# The Official "Lost" Questions Thread - Season 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677 "2005-09-21T12:53:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/121 "2005-12-14T17:15:18Z")
Time to overhaul the list. First of all, I’m officially changing question 3 to include the horse: 1. How did a polar bear and a horse get on the island? I’m also changing question 5: 1. What is powering all the electronic equipment on the island? We have a possible answer with a thermonuclear reactor. Personally, I think this is the _actual_ answer, but if I were to consider it answered I would be jumping the gun. I’ll leave it open for now. Regarding the questions about Ethan - 22 and 23, I think we can reasonably consider 22 answered - Ethan was one of the others. And 23 can be rewritten as follows: 1. How do the Others decide who to take? This would include the question of why Claire was taken as well as all that “good person” stuff Goodwin was going on about. I’m considering removing #30 as being too vague. Going over the list again, I’m also convinced that question 40 and 45 are answered, but I’ll let everyone voice their opinion first. Removing 51. I have decided to keep 52 and 53. I’m convinced that we’ll get some information on those questions at some point. It may not be for a while, but I’m kind of expecting a Danielle flashback at some point. I’ve read the arguments concerning question 43) Why did Kate’s mom freak out at the hospital? and I think that what we know answers it well enough. Questions added 1. Why are there blast doors on the corridors leading to the geodesic dome? 2. Why aren’t people supposed to use the computers for communication? 3. What happens if they don’t get entered into the computer every 108 minutes? 4. What exactly was the “incident?” I’m going to do one question about the film. 1. Why was the “Orientation” film cut up and pieces of it put in seperate places? From Middleman: > [@](#): > > Whay was Sayid on the television in the army recruiting station? (I figure I know, but probably should be added). Well, you may know, but I don’t. I’ll add it: 72)Why was Sayid on the television in the army recruiting station? > [@](#): > > What is Sawyer’s connection to the girl who picked Hurely’s lottery numbers? OK, I don’t even know what you’re talkiing about here. > [@](#): > > What’s the significnace of Locke’s crossword puzzle? To me that’s like asking the significance of the books we see in the show. They’re clues and references put in by the writers. I try not to get into that stuff. > [@](#): > > Also, should we add a question about the glass eye? Hmm… It is weird, but I’d say it depends on the question. Frame one for me and I’ll see what I can do. So, currently my version of the list looks like this: 1. Why did the plane lose radio contact? 2. Why did the plane crash? 3. How did a polar bear and a horse get on the island? 4. What is the big monster? 5. What is powering all the electronic equipment on the island? 6. Are Adam and Eve part of that same group mentioned in the FT? 7. What’s the deal with the black and white rocks that were found with Adam and Eve? 8. What did Kate do to put her in trouble with the law and make her so eager to run from everything? **ANSWERED** 9. What exactly was the nature of Locke’s paralysis? 10. Why wasn’t Jack’s Dad in the coffin? 11. Who killed the boar? Locke or the monster? 12. What happened to the tail section of the plane? **ANSWERED** 13. Did anyone other than those accounted for, including Rose’s husband, survive the crash? **ANSWERED** 14. How did the 48 people (initially) survive the plane crash? Was it just luck? 15. Did Locke actually see the monster? And if he did, why is he still alive? 16. What cured Locke’s paralysis? 17. Who are the “Others” that Danielle thinks control the transmission and make the whispering noise? 18. Why did Danielle kill the other members of her team (or at least Robert)? 19. Is Nadia dead or alive? 20. What was the scientific mission of Danielle’s team and why did they need rifles? 21. Was the psychic legitimate, and if so, what did he see in his vision? 22. Who the HELL is Ethan? **ANSWERED** 23. How do the Others decide who to take? 24. What is the significance of Claire’s baby? 25. How did Hugo get the nickname “Hurley”? 26. In what way is Hurley known as a warrior? 27. What is the nature of Walt’s “special abilities”? 28. What is the significance of the song “La Mer”? 29. How come Locke’s compass no longer points north? 30. How were Boone and Locke changed by their vision quests? **REMOVED** 31. What’s inside that hatch/where does the door lead? **ANSWERED** 32. Who sealed it and why? **PARTIAL ANSWER** 33. Why does Claire have amnesia? 34. How did Claire escape from Ethan? 35. Why did the ocean level suddenly rise and flood the beach they were living on? 36. Why was Jin hand-delivering watches for Sun’s dad? 37. What do the numbers mean? **PARTIAL ANSWER** 38. Is Hurley (still) cursed? 39. Why was Hurley in a mental institution? 40. Who set up the original transmission? 41. What happened to Jack’s marriage? **PARTIAL ANSWER** 42. Who sent Kate the letter about her mom? 43. Why did Kate’s mom freak out at the hospital? **ANSWERED** 44. What is the significance of the black smoke? 45. Was it The Others who took Walt? 46. Why do they want with Walt? 47. What became of Alex? 48. What’s the deal with the transmission Boone heard? **ANSWERED** 49. When did Claire and Danielle meet before - and why did Claire scratch her? 50. How did The Black Rock (the ship) get so far inland. 51. Was The Black Rock a slave/mining ship, or something else? And if it was, what explains the discrepency regarding the ship having dynamite earlier than it should? **REMOVED** 52. What were the keys that Brendon took, and why did he take them? 53. How did Martin loose his arm? 54. Was the man Sarah had the car accident with Shannon’s father? **ANSWERED** 55. Did Walt try and communicate with Shannon and if so, how? 56. How did Desmond end up under the island? **ANSWERED** 57. What does the computer do - and specifically the EXECUTE button? 58. What did Desmond inject himself with? 59. Who or what was under quarentine? **ANSWERED** 60. What is the significance (if any) of the number 108 beyond being the sum of Hurley’s numbers? **ANSWERED** 61. Were Michael, Kate and Locke all in accidents with the same car, and if so, why? 62. Who is ‘the one’ that Desmond is expecting? **ANSWERED** 63. What’s the meaning of the “DHARMA” symbol on all of Desmond’s stuff - and why is it on a freakin’ shark? **ANSWERED** 64. How did Jin wind up back on the island before Michael and Sawyer? 65. Why haven’t they sent a replacement? 66. How did the Nigerian drug smuggling plane get on the island? 67. Why are there blast doors on the corridors leading to the geodesic dome? 68. Why aren’t people supposed to use the computers for communication? 69. What happens if they don’t get entered into the computer every 108 minutes? 70. What exactly was the “incident?” 71. Why was the “Orientation” film cut up and pieces of it put in seperate places? 72)Why was Sayid on the television in the army recruiting station? Comments, revisions, arguments and whatever are welcome. Maybe we can get a cleaned-up list ready for when new episodes resume in January. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/122 "2005-12-14T17:34:36Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > What is Sawyer’s connection to the girl who picked Hurely’s lottery numbers? > > OK, I don’t even know what you’re talkiing about here. At the start of _Outlaws_ Sawyer enters a hotel room with a woman, only to find Hibbs waiting on him. He sends the woman away. She is also the woman who was running the lottery drawing when Hurley won the lottery in _Numbers_. (The actress is Brittany Perrineau, btw; Harold Perrineau’s (Michael’s) wife irl.) ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/123 "2005-12-14T17:51:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Also, should we add a question about the glass eye? > [@](#): > > Hmm… It is weird, but I’d say it depends on the question. Frame one for me and I’ll see what I can do. How about: Whose glass eye was in the second Dharma station and why did they leave it there? Also, what evidence did you find to answer 40 and 45? I am still in the dark on those. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/124 "2005-12-14T18:38:19Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#): > > At the start of _Outlaws_ Sawyer enters a hotel room with a woman, only to find Hibbs waiting on him. He sends the woman away. She is also the woman who was running the lottery drawing when Hurley won the lottery in _Numbers_. Oh yeah. Nah, I’m not gonna worry about that one. The lottery lady can absolutely have a fling with the mysterious bad boy with the shady past. There _may_ be something more there, but I’m not going to assume there is until I hear more. > [@middleman](#): > > Whose glass eye was in the second Dharma station and why did they leave it there? Good enough for me: 1. Whose glass eye was in the second Dharma station and why did they leave it there? > [@](#): > > Also, what evidence did you find to answer 40 and 45? I am still in the dark on those. Well, you’ll notice that I didn’t officially mark them as answered. As I think about things now, I probably shouldn’t have said anything about them anyway. For instance, regarding #40, I’m convinced the Dharma Initiative set up the original transmission. And we may never get something like that spelled out for us. But we should probably leave them alone for now, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/125 "2005-12-15T15:46:38Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > > [@tanstaafl](#): > > > > At the start of Outlaws Sawyer enters a hotel room with a woman, only to find Hibbs waiting on him. He sends the woman away. She is also the woman who was running the lottery drawing when Hurley won the lottery in Numbers. > > Oh yeah. Nah, I’m not gonna worry about that one. The lottery lady can absolutely have a fling with the mysterious bad boy with the shady past. There _may_ be something more there, but I’m not going to assume there is until I hear more. Well, there is this, but I don’t know how you want to deal with spoilers and this list… Brittany Perrineau, who plays Mary Jo, the woman who pulled out Hurley’s lottery numbers, and also Sawyer’s one-night stand, will be back for a third episode very soon. Harold explains: “I think the idea was that Sawyer was a con man, and he might want to con the Lotto girl. And she might not be a one-night stand.” Source: Kristin on E!Online ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/126 "2005-12-15T16:29:36Z")
As far as spoilers go, in general I try to avoid them. (I did read that one though. I’m weak.) Regarding spolers in relationship to this list, I’ll deal with things when they actually happen in the show. Until it appears on screen, it’s not yet cannon. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/127 "2006-01-11T18:34:55Z")
Current list for tonight’s episode: 1. Why did the plane lose radio contact? 2. Why did the plane crash? 3. How did a polar bear and a horse get on the island? 4. What is the big monster? 5. What is powering all the electronic equipment on the island? 6. Are Adam and Eve part of that same group mentioned in the FT? 7. What’s the deal with the black and white rocks that were found with Adam and Eve? 8. What did Kate do to put her in trouble with the law and make her so eager to run from everything? **ANSWERED** 9. What exactly was the nature of Locke’s paralysis? 10. Why wasn’t Jack’s Dad in the coffin? 11. Who killed the boar? Locke or the monster? 12. What happened to the tail section of the plane? **ANSWERED** 13. Did anyone other than those accounted for, including Rose’s husband, survive the crash? **ANSWERED** 14. How did the 48 people (initially) survive the plane crash? Was it just luck? 15. Did Locke actually see the monster? And if he did, why is he still alive? 16. What cured Locke’s paralysis? 17. Who are the “Others” that Danielle thinks control the transmission and make the whispering noise? 18. Why did Danielle kill the other members of her team (or at least Robert)? 19. Is Nadia dead or alive? 20. What was the scientific mission of Danielle’s team and why did they need rifles? 21. Was the psychic legitimate, and if so, what did he see in his vision? 22. Who the HELL is Ethan? **ANSWERED** 23. How do the Others decide who to take? 24. What is the significance of Claire’s baby? 25. How did Hugo get the nickname “Hurley”? 26. In what way is Hurley known as a warrior? 27. What is the nature of Walt’s “special abilities”? 28. What is the significance of the song “La Mer”? 29. How come Locke’s compass no longer points north? 30. How were Boone and Locke changed by their vision quests? **REMOVED** 31. What’s inside that hatch/where does the door lead? **ANSWERED** 32. Who sealed it and why? **PARTIAL ANSWER** 33. Why does Claire have amnesia? 34. How did Claire escape from Ethan? 35. Why did the ocean level suddenly rise and flood the beach they were living on? 36. Why was Jin hand-delivering watches for Sun’s dad? 37. What do the numbers mean? **PARTIAL ANSWER** 38. Is Hurley (still) cursed? 39. Why was Hurley in a mental institution? 40. Who set up the original transmission? 41. What happened to Jack’s marriage? **PARTIAL ANSWER** 42. Who sent Kate the letter about her mom? 43. Why did Kate’s mom freak out at the hospital? **ANSWERED** 44. What is the significance of the black smoke? 45. Was it The Others who took Walt? 46. Why do they want with Walt? 47. What became of Alex? 48. What’s the deal with the transmission Boone heard? **ANSWERED** 49. When did Claire and Danielle meet before - and why did Claire scratch her? 50. How did The Black Rock (the ship) get so far inland. 51. Was The Black Rock a slave/mining ship, or something else? And if it was, what explains the discrepency regarding the ship having dynamite earlier than it should? **REMOVED** 52. What were the keys that Brendon took, and why did he take them? 53. How did Martin loose his arm? 54. Was the man Sarah had the car accident with Shannon’s father? **ANSWERED** 55. Did Walt try and communicate with Shannon and if so, how? 56. How did Desmond end up under the island? **ANSWERED** 57. What does the computer do - and specifically the EXECUTE button? 58. What did Desmond inject himself with? 59. Who or what was under quarentine? **ANSWERED** 60. What is the significance (if any) of the number 108 beyond being the sum of Hurley’s numbers? **ANSWERED** 61. Were Michael, Kate and Locke all in accidents with the same car, and if so, why? 62. Who is ‘the one’ that Desmond is expecting? **ANSWERED** 63. What’s the meaning of the “DHARMA” symbol on all of Desmond’s stuff - and why is it on a freakin’ shark? **ANSWERED** 64. How did Jin wind up back on the island before Michael and Sawyer? 65. Why haven’t they sent a replacement? 66. How did the Nigerian drug smuggling plane get on the island? 67. Why are there blast doors on the corridors leading to the geodesic dome? 68. Why aren’t people supposed to use the computers for communication? 69. What happens if they don’t get entered into the computer every 108 minutes? 70. What exactly was the “incident?” 71. Why was the “Orientation” film cut up and pieces of it put in seperate places? 72. Why was Sayid on the television in the army recruiting station? 73. Whose glass eye was in the second Dharma station and why did they leave it there? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/128 "2006-01-11T19:00:04Z")
Yeay! _LOST_ is back! ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/129 "2006-01-11T21:25:11Z")
I predict we will add three new questions and only get a partial answer! 😃 I hope we at least get some hints…especially about the Nigerian Plane. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/130 "2006-01-11T22:26:07Z")
Isn’t the answer (or partial?) to #29 the fact that there is a huge electromagnetic force within the island? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/131 "2006-01-12T14:39:03Z")
1. What is the big monster? Partial answer–big flying cloud of black smoke 2. Did Locke actually see the monster? And if he did, why is he still alive? Partial answer–(a) because nobody would believe him, and (b) because he did nothing, just like Eko. He only got grabbed in the dynamite episode because people were running. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/132 "2006-01-12T15:19:13Z")
As to question 29, both **middleman** and **Smeghead** have argued that the magnetic force that we saw behind the wall under the hatch does not constitute an answer to this question. I myself believe it to be answered but bow to the majority vote. If a larger magnetic force exists, we only have the Orientation film’s word that one exists. **Ethilrist** - I’ll agree that our extended view of the monster counts as a partial. I think the info you have for answer 15 is too vague and speculative. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/133 "2006-01-12T20:12:03Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > If a larger magnetic force exists, we only have the Orientation film’s word that one exists. You mean beside the fact that a key (?) around Jack’s neck was being magnetically pulled toward [this wall](http://www.thetailsection.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=272&fullsize=1) inside the hatch in the first episode of this season? ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/134 "2006-01-12T20:33:17Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > You mean beside the fact that a key (?) around Jack’s neck was being magnetically pulled toward [this wall](http://www.thetailsection.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=272&fullsize=1) inside the hatch in the first episode of this season? Um, yes. That’s kind of what I said. Other poster have argued that the magnetic force behind the wall may not constitute a full answer to that question and that we should keep things open until we know more. Is that the magnetic force the station was set up to examine? Was it caused by the Incident? Are the two related? Or was it placed there by the Dharma Initiative in order to mess with the heads of their psycological test subjects? Right now, all of this is unclear and has a bearing on the question. Perhaps I should rewrite the thing so that it asks: 1. What is the nature of the islands unusual magnetic properties? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/135 "2006-01-19T15:02:19Z")
1. What happened to Jack’s marriage? We’ve got a full answer on this one now. Sarah left him because he was inattentive and she was screwing around. Can’t wait to find out if her Other Man is somebody significant. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/136 "2006-01-19T15:06:57Z")
True dat. 🙂 Is there some reason we are still unsure about who took Walt? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/137 "2006-01-19T15:09:04Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > 1. What happened to Jack’s marriage? > > We’ve got a full answer on this one now. Sarah left him because he was inattentive and she was screwing around. Can’t wait to find out if her Other Man is somebody significant. Yeah, that’d bite if it was Sawyer… ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/138 "2006-01-19T15:14:05Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Yeah, that’d bite if it was Sawyer… That’s exactly who my boss thinks it was–him, or Jack’s father. I think both of those answers are too easy and out of character for Sarah. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/139 "2006-01-19T15:22:18Z")
1. Was it The Others who took Walt? Partially answered… I notice that Zeke didn’t acknowledge Ethan as being one of his crew (he just nodded, and had a look on his face of “Who the hell is Ethan?”), so there may be more than one band of Others on the island. It may not have been The Others, it might be Some Others… New questions: When Sawyer called the Other “Zeke” was that just a nickname, or does he know him from previously? Did Sawyer get shot first, or was he hit with his own bullet? Hey, where did Desmond go? Something has happened enough times in this series that it makes me wonder if there is some mechanic involved which is actually _causing_ this, rather than just enigmatic writing: Why won’t they talk about their common experiences? Locke saw the TCM. Charlie and Eko saw the TCM. Locke got _grabbed_ by the TCM. Dan’l Sawyer kilt a bar, and then he and Kate saw a horse. Claire had a psychic tell her important stuff about her kid. Hurley was cursed. The list goes on and on, and _nobody **ever** talks about this stuff!_ ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/140 "2006-01-19T15:31:08Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > That’s exactly who my boss thinks it was–him, or Jack’s father. I think both of those answers are too easy and out of character for Sarah. Those were my two suspects as well! As for the issue of whether the magnetic field is the answer to what happened to Locke’s compass, I agree completely that we know the answer. It seems so logical and obvious that a massive electromagnet would affect a compass. No doubt in my mind that is the answer. My objection to marking it “answered” was that we would be making a jump from “compelling evidence” to “mystery solved” without a direct explanation. I argued that if we made that leap this time, we might make a mistake the next time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677.md?page=8)