New to this forum but wanted to throw out some ideas with the caveat that you all are clearly more experienced and knowledgeable at this than I. That said...
Ely hints that Waltz became depressed after the loss of Wiesner. We will never know, but if Waltz did suffer from depression and this was a strong bout....then it is hard to hold him to the standards we are used to in judging actions. That is, he may not have been making rational decisions, planning well, or thinking clearly. Did depression drive him to live a life of apparent poverty? His actions make a lot more sense if there are seen through this frame.
On the same theme, it seems Silverlock and Mahlom, who found verified gold, ended up in a psychiatric hospital. Seems odd that with over one hundred years of folks searching, one of the few agreed upon discoveries is by two men who turned out have (or develop) serious mental illness. Was there something about the history that made more sense to them because of such.
Of course, we cannot go back in time to ever know, but trying to think beyond the facts and instead what was the mental status of those living those facts may help to explain the odd and separate out some fact from fiction? And no, I am not stating everyone interested in the LDM is crazy or trying to insult anyone (or myself) at all. Rather trying to approach this from a different angle.
Would welcome your thoughts. Thanks for hearing me out.
Ely hints that Waltz became depressed after the loss of Wiesner. We will never know, but if Waltz did suffer from depression and this was a strong bout....then it is hard to hold him to the standards we are used to in judging actions. That is, he may not have been making rational decisions, planning well, or thinking clearly. Did depression drive him to live a life of apparent poverty? His actions make a lot more sense if there are seen through this frame.
On the same theme, it seems Silverlock and Mahlom, who found verified gold, ended up in a psychiatric hospital. Seems odd that with over one hundred years of folks searching, one of the few agreed upon discoveries is by two men who turned out have (or develop) serious mental illness. Was there something about the history that made more sense to them because of such.
Of course, we cannot go back in time to ever know, but trying to think beyond the facts and instead what was the mental status of those living those facts may help to explain the odd and separate out some fact from fiction? And no, I am not stating everyone interested in the LDM is crazy or trying to insult anyone (or myself) at all. Rather trying to approach this from a different angle.
Would welcome your thoughts. Thanks for hearing me out.
