{"id":1611,"date":"2010-02-20T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/02\/strangest-lost-theory-yet\/"},"modified":"2010-02-20T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T18:23:00","slug":"strangest-lost-theory-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/02\/strangest-lost-theory-yet.html","title":{"rendered":"Strangest LOST Theory Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Someone arrived at this blog after searching for the keywords \u201cIs Richard the polar bear lost\u201d. Although it is possible that this individual knows, or knows of, a polar bear named Richard, and is wondering if said polar bear has gone missing, it seems to me more likely that this person is asking a question about the TV show LOST.<\/p>\n<p>So is Richard the polar bear? The polar bear was shot, so I\u2019m going to go with the answer\u2026NO.<\/p>\n<p>But, just in case it helps, here are photos of Richard Alpert and the polar bear, just to be clear:<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/z.about.com\/d\/lost\/1\/0\/M\/V\/-\/-\/Richard_Alpert.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/z.about.com\/d\/lost\/1\/0\/M\/V\/-\/-\/Richard_Alpert.jpg\" width=\"224\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-data.com\/forum\/attachments\/alaska\/24788d1217949694-endangered-polar-bears-not-lost-polar-bear.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.city-data.com\/forum\/attachments\/alaska\/24788d1217949694-endangered-polar-bears-not-lost-polar-bear.jpg\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Any other questions?<\/p>\n<p>As for the rest of you who never confused Richard and the polar bear, feel free to share the wildest and most outlandish LOST theories you\u2019ve encountered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8630895478705473018?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone arrived at this blog after searching for the keywords \u201cIs Richard the polar bear lost\u201d. 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