On November 6th I received a suspicious email. Who or what is the Order of the Shadows? And who is pretending to be Edwin Moseley?
Last Updated: 2012-11-7 (Wed)
It obviously can't be Edwin Moseley as he has long since passed away.Dear Bowling Green Staff, Faculty, and Students,
I bid you hello on this auspicious evening to introduce myself. My name is Edwin Moseley and I was a professor here at Bowling Green State University many many years ago but my heart still beat throughout Our Beloved University. I write to you to tell you about men who work in my name for the betterment of Our Beloved University and the recognition of those who want to make Bowling Green State University a better place for all of us. These men are the Order of the Shadows and they are always watching and waiting to help a true falcon in need. They work in secret and believe in the power of Our Beloved University to change the lives of each and every student. I wish you a beautiful day at Our Beloved University and may you never forget you are always a Falcon.
Roll Along,
Edwin Moseley
I attended BGSU from 2004-2009. My senior year, a friend received a letter from the "Order of the Shadows" identifying her as a leader on campus, saying they had been impressed with her, and asking her to pick up items from a location specified in the letter and deliver them to the local food bank. Considering how long it has been around without much fanfare, it doesn't smell of viral marketing for anything to me.
Also see: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/page80935.html
All who received it must consider they have just been recruited or if in, adopted to a real life society; other than being open friends. It does not sound half bad so to speak; the Order of the Shadow. I believe good has a shadow.
Things:
The email was sent from '[email protected]'. 1910 is the university's founding year.
The images of the letter sent to Dining services are weird:
There are compression artifacts, but only around the text. The letters are crisp and clear, but the texture of the paper looks like it was scanned with a potato. The lines are perfectly aligned so that the letter creases fall perfectly in between them. How often do random letters from shadowy organizations get uploaded to the University's official accounts?
In summary: This tastes like a viral marketing campaign.
Jacob pointed out the same thing. But the emails they sent it to are strange - as neither Jacob nor my girlfriend got one. Why TO only 479 people?
479 the deal of a perfect number from the shadowing building around you. 4 from 7 = 3 and 7 from 9= 2.....32.... the number of the group you may be looking to who over hears our building of businesses. Anthony reported with the building of a university in his comment. They are considered the builders by many. I could only hope that the glass does not spill. That means the good in this is not lost.
To truly appreciate these comments by this follower, the reader must remember that proper punctuation was deleted / never added. So read these lines slowly and in a dramatic and theatrical manner and air. The affect changes significantly if seriously followed.
I received it too.
My interest would be to found out what else do they want you to know. Edwin is definitely win education. Moseley is more people or modesty or mostly were sound leads to the other syncopic message. The double 'e' surrounds a letter giving it permissive use to construct or destruct other letters. Especially using the letter they surround.
In a " from abroad message "; 'and are you to call all our names ? ' And from that I awoke from my sleep then my thought looking to 'names began to looking again at the name signing alone; I read -- 'Contests in English essay'--. Is this a suggestion of some kind for something to win further. An illusive and a bit delusional but without the letter and its continuous replicating advances in which she keeps writing. (Edwin and English name. Moseley with double letters so extend the rule to read mose = more, eley=esay=essay, ley=further, Edwin = English+contest=win and Marge may=march. A consideration is better than no consideration