Ghost of a flea: Apparent suicide

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February 20, 2008

Apparent suicide

Before there was Anonymous, there was Shawn Lonsdale. Lonsdale has been found dead of an apparent suicide; a garden hose stretched from the exhaust pipe of his car into his home.

Also dead of apparent suicide by exhaust pipe: Quentin Hubbard.

Hubbard's son Quentin also died under mysterious circumstances in 1976. He had disappeared from his home in Clearwater, Florida, and was found unconscious in a car next to the Las Vegas airport. (Coroner's report is attached as Exhibit U. He died unidentified, as a "John Doe.") The engine of the car was on and a hose ran from the exhaust pipe (although it appeared to have fallen off when the authorities arrived) to the window, making it appear to be a suicide. But, like his father's death, there were a number of nagging questions . For example, Quentin was found unkempt with a beard stubble, a state that no one who knew Quentin could accept. (He was ultra-meticulous in his appearance.) Or that the license plate of the car was missing and found under a rock some distance away. Or that his wallet was gone, making identification impossible. Or that a near-empty bottle of liquor was found, as if he had been drinking, when Quentin did not. Or that there were needle marks on his arms, when he did not use drugs

Affidavit of Robert Vaughn Young
9 Mar 1994

Just saying.

Anonymous asks the question: Did Scientologists kill Shawn Lonsdale? Something fascinating about this fracas is the emergence of, for want of a better term, freelance pronouncements by Anonymous. The pits of YouTube comment cannot agree whether this is integral to the rhyzomatic structure of Anonymous ("We are Legion") or whether these are non-canonical statements posted by "newfags". The Shawn Lonsdale piece appears to have been issued by a newfag individual or collective.

Yet more interesting is a Message to Anonymous by a Scientology Believer; it is wonderfully sinister and threatening and, consequently, could as easily be part of Anonymous agitprop or authored by a Scientologist as it claims. Either way, it has attracted what appears to be a canonical Third Video reply from Anonymous.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 20, 2008 07:01 AM

Comments

Got another suspicious suicide over here - this guy was no big loss to society, but the circumstances and method of the suicide are quite suspicious.

Two more names are mentioned that you may recognize.

Posted by: agent bedhead at February 20, 2008 12:32 PM

I had forgotten those two names in connection to this. At the time I did not think anything of it.

Now I am feeling angry.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at February 20, 2008 01:18 PM

For example, someone fitting Jeremy Blake's description was reported as having been seen swimming out into the ocean. I am wondering - just wondering - who claimed to have witnessed this. This suggests it was a 911 call.

/tinfoil hat

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at February 20, 2008 01:25 PM