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Post by regaine on May 23, 2018 10:47:15 GMT -5
The surnames mentioned in the story are Huff, Adams, Johnston and Marks. The first names are LeeAnn and Kayla (from the Johnston Family Diner website) and perhaps Justin and Harry. If the diner is owned by the Markses, then it's plausible that the web site designer would be Kayla Marks. There is an actress named Kayla Marks with exactly one film credit - portraying a gorilla in a film called "Miss Edison". Elsewhere we have mention of lots of gorilla-like creatures and one that isn't - the Jersey Devil. Edison is a suburban town in New Jersey.
Ah, but the film is from 2016. False alarm.
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Post by goldhunter on May 23, 2018 12:05:59 GMT -5
Well...keep trying.
Maybe Jenny can try to get an interview with Custard and maybe he will throw us a bone.
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Post by regaine on May 24, 2018 6:10:04 GMT -5
I am now on board with the Morristown, NJ hypothesis.
I pass through there a few times a year, typically, including on Thanksgiving. But it's three hours from where I live. If I were closer, I'd be checking out all of the pocket playgrounds in the area for one fitting the physical description. I know that might be too literal, but the playground was described in such extreme detail.
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Post by goldhunter on May 24, 2018 7:06:19 GMT -5
I can't access Custard's site at this moment, but I'm thinking you can figure out the layout of the park by starting with the housing addition which has a ditch in the backyard? If so, you can do some hunting on Google Earth.
I hope this makes sense. I'll look into it more when I can.
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Post by Jenny on May 24, 2018 7:42:55 GMT -5
I am now on board with the Morristown, NJ hypothesis. I pass through there a few times a year, typically, including on Thanksgiving. But it's three hours from where I live. If I were closer, I'd be checking out all of the pocket playgrounds in the area for one fitting the physical description. I know that might be too literal, but the playground was described in such extreme detail. I still like Morristown NJ as well. However, I haven't been able to identify an exact location. I like the connections of the story to Fort Nonsense, Foster Fields, Burnham Park, and Speedwell park.... all within a relative small area. There seems to be a lot going for it.... however, then the 'stone' might have moved elsewhere...so who knows.... and still thinking when get time...
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Post by goldhunter on May 24, 2018 7:50:31 GMT -5
And, don't forget nearby Watchung, NJ. They have a very well-known playground that has some crazy looking flowers (sprinklers), not to mention the Watchung Warriors. Also, Custard put these two words together in the story- "which hung."
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Post by Jenny on May 24, 2018 8:16:23 GMT -5
And, don't forget nearby Watchung, NJ. They have a very well-known playground that has some crazy looking flowers (sprinklers), not to mention the Watchung Warriors. Also, Custard put these two words together in the story- "which hung." Oh, I like that..... great thoughts...
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Post by regaine on May 24, 2018 11:41:09 GMT -5
I figured out that the ticket numbers on the tickets on the Johnston's Family Diner website are times expressed in epoch seconds (see here for explanation: webnet77.net/cgi-bin/helpers/epoch.pl), and the times exact match the conventional dates and times underneath. Also, by looking at the page's source code I could see that the page itself was created in September 2015. If this is a clue to the CustardQuest, it came 2+ years after it was released.
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Post by goldhunter on May 24, 2018 12:07:02 GMT -5
I figured out that the ticket numbers on the tickets on the Johnston's Family Diner website are times expressed in epoch seconds (see here for explanation: webnet77.net/cgi-bin/helpers/epoch.pl), and the times exact match the conventional dates and times underneath. Also, by looking at the page's source code I could see that the page itself was created in September 2015. If this is a clue to the CustardQuest, it came 2+ years after it was released. Thanks for the info.
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Post by regaine on May 24, 2018 14:24:45 GMT -5
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Post by goldhunter on May 24, 2018 19:57:09 GMT -5
I am now on board with the Morristown, NJ hypothesis. I pass through there a few times a year, typically, including on Thanksgiving. But it's three hours from where I live. If I were closer, I'd be checking out all of the pocket playgrounds in the area for one fitting the physical description. I know that might be too literal, but the playground was described in such extreme detail. I still like Morristown NJ as well. However, I haven't been able to identify an exact location. I like the connections of the story to Fort Nonsense, Foster Fields, Burnham Park, and Speedwell park.... all within a relative small area. There seems to be a lot going for it.... however, then the 'stone' might have moved elsewhere...so who knows.... and still thinking when get time...
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Post by goldhunter on May 24, 2018 20:03:46 GMT -5
After reading the last two paragraphs of the story, I'm also wondering if the park is the wrong place to look. Maybe "sparklies" equates to S park lies (I'm only half joking)
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Post by goldhunter on May 24, 2018 20:34:53 GMT -5
I went to look at Morristown and right in the middle of town, by a park is "S Park Pl." Close!
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Post by regaine on May 25, 2018 5:39:43 GMT -5
I'm wondering if it's in a cemetery in Morristown. The first one I picked, Evergreen Cemetery, does have family plots for Marks, Huff, and Johnston. It fits with words like pedigree and lineage. Maybe "Past Markses" could be a direction. From Google Images I can discern it contains hills, valleys, wooded areas, concrete steps, curved paths (none that are stamped concrete), roses. A cemetery seems like as good a place as any to dance with the devil.
A block away is the Abbett Avenue playground, which has a hiking path and a corkscrew slide (I think - image is ambiguous). The Whippany River flows through this park and also skirts the Evergreen Cemetery property.
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Post by goldhunter on May 25, 2018 19:59:20 GMT -5
I'm wondering if it's in a cemetery in Morristown. The first one I picked, Evergreen Cemetery, does have family plots for Marks, Huff, and Johnston. It fits with words like pedigree and lineage. Maybe "Past Markses" could be a direction. From Google Images I can discern it contains hills, valleys, wooded areas, concrete steps, curved paths (none that are stamped concrete), roses. A cemetery seems like as good a place as any to dance with the devil. A block away is the Abbett Avenue playground, which has a hiking path and a corkscrew slide (I think - image is ambiguous). The Whippany River flows through this park and also skirts the Evergreen Cemetery property. I like your thinking.
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