get the man from Tallehasse. Pretty sure what happened was that was a code name for Cooper. So an Other travelled to the island, crashed Anthony's car and brought him to the island. RandomKM 08:38, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. Cooper explained what happened. Someone wrecked into him and the last thing he remembed was a man smiling at him after he woke up and being injected with something. It's clear the Others were behind it. As for the box, it's been confirmed by both Ben and Darlton that it's just a metaphor.

Eko's Brother

Can we change "Eko's Brother" to "Yemi"? I using names is a better approach --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 13:47, 8 April 2007 (PDT)

• Absolutely agree with this one too. We should be specific on names and such... we are a wiki, after all! -mr_tee_canada

Jacob

After this episode, The Man Behind The Curtain, I really think we should put Jacob as a mistery, since he can be invisible.

• Jacob is without a doubt a good candidate for mysterious happenings. Arrowoftime 12:55, 10 May 2007 (PDT)

I see dead people

I would like to nominate that several of the existing Mysteries be consolidated into one: that is, Visions (including dialogue with) of people that are believed to be dead. This would include Jack's father (Christian Shephard), Eko's brother (Yemi), and Ben's Mother. These are people that are either known or widely accepted to be dead, and the Island's living relatives have clear visions and conversations with.--Timbenj77 09:05, 10 May 2007 (PDT)

I agree with this, but would like to have a section for Visions, not just visions of dead people. I nominate to include Dave and Kate's horse. Also, can we delete mysteries that have been explained, such as the Polar Bears? -- RandomStranger

I totally agree, but the session could be about people who have visions, and that would include Jack (his father), Hurley (Dave and the bird), Eko (Yemi and Ana-Lucia), Kate (her horse), Desmond (flashes)and Ben (his mother). Maybe also Locke (Is Jacob a vision?)

Walt

Just about everything about Walt is weird and mysterious.--Overdubbed 19:55, 3 February 2008 (PST)

Update

This portal is in serious need of an update. With the Season 3 finale looming there have been so many new mysteries incorporated into the show, and so many old ones resolved that this is starting to look very outdated.

Here are some suggestions, which I think should at least be considered:

Remove:

Distress Signal - Why is this still considered a mystery? It was Rousseau, that's all there is to it.

Polar Bears - This has been pretty well resolved. Dharma kept bears, Dharma was killed off.

Button Pushing - Season 2 finale explained the purpose behind the button. It's not a mystery anymore

Orientation Films - Again, not sure what the mystery is here. They are films created to explain the work of the Dharma stations.

Shark - Answered in same fashoin as polar bears.

Numbers? - Not too sure about this one but TLE did explain what they meant, their origin etc. They are still quite mysterious though.

Merge:

Healing and miracles - Aren't these pretty much one and the same?

Christian and Yemi - With Ben's mother and the appearance of Boone and Ana-Lucia in visions I think that a more fitting category would be "encounters with the dead" or something similar.

Horse - While not a merge in itself, the horse is one of a series of similar encouters. A seperate link is probably warranted for these.

Dave? - Possibly an encounter like the above. Again, am unsure about this one.

Add:

Widmore - Widmore is just as prominent and mysterious as Hanso now.

Jacob - With TMBTC, I'd say that Jacob is more than just an "Other". Jacob is a whole mystery in his own right.

Dissapearance of 815 - This is one of the most prominent mysteries in the show now.

Cooper - He may be dead, but Cooper's appearance on the island is an un-explained mystery that probably warrants a mention.

These are just some suggestions. I'm sure there are other changes which are equally warranted. Either way this is seriously outdated.

--Paulus2 09:05, 11 May 2007 (GMT)

• I agree that a lot of mysteries are curiously absent from this page, but I don't think mysteries that have been explained should be removed. Rather, a design overhaul is needed. I propose a table design more like the one in Portal:Transportation and Portal:Items, but with a a colour scheme to denote if a mystery has been explained (for example: green background on the entry if it has been explained, red background if it hasn't - sort of like the accomplished/failed backgrounds in A-Missions and O-Missions). MacCruiskeen 09:39, 13 May 2007 (PDT)

• I think the biggest mystery that needs to be added is the disappearance of 815 (which was mentioned above). BETTYFIZZW (Talk) 18:18, 18 June 2007 (PDT)

agree--Connor401 06:08, 3 September 2007 (PDT)

• Yeah, a HUGE update is needed here, not to mention the pics that illustrate the various categories...and are all wrong! (for instance a polar bear instead of the pillar of smoke) - TheAma1 14:33, 4 February 2008 (PST)

• I agree a big update is needed. One of the biggest mysteries to me at the moment is the discovered wreckage of 815 and why the outside world thinks everyone is dead. I dont really have any experience in editing wikis so if anyone could volunteer i think it'd help!

I do keep wondering why some stuff is on here as a mystery when it isn't really. Dave, the Hurley Bird and Kates Horse are really linked in with Visions and Dreams and unlike things like the Statue (which we know is going to come back) they only occured in one episode (well Dave did, can't remember if the Hurley Bird and Kates Horse made more appearances).Wild ste 07:55, 20 February 2008 (PST)

• why isn't this already updated? lol --Avindratalkcontribs email  12:01, 15 March 2008 (PDT)

• agree, can some one try and unlock this, or update this.

Daka 09:22, 17 May 2008 (PDT)

Eyes

i have noted that charictures eyes change color, this should be added as a section.

New Format - DESPERATELY NEEDS PICTURES

I've updated this page to the new Portal format, plus included a bunch of mysteries that were missing. I'm sure I'm missing a few things still so feel free to add anything. I've also added a "Solved"/"Unsolved" template so that we don't have to argue about removing any mysteries once they've been solved. The major thing, though, is that we need new pictures for all the mysteries listed (even the ones that currently have pictures, because they're being stretched). I'll work on some of them, but if anyone would like to help, that'd be great. The template uses images that are 123 pixels wide and 90 pixels high. Thanks and I hope you like the new structure. :)  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  17:37, 10 June 2008 (PDT)

• • I did two, but for some reason the images are blurred.... anyone know why? I did the dimensions exactly as you specified, Jimbo. New format looks good by the way. :)--  Lost Soul   talk  contribs  01:50, 11 June 2008 (PDT)
    • Thanks. :) I looked at your two images that you did (the Hatch and the Cable if I'm not mistaken) and they don't look blurry to me, at least no more than could be expected for non-HD screencaps that have been shrunken. Good stuff!  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  02:01, 11 June 2008 (PDT)

Haha, I totally thought "Claire's message" was from the season 4 finale. I totally forgot about the seagull :p--Halcohol 12:46, 11 June 2008 (PDT)

• Haha same here, until I clicked on the image. :p Hence me changing the photo (too confusing!) - TheAma1 15:12, 11 June 2008 (PDT)

Wow, that came together really fast. Thanks for the help with the pictures, that was great. Can anybody think of any mysteries that we're missing? There were a few in my head last night but when I went to write them down, they were gone.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  13:29, 11 June 2008 (PDT)

• I reorganised the mysteries in each category in the order in which they arrived in the show and/or were mentionned for the 1st time (hence the black rock in 1st position - let's not forget "le rocher noir" in the distress signal of Rousseau at the end of Pilot Part II). - TheAma1 15:37, 11 June 2008 (PDT)

Looks great, nice job! Robert K S (talk) 17:57, 11 June 2008 (PDT)

The fake Flight 815 should definitely be added. Andris22 08:23, 18 June 2008 (PDT)

Page got messed up

I dunno what happened, I'll assume that it was an accident, but somebody went and reordered all the mysteries alphabetically, arranged the images to be rows of less than 5, and (worst of all) changed half of the pictures into images that were stretched or distorted, as well as getting rid of one of the sections altogether. I've restored it to a previous version, I just wanted to leave a message saying that it happened.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  20:10, 18 June 2008 (PDT)

The Temple -- Solved?

The Temple has a green box around it, implying we know what it is. I don't recall seeing it or hearing anything about it except that it is where the others were hiding.--Lost Logos 01:31, 20 June 2008 (PDT)

• You are right. It's not solved at all. I changed it. --Anfield Fox 01:37, 20 June 2008 (PDT)

That was my bad, I copied and pasted the char portal and forgot to change the once letter that determines colour. Thanks for fixing it.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  12:24, 20 June 2008 (PDT)

Horace

The dimensions of the image for horace is messed up. It needs a new image. --   Connor401    talk    contribs    email   16:41, 21 June 2008 (PDT)

Working on it! -- Sam McPherson  T  C  E  16:47, 21 June 2008 (PDT)

What should the proper dimensions of the images be?--   Connor401    talk    contribs    email   16:49, 21 June 2008 (PDT)

Fixed. And for all AA portals, the dimensions are 122x90 pixels.-- Sam McPherson  T  C  E  16:52, 21 June 2008 (PDT)

123x90, actually... Though it probably wouldn't matter that much.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  15:21, 22 June 2008 (PDT)

...no, 122 is correct. See Image:Portal-Sawyer.jpg, Image:Portal-Jack.jpg, Image:Portal-Locke.jpg-- Sam McPherson  T  C  E  15:34, 22 June 2008 (PDT)

Huh... looking at the source code for the portal, it specifies 123x90 on the div tag and 122 on the actual image width. Is this an error or am I just reading it wrong?  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  15:44, 22 June 2008 (PDT)

I'm not sure. But the dimensions are definitely 122x90.-- Sam McPherson  T  C  E  15:50, 22 June 2008 (PDT)

Colours

Trafilights again enyone?red, oragne and green? --Rbfskywalker 08:32, 24 June 2008 (PDT)

Also

The Food drop has not been solved. - Inspirator 03:58, 30 June 2008 (PDT)

Juliet and Goodwin

Since when is Juliet and Goodwin a mystery?--Orhan94 16:09, 9 July 2008 (PDT)

• I agree with Orhan. Juliet and Goodwin is no more of a mystery than Jack and Kate. Removed until verifiable evidence is presented to prove that it is indeed a mystery. -- Sam McPherson  T  C  E  16:20, 9 July 2008 (PDT)

Mysteries

I don't think Jack's tattoo's are a mystery, I think that Naomi and Charlie also have them. And aren't Basra, Tampa and the collapsing deck mysteries? And shouldn't we merge the kidnappings on the Others sub-section (Alex's, Claire's, Anthony's, Cindy's and Walt's)?--Orhan94 09:12, 26 July 2008 (PDT)

Agreed with Basra and Tampa, but not with the collapsing deck. As for Jack's tattoos, they were treated as a mystery by the producers (who announced all throughout the beginning of season 3 that we would finally be getting their origin story). As for the kidnappings, I don't really think it's necessary to make a subsection, it seems like it would clutter the page. Also, a public service announcement to people: you have to actually make images for these portals. You can't just stick whatever image in there you want, (especially screencaps, which seem to be popular) because the dimensions will not be right. The images should be 122x90 pixels.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  16:40, 26 July 2008 (PDT)

Image Sizes

Please, people, for the last time, please make sure that the images you use are 122x90 pixels. Otherwise the portals look wrong because the images don't scale properly. Currently we need new images for:

• No images are known to need fixing at this time.

Thanks.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  11:02, 28 July 2008 (PDT)

If you are unsure how to do this just put it up how it already is and post it in the list above. I have this page watched and frequently monitor it for these problems I will fix any that i see. --   Connor401    talk    contribs    email   11:29, 28 July 2008 (PDT)

Need new pictures for the vision of Jin in the chicken costume, and Ray's corpse.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  10:30, 1 November 2008 (PDT)

I'm seeing now that some images don't scale right. We are updating our version of this portal in PT-LP here, and we changed those images to better ones. Get them there, if you want :) -- Lucas Benicá | Talk | Email | 17:16, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Colors

I think that RED/PINK should be for UNSOLVED (cause green is for solved) and ORANGE/YELLOW for PARTIALLY SOLVED. It is a bit confusing the way it is now. --   Steff    talk    contribs    email   05:52, 15 August 2008 (PDT)

Disagree, but it might just be that I'm used to it the way it is. I dunno.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  00:18, 16 August 2008 (PDT)

Partially disagree I'm really used to this system, and the contrast of the colors really does not matter.--Orhan94 00:26, 16 August 2008 (PDT)

The Arrow disscusion

• I think that we should have a disscusion on the subject of how we should treat the Arrow, is it a unanswered, answered or partially answered mystery. It will be far better to reach a concensus here rather than having a edit war on the article.--Orhan94 02:51, 16 October 2008 (PDT)

To the people claiming it is partially/fully answered: what exactly has been answered about it? We do not know its purpose, nor the reason for the items that were placed there. I can't think of anything that *has* been explained about this station.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  00:11, 17 October 2008 (PDT)

A mix up

How come Runway is placed under Island mysteries, and the Whispers are listed as a the Others' mystery?--Orhan94 11:38, 25 October 2008 (PDT)

I think initially the Whispers were an Island mystery, but then people decided that they were closely associated with the Others and so moved it there (on a personal note, I don't agree). Not sure on the Runway, though... I think that'd be pretty solidly an Others' mystery.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  17:28, 25 October 2008 (PDT)

Charles Widmore

I believe he really needs to be added to the "Off the Island" section. I mean, here we have a person who claims to be the legal and original owner of the island, who seems to know a lot about its secrets and who probably knows more about Ben than anyone else. I'd add it myself but I'm not sure how to do it. Maokun 10:54, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

some mysteries

1. I don't think we should list "The Elizabeth" as a mystery per the fact that we know everything there is to know about it: Belongs to David, David dies, Libby gets the boat, Libby gives it to Desmond, Desmond uses it to participate in Widmore's challenge, Desmond gets to the Island with it, Kelvin gets his hands on it and uses it to try and escape the Island, Desmonds takes it and tries to escape the Island, doesn't successed, Sayid, Sun and Jin use it to go to the Decoy Village, they are later attacked by Coleen's team and after Sun shoots Coleen in the Elizabeth, the Others take it. If there's something unanswered about it that's probably the time it was a possesion of David's, and that's all covered in Libby's past, and if it really was a mystery at one point then we should list it as answered.
2. Rename Visions to Dreams and Visions and add Charlie's dreams from Character mysteries per the fact that some of the mysteries listed there are actually dreams not visions: Horace, Locke, Jin...
3. Charlotte's past is deffinetly unanswered mystery, it isn't partially answered because we don't know a thing about it, except the fact that it is conected to the Island.
4. Neil isn't a mystery, not yet. We don't know anything about him but it's the same with everyother mentioned/briefly seen/background/status-unknown character.
Orhan94 10:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Agreed on all four points. Furthermore, the images for some things need to be fixed again. People, please use images that are the right size for the portals.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  01:31, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

• I took care of the portal pics. I agree with you re: Frog (which I deleted), Charlotte's past and Visions. I'm gonna mod that up. As for the Elizabeth I think the mystery is about what happened to the boat, not neceseraly its Libby link (although that counts too) - TheAma1 17:29, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

The Swan: Some questions remaining

I believe that there are still too many unsolved questions and misteries regarding the Swan (just check the page) as to color code it as "solved". More like "partially solved". Maokun 03:48, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Charlotte's History: Partially Solved

Given the revelations in "This Place Is Death" regarding Charlotte's history, I think it is safe to say it is partially solved and an update is needed, although there are still some questions such as who are her parents, so we can't say solved yet(MaxMoney37 16:48, 13 February 2009 (UTC))

Should Others:Information be a Mystery

Should there be a category for the Others that is about how they have obtained so much information on the Survivors? It's kind of an old mystery that I am surprised hasn't been put up yet. I suppose in some ways it could be related to the Lists mystery, but not 100%. We know that from season 3's "One of Us" that Ben asked Mikhail in The Flame to gather information on all the passengers - but - a) how did Mikhail do this and b) is this the only source of information that the Others have on the Survivors? When Ethan and Goodwin were sent to make lists were these being matched with a master set of information that the Others had? With season 4 and 5 developments I am also wondering if Locke (or someone else interacting with the Others pre-crash) passed along specific information? Seems like it's worth a mystery box. Lostchap 15:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)lostchap

Beechcraft

I think that we should put the drug smuggler's plane as solved per the fact that the last unanswered question about it (How did it crash to the Island?) is answered (It crashed there while the Island was moving, we know that aswell as through time the Island moves in space, confirmed by The Lamp Post's purpose as seen in "316"). --Orhan94 19:26, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

I agree. It will never be directly answered, I don't believe, but I think that it could easily be inferred. -- Sam McPherson  T  C  E  19:48, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Disagree: "The Island moves" is a pretty big answer. That's like saying "Jacob said so/It's your destiny" to every other question unanswered relating to events or characters. I don't much care about the Beechcraft's destination, but how a plane from Africa ended up on an Island supposedly in the middle of the South Pacific is still unanswered. Saying it won't be raised on the show again when there is still over a season left is pointless as you never know what ultimately will or won't be solved. Until clearly stated (like for the Runway) in a podcast or otherwise, this should still be put down as partially solved. - TheAma1 16:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Totals

Are the totals really necessary? It seems like all they do is clutter up the page and make it much more difficult to edit. Since they were introduced, I stopped editing this page just because it was too much of a hassle to modify the totals. I don't think knowing the number of mysteries that have been solved really gives any additional information to the reader.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  19:45, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

• I totally agree. --Orhan94 19:46, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
• I disagree, I like having a gauge of how much has and hasn't been answered. --Blueeagleislander 10:59, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
  • I wouldn't mind it so much if it were self-maintaining, it's just such a pain to edit the article now.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  14:52, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Question for someone who knows more about wiki coding than me: is there a way that a page can display the number of times a certain template is used on a given page? If so, that'd be a really good way to track the totals that wouldn't require tedious maintenance.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  19:06, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Okay, you want to keep the totals, fine. But do we really need the subtotals in each section? The largest section in the portal is only 15 images long. If you really want to know the subtotal, it's not at all difficult to add up. Furthermore, they're seldom accurate anyways because few people bother to update them. Can we please remove them?  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  23:54, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

I agree with that, keep only page totals and delete subtotals. --Metalpotato - Talk - Contributions - ✉ 17:02, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

I could be wrong, but the subtotal for "Unsolved" is wrong, it says 18, but I only count 17. Arvinkx 06:06, 30 May 2009 (UTC) Arvin

Some of the mysteries

• IMO, the Runway answered in "Namaste" and in the latest Audio Podcast, as we know its purpose (to act as a runway to Ajira Flight 316}} and we know how the Others knew that Ajira would land on the Island (Jacob told Ben, who told the Others). It's no longer unanswered nor partially answered. Also as of "Because You Left" there are no questions left for the Beechcraft (except "Where was the Beechcraft supposed to go?"). Charlie's dream is answered, as well as the Polar bears (we know that DHARMA brought them to the Island, we know that they got to Tunisia because it is the Orchid's exit, logically they were conducting experiments with Polar bears in the Orchid).--Orhan94 10:56, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

DISCHARGE

can someone explain to me why the Discharge is listed as solved? It should be unsolved, or maybe partially solved, but certainly not solved. All we know is that Desmond turning the failsafe key caused the discharge... but we don't know anything else about it. I don't think we'll fully understand it until we understand the incident. We don't know specifically what it was discharging. We don't know why it sounded/looked like the time flashes. We don't know how the failsafe key works or why it exists. That being said, I am changing it to unsolved. If anyone insists on changing it back to solved, please explain exactly why. Perhaps you know something about Lost the rest of us do not. --Jtmoore 04:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

• Agree for partially solved.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  04:48, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
• Partially solved. --Orhan94 17:36, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Libby

• I know that I lot of people would disagree with this, but after few confirmations by the producers and a little bit of logic, I think that we should remove Libby's past as a mystery. And, come to think of it, there is no actual mystery left about her past. We know that she was at one point in Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute and that she had a wealthy husband who named a sailboat after her that she gave away to a stranger after his death. I actually am more and more convinced that there really is no mystery to her past. IMO Sawyer (Interpol and Tampa Job) and Sayid (Basra) have more intriguing pasts than Libby--Orhan94 17:36, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Raising Aaron = solved

• I think that every mystery left about who should/who can/who does raise Aaron was resolved as of "Whatever Happened, Happened". --Orhan94 20:48, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
  • Disagree: Claire's story is obviously still open and when/if she does come back on the show, then the question of what happened to Aaron will be again raised. There is still a whole season (and a half) left for his fate to be answered. - TheAma1 16:22, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Richard, Ethan, and Pierre

Ok, as far as I see it Richard is in no way "solved". I suppose an argument could be made that he is partially solved, but all we really know is that he doesn't appear to age, has been on the Island since at least 1954, and has some leadership among the Others. So he should be listed as unsolved.

As far as Chang goes, I could agree to partially solved but he isn't "unsolved" just because we don't know his position and rank in DHARMA. If that's the case, we may as well add every other DHARMA member to the page. After all, we don't know Phil's last name, rank, family history, etc, therefore he is a mystery! Just because something isn't blatantly explained on screen doesn't make it a mystery.

and Ethan's "superhuman strength" was explained. The producers said in a podcast that it was not a mystery, Ethan just "works out". I can try to find it if you want. As far as why he was visiting Rachel, I think that can be considered a general "Others" mystery. I think if we understood why they do anything they do, we'd know that. Therefore, I don't think Ethan himself is a mystery.

as far as the Orientation films, you noted that there are "loads of things we don't know about them". Like what? What could we possibly need to know besides that they are films made for the benefit of new recruits. The Swan orientation video mentions the incident but that doesn't make the film itself a mystery. --Jtmoore 20:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

How is Faraday's Memory solved?

This should still be Unsolved I know of no explanation provided by the show for his memory question. I've seen some theories on this board, but no actual confirmation of a cause. Namastizzay 00:00, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

• It shouldn't even be "Partially Solved." Namastizzay 00:02, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

It's hinted that time travel causes memory loss when Charlotte can't remember things during the shifts. Thus, partially solved because we have a hint at a solution, but by no means a complete one.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  04:02, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Miles' Abilities Solved?

I think the issue with Miles' abilities is just partially solved. We know about the nature of his abilities, but we still don't know its real source as Bram mentioned in "Some Like It Hoth" Paintbox 18:51, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

• • I agree, Partially solved. Eyeinthesky 00:48, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Polar Bears

We learnt that who put the polar bears on the island. Yes, that was a part of this mystery. But do we know why did they use polar bears for experiments instead of penguins, or for example snow leopards? What was the exact purpose of the experiment about the polar bears? I think there're still some unanswered questions about the bears. Paintbox 19:03, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

• Just for clarification, and this does not refer to the Polar bears only. We don't make a mystery green once every single question about it is answered (as with Naomi, as she represented a mystery when she arrived in Catch-22, based on where she came from, who sent her and why did she claim the plane was found in the ocean... all of these questions were answered, though her article lists other questions about her too such as "Why did she thought that there might be survivors from Oceanic Flight 815?", which while still unanswered in certainly NOT part of the mystery about Naomi; this also applies for the few questions about Ethan Rom, Rousseau's past, The beechcraft plane, Dr. Pierre Chang, The tracking station, The polar bears... while on the other hand not applying to DHARMA, the Hostiles, the Others, Eloise and Time travel, even though most of the mystery surrounding these is resolved) --Orhan94 23:26, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Ok, as you've said answered basic questions about a mystery make it resolved. As far as we know the only important question e.g. for Naomi was her basic identity. We got the answers, and she is not a mystery anymore. Questions like "Why did she think that there might be survivors from Oceanic Flight 815?" would just fill the cavities of the story, or may lead to resolve other mysteries - not Naomi's. But in some cases, this formula is not useful. There are two important 'basic' questions for the polar bears. "Who put them on the island?" and more important than that, "For what purpose were the polar bears brought to the island?". The second question is extremely important, and from the time we first saw them it's the main mystery around the polar bears. So to me polar bear issue is a partially solved mystery. Anyway a mystery is a relative term, and if there's an exact definition of 'mystery' in Lostpedia, there's no need for discussing. Whatever happened, happened. Paintbox 22:05, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Answered mysteries

The Swan, Pushing the Button and The Discharge? Should we consider them Answered or keep them Partially Answered? --Orhan94 03:19, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

• I vote answered. Honestly, is "pushing the button" still listed as partially answered? As for the discharge, the only real mystery remaining is "what happens after" but that's not a valid UQ so I don't see why it should be a valid mystery.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  03:58, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

• I'm changing it. --Orhan94 10:20, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Dave

For what reason is Dave listed as solved? Especially given Jacob's recent statement that Hurley is not crazy. Passingtramp 21:51, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

"Is not crazy" is quite different than "was never crazy". It seems 100% unlikely that they'll revisit Dave at any point in the future, let's just accept the Occam's Razor answer.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  05:28, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Ilana and Her Group

What about Ilana, Bram and their group? Another important mystery of Season 5. We don't know their identity yet, so it's not clear where to place Ilana and Bram, but maybe we can create a temporary subsection like "Flight 316 Passengers" Paintbox 10:18, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Agree, this is a real mistery to me... Who do they work for? They came only to show Locke's body to The Others? Why they spoke to Miles outside the island? Was Caesar one of them? --Metalpotato - Talk - Contributions - ✉ 17:03, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

• Should Ilana's group be added as a partially answered mystery?--Orhan94 11:47, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

What has been answered about her group? -- Dhalia 16:46, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

• I think nothing has been answered about her group.(Except the fact that Jacob requested help from Ilana). So that should be an unsolved mystery. Anyway I simply can't understand under what circumstances people decide mysteries partially or completely solved in this page. Just take a look at -for example- 'dreams and visions'. Does anyone remember how was the mystery about Kate's Horse solved, or Libby's, Ana Lucia's, Daniel's visions partially solved? In this case maybe Ilana's mystery was already solved, just we couldn't understand:) -- Paintbox 17:32, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Well we know what is the answer to their question (Jacob), we know what is in their crate (Locke's body) and we know who is the "winning side" of the war (Jacob's followers). --Orhan94 18:34, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Ordering

What happened to the old ordering of how the mysteries were introduced in the show? I think it made much more sense than the current ordering by status, otherwise there's no point in having different colours, we could just name three sections of "Solved" "Partially Solved" and "Unsolved". I nominate replacing the old order which places mysteries in the order they were introduced on the show.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  23:44, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

• and can we also return some of the deleted mysteries and some of the mysteries that changed sub-section as the pre-finale ordering for mysteries and their solved/unsolved stuatus was better. --Orhan94 23:47, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
• . We should not keep subtotals but a page total, create sub-sections and order by apparition in show. I don't care about colors. --Metalpotato - Talk - Contributions - ✉ 17:06, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

The lawyer

Is Dan really unanswered after "The Little Prince"? --Orhan94 08:00, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

• Yeah, solved. He's not even major enough for this portal I think. --Blueeagleislander 08:06, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Claire's Message Solved?

Is this mystery regarding what happened to the message after Claire released the bird? If so, it's still unsolved, right?-- Steele  talk  contribs  21:16, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

New mysteries

• First, why Isabel? IMO Mikhail is a far better candidates for Others' mysteries, as he appeared in the Pearl, back then known as "Patchy" or "The man with the eye-patch"... I think that he actually deserves a spot here, never-minding the outcome on the discussion whether Isabel stays or not.
• Second, can a mystery be added to the Ajira 316 sub-section about the motivations for returning for the Oceanic Five, as the motivations of each of them is a mystery similar to the identities of the O6 last year. --Orhan94 12:01, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

• I've added Isabel, because she revealed unknown pieces of Others' lifestyle and hierarchy. Because of Isabel, we learned that the Others have a law system including sherrif(s), trials, and death penalty. And the judge is not a leader - neither Jacob nor Ben. So Isabel was important, but not because of her identity, she could be the answers of important questions about the Others' regime/method of management. So she deserves a spot here as a representative of the Others' system. (By the way i agree that Mikhail's identity was another mystery, but when think of Isabel's role, this could be a secondary mystery. He possessed nothing new as an Other. Just an ordinary member except his patch.)
• About Ilana's Group; actually it was a difficult decision where to put them. As far as we know they're Jacob's followers like the Others, but does this make them members of the Others? No, not yet. And please look at the other current sub-sections in this page. None of them is suitable to add mysteries about Ilana and friends. So i thought i had to create a new subsection. If we knew what team Bram was referring to (5x13 - Some Like It Hoth), the name of this subsection could be different, but as long as we learn who these people really are, the best option is "316 Passengers" i think. Anyway it's a pleasure to hear any other suggestions. --Paintbox 13:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

• with adding Mikhail, towards adding Isabel, with giving Ajira their own section.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  21:51, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

• By the way, if we talk about the new mysteries... Should Hurley's collapsing deck accident be a mystery? Imho, there's nothing mysterious about this incident, we know who caused what, we know the reasons, and consequences, just we couldn't see yet. Any other ideas? -- Paintbox 16:16, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
  • The deck incident has been confirmed by the producers as an event they don't plan to have a flashback to. IMO I think that the Basra Incident and the Tampa Job deserve to be here more. --Orhan94 16:22, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Are Bonnie and Greta an mysterie? Because what they were doing in Canada? How become they one of The Others? How did they found the island? Why were they in The Looking Glass? --Station7 17:13, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Is Frank Lapidus an mysterie? Because why wasn't he on flight 815? Why was he chosen by abbadon? What is he's connection with the island? And why is he with Ilana's group?--Station7 16:37, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

• Could be, but it's a fact that Lost is full of mysteries from the time it started and i think it's impossible to add each of them. In my opinion we have to choose the mysteries which were/are prominent to the story. I think Tampa Job, Basra Incident or Bonnie and Greta's backstory don't look like closely related to the story. So i don't think we have to place them here. But anyway i think there're still some important mysteries which aren't included in the portal yet. The mysteries such as Sayid's assailants (One of the them was revealed as John Locke in Season 1, and the others are unknown assailants in Season 5), Hurley's guitar case, pursuers in the canoe, the necessity of coming back to the island deserve to be listed as important mysteries of the show. Does anyone agree? -- Paintbox 13:21, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

I agree, and I've added all of them. I added Sayid's victims and Sayid's assailants as two separate mysteries. I didn't add "the necessiry of coming back to the island" because a) I didn't know what to call it, and b) I didn't know what article to link it to. But I agree it's a big mystery... so if anyone has any suggestions, feel free. Please do not delete any of the mysteries I added before first discussing why you feel they are not mysteries. --Jtmoore 15:51, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

• All new mysteries seem ok to me, but i think "Cabin Resident" is a part of the current mystery about "The Cabin". I don't think we need a new title. -- Paintbox 16:06, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
• I think it merits its own title... The Cabin itself raises several questions, i.e. why does it move? what's up with the ash circle? why did they have to burn it? as for the "Resident" the big question is who the hell was that? I guess what I'm saying is even if we understand the Cabin, we may not necessarily know who that guy was. --Jtmoore 16:15, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Nathan

Should Nathan be include?

• not any reason I can think of. In what way was Nathan a mystery? I guess for one episode we were unsure if it was him or Goodwin who was the Others' spy. I think a mystery that's introduced and resolved within the same episode can't really be on this page. --Jtmoore 15:52, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
• Disagree. Some people consider his long toilet break as a mystery, but i think there's nothing mysterious about him. --Paintbox 15:57, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
• a mystery is something that is left unanswered in one episode and doesn't get an answer for a significant amount of time, ranging from few episodes (such as Cooper's arrival and Rousseau's distress call) to several seasons (the Beechcraft, Rousseau's expedition and DHARMA). Everything that was presented as an unanswered question about Nathan was answered by the end of "The Other 48 Days" which is also the only episode he appeared in. --Orhan94 16:02, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Return to the Island

I don't think that this is a partially answered mystery as we know who made the O6 return (Locke convinced Jack, Ben convinced Sun, Ilana - Sayid, Jacob - Hurley and Kate's conscience over leaving Claire and lying made her decide to come back), we know how the get back (with Ajira Flight 316), we know why Sun isn't 1977 (the passengers didn't recreate the exact circumstances under which 815 crashed) and we know the bad things that started happening to the Islanders (most of them were killed in the flame arrow attack, the temporal displacement ending with Charlotte's death, the time shifts which finding locations on the Island really hard). So it's a sure deal to mark it as answered. --Orhan94 09:56, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

• Orhan, i definetely disagree with you.We know the answers of who, how, what, but we certainly don't know the answer of the most important question of this mystery: "Why?". "Why did they have to go back to the island?" "What exactly their temporary farewell to the island caused?". In my opinion, the main mystery about returning to the island is the necessity of coming back. This question is one of the most important questions of the last two seasons, and hasn't been answered yet. So i think it is partially answered. -- Paintbox 11:18, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

• with Paintbox.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  00:26, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Are Charles Widmore, Magnus Hanso and The Musician a mystery. Charles Widmore because, How did het get off the Island and why? How did he make his fortune? Magnus Hanso because ,Where is his body? Has he maybe what is don't think because he maybe already death ,was he with DHARMA or somehow related? and The Musican because is he maybe the economist. why did he take that song? Who is he? when did he leave the looking Glass and why?--Station7 10:13, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

• Well Charles is covered under the Ben vs. Widmore mystery, Magnus is covered under The Black Rock mystery and The Musician is not a mystery the same way the 26-year-old woman or Sarah's lover aren't. --Orhan94 21:46, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Volcanic Activity

Does anyone think that the volcanic activity on the island could be prominent to the island history or to the story itself? As i've seen in the article, the producers already commented about this issue "It's less important than Annie, but still seismic." Although it's a mystery, the producers signalled that the volcano won't be a recurring part of the show, so personally i don't think that we have to add this mystery. Any ideas? -- Paintbox 20:37, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

I agree that the volcano is a mystery, but what would we ask about it? I mean, "does he have lava?" or something like that. Could been asked where it is on the Island, but we know that it's on the Island then we should ask where's everything on the Island 'cause we don't know the Island. We know that it's not active 'cause the teacher said it wasn't. I think that when there's nothing to ask, there's nothing to answers, therefore not being a mystery :) -- Lucas Benicá | Talk | Email | 17:03, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

No,the question was not about lava:) The question or the mystery could be the results of a possible volcanic activity occured in the past. You know natural disasters including volcanos were (and still are) very important in many civilization's history, so there was a possibility that the volcano had a significant role in the island history. But as i said before, because of the comments made by the producers this is unlikely. So it looks pointless to consider volcano as a mystery. At least "currently". -- Paintbox 21:04, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

The Economist

Hasn't the mystery about the Economist revealed? It was said that he was Charles Widmore in an enhanced episode, and I think everybody understands by rewatching the episode 403 that he's the Economist after all. -- Lucas Benicá | Talk | Email | 16:56, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Nadia's and Edmund's Deaths

Actually i know that "Are they accidents or murders?" is not a valid unanswered question, but i think there're still some important questions about these two suspicious deaths. Should Nadia's Death be set to partially answered, and should Edmund's Death be added here? -- Paintbox 21:23, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

• Nadia's death, sure. As for Edmund's death, I don't think there's really any mystery surrounding it. Even if there is, it's not really a major question for the series.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  21:44, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
• About Edmund, it definitely looks like a murder even though there's no real evidence. You may know, one of the actors made some comments about Edmund's death recently which i can't say here because of the spoiler policy. These comments created the possibility of seeing the background of Edmund's death along with the nature of Mittelos Bioscience this season. But anyway i agree with you, it shouldn't be considered as a major mystery for now.
• By the way i couldn't understand your opinion about Nadia's death. Do you think there's still mystery about Nadia's death? -- Paintbox 11:26, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
  • I think there's arguably some mystery there, but even if there's not, at one point there was so I think we should include it.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  21:15, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
  • Well,yes i think the same. There is. We don't know if Ben told the truth about Ismael Bakir's role in Nadia's death, or Jacob's connection. So i'm changing it to 'partially solved'. -- Paintbox 22:02, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Kelvin

perhaps its worth considering Kelvin Inman as a mystery. We don't really know the circumstances under which he arrived on the island. He claims to have worked with Radzinsky, but there has arguably been some mystery surrounding Radzinsky's death. Do we really know for certain that Kelvin was recruited by Dharma and not the others? If he was Dharma did he come before or after the purge, etc? --MR IRISH 18:43, January 21, 2010 (UTC)

• I don't think that we have enough controversial or contradictory info on him to consider his statements as untrue and the time of his recruitment is not big enough mystery to present it here, or expect an answer to either. This article is about events/locations/items/people/phenomena which were presented as part of the shows mythology and as mystery we are likely to get an answer to. Kelvin if even a mystery should be marked as answered as everything unanswered about him since Dez first mentioned him was answered in "Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1". --Orhan94 21:40, January 21, 2010 (UTC)
• I agree that there's something mysterious with Kelvin. His recruitment and arrival to the island are mysteries, but i think these questions are related with other mysteries such as Dharma Initiative, and the purge not Kelvin himself. If we can learn something about DeGroots, Ann Harbor, and the purge Kelvin's backstory will be revealed, too. So i think there's no need to include Kelvin as a mystery currently. --Paintbox 20:30, January 22, 2010 (UTC)

Submergence of the Island

• It looks like the submergence of the island is a new and important mystery. Shall we add it? --Paintbox 11:06, February 4, 2010 (UTC)
  • I think the whole "alternate timeline" should be a mystery. --Blueeagleislander 11:12, February 4, 2010 (UTC)
    • Agreed, but how to express all the components of the alternate timeline? Is creating a new category called "alternate timeline mysteries" and putting things under this title a good solution? I think it may be. -Paintbox 13:40, February 4, 2010 (UTC)

The Man in Black and the Monster

The man in Black and The Monster are one and the same. They should be merged together on this page.--Station7 14:08, February 5, 2010 (UTC)

• Ummm well, this situation is a little more complicated than it seems. I think we have to wait for the upcoming episodes to decide. By this logic, we have to merge some other mysteries such as the visions of Yemi and Alex,too.--Paintbox 14:47, February 5, 2010 (UTC)

I agree Paintbox, otherwise it will very confusing to us (the fans).--Station7 14:49, February 5, 2010 (UTC)

• I think that no mystery should be deleted/merged, even if we already know that Yemi, Horace and Alex visions were all orchestrated by the Man in Black, because while you're watching other seasons, they ARE mysteries, so even if they all come from a same source, they should just be placed as "solved" rather than being merged. Illuminatuz 20:34, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

We shouldn't merge them. The Monster was STILL a mystery. Just because he was EXPLAINED as being the MIB does not mean you should merge it. This isn't the answers page, it's the mysteries page, and the Monster was a mystery from the pilot that happened to be explained in season 6. Keep them separate. Msett 15:47, February 10, 2010 (UTC)

• Exactly, Msett.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  17:14, February 10, 2010 (UTC)

Some new

How about adding a section about the new timeline? We can include "Jin's watch". "Jack's wound", "Sun and Jin's relationship", "Desmond's disappearance", "Island's submergence" etc? --Orhan94 19:39, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

• I offered the same on one of the above sections. So i totally agree with you. I think we may include Alternate timeline itself, "Island's submergence", "Desmond's disappearance" and maybe "Jack's wound" in the first place, but not sure about Jin's watch and Kwon's relationship. These two don't look like major mysteries right now. --Paintbox 08:27, February 8, 2010 (UTC)
• And by the way...I'm asking again, shall we add the volcanic activity as one of the island mysteries? I know that the procuders said that it's unlikely to be prominent to the story, but imho, the submergence of the island provided a possibility of seeing the volcano. "Less important than Annie, but still seismic." Any ideas? --Paintbox 08:34, February 8, 2010 (UTC)
  • I believe that the alternate timeline and Jack's wound are relevant and will be obviously solved in the future, Jin's watch and money seems likely for me too, therefore, can be significantly included as currently unsolved mysteries. But the volcano, as of now, does not seems to hold a huge importance and in my opinion we know too little about it to call it a proper mystery. Illuminatuz 20:33, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

The Spring

• Should the spring be a mystery seperate from the Temple? I mean its healing power, and particularly its colour may be significant mysteries. --Paintbox 09:11, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

DHARMA Stations

The Arrow is solved (it was revealed to be a defense station against the Others where they would make weapons.) Also, The Swan is solved too. We now know it was built by Radzinsky to study electromagnetism and we have seen The Incident, so should we turn those two green? Msett 22:38, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

• Agreed.--Paintbox 09:33, February 13, 2010 (UTC)
• I don't know how to do it. It's different than the other pictures. Can someone else do it? Msett 13:53, February 13, 2010 (UTC)

The Others' purpose

Unanswered? Really? Worst case scenario it's partially answered, it was stated numerous times that their purpose is to protect the Island, maybe it is clear why but we know the measures they are willing to take (The Purge, killing the United States Army, Bea's suicide, Mikhail's "suicide" etc.), what needs protecting (not directly but the Island's special, Jacob their leader is special so it's not that hard to imagine - plus the conditions of their Truce with DHARMA confirmed that they protected the Island's ruins, the pocket of energy etc.) and we know who they are, as in they are survivors from different Island's arrivals (confirmed by the producers in a DVD commentary), recruits (Juliet's arrival) and people drawn to the Island (Dogen's story). So I'm changing it to partially answered. --Orhan94 15:59, February 13, 2010 (UTC)

• Agreed. It should be "Others' Purposes" rather than "Purposes" also. Anyway I don't understand what's happening with this page. Some users change,remove or add mysteries without discussing. "Frozen wheel" has been removed; Jack,kate,Sawyer and Hurley's kidnapping have been added, teams(that Bram referred to) were removed, categories, and many names were changed with no explanation. These're the ones just i noticed at first sight.--Paintbox 16:33, February 13, 2010 (UTC)

How it looks like

It looks amazing. It looks better then it was. My compliments to Lostpedia.--Station7 23:21, February 16, 2010 (UTC)

Candidacy

Should we move "Frank's Candidacy" to Character Mysteries under "Candidacies" maybe tomorrow once we have pics of Jacob's "Magic Wall"? Msett 03:05, February 17, 2010 (UTC)

The Numbers Explained

We now know they correspond to the degrees in which Jacob could watch them and they are candidates. This is most likely why it was broadcast on the Radio Tower and how Lenny heard them. Explained?

Time Travel

why was time travel/frozen wheel removed? Time travel is one of the biggest parts of the show and we really have no idea how or why it happens.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jmoore0905 (talk • contribs) .

• Some users just remove or change the things without discussing. This is the easiest way. I tried to talk, even reported but nothing happened. I agree with you, time travel and/or frozen wheel should be here.--Paintbox 09:54, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
• Glad someone agrees with me. Could you add them back? I don't know how, otherwise I would.

The Purge

Shouldn't the Purge be changed to "partially solved?" As best I can remember, we still don't know who ordered it, or why, so... Wstonefi 04:07, March 3, 2010 (UTC)

• It's not really important who ordered it. We know what it was, who executed it (Ben), and why (boiling hostilities between The Others and DHARMA for violating the Truce. Msett 00:16, March 4, 2010 (UTC)

Raising Aaron

I think Aaron has been answered. Claire's sole purpose for joining the MIB is to get her son back. If Kate hadn't taken the baby and raised him, Claire wouldn't have joined the MIB. Seems like really bad things that Richard Malkin mentioned have finally happened.

• This is pure speculation about the reasons, especially since Kate only raised Aaron after Claire abandoned him. Additionally, we haven't really seen anything that bad result from Claire's alliance.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  17:48, March 3, 2010 (UTC)
• I believe this will end up being the answer, but we could keep it partially solved until it's given more concrete evidence. Msett 20:14, March 3, 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced luggage

I think we shouldn't put Christian's coffin and Locke's luggage under the same title. Since Locke's misplaced luggage isn't and wasn't a mystery (just an ordinary situation which everybody can experience), i think we should change this mystery to "Christian's coffin". Agreed? --Paintbox 18:37, March 3, 2010 (UTC)

• Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Locke's knives on the plane as well (season 1, Walkabout). Somehow, both Jack's and Locke's luggage got misplaced. I'm sure Jack's missing luggage is a perfectly normal experience as well, but its a difference from the Original Timeline. Why these perfectly normal events are different is the mystery, not how they happened. Just my two cents. Msett 20:10, March 3, 2010 (UTC)
  • Under normal circumstances it takes minutes to learn where the misplaced luggage was accidentally sent. That was true for Locke's baggage, and delivered to his house in a couple of days. Yes,that's perfectly normal; John lost his knives, and found them the next day. But imho, Jack's situation is a little different from that. Christian's coffin wasn't just lost, it looks like it has disappeared. More importantly,there's a huge difference of significancy between these two "luggages". Christian remained as a major mystery since the first season of the series, so his disappearance looks much more important than a lost&found luggage of knives. Even if the users consider John's luggage as a mystery, we should seperate these two. Because misplacing and disappearing are not the same.--Paintbox 13:05, March 4, 2010 (UTC)

Flash-sideways mysteries?

Can someone please explain how on earth (or alt earth) is Nadia's marriage a mystery? And Keamy? Unless you want a Keamy centered flashback detailing how not being on the freighter got him to where he is I don't see another mystery/needed answers about him. The Jin thing is covered under the Sun and Jin mystery. --Orhan94 21:30, March 3, 2010 (UTC)

• How is Sun and Jin a mystery? We should wait until they're flash-sideways episode until we jump the gun and put their relationship as a mystery. Msett 22:10, March 3, 2010 (UTC)
  • Here's how. Jin was seemingly arrested at the airport carrying a package (for whom?, for what?). Sun cannot defend him because she could not speak English (really?). Are they still married? Jin later shows up in a Sayid-centric episode (come again?) all tied-up, alone (where's Sun?). I'm telling this is a mystery that is bubbling-under the surface, and I bet the answer would only come during their centric episode, while dropping clues along the way on other people's episodes. This is a mystery, a low-profile one like Nadia's whereabouts.--Edible8 23:41, March 3, 2010 (UTC)
    • Right, makes sense. Sorry I deleted it. :/ Msett 20:29, March 5, 2010 (UTC)

General Rules and Issues

Okay -- someone, or someones -- have been deleting mysteries without notifying anyone, because they are either "solved" or "impossible to solve". Someone actually removed time travel as a mystery because it will "probably never be solved."

DO NOT REMOVE MYSTERIES IF YOU BELIEVE THEY ARE SOLVED. JUST CHANGE THEM TO SOLVED. For example, Frank's candidacy was removed because it has mostly been solved, and apparently, this makes it no longer a mystery. If this is the case, you may as well remove almost everything off this page. This page is for ALL mysteries on the show: solved, partially solved, and unsolved. If it's solved - and there should be a general consensus, not one person's opinion - change it to solved. DO NOT DELETE IT. Frank's candidacy may be mostly solved, but it was a mystery from "The Incident" until "The Substitute". Therefore, it belongs on this page. Same goes for Isabel's death. Is it important? Probably not. But it's a mystery nonetheless so it stays on this page. This is just as bad as the people who kept taking Nikki and Paulo off the main characters page because they "aren't on the show alot".

Time travel might not ever be given a concrete explanation, but it is a mystery nonetheless. There are numerous unanswered questions about it, so LEAVE IT ON THE PAGE.--Jmoore0905 18:36, March 5, 2010 (UTC)

Isabel's Death

Isabel's death is NOT A MYSTERY. It wasn't even REVEALED on the show that she died! I didn't even know she was dead until I saw this. If this was a mystery then it would have been shown on the show, not in an interview. Sure, what Darlton says is technically canon, but it never even appeared in the show! It's not a mystery. Msett 20:28, March 5, 2010 (UTC)

• What they say isn't canon. In fact, in the exact same interview, they announced that Aldo was dead.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  21:22, March 5, 2010 (UTC)
  • Actually not only Isabel's death, her identity and role in Others' hiearchy is still mysterious. She reflected some clues about Others' way of living and management, we even learned that they have a strict law system. So it's not possible to say "Isabel's not important." On the other hand like Jimbo said, what the producers say is not always canon. Remember what they said about Annie, Libby, or some other characters. Should we remove them, too? I think she must be here.--Paintbox 11:14, March 6, 2010 (UTC)
    • Let's compromise and put "Isabel" as Partially Solved instead of "Isabel's Death" as Unsolved? I agree we don't know WHAT she did, but it's not even canon that she in fact died.
      • Right,agreed.--Paintbox 16:20, March 6, 2010 (UTC)

The Well?

I'm not saying it isn't a mystery, but what questions are/were there about the well? As far as I know, it's just a well that goes to the Wheel. I don't see anything mysterious about it. Can anyone add to this? Msett 20:28, March 5, 2010 (UTC)

who built it and when? did they build it to get to the wheel? or did they build it for other purposes and then discover the wheel? or did they build it with the express purpose of putting the wheel there?...oooorrrr did they build it because of the rope Sawyer left there, which was there because he found it there, which...the whole thing is just a time paradox. It's a huge mystery, same as the wheel and time travel itself.--Jmoore0905 02:26, March 6, 2010 (UTC)

• Agree with Msett. I don't think we should seperate "the well" and "the wheel" mysteries. Mysteries about these two are closely related, and can be placed under one single title i think.--Paintbox 11:00, March 6, 2010 (UTC)

Inhabitants??

Isn't it a bit assumptive to say the original inhabitants AREN'T the Others? Msett 22:56, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

• Well it isn't assumptive as we have proof dating as back Season 3 (producer DVD commentary) which says that the Others are a bunch of people that lived on the Island at different periods. First, the original inhabitants, than the many different people to be drawn to the Island (my guess mostly candidates and their companions, as well as people needed for the Others' causes, like Juliet, though she may have or have been recruited because of her candidate status), thus the Others are a group of Black Rock, DHARMA, US Army and etc defectors and original inhabitants, though I think a very easy solution to this is just renaming the original inhabitants to ancient inhabitants with a link to the Others' page. --Orhan94 23:56, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

Cabin Fever

• What causes it? - Proximity to the Island, stated by Gault
• How is it caused? - By being close to the Island, see above
• What is it? - A stronger case of cabin fever that causes disorientation, confusion and urges to escape the ship (most likely this has something to do with suicidal thoughts)
  • I agree that maybe more direct answers about it would've been nice but I personally think that the temporal displacement and the cabin fever are the same illness, but the latter got it's name because Gault and Doc Ray thought it was cabin fever because they didn't know what temporal displacement was or what being "un-stuck in time" meant. --Orhan94 20:49, March 14, 2010 (UTC)

The Tempest and The Lamp Post

Are they really still partially resolved? I mean we got many answers on their purpose and fate (both would eventually fall in to the hands of the Others), and I don't see how minor mysteries such as "When was it built?"/"What stations can be monitored by the Pearl?"/"Who was the 'clever fellow'?" etc. are enough to list them as unanswered, seeing as the Tempest was never introduced as a mystery in the first place and The Lamp Post was pretty well answered by Eloise in "316". I'm changing them to partially answered for now. --Orhan94 20:49, March 18, 2010 (UTC)

• I think you're right about the Lamp Post, but some questions about the Tempest may still be considered important. It seems like it's unlikely to learn more about the Lamp Post, but to see and learn more about the Tempest looks like a bigger possibility. So i think we may leave the Tempest as "partially solved" for a while.--Paintbox 01:31, March 19, 2010 (UTC)
  • Feel free to change the Tempest to partially solved though I think that it never was a mystery as it appeared in 1 episode and it was more like of an answer (how was the purge performed? what was the freighter 4's mission? What were their gas masks for?). --Orhan94 10:06, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

Sub categories

Why are there a lot of sub-sub categories in this page? The current structure of the page looks very confusing, and i think the previous simple page structure was much more useful. We have to change it. --Paintbox 16:29, March 20, 2010 (UTC)

• it looks awful. --Orhan94 17:21, March 20, 2010 (UTC)
• I agree, so I broke it down to make it simpler. 3 main headings "On the Island", "Island Visitors", and "Off the Island." The rest of the mysteries are broken into broad subcategories.

Question regarding images

Some images look diffrent in comparison to other ones, such as "Dagger" and "Isabella". Why does this happen? How can we alert them in order to look like the rest of the pictures? Thanks! --Kriton Tog 11:23, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

INABILITY TO DIE?

Can we add a mystery page concering inability to die? E.g., Jack, Michael, and Richard? --Sauronsmatrix 07:25, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

• Its just a piece of coarse correction caused by the island/Jacob/MiB so they can achieve their end goal, normally something only that character can do.

Isabel

Isabel should be removed from the page. She was simply a minor other who appeared in a single episode. At this point it's hard to expect that we'll ever hear from her again because she's had almost no bearing on the overall plot. The producers have said we shouldn't expect answers to minor mysteries like this and I agree. As for her "death" which is what the mystery actually asks about: we have no reason to think that she died. The interview/special feature-thing that talks about her dying is NOT canon, and is also completely unreliable since it lists Aldo as dead, too.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  18:59, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

• For a long time i supported the idea of keeping Isabel as a mystery here. She could be effective on the overall plot,and could answer some important questions about the Others especially because of her authority. But that didn't happen, her situation and role among the Others remained as a minor mystery. Also you're right, there's no reason to think that she died. So now i share the same idea with you, Isabel's identity and 'possible' death don't possess a major importance anymore. --Paintbox 19:56, March 25, 2010 (UTC)
• I agree that Isabel and her apparent death aren't of much importance now, but some would still consider many aspects of her character to be a mystery. I mean, isn't that what lostpedia is famous for - providing and storing a wide range of information no matter how insignificant it may be. We shouldn't just discard stuff because it is not important or relevant and I believe that this is in keeping with lostpedia tradition.

Miles' Ability

I see that there's a conflict about Miles' abilities which continues for months. I sometimes see this as a solved mystery, other times as a partially solved mystery. In my opinion, Miles' ability has never been a mystery. Because in the first episode which Miles had been appeared, we learned that he could communicate with the dead people. In Miles' centic episode, 'Some Like It Hoth', there was nothing new about his abilities. He had been talking to the dead people since his childhood. So if there were some questions about his abilities,obviously that wasn't the answer. But one thing in this episode made Miles' ability mysterious. Bram claimed that he could learn the source and the reason of his abilities if he joins them instead of Widmore's team. In my opinion, this is the only mystery with Miles. If you think this is a major mystery, then we should make it "partially solved". Otherwise let's remove it,since we already know what power he possesses since his first appearance which means there has been no mystery around Miles. --Paintbox 16:12, March 26, 2010 (UTC)

The Others

I removed Harper as a Mystery. We could technically put every single Other as a list and this page would be miles long. I don't think we should include minor Others on this page. Only the main mysterious ones that have to do with the plot. Msett 18:40, March 26, 2010 (UTC)

Walt's Kidnapping

Am I alone in thinking that Walt is still partially solved. I heard the argument that the Other's kidnapped him because he was special. But, why do they want special people then? We don't know a motive yet, do we? Msett 22:16, March 26, 2010 (UTC)

The Door

I don't think The Door is considered Solved yet because we don't understand who constructed it (DHARMA or the Others?) and we don't know why they would even create a fake station. --Msett 22:19, March 26, 2010 (UTC)

the door

does it matter who built that door? the others just lived in this villiage to pretend being unprogressive and wanted to pique michael's curiousity. they needed him to release their leader ben. and that's the reason why they had two guys who were watching this useless door. we still don't know who built it but i don't really think that's important, in my opinion this mystery is solved. we have many other important mysteries to deal with. ;)

walt's kidnapping

one of the others - i think it was ben - said jacob wanted walt in room 23. thus they had to kidnap him to put him in it. we have no idea what the room's purpose is and we still don't know much about walt's abilities but these questions are already covered in "room 23" ("the others") and "walt's powers" ("oceanic flight 815").

Flashsideways Charlie

Okay, can we put this to a vote? Is there actually a mystery about Charlie in the alt? Apparently, some of you think the mystery is "why did he try to kill himself". Is this really a mystery though? If it is, we need to include every unexplained character motivation ever. I.e. why did Sayid choose to help Jack save Charlie? Why did Jack stop to talk to Locke and give him his card? Why did Locke accept his fate? How did Locke and Helen meet in the alt? You see how irrelevant these questions are? Charlie has always been a messed-up junkie. He probably swallowed the heroin to keep it hidden, choked on it, and didn't give a s*** if he lived or died. Besides, it's obvious that Charlie's appearance in the alt scenes was just to shut up the rabid Charlie fans who were all screaming for his return. --Jmoore0905 01:06, March 27, 2010 (UTC)

• I'm going to have to vote No, it is not a mystery. Msett 01:31, March 27, 2010 (UTC)
• Charlie himself is not the mystery, Charlie's whereabouts is the main mystery. So let's correct the title to "Charlie's Whereabouts" --Paintbox 09:22, March 27, 2010 (UTC)
• Charlie's in jail- (seen in Recon, Liam was at the jail.) If you really want to get technical, every character's whereabouts are a mystery. Where's Sun? What's Kate been doing since she met Claire or got caught my Sawyer? What's Jack doing since we saw him at his son's concert? Just because we haven't seen a character doesn't mean they are a mystery. I'm for removal until we see Charlie do something more mysterious abnormal? I'm going to guess you don't know exactly where your uncle is right now or your best friend at this exact moment, but it's not a mystery to you, is it? Msett 14:09, March 27, 2010 (UTC
  • No need to be offensive.I just wanted to say that if someone requires something mysterious with Charlie, his whereabouts could be the only valid reason.I have no idea if he disappeared like Desmond and Christian did, or it was just a scene in which Liam had been asking about his brother. Actually i don't care, if most of the users think it's useless, then simply remove it. It's not difficult adding him again if we get some more significant clues about Charlie.--Paintbox 15:01, March 27, 2010 (UTC)
• I'm deleting Charlie. If anyone wants to add him, they need to leave a message here with a good explanation.--Jmoore0905 14:29, March 27, 2010 (UTC)
• Please don't be offended, I didn't mean it that way. I was just trying to back up my opinion. Msett 16:53, March 27, 2010 (UTC)

Sayid's Resurrection - really a mystery on its own?

I'm pretty sure we can categorise that sub-mystery under "The Sickness". Any thoughts on this?

• I would have put it under "Healing Properties" more than the Sickness. It seems to be a combination of both of them. But Dogen pronounced Sayid dead. He was genuinely surprised that he was resurrected, so I would still consider this a mystery because obviously something out of the ordinary happened to Sayid. I'd personally leave it as it is.Msett 23:08, March 29, 2010 (UTC)

Daniel?

Why is the alter boy, Daniel, still a mystery? Was he not, like Emeka, not a manifestation of smokey?

• I agree 110%!! Every time I mark him as solved, someone goes and undos it. He's the smoke monster, as were Yemi, Emeka, etc. All those visions Eko saw before his death were the Man in Black. It was also confirmed Christian Shephard and Kate's horse were manifestations of the Smoke Monster. Msett 15:28, March 30, 2010 (UTC)
• Agreed 110% as well. I also keep changing this to solved. The argument naysayers are using is that we have no proof the smoke monster can manifest as living people. Unfortunately, this gives us two choices.
  • 1) the monster can manifest as living people. He got the vision of Daniel from Eko's memory and used it.

• • 2) the monster cannot manifest as living people, however, through a fantastic coincidence, an entity which CAN take the form of living people just happened to show up right when MIB was manifesting as Emeka, Yemi, etc and just happened to manifest as something else from Eko's past. This other non-smoke monster entity then left, and MIB went about its dead-man impersonating business.

• now which seems the more logical? I think we can apply Occam's razor here.--Jmoore0905 23:36, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

Juliet's Resemblance?

I don't remember that ever being solved. Now, I assumed that Harper was referring to Annie when she said this, but was this ever confirmed by the writers?

• Yes, one of the latest podcasts confirmed that Juliet was a proxy for Annie in Ben's life. --Orhan94 23:08, March 30, 2010 (UTC)

Isn't the Libby vision solved?

Her vision by Michael was simply out of guilt for murdering her. It really does not seem like there is anything more there, or is there a podcast or interview that I missed saying there was something more?

• That was the vision in the hospital. But the vision of Libby in Kahana is still unknown. --Paintbox 09:04, March 31, 2010 (UTC)
  • Ah, I assumed that it was still another guilt-vision. The picture should at least be changed to the Kahana instead of the hospital.
  • yeah, I think it's safe to say that Michael was just seeing Libby out of guilt.--Jmoore0905 23:43, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

Annie

I just wanted to note, I keep changing Annie to solved and someone keeps changing it back. One of the most recent podcasts explained that Annie's family left the Island at some point between Ben's flashback "The Man Behind the Curtain" and his appearance in "Namaste". They also said Annie was unimportant and would not play any further part in the story. So its solved. The end.--Jmoore0905 23:35, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

Henry Gale

is this really a mystery? Aside from the fact that this will almost certainly never be addressed, what about Henry Gale is a mystery? All we don't know is how he died. We can assume one of the Others murdered him...but other than this, we pretty much know everything.--Jmoore0905 23:39, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

• I believe we're not in a hurry to solve the mysteries. How he came to the island, why and by whom was he killed...These're all mysteries. The same is true for other mysteries such as Emily,Daniel and Libby visions. Assumptions, theories and even podcasts aren't valid sources for solving the puzzles at least in Lostpedia. --Paintbox 08:13, April 1, 2010 (UTC)
• how is a podcast not valid? I think if the producers come out and say "we're never going to answer x question on the show, so here's the answer..." that kind of covers it.--Jmoore0905 13:30, April 1, 2010 (UTC)
  • I mean, producers sometimes use podcasts for twisting the fans. Recent experiences proved that many times. Remember that we were told Aldo had died. We saw him this season, and he was perfectly alive. They said "volcano is less important than Annie, but still seismic." Later we were told that Annie was unimportant and would not play any further part in the story. There's also some spoilerish news contradicting the recent comments, interviews and podcasts. So how can we consider them canonical? --Paintbox 14:19, April 1, 2010 (UTC)
    • I think everything in the season 6 podcasts can be considered canon. They may have changed their minds on some things since season 3, but in season 6 everything was decided upon and is now written and filmed.--Frank J Lapidus 22:11, April 22, 2010 (UTC)
• At Comic-Con '07, the producers said we would see Ben's confrontation with Henry. Whether or not that's true is debatable, but they did say it.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  16:55, April 1, 2010 (UTC)

Emily

we still have Emily listed as unsolved. Isn't it safe to say this was clearly MIB? Rewatch "The Man Behind the Curtain". With what we know now, it's blatantly obvious.--Jmoore0905 23:44, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

If I recall correctly the first appearance was inside the barracks-which would have meant that if she was MIB then he passed through the sonic fence. It's likely it was MIB and the fence was down for some reason, though, but it could be something else. --Golden Monkey 14:28, April 6, 2010 (UTC)

Ben comunicates with who in 4x12?

Should we add this as one of the unsolved Mystery?Enos 08:00, April 3, 2010 (UTC)

• Unsolved? Really? It was Alpert, how else do you think he knew that Keamy was attacking and came to rescue Ben in the next episode. Orhan94 10:39, April 3, 2010 (UTC)

Flash-Sideways

The amount of subcategories was a bit much, a couple of weeks ago I reduced them into 3 categories, Island, Visitors, and Off Island. The Flash-Sideways was further divided into a Characters section. I think this is a bit unnecessary as the characters ARE a part of the Flash-Sideways. I removed the category in simply put all Flash-Sideways mysteries together. Msett 19:13, April 6, 2010 (UTC)

Portal: Answers

There is a Portal: Answers. Check it out and help add to it. It's in the beginning stages, but it's just like this page, except it provides answers as well. Let me know your thoughts on it.Msett 19:13, April 6, 2010 (UTC)

Frank's Candidacy

I really don't feel Frank's candidacy has been fully explained at all. The question was raised by someone with knowledge of the subject to someone with knowledge of the subject, who seemed unsure of the answer. No one has gained any more knowledge of this subject than the questioners. We should keep it at partially solved, because now we at least know what a candidate is, but we still can't be sure about whether Frank is one or not, because Ilana and Bram both were unsure.--Frank J Lapidus 23:17, April 10, 2010 (UTC)

time travel/frozen wheel

for the thousandth time, these are NOT solved. I don't know who keeps changing them, but I can only assume whoever it is cannot read, since it clearly states not to make any changes without discussing first. Furthermore, I can assume they haven't actually watched Lost, or at the very least, don't understand the meaning of the word "solved".--Jmoore0905 04:22, April 14, 2010 (UTC)

• The electromagnetic energy underneath the Orchid is so powerful that it causes time travel. Unless you want to get into the technicalities of time travel physics, the time travel mystery is solved. The Frozen Wheel releases this energy, which is held back by the wall (remember Pierre Chang said they couldn't drill any further into the wall or "god help us all"? Doing so cracks open the wall and lets the energy escape. John Locke sealed it back up, and the time jumping stopped. Are there any other questions I'm missing? Feel free to post them, but at least in my opinion, this mystery is solved. Msett 23:09, April 14, 2010 (UTC)
  • Time travel caused by the electromagnetic energy underneath the Orchid is solved, except this question: "Why do particular characters travel in time while others don't?". If you think this question is not important enough, then there're no major questions regarding this issue.
  • And Desmond's time travel in season three and four...Desmond's special status became a very important part of the show this season, and the 'rules' which don't affect Desmond are still unclear. I'm not the one who will decide these questions are major or minor, but will be pleased to hear the community' opinion.--Paintbox 18:19, April 16, 2010 (UTC)

Sayid's Assailants

Is this a mystery? They're bad guys sent by Widmore to kill Sayid because he was murdering his people. are we looking for their whole life story? I think we should remove this Msett 22:55, April 15, 2010 (UTC)

• Then why did they just use tranquilizers? I mean if someone was killing my associates and I sent someone to take him out I'd arm my assailants with something stronger than tranquilizer darts. Personally I always thought that it was Ben who sent them (I think that Jeffrey and Gabriel, the people he mentioned to Jill in "The Lie" were actually the two guys that Sayid took out in "Because You Left"), because Ben never wanted to kill Sayid, he just wanted to have him sedated so he can take Sayid to the Island with him. Ben IMO was using the assailants on Sayid, the same way he used Norton on Kate, to make them come back. Widmore would've rather ordered Sayid's death. --Orhan94 17:07, April 16, 2010 (UTC)
• Or another possibility is that its Widmore still, but he wants to know why all his people are being murdered. --Geekinator 21:43, April 19, 2010 (UTC)

Miles' ability /Hurley's visions - how are these solved??

I don't think we've been give an explanation to either of these.

• Miles' abilities were half-explained, because we know what he is capable of doing, we know that he can do it since he was young, what we don't know is why he can do it. It is a generally discussed topic if his abilities should be considered a mystery or not. I personally vote for "partially solved". As for Hurley's visions, it is on the list as partially solved. Illuminatuz 00:27, April 22, 2010 (UTC)
  • Maybe Miles can do it just the same way your hair color is what it is, while others have different colors. Just something he was born with, possibly even genetic.--Geekinator 23:04, April 22, 2010 (UTC)

Cabin Resident- Solved?

We officially know the Man in Black was Christian Shephard. Christian was seen in the cabin. We also know that the Man in Black can't cross ash circles for whatever reason, and the cabin was surrounded by ash circles, but when Illana and Company showed up, the circle was broken and the cabin empty, meaning whoever was there escaped once the circle was destroyed. We also know that Jacob had not lived in the cabin for a long time, said by Richard in the season 5 finale I believe. It will never explicitly be revealed that the Man in Black was the person inside the cabin, but there is more than enough evidence to properly infer that he was indeed the Cabin Resident. I believe the final puzzle piece to this mystery was solved in "The Last Recruit" when "Locke" said he was Jack's father. Can we change it to solved? --Msett 04:30, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

Ah, but in "The Beginning of the End," Hurley saw two people in the Cabin, "Christian" and the mysterious Cabin resident who previously identified as Jacob in "The Man Behind the Curtain." Christian may be MiB, but who's the other guy? Jacob on a visit? The mysterious boy in adult form (clothing matches)?--Tim Thomason 04:42, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

• True, but as far as the Cabin Resident goes, it should be solved, if not partially solved. This other person is more like a Cabin Visitor. Msett 13:31, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

I don't think the "cabin resident" (aside from when we see Christian) was the MIB, because the MIB/smoke monster had been known to be outside the cabin since the first episode. Why would he relegate himself to the cabin willingly? I also don't think you can just write off the other person who was not Christian as just "a vistor." None of the others or the survivors would stop by for tea time with the MIB. If it is a vistor, WHO is it, and why are they friendly with MIB? Toerag 16:25, May 9, 2010 (UTC)

Christian

We know that Christian was actually MIB, but what about the visions of Christian at the hospital and in Kahana? We officially know that MIB can't leave the island, so is it true to consider Christian's visions as a solved mystery? --Paintbox 09:20, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

• Agreed, I don't believe that Christian's appearances have all been solved...also, the disappearance of his body in the original timeline has not been explained. Shawn4168 18:07, May 26, 2010 (UTC)

Pillar of smoke

Why is the pillar of smoke "solved"? We still don't know what is the Others' purpose to make such a pillar of smoke before kidnapping Alex or Walt… unless I missed something.  Nico  01:00, April 22, 2010 (UTC)

• Rousseau lied, we saw that there wasn't a pillar of smoke when Alex was kidnapped. Neither was there one when Walt was kidnapped (it was in open waters and at night so I don't really remember seeing one). The one that appeared in Season 1 was made by Rousseau herself and the one referenced by Rousseau in the past was revealed in "This Place Is Death" to have just been her campfire. --Orhan94 07:30, April 22, 2010 (UTC)
• Hawkdeath 07:44, April 22, 2010 (UTC)
• In This Place is Death, it wasn't confirmed that it was or wasn't there. Just because we didn't see it doesn't mean it wasn't there. And in Exodus, Sayid comments that there are no footprints or tracks around the pillar of smoke, so I tend to believe that was the Others that lit that one. I don't think we should say "solved", we don't know why they would put them up.--Frank J Lapidus 22:07, April 22, 2010 (UTC)

Kidnappings- Zach and Emma?

Shouldn't Zach and Emma be listed under "Kidnappings"? That point has been heavily discussed in the show, so regardless of how solved it is (I say unsolved or partially solved personally), it should be on there.--Frank J Lapidus 22:17, April 22, 2010 (UTC)

• We could add them, but its solved. The children kidnapped, Aaron, Zach and Emma, etc. were means to supplement the Others population because of pregnancy issues. --Msett 20:31, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

Statue

Shouldn't the Statue be partially solved? We now know what the statue is of, but we don't know who built it or why or how it came to be on the Island.--Frank J Lapidus 22:23, April 22, 2010 (UTC)

• Agreed. --Paintbox 09:41, April 23, 2010 (UTC)

Isn't Hurley's Off island ghosts also solved?

The whispers are people who for one reason or another are left on the island. They never said that no one could leave the island. For reasons that the show probably won't get to, these characters were allowed to move on past the island. Isn't that pretty much the entire thing?--Geekinator 23:02, April 22, 2010 (UTC)

- This is a mystery. We know on-island ghosts are the whispers, but we don't know HOW/WHY Hurley can talk to other's off the island. Plus Christian off Island. SLRibs 12:00, April 23, 2010 (UTC)

• the HOW/WHY is covered in the "Hurley's visions" mystery. --Orhan94 16:03, April 23, 2010 (UTC)
  • I concur, and I'm glad to see that either gone, or at least bumped up to partially solved. --Geekinator 20:48, April 23, 2010 (UTC)

Ben's Package

• Is this even a mystery? It's obvious it's his gun. At the very least it shouldn't be unsolved.--Anfield Fox|talk|contributions 10:44, April 23, 2010 (UTC)
• Agree 100%. This shouldn't have even been a mystery. I say remove it. Even if anything, it was QUESTION, but it doesn't belong on this portal. The portal is for big mythology related mysteries. Msett 15:08, April 24, 2010 (UTC)
• it was a really minor thing such as "Why did Miles want exactly 3.2 million dollars?", "Why were Miles and Daniel chosen for the freighter's science team?" etc. This is a portal about Lost's mysterious and mythological characteristics such as the Smoke Monster, the Statue, the Temple, the Others, Jacob, MiB, the Sickness, the Whispers, the healing property, the pregnancy issue, DHARMA, the Black Rock, the US Army and the Jughead, time travel, the Purge, the frozen wheel etc, and not for every single unanswered question presented on the show! Mysteries such as "What was Ben's package?" are part of the plot, were just there to advance the plot NOT as part of Lost's major mysteries nor of Lost's mythology. It's pretty obvious it was the gun, though it was never specifically stated on the show so it will remain an UQ forever based on this article. I would actually want to see this article "purged" of smaller mysteries with just the central ones left. --Orhan94 11:03, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
• Right, Ben's package was as mysterious as Locke's backpack. So it's a good decision to remove it. Actually i couldn't see many minor mysteries on the page. Jack's tattoos,Sun's baby,the glass eye,the sharks, and the tracking station(has this one ever been a mystery?) are the ones that i noticed at the first place. These are my candidates for the purge. --Paintbox 15:43, April 26, 2010 (UTC)
  • Sun's baby and Jack's tattoos could stay (the first recurred throughout seasons 2 and 3 and the latter was considered a mystery by the producers). Unlike them the shark was never truly a mystery (it was an Easter Egg when they said that they kept them in the Hydra, not an answer as no mystery was raised, since a shark in open waters is not a mystery really) and the glass eye is just a minor UQ. --Orhan94 11:03, April 27, 2010 (UTC)

MiB's Mother

Does this really need to be a mystery? I think it is covered under Man in Black because his mother is just another facet of his past, which is all covered under the Man in Black mystery. Thoughts? --Msett 02:49, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

• Well "Locked Room" is covered under "Widmore's return", "Glass eye" under "The Arrow" (though personally I never thought of it as a mystery), "Walt's kidnapping" should be answered as the only questions left about it are covered in "Walt's abilities". --Orhan94 09:25, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

Colors?!

What on Earth is with the change in colors? This wasn't discussed! Msett 21:31, May 2, 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea, however I guess it makes sense with the whole traffic light code Red=Unsolved, Amber= Partially Solved and Green=Solved--Unionx 22:44, May 2, 2010 (UTC)

• LP has its own traffic, and traffic lights code. I'm reverting it. --Paintbox 09:51, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
• Phew, thanks. Call me a creature of habit but I didn't like it at all! Msett 10:38, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
  • Same here:) -Paintbox 12:47, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
    • Cheers:) --Unionx 20:11, May 3, 2010 (UTC)

Visions

Libby and Emily Linus' visions ARE NOT partially solved, theres been no follow up, speculation does NOT apply, Libby appearing off island, is either an unsolved mystery or it can be removed (since it was no more than a 5 second cameo) as for Emily Linus, we still have no idea why Ben saw her when she was a child, so I quite frankly feel that this should stay unsolved, until there is some indication as to why --Unionx 22:48, May 2, 2010 (UTC)

Miles's ability: NOT solved

This is still down as solved, but we haven't had any explanation as to how he does it or whether it was a gift from Jacob.

Claire's Music Box

Do you think the music box that Christian left for Claire can be significant enough to be here? --Paintbox 10:50, May 5, 2010 (UTC)

Tawaret

I don't think the statue should be completely solved. We still don't know who built it and why it was built, right? WaltVincent10797 01:49, May 10, 2010 (UTC)

Mysterious boy

I think that we are getting a little bit ahead of ourselves saying that this mystery is completely solved. Sure, we now can confirm that it is Jacob as a kid. But, we still don't know why he is appearing, or how. And, we also still don't know know why some people can see him and other's can't. He's still too mysterious. --SandlasJuagas 18:15, May 12, 2010 (UTC)

• Agreed. Msett 18:36, May 12, 2010 (UTC)
• Okay, someone changed it back without any explanation, so I'm just going to re-change it.SandlasJuagas 14:02, May 14, 2010 (UTC)

Purpose and Nature

I believe the whole "cork talk" was symbolic and not supposed to be interpreted literally. The Island is not a "Cork to Hell," it's simply an island. I don't think this is a mystery. The Island doesn't have a PURPOSE, it's just an Island. It becomes significant because this is where Jacob is keeping MiB prisoner. The cork was just a personification, don't you think? Should we keep this as a mystery? I vote to get rid of it. Msett 23:08, March 29, 2010 (UTC)

• I agree, it's not the Island what makes Jacob special it's the other way around. --Orhan94 17:00, March 30, 2010 (UTC)
• I agree Msett,your point is totally true. Also islands don't and can't have purposes, they may have functions. Let's remove this, or to stay in the safe side we can change the title to "Island's Function" or something like that.--Paintbox 16:50, March 31, 2010 (UTC)
• I'd also like to add that any questions about its nature are covered under "The Source." Can we remove the "Purpose and Nature" mystery, because after all, it is just an island. It's what's on the island that is special, it doesn't have a purpose. And what is on the island is the Source. Msett 18:36, May 12, 2010 (UTC)

The Others Goals

I guess we can turn it to solved now? They are Jacob's intermediaries between the people he brings to the island in order to protect The Source/keep MiB on the island? Msett 15:39, May 16, 2010 (UTC)

What constitutes a mystery solved?

I'm a little confused here, as I'm seeing many mysteries list as "solved" that still need a lot of explaining. For example:

• The Discharge: We know what it was and what caused it, but we do not know the significance of it. (it's the event that occurs when a big amount of EM energy is released)
• Time Travel: We know how time travel is initiated, but we do not know the purpose or significance. (there is no purpose or significance, it's just a natural phenomenon which occurs as a result of the EM energy in the heart of the Island)
• Sayid's Resurrection: He was not a guise of the monster. I don't remember any explanation for why he came back to life. (Well Jacob did say that resurrecting him is important for Jacob's cause - he saved the lives of 4 candidates. He did say that he was actually resurrected by MiB, though he had a change of heart after talking to Desmond. However we can put this one up for discussion and see what other users think)
• Frozen Wheel: We know what it does and who made it, but not how it was implemented or how it works. (I think that the best explanation to ow it works was given by MiB in "Across the Sea". It's inserted in the EM pocket and moving it manipulates the EM energy)
• The Monster: We know the origin of the monster, but the important thing is that we still DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS. This one is my biggest gripe. (It's a cloud of Black Smoke - "Exodus, Part 2". It's evil incarnate - "Sundown". It's MiB's form after him entering the Sourse - "Across the Sea")
• Electromagnetism: Like Time Travel, we know it exists and that it's an important property of the island, but we do not know its full significance yet. (See time travel. Though I'm fine with leaving it partially solved as the EM energy's purpose is likely going to be explained once we know Widmore's plans for Des)

What is the criteria for a mystery being classified as solved? As far as I'm concerned many of these still have some serious underlying issues or significance that still have yet to be fully explained. (Darmikau 07:41, May 18, 2010 (UTC))

• I must express that I feel the same way about most of the points you are putting out in there. I saw that the "Others' Purposes and Goals" is labeled as solved and I couldn't help myself from feeling disappointed. I guess that the problem isn't with the editors, but with the natures of the answers that the show have been giving us. By now, whether a mystery is solved or not relies more in individual opnions of the viewers rather than concrete, factual plot answers. Illuminatuz 13:34, May 19, 2010 (UTC)

• I agree with you about most of these points,but well... I think this is the weakest and the most critisizable point of the show. Unfortunately a lot of mysteries were and still are explained in a cheap and superficial way. We know they won't(and maybe can't) tell more about these mysteries, so we have to suppose that they're solved although there're many important questions regarding them --Paintbox 19:20, May 19, 2010 (UTC)

• "It's a cloud of Black Smoke - "Exodus, Part 2". It's evil incarnate - "Sundown". It's MiB's form after him entering the Sourse - "Across the Sea"" Whoever added this kinda missed the point. Why did he become Smoke after going down the Source? Why is he evil incarnate? Neither of those questions have been answered, so Smokey is only half-answered. --Golden Monkey 17:45, May 20, 2010 (UTC)

"Solved"

The editors of this article have a very different definition of "solved" than the rest of the world does, doesn't it? I changed everything to reflect the actual show:

• Smokey is not completely solved. Yes, entering the source made him into Smoke. But we don't know why. So until that's answered, this is partially solved.
  • It simply does! I don't think (based on what the show has given us) that it actually has a reason for doing so, the Source simply does.
  • This mystery falls under "The Source." Not "The Monster" Msett 20:37, May 20, 2010 (UTC)
• We don't know why the Island time travels.
  • The electromagnetism, aka. The Light, under the Island is so strong, that if it is released from the core of the island, the energy goes haywire. Time travel is science fiction, and this explanation is more than enough. Msett 20:37, May 20, 2010 (UTC)
• We don't know who built the statue or why or how or exactly when or even why Jacob moved in there. Just how it was destroyed and what it's of-hell, we know practically nothing about the Statue! How could it be solved if there are so many unanswered questions surrounding it?

• Moving the Island is not completely solved. We know how they put in the wheel, but not why it moves the Island or why it sends them to Tunisia.
  • Tunisia is more of an answer not a mystery - it's the exit, a place where people that turn the wheel end up. Asking why Tunisia will only lead to other questions!
• Since when do we now the goals and purpose of the Others? We've been given little indication beyond that they're protecting the Island. For example, why did Jacob start them? Did he? Until that can be answered, this is only partially solved.
  • They were started by Richard after he got on the Island. We know he was one of the first people on the Island, we know that he acted as a leader in the 50s because he was still gathering these people we came to know as Others (it was confirmed by the producers that the Others are a group of people consisted of survivors of different crashes as well as special recruits, such as Juliet for specific purposes - Juliet's was exploring the pregnancy issue)
• Who built the Temple? Why is the spring there? Answer me those questions definitively, and then you can define it as solved.
  • This is hardly important enough to care about. Who cares who built it, the mystery was what was in it. Msett 21:20, May 20, 2010 (UTC)
• What was the ultimate fate of Pierre Chang? Answer me that and, you guessed it, this is completely solved.
  • His "ultimate fate" was never actually a mystery presented on the show. We got to know who he was, why did he have a prosthetic arm, what his name was and why he used aliases (Hurley did refer to "Marvin Candle" as his stage name)
• Why was the purge ordered? Who ordered it-was it Charles Widmore? It's never been explained on screen, so it's not completely solved.
  • DHARMA was violating the Truce and threatening the Island. The Others protected the Island and wiped them out. They act out of orders from Jacob, their leader. Msett 21:20, May 20, 2010 (UTC)
• Why did Desmond have the flashes? Why did he see Claire escaping when that didn't happen? Again, if there are any remaining major questions this is not completely solved.
  • He had flashes because of the discharge (stated by the producers).
• Why was Libby in Australia? How can her past be said to be completely solved when her entire reason for being on the plane is unknown!?
• Why does Hurley see the dead? Again, it's not completely solved until we aren't asking big questions like that. And no, it can't be related to the whispers; if it were just the whispers, how could he see people off the Island?
• On that same note, why does Miles see the dead? Was there a episode I missed that explained that? Because this article makes me think there must be, because how else could someone possibly think his ability was solved when its origin has not even been hinted at?
  • This is science-fiction, you can't expect further explanation that what his ability is. Msett 21:20, May 20, 2010 (UTC)
• How did Ilana come to know Jacob so well? This is a major question, because like Libby it's her entire reason for being on the Island and nothing on the show has explained it.
• Why did Eloise act like some kind of time cop who was aware of Desmond's time travel in "Not in Portland"? She can't possibly be solved completely if the events of her debut episode are still mysterious.
  • She was an Other. Msett 21:20, May 20, 2010 (UTC)
• Also, the missing luggage has been found as of the latest episode so I changed it to solved. --Golden Monkey 18:06, May 20, 2010 (UTC)
  • I agree with this statement. Msett 21:20, May 20, 2010 (UTC)
  • disagree You should have discussed this BEFORE you edited it. I disagree with 99% of your statements. Most of these mysteries are solved. For who built the Temple-- who cares? That's not a part of the mystery, the mystery was what was in it. Time Travel? How much more explantation can you get to electromagnetic energy that is so strong it causes time jumps. The wheel has been 100% solved. The MiB installed it to get off the island and manipulate time! I'm undoing these edits. Msett 20:33, May 20, 2010 (UTC)

Desmond's Importance

I added Desmond's Importance a week or so ago, but it was removed with the explanation that Desmond under "Flash-Sideways" covered this. I let it go, but last episode has me convinced that Desmond has importance ON THE ISLAND. We know Widmore was testing Desmond for electromagnetic tolerance. This "woke him up" in the Sideways world, but this wasn't Widmore's intention. Widmore wants Desmond to go into "The Source", as explained by the Man in Black at the end of the episode. Desmond's shaping up to play a major role in both the Island world and the Sideways world for different reasons. Msett 21:29, May 20, 2010 (UTC)

• Well after The Candidate and What They Died For I would have to agree with you. By the way, I was the one that removed it the first time. --Orhan94 14:31, May 21, 2010 (UTC)

An Additional Color (Once the Show Ends)

The producers have confirmed that they will be adding 20 minutes of extra footage to the DVD finale. They have also explained that they will be answering many mysteries they didn't have time for, as well as an official encyclopedia. I'm proposing

Explained Canonically

or something similar, not right now, but when the time comes for its use. Msett 11:10, May 21, 2010 (UTC)

• Yeah, it's a nice idea. It could be used for "Juliet's resemblance" as well as they explained that via podcast, and possibly for "Libby's past" as the only explanation we got for it was the producers explaining that she was self-admitted in a mental institution after her husband's death. --Orhan94 14:29, May 21, 2010 (UTC)
• Good point! Except Libby was explained this season. True about Juliet though! Msett 21:42, May 21, 2010 (UTC)

Mislabeled or did I miss something?

Sayid's Resurrection and Juliet's resemblance are labeled as answered, but the articles don't mention anything, and I can't even remember them being answered at all.--Rod|talk 22:33, May 22, 2010 (UTC)

• Juliet's resemblance was answered in a podcast, and Sayid's resurrection was answered by Sayid who said that MiB resurrected him. --Orhan94 23:24, May 22, 2010 (UTC)

Narrowing down

I propose that, now that the series is finished, there should be a list specifically for questions left still unanswered. Such as the skeleton in the source, the Ajira Massacre, and the other Others. Zazaban 07:59, May 24, 2010 (UTC)

Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics should be a mystery. We have no clue about the hieroglyphics on the island and they show up a lot.--Kaste1 22:10, May 24, 2010 (UTC)

• I disagree. What is mysterious about hieroglyphics. They're a form of language that ancient civilizations used. You wouldn't say English is a mystery, would you? Msett 00:50, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
• Yes, hieroglyphics are not a mystery if you find them in Egypt. If you find them in an island far far away from Egypt it should be a mystery.--Kaste1 11:21, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
  • I think that most people are missing the point here. The hieroglyphics are more of an indication that Egyptians did actually inhabit the Island at one point, an indication that most things we find in Egyptian style (the Statue for example) are actually built by Egyptians. Since "Across the Sea" showed us that Island arrivals are not just a Jacob thing I think that the whole hieroglyphics theme was more of an answer than a mystery. --Orhan94 13:52, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

Locke's Bright Light

Why "Locke's Bright Light" is solved? If I missed it what is it?--Kaste1 11:31, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

• In the recap show "Lost: The Final Journey" they stated that Locke saw the Monster (something guessed by most of the viewers). They just clarified that he said that it was beautiful because he interpreted it as a proof of his connection to the Island. --Orhan94 14:14, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

Frozen wheel

We know that MiB tried to built the Frozen Wheel. But the Mother somehow buried the whole place. Then MiB was killed or knocked down unconscious by Jacob. So who built the wheel? Was it MiB after he became the Smoke? But there are some hieroglyphics in there. So some egyptians built the wheel? As you see we can only assume who built it and why. Also, we don't know why it ended up frozen. Furthermore, we don't know how MiB knew that if he turns the wheel he will live the island. "I am special" is not an answer. Even the fact that you end up in the Exit if you turn the wheel is a mystery. This is happening because of the electromagnetism? But why don't you travel somewhere else or in the Exit if you are inside the Lighting Source? The Frozen wheel should be "partially solved".--Kaste1 11:58, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

• You end up in Tunisia because YOU SIMPLY DO. Not everything has to happen for a particular reason, it simply does. And MiB had a lot of time to explore the Source and its electromagnetic properties in the course of 30 years, something that would've been a mistake to show as seeing him test the EM properties for 20 minutes would've really destroyed "Across the Sea". We know that it is a wheel that once MiB built because he knew that placing it in the Source will allow you to use that energy to travel away from the Island. Next thing we know is that millennia later, Ben moves a wheel that looks and functions the same as the previous one and moves the Island in time (and time travels himself to Tunisia three years later), but because he accidentally dislocated the wheel making the Island's inhabitants skip through time periods until Locke comes in, moves it again and putting it in place, by doing so he prevents the survivors from time skipping again and he also time travels himself to Tunisia three years or so later (note: he time travels a considerably larger time frame than Ben, because in Island time Ben moved the wheel 4-5 days before Locke moved again, even though Locke came to the mainland after Sayid had spent few months killing people for Ben). Now unless someone else somehow had the same idea as MiB and made an exact replica of his wheel and planed to use in the same manner, which is as you may realize impossible and frankly, too stupid for Lost, I think that there is no reason to doubt that either the wheel Ben moves is MiB's creation too, or it was inserted in the Orchid well by MiB or someone else from Claudia's people while they were building the wells (which is in line with MiB's statement that more than two wells exist). The exact mechanism that the wheel/wheels are using can not be answered because, time traveling wheels don't exist, and there wasn't a way they could've answered this without making it sound weird (explaining the physics of something that is against the laws of physics would either result in something that is cheesier that the light cave or something that everyone with a basic knowledge of physics would discard as unreal). The wheel is answered, it was made by MiB, discovered and studied by DHARMA, tested by with polar bears (making the frozen part more of an answer to "why did DHARMA bring polar bears and not something else?") and used by Ben and Locke. --Orhan94 14:12, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
• You are just telling me what I already know. First of all, Claudia's people was murdered by the Mother. So they couldn't built the Wheel. Well you can say that someone have gone to take a pee and avoided the slaughter... Anyway the answer is that someone built the Wheel: MiB, the Egyptians, the one who was taking a pee... OK no big deal. Why it ended up frozen? Who cares? There are many anomalies in the island. But Lost is not a fairytale so you can't just saying to me "You simple do". Then everything simple does. The numbers are simple cursed, the Mother is simple crazy, the supplie drops simple continue to drop. No mysteries. What I really ask is why you time/space travel if you release some energy of the Lighting Source by turning the wheel, but when you actually enter the Source you don't? Anyway since the questions I did exists in the article of the Frozen Wheel I don't mind if it is solved or partially solved...--Kaste1 19:15, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
• Frozen wheel is solved. End of story. Msett 00:07, May 26, 2010 (UTC)

Empty Coffin

We know that MiB takes only the form of the dead people on the island. We all have seen Locke's dead body while MiB as fake Locke was walking right next to it. So why the coffin of Christian Shephard in the island is empty? Where is his dead body? That should exist as a mystery alone. An "usolved mystery'.--Kaste1 12:36, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

The Giant Stopper

I am refering to the giant stone that was placed in a hole inside the cave of the Lighting Source. Who put it there? How is it able to prevent the destruction of the island by simple being there? Why is there light coming out of that mysterious whole when it is closed by the Stopper? What is the meaning of the Hieroglyphics on it? Did some "strange" Egyptians built the whole place and the Stopper? That should be another mystery. Maybe "partially solved" because we know its porpuse: "Keep the whole closed so the island will not be destroyed."... --Kaste1 13:09, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

Supernatural Abilities

I created a new article called Supernatural Abilities that I think would be a good idea to add to the Mysterious Happenings "The Island" category. The article covers all of the powers the characters hold. Like Desmond's immunity to electromagnetism, Locke's dreams, Hurley and Mile's mediumship, Walt's powers, etc.

Do you think this is appropriate to add here? If not, what portal should it go in? --Blackout0189 22:42, May 26, 2010 (UTC)

Redesign

I'm working on a potential redesign of the portal, which you can see here: User:Jimbo the tubby/Mysteries (redesign). It will group mysteries together into broader categories as well as present the answers for them so that we don't have to bicker (as much) about which mysteries are solved or unsolved. I've also reorganized certain of the mystery portals so that they appear under the category they were originally presented as. For example, the Smoke Monster is listed under Island mysteries because he was originally an Island mystery. The fact that he has anything to do with Jacob and the Man in Black is more of an answer than a question. But that's a minor point. Let me know if people like the table-ized version in my sandbox or if anyone has any suggestions.  Jimbo the Tubby  talk  contributions  04:18, May 27, 2010 (UTC)

• Jimbo, it looks great! I thought about a similar concept for a time ago, but couldn't imagine how to do it. You made it come true. But some of the mysteries wasn't actually solved (although we suppose that they're solved),or we got some indirect answers. So the only problem could be the exact definition of the solution time. Anyway thank you very much, a real brilliant idea! --Paintbox 07:23, May 27, 2010 (UTC)