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#1 Jan 19 2006 at 2:30 PM Rating: Decent
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/19/poe.mystery.ap/index.html wrote:

For the 57th straight year, a mystery man paid tribute to Edgar Allan Poe by placing roses and a bottle of cognac on the writer's grave to mark his January 19 birthday.




First time I've heard of this- Anyone in the region who might have more info?
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#2 Jan 19 2006 at 2:38 PM Rating: Decent
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How much of a mystery can it be? All one would have to do it wait and watch.
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#3 Jan 19 2006 at 2:42 PM Rating: Decent
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whoever he is, I hope he's packin' heat. That neighborhood is the Wild West.
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#4 Jan 19 2006 at 2:42 PM Rating: Good
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It works as advertised.

For over half a century someone has snuck into the locked graveyard to place tribute upon Poe's headstone. As the article notes, the tradition has spanned multiple caretakers.

The guy quoted in the article, Jerome, first allowed spectators to watch a few years ago. He was surprised when they started cat-calling the Visitor and throwing things. He was quoted back then as saying he would ban spectators from future events because of their disrespect, but apparently they don't really care about anything short of police presence.
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#5 Jan 19 2006 at 2:55 PM Rating: Good
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I've known about it for a long time. This is the first I've heard of disrespectful spectators though. It never ceases to amaze me how assinine some people can be.
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#7 Jan 19 2006 at 3:21 PM Rating: Decent
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I think it has to do with a lesson I learned while working retail. The general public is comprised of a bunch of as[/b]sholes.
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#9 Jan 19 2006 at 4:57 PM Rating: Good
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fenderputy the Shady wrote:
I think it has to do with a lesson I learned while working retail. The general public is comprised of a bunch of as[/b]sholes.


Bingo.
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