Chapter 2- Did you hear what I heard?

1/11/08 Video Diary: "There's nothing to find here."

Sam has given us his second video diary. In it he looks weary, seems discouraged, and tells us, "I think I have made a big mistake."

• He gives his location as: 300 KM off Indonesian coast at the Sunda Trench (which is 7,000 meters deep in places).
  
• The video is skippy with horizontal lines across it. There are several blips where something is visible in the frames of the video (see the shots above). One blip contains the words shipwreck, Black Rock, and salvage while a second is a blip of the Oceanic Air commercial.
  
• He references the Maxwell Group e-mail with it's "incomprehensible numbers", and can't make sense of it. He wonders if someone is playing a trick on him because he was "...mouthing off on TV ," and he thinks he should get off at the next port.

1/10/08 Clue:

Tonight's update gives us: 2 Web Sites, 5 e-mails, and 1 voicemail.

Web Sites:
The first is the Black Rock site which we had an accidental preview of earlier.

• The site outlines the history of the ship mentioning that it collected gold from mines in Papua New Guinea.
  
• Instead of sailing west to Africa it went easterly and was never seen again.

The second is about Amelia Earhart. It outlines her biography and is also missing three images at the bottom of the page.

• 1928- She was first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
  
• 1932- She repeated the flight solo.
• 1937- She attempted a mission as the first woman to fly around the world.
  
• On July 2 of that year she and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared en route from Lae, New Guinea to Howland Island in the Pacific.
• Her body and plane have never been recovered
  

E-Mails:

• Sent: Sam writes to the Broadcasting Authority. He inquires about any radio documentaries about Amelia Earhart's disappearance broadcast in the last few days .
  
• Inbox: The Broadcasting Authority replies stating that there were no records of the transmission that Sam heard. They cite amateur radio enthusiasts, who tend to broadcast materials including historical recordings, as the likely explanation.

• Sent: Sam writes to Tracey, telling her that the camera she lent him is "playing up" and it's interfering with the playback heads and affecting the motor drive.
• Inbox: Tracey replies saying the camera was working when she last had it.
  

• Inbox: Tracey writes giving Sam information about the Black Rock. The information is consistent with the voicemail she left with clues for the Black Rock trivia game.
  
• It also confirms that the Christaine 1 is indeed going to look for the Black Rock

Voicemail from Mum:

• She is wondering why he hasn't called her back.
  
• Apparently he hasn't told her that he has left for the Sunda Trench as she went to his place and he wasn't there.
  
• She's worried that he hasn't been himself and that he might do something "silly".

And Also:
Finally, something interesting comes in an e-mail to Oceanic Conspiracies, from korijane. Attached was a picture of yesterday's Season 1 Clue. Could this be the temple that Ben is leading everyone to?

Chapter 2- Clue Hunt and a Blast From the Past

Chapter 2 continues at find815 with a video, a clue hunt for 4 clues, and 1 e-mail.

The Video:
We start with Sam laying in bed looking at the ring. He then gets up and begins to tune a radio in his cabin, moving through the static until he gets a signal. Sam hears a news report seemingly from the past about Amelia Earhart. The report states:

• Communications with her have been lost while she is flying from New Guinea.
• 8:43 AM today (the day of the transmission) was last communication.
• Her plane was low on fuel, and there are other reports from "across the Pacific" of intercepted communications with her.
• Amelia Earhart was also mentioned in the web site about the Sunda Trench found on Sam's laptop.
• In the episode Not in Portland (Season 3), Juliet is taking a flight to the island with Herarat Aviation, which is an anagram for Earhart.
  

The Clue Hunt:
This takes place in Sam's Cabin where we find clues for Season 1-4. To complete the hunt you must go to ABC.com or Yahoo7 , play a game, and get a password to view the Season 4 clue. The Season 4 Clue is the book on Sam's bed. If you click it, you will be prompted to enter a password. (*It seems that the site has some glitches with clicking the book. Try refresing a few times to make the book "clickable".)

• The game is Black Rock trivia, which is played after listening to a voice mail from Tracey educating us on the subject.
• When you get 100% you are given 1 of two passwords to open the Season 4 Clue. The passwords are: 423 Cheyne Walk OR Daniel Faraday (*Note: Originally the password for Clue 4 was 423 Cheyenne Walk, but ABC changed it to reflect an address in London.)
  

1. Pillar of Smoke- your Season 1 Clue
2. Balloon- your Season 2 Clue
3. Ping Pong-your Season 3 Clue
4. Penny's Number (02079460893)- your Season 4 Clue

E-mail:
In Sam's inbox there is an e-mail from Tracey titled, you owe me big. In it she says:

• Talbot is from an east coast New England family with a sketchy history in the diamond trade.
• They are reclusive in a way a LOT of money can buy.
• They arrived in New England in 1908 from the English county of Somerset.

There are screen shots of some of the clues and various other areas of the Chapter 2 play in the Oceanic Conspiracies Photobucket. As usual, e-mail us with anything you notice, and stay tuned for updates!

Thanks to Patch for e-mailing with the second season 4 password.