Well I was gonna wait till there were a bunch of replies to this topic, but oh well...
The site is a hoax. First of all, there's no way he could "zoom in" on the ship to make out the words "Ark II"
Secondly, on Nov. 7th, the author himself even stated its a joke:
Dear readers,
This site was originally posted as a piece of writing with purposeful clues and discrepancies to indicate it's fictitious nature leading up to a pre publicity campaign to see how much interest it might generate. Quite honestly the overwhelming response and attention was not expected, or at least not so quickly. That was why the site was posted several months ahead with the intention of it slowly gathering momentum, leading up to the actual revealing date.
Most people have sent emails indicating that they enjoyed the site and looked forward to finding out about the potential release of a variety of things such as a new movie, computer game, SLR camera, novel, camera film and the list goes on.
There are some that have taken this site too seriously, and it has been brought to my attention that innocent people have been implicated as the creators of this site. I therefore feel it is appropriate to make this announcement. As many have pointed out, if the story was for real it would have been shut down by now.
If you still wish to follow this event, please enjoy it as a fictitious story leading up to what will be revealed on the above mentioned date. If there is enough interest, the original story may be re-posted as an optional link on this page within the next few weeks.
Kind Regards,
HM
HM@8march2003.com
Ten days later... he added this:
Thank you for your overwhelming positive response. I have posted some of the emails that I've received during the last month for your viewing.
The purpose behind this site was to create intrigue, fascination and interest leading up to what this event is about. It has certainly achieved that objective. Once again, apologies to anyone who took it too seriously.
Now that the nature of this campaign has been revealed, please enjoy the adventure leading up to March 8 2003
What I think is going to happen is he is gonna use this "story" to write a book or movie, and had fun with it by hyping it up on this website.
Any comments on it would still be welcome tho [
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(Just cause he said this story is a joke, doesn't mean it can't actually happen) [
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learn, love, & enjoy,
Ethan
The site is a hoax. First of all, there's no way he could "zoom in" on the ship to make out the words "Ark II"
Secondly, on Nov. 7th, the author himself even stated its a joke:
Dear readers,
This site was originally posted as a piece of writing with purposeful clues and discrepancies to indicate it's fictitious nature leading up to a pre publicity campaign to see how much interest it might generate. Quite honestly the overwhelming response and attention was not expected, or at least not so quickly. That was why the site was posted several months ahead with the intention of it slowly gathering momentum, leading up to the actual revealing date.
Most people have sent emails indicating that they enjoyed the site and looked forward to finding out about the potential release of a variety of things such as a new movie, computer game, SLR camera, novel, camera film and the list goes on.
There are some that have taken this site too seriously, and it has been brought to my attention that innocent people have been implicated as the creators of this site. I therefore feel it is appropriate to make this announcement. As many have pointed out, if the story was for real it would have been shut down by now.
If you still wish to follow this event, please enjoy it as a fictitious story leading up to what will be revealed on the above mentioned date. If there is enough interest, the original story may be re-posted as an optional link on this page within the next few weeks.
Kind Regards,
HM
HM@8march2003.com
Ten days later... he added this:
Thank you for your overwhelming positive response. I have posted some of the emails that I've received during the last month for your viewing.
The purpose behind this site was to create intrigue, fascination and interest leading up to what this event is about. It has certainly achieved that objective. Once again, apologies to anyone who took it too seriously.
Now that the nature of this campaign has been revealed, please enjoy the adventure leading up to March 8 2003
What I think is going to happen is he is gonna use this "story" to write a book or movie, and had fun with it by hyping it up on this website.
Any comments on it would still be welcome tho [

(Just cause he said this story is a joke, doesn't mean it can't actually happen) [

learn, love, & enjoy,
Ethan