Inland Island
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By fivestades
- Inland Island
- Created: Jan 18, 2008
- Last updated: Aug 13, 2008
- After episode: 3.22: Through The Looking Glass
- Status: Current
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This theory suggests the following may be true: The crash was staged or the plane was vortexed. Desmond is lying.
Anyway, on to the point…… Could the island be in the middle of a large saltwater lake?
First a couple of pics to show how ‘sea like’ a large lake can be.
http://tinyurl.com/yujp9v http://tinyurl.com/yv2wmr
As far as visibility goes, an average height person standing at sea level, the horizon is about 3miles. One of the worlds largest salt water lakes, to give an idea of size is 2,278 square miles large.A handy calculator regarding ‘how far can you see’ can be found here. http://www.skypanther.com/tim/howfar.html
So it is entirely possible (for theory sake) that the losties could be in the middle of an inland mass of water. Who would look for them there?
The incoming tide in “Whatever the Case May Be” could also be explained by a lake. Water suddenly and uncharacteristically rises onto the beach. Sayid remarks, “This can’t be normal. The tide shifting so suddenly. Rising in so short a time.” Is this because there was a push of water channeling through the river inlets to the lake?
The lake scenario may also explain why the surrounding water has it’s own custom branded sharks.
Throughout history, islands within lakes have provided a place of safe hiding for people and artefact’s of religious and spiritual value. Once secret temples and monasteries (now abandoned) can be found on islands in large salt water lakes. Good examples can be found at lakes Qinghai and Namtso in the Tibetan Plateau and many others in Africa and south America. I have always found Quinghai lake interesting after I heard the Lost writers write the word island as, eyeland http://tinyurl.com/38dbuz
In the Lost Experience. Thomas Mittelwerk had maps and images of a island, the location of the island was discovered to be in a lake in Canada. http://tinyurl.com/yu7jz8
This would mean the island is not invisible or in a ‘bubble’, just remote and surrounded. Desmond is the only main character who would have discovered the island is not at sea, could he have been intercepted, made to return and lie, was penny offered an eventual reward? Did Ben’s instruction to Michael that by traveling at a compass bearing of 325 take them to a land base?
Key characters
| Short Name | Full Name | Episodes | Theories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desmond | Desmond David Hume | 2.23, 3.17, 4.5 | 851 |
| Michael | Michael Dawson | 2.22, 1.14, 4.8 | 300 |
| Penny | Penny Widmore | 3.8 | 251 |
| Sayid | Sayid Jarrah | 2.14, 1.9, 3.11, 4.3, 4.12 | 387 |
| Walt | Walter “Walt” Lloyd | 2.2, 1.14 | 345 |
Key episodes
| # | Title | Aired | Central character | Theories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.12 | Whatever the Case May Be | 1-5-2005 | Kate | 63 |
Key events
| Theme | Relevant Episodes | Theories |
|---|---|---|
| Michael and Walt released | 2.23 | 287 |
to me ..not very likely.
could their plane already have gotten above a continent before they crashed? I think that It’s not possible, because the inland island should really be in some continent, and they were traveling above ocean.
…but then again, who knows.
I’m not feeling this idea either, mainly for one reason: I don’t get what the point would be.
If it was revealed the Island was really in a giant lake it would be surprising, yes, but in a disappointing, annoying way.
And the tides and waves are constant, aren’t they? And there’s a freighter on the way. And we saw Desmond in flashback, sailing in a storm, before he landed on the Island. It looked like a pretty major storm.
Enslaved……..sorry I must have been unclear in the 1st line when I said that for this theory to work the crash must have either
a. been elaborately staged
or
b. a vortex is in play that delivered the plane to the inland island (along with the Henry Gale, Des, Rousseau, The Black Rock etc)
I’m sorry but i’m not convinced about this theory either. Surely if the island was actually in a giant lake there wouldn’t be any need for a specific bearing to take michael to land as they’d be surrounded by it anyway??!
Hi AC I don’t recall Des storm flashback, what episode? I see what you are saying about ‘the point’.
I am assuming that the 6 will be drugged when they are on the freighter so they cannot ‘retrace their steps’, the freighter thus being a huge staged illusion to continue the pacific ruse. I guess the point would be to further complicate Jack’s searching. ….Actually you are right, it does sound disappointing!
If they are in a lake, this would be one sucky story! This theory is out there a bit.
Oh my! I didn’t think the suggestion that the island being inland would go down this bad! M4…..just to redeem my self a little……….I meant the 325 bearing would take Michael to a specific manned base!!!! Not just to the perimeter.
OK Only if the crash was staged by someone (which I recon is the case) can I see this happening. I actually quite like the idea. Why not hide in the middle of a lake?? +1 It’s friday
Don’t worry fivestades, to be honest your theory could be as plausible as any of the others on this site, after all, there are strange smoke monsters, time travel, visions, seemingly immortal people, the list goes on so anythings possible i guess!!! ;)
fivestades, I actually think this theory has been brought up before. I seem to remember links to pics of large salt lakes with islands on them, it was quite awhile ago though.
So, I guess what I’m saying is your not the only one who thought about this. I don’t really think it’s plausible, but like m4 said, there are so many strange goings on with Lost, who really knows? You took a shot, that’s what counts and you got a +1 from me because you did. :-)
We got evicted from our hole in the ground. We had to go and live in a lake… :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo