http://www.gosocial.co/mysterious-box/#.VGgac_txfa8.facebook
Saw this on FaceBook and thought it interesting.
A guy found this wooden box in a dumpster. So far this is all I know.
These are just some of the drawings found in the box. I have more.
I will post the rest later or you can go to the website above and check them out yourself...very strange stuff..
(http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh618/johntfountain/01_Pic017_zps6ca2047e.jpg) (http://s1254.photobucket.com/user/johntfountain/media/01_Pic017_zps6ca2047e.jpg.html)
(http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh618/johntfountain/02_Pic026_zps79fd7aff.jpg) (http://s1254.photobucket.com/user/johntfountain/media/02_Pic026_zps79fd7aff.jpg.html)
(http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh618/johntfountain/03_Pic036_zpsdbde4e0d.jpg) (http://s1254.photobucket.com/user/johntfountain/media/03_Pic036_zpsdbde4e0d.jpg.html)
(http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh618/johntfountain/18_Pic183_zps21df0179.jpg) (http://s1254.photobucket.com/user/johntfountain/media/18_Pic183_zps21df0179.jpg.html)
(http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh618/johntfountain/23_Pic232_zpscbee4429.jpg) (http://s1254.photobucket.com/user/johntfountain/media/23_Pic232_zpscbee4429.jpg.html)
(http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh618/johntfountain/30_Pic30_zpsfeb137bb.jpg) (http://s1254.photobucket.com/user/johntfountain/media/30_Pic30_zpsfeb137bb.jpg.html)
Nice find Sarge...
I will check for more info about this...
For now, to access the 102 photos with all documentation contained in the box:
http://imgur.com/a/uCSg1 (http://imgur.com/a/uCSg1)
Found a good thread about the case in reddit
QuoteThis thread is to compile all known information about the creator of the box as to create a full bio to reference in the future.
QuoteWhat the hell, I have the day off. I'll list sources in a separate post, or this is going to get really long.
Part One of what we know (or suspect with reason) chronologically...
Full name: Daniel Samuel Christiansen
Born: November 27, 1904 in Skodsborg, Denmark (near Copenhagen) to Christian Christiansen and Karen Larsen
His mother's father's name was Lars Larsen, his widow (Daniel's grandmother) was living in/on Græsted Overdrev (farm name?) in Græsted Parish as of 1927.
His parents were Seventh Day Adventists
He achieved the equivalent of an 8th grade education.
As of 1927 he was living in Helsingør (aka Elsinore)
Speculation: He may have taken classes at the International People's College in Elsinore.
He was issued passport #2194 in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 3, 1927.
He immigrated to the US aboard the RMS Olympic, a sister ship of the Titanic, leaving Southampton, England on April 5, 1927 and arriving in NYC on April 12.
At the time he was 22 years old, a carpenter and was able to read and write both Danish and English. He had never been to the US before, and was 5' 5" tall with blonde hair and blue eyes.
His destination was the Pocono People's College in Henryville, Pennsylvania.
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Pocono People's College was an experimental university that focused on adult education. It did not require its adult students to have any specific educational prerequisites to attend. The college was open from 1924 until 1929 when it closed due to lack of funding after the stock market crashed.
Daniel personally knew Dr. Sorn Mathiasen, the head of Pocono People's College (he lists him as a "friend" on his immigration papers).
Dr. Mathiasen had previously taught at the International People's College in Elsinore, Denmark (Daniel's residence prior to emigration). This is what leads me to believe Daniel may have taken classes in Elsinore as well.
When the college closed in 1929, Daniel moved to Newark, New Jersey (about 75 miles from Henryville according to google).
Daniel rented apartments on Chestnut and later Cottage Street and worked as a mechanic/laborer in an Automobile factory.
Sometime around 1935 Daniel moved to an apartment in the back of 91 Elm Street and began working as a carpenter doing furniture repair.
He lived there and did the same job until his enlistment in the military in 1942.
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Daniel enlisted in the US Army on March 9, 1942 at Fort Dix.
At the time of his enlistment he was working as a carpenter, single, 5' 7" tall and weighed 141 pounds.
He was not an American citizen at the time of his enlistment.
Speculation: It's possible he used his military service to expedite his citizenship process during or after the war.
He was discharged from Army service on October 2, 1945.
Note: The likelihood of finding any specific information about Daniel's service in WWII is remote. The NPRC fire in 1973 destroyed over 80% of US Army service records from WWII, and the rest are nearly impossible to access unless you are a direct family member. (It's honestly easier to compile a detailed service record for a Civil War soldier than a WWII soldier.)
More info here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/alienpumaspacetrain/comments/1pw7u6/daniel_christiansen_history_thread_official/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/alienpumaspacetrain/comments/1pw7u6/daniel_christiansen_history_thread_official/)
Quote from: RUSSO on November 18, 2014, 08:44:06 AM
Nice find Sarge...
I will check for more info about this...
Very Odd... I KNOW I did a thread about this box.... :o
Add THIS to the mix...
Found in a Junk Shop: Secrets of an Undiscovered Visionary Artist (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.625695597487149.1073741830.238240472899332&type=3)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z43HSVNsFu0/UtrAKX3NyeI/AAAAAAAAORg/kWoxE-STgRo/s1600/7.jpg)
Thanks Russo, Z, for the updates...as I said I was scanning FB and this article popped up...and I thought it was interesting and very strange.
I quess what caught my eye were the hand drawn detailed drawings.
Rock... 8)
Awesome Sarge, good reading for later tonight!
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