The Official Lost Theory Thread

[Bryan]

I thought we could start a thread where we would post our own theories and theories we find from our friends/family/internet.

We then know this is one thread that is purely speculation and other threads are clarified spoilers.

[Bryan]

Ive read a theorey recently that the plane didnt crash. Whoever is incharge of this research facility has planned to get the group onto the island. They drugged them and then placed them on the island along with debris from a "plane crash". Which means they could be on course, or they could be in a totally different continent for all they know.

One thing that striked me was the fact that Claire returned to the group in series 1, after being kidnapped by Ethan, she had no memory of time on the island or the plane crash...maybe Ethan had taken her somewhere to brainwash or something... :searchme: im not sure if im making sense here but that leaped out at me as soon as id heard this thorey

This is always a possiblity but i would feel cheated if this theory did come about as the whole premisis of the show is about survivors of a plane crash... :searchme: saying that it would be an original and exciting twist to finish it off... saying that tough that wouldnt be the end...you could have a series of them discovering this, a series of they trying to overpower the savages and some super army of the research plant and then another few series as they realise they will never know where they are or how to get help.

[Siobhan]

That theory is a load of tosh... Kate was awake for the whole crash and why put two groups on the island...

[Abbie]

I think some theories are complety mad but some do make some sense i just hope they arent true lol

[Siobhan]

I think the worst possible end would for it to be all a dream of Jack's or someone on the plane... I like the idea that they are brought there by the Diarma institiute as an experiment

[leanne27]

i would feel dissapointed if it was all a dream as for once i would like this sort of thing to have actually happened and it would be dissapointing to find out all these characters were just fictional. And i think that theory could be true (the one bondboffin said) it sounds like something that would be good enough to surprise an audience and be plausible at the same time

[Abbie]

I like the idea that they are brought there by the Diarma institiute as an experimentoooo me too it sounds pretty cool too but strange at the same time

[Siobhan]

oooo me too it sounds pretty cool too but strange at the same time

I was looking at old photos from the crash and you can see the diarma symbol on some of the plane reckage and it would also explain how the supplies are getting to the island.. they were 2 hours of course when it crashed so maybe they were doing a drop for them and it all went badly wrong.. plus the hatch they found is called the Swan, that is Sun's Dad company name

[Abbie]

I was looking at old photos from the crash and you can see the diarma symbol on some of the plane reckage and it would also explain how the supplies are getting to the island.. they were 2 hours of course when it crashed so maybe they were doing a drop for them and it all went badly wrong.. plus the hatch they found is called the Swan, that is Sun's Dad company nameoooo and so the plot thickens hey

[diamond1]

Well ive worked it out (ahem) The island is the bemuda triangle and the others are the spawn of piratess that have crashed there over time since (the balck rock) and they have found no way of escaping it and with no women on the island they had to breed somehow this is where they created a way of creating clones thus the others.

This is the obsession with babys they take as many babies and kids as they can to breed them like themselfs (e.g claires baby ..that french ladys daughter...walt)however one day a company called darhma appeared and built bases on the island filled with electro magents and nuclear weapons for a future war but something happened and it nearly went off so they thought if this all explodes in one place the worlds air will dry up ( a theory that happened when they first tested the atom bomb in real life)or quite simply create a blackhole on earth that will destroy all sign of life (which i read could happen one day) the only way to stop this was compress it one enviroment and press a button every 108 minutes unfortuntley the others took over all dharma work places apart from one and used them as their own lab to carry out evil experiments and the remaining dharma workers went into hiding in the hatch and carreid it out every 108 minutes the dharma corporation sent supiles every month to keep them alive.The dharma corporation went out of buisness and the owner passed his inheritance to his son who opened a chain of swan hotels in china.

the monster is some sort of ghost of a dinosaur the electo magents somehow helped locke walk again and those whsipers are again ghosts of others that make them see illusions( jacks dad...dave...walt)

Thats the best I could possibly do I think its not that bad of a theory im most likely way off the mark but you know its better "than it was all a dream than jack looked at his arm and he had all cuts over it"

[Abbie]

well that sounds like a really thought out theory i think we will have to wait a while before we find out the real reason

[babyblue]

I can't remember where I read it but there is one that it is all in hurleys mind, that he's still in the institute and it's all part of a delusion. It could explain why they're all linked and the numbers are everywhere. Mind you it seems a little boring, like the whole dream thing.

[Abbie]

I can't remember where I read it but there is one that it is all in hurleys mind, that he's still in the institute and it's all part of a delusion. It could explain why they're all linked and the numbers are everywhere. Mind you it seems a little boring, like the whole dream thing. awww i hate theorys that sound like dreams and stuff cos you just know that even though the more wacky lost gets that could be a reason but the writers would never do that

[babyblue]

I doubt they'll do something like that, it's a bit cliche and from everything they've said so far it sounds like they want to go somewhere different. I like the research experiment theory. Theres also something I've heard that it's a big brother type show for the extremely rich and sadistic and masochistic.

[diamond1]

no theyve already covered this in episode 18 series 2 he starts to think its all in his mind but its not

[Siobhan]

no theyve already covered this in episode 18 series 2 he starts to think its all in his mind but its not

I seen that one last night.. it gets you thinking, especially when the only person who tells him it is not in his mind is the one who was in the mental home with him...

[diamond1]

oh yeah that dave guy....I was extremley worried that the whole dave thing was the truth because he did say you have been on the island 2 months and you have not lost any weight that really got me thinking but he does eat alot of that dharma food and that libby something happens to her soon anyway so i doubt she was lying

[Siobhan]

Crazy theory but could be true:
The experiment was allegedly conducted by one Dr. Franklin Reno (or Rinehart) as a military application of Albert Einstein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein)'s unified field theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_field_theory), or "generalized theory of gravitation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_theory_of_gravitation)". The theory, briefly, postulates the interrelatedness of the forces that comprise electromagnetic radiation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation) and gravity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity). Through a special application of the theory, it was thought to be possible, with specialized equipment and enough energy, to bend light around an object, rendering it essentially invisible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisibility). The Navy considered this application to be of obvious value in wartime (as the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) was engaged in World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II) at the time) and approved and sponsored the experiment. A Navy destroyer escort (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_escort), USS Eldridge (DE-173) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Eldridge_%28DE-173%29), was fitted with the required generator equipment at the Naval Yards in Philadelphia.
Testing began in the summer of 1943, and was initially successful to a limited degree. One test, on July 22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_22), 1943 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943), resulted in Eldridge being rendered almost completely invisible, with some eyewitnesses reporting a "greenish fog" — however, crew members complained of serious nausea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausea) afterwards. At that point, the experiment was altered by the request of the Navy, with the new goal being invisible to radar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar) only.
Equipment was not recalibrated, and the experiment was performed again on October 28. This time, Eldridge not only actually became almost entirely invisible to the naked eye, but actually vanished from the area entirely in a flash of blue light. Concurrent with this phenomenon, the U.S. Naval base at Norfolk, Virginia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk%2C_Virginia), just over 600 km (375 miles) away, reported sighting Eldridge offshore for several minutes, whereupon Eldridge vanished again and reappeared in Philadelphia, at the site it had originally occupied — a supposed case of accidental teleportation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleportation).
The physiological effects on the crew were profound. Almost all of the crew were violently ill. Some suffered from mental illness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_illness) because of the experience — behavior conforming to schizophrenia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia) is described in some accounts. Still other members were missing — supposedly "vanished" — and allegedly five of the crew were actually fused to the metal bulkhead or deck of the ship. Horrified, Navy officials immediately cancelled the experiment. All of the surviving crew involved were discharged; in some accounts, brainwashing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_control) was used to make some crew members forget about the details of their experience.


MY POINTS: at the end of season 2, the button is not pushed and Desmond turns the key.. My idea is that the island is actually one of the greek island which with advanced use of the project above, moved it to the antartic. When Desmond turned the key, it switch the magnetic field that was keeping them in place and the Island will return to it original position... The people were basically living in a snow globe and that is the reason they could not be rescued...

[X~xLaylax~X]

Crazy theory but could be true:
The experiment was allegedly conducted by one Dr. Franklin Reno (or Rinehart) as a military application of Albert Einstein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein)'s unified field theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_field_theory), or "generalized theory of gravitation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_theory_of_gravitation)". The theory, briefly, postulates the interrelatedness of the forces that comprise electromagnetic radiation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation) and gravity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity). Through a special application of the theory, it was thought to be possible, with specialized equipment and enough energy, to bend light around an object, rendering it essentially invisible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisibility). The Navy considered this application to be of obvious value in wartime (as the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) was engaged in World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II) at the time) and approved and sponsored the experiment. A Navy destroyer escort (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_escort), USS Eldridge (DE-173) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Eldridge_%28DE-173%29), was fitted with the required generator equipment at the Naval Yards in Philadelphia.
Testing began in the summer of 1943, and was initially successful to a limited degree. One test, on July 22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_22), 1943 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943), resulted in Eldridge being rendered almost completely invisible, with some eyewitnesses reporting a "greenish fog" — however, crew members complained of serious nausea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausea) afterwards. At that point, the experiment was altered by the request of the Navy, with the new goal being invisible to radar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar) only.
Equipment was not recalibrated, and the experiment was performed again on October 28. This time, Eldridge not only actually became almost entirely invisible to the naked eye, but actually vanished from the area entirely in a flash of blue light. Concurrent with this phenomenon, the U.S. Naval base at Norfolk, Virginia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk%2C_Virginia), just over 600 km (375 miles) away, reported sighting Eldridge offshore for several minutes, whereupon Eldridge vanished again and reappeared in Philadelphia, at the site it had originally occupied — a supposed case of accidental teleportation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleportation).
The physiological effects on the crew were profound. Almost all of the crew were violently ill. Some suffered from mental illness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_illness) because of the experience — behavior conforming to schizophrenia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia) is described in some accounts. Still other members were missing — supposedly "vanished" — and allegedly five of the crew were actually fused to the metal bulkhead or deck of the ship. Horrified, Navy officials immediately cancelled the experiment. All of the surviving crew involved were discharged; in some accounts, brainwashing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_control) was used to make some crew members forget about the details of their experience.


MY POINTS: at the end of season 2, the button is not pushed and Desmond turns the key.. My idea is that the island is actually one of the greek island which with advanced use of the project above, moved it to the antartic. When Desmond turned the key, it switch the magnetic field that was keeping them in place and the Island will return to it original position... The people were basically living in a snow globe and that is the reason they could not be rescued... so now that the key has been turned , the survivers can be rescued ? them people in the boat though who were in the antartic thought only saw the island for a second thought didnt they ?oh its all to confusing for me !

[alkalinetrio]

cant wait to series 3 im so confused at the moment haha what is the snow place about? is that ment to be the same time the key got turned and they were waiting for that reaction to come? oh im confused and are the others in it or are they against the people who are on snow who might be the bad people and others good people! damn it i need series 3 they accturly finished filming it yet?

[CrazyLea]

Can we post discussion/speculation here?? Well if not tell me :D

But just want to say something about Jack/Kate/Sawyer/Juliette.. as Abbie has already heard :p

Something I think could happen, or possibly I want to happen lol! Is Jack gets with Juliette, and Sawyer and Kate.. but either something happens to Kate (In which Jack would realise his feelings towards her, and she him) Or, Juliette or Sawyer die (preferably Juliette, as I love Sawyer more) but if Sawyer or Juliette was to die, then Jack or Kate might be upset, and the oterh console the other.. so would maybe realise again..

[Abbie]

I like that idea kind of but I dont want sawyer to die and well I dont think I could bare kate and jack in other realtionships, well not for long anyway, but Juilette i dont mind dying but i dont think she will, her story has a purpose I think

[CrazyLea]

I actually really like Juliette she seems really nice, and her backstory is really interesting. I could see her and Jack being quite good.. even though I want her and Jack :p

And I'm sorry, but I really can't discuss this now.. my mum keeps chatting. seroulsy can't pay attention to waht I'm writing.. so I will in half hour or something.. properly:lol:

[Abbie]

I actually really like Juliette she seems really nice, and her backstory is really interesting. I could see her and Jack being quite good.. even though I want her and Jack :p

And I'm sorry, but I really can't discuss this now.. my mum keeps chatting. seroulsy can't pay attention to waht I'm writing.. so I will in half hour or something.. properly:lol:
Lol ok well dont worry I will wait for you but I will still reply now, I know I quite like Juiltte but she isnt one of the characters that when/if they died i would be really bothered, but Like I said the fact that she is another and after seeing her backstory she has gotten to the island somehow and the fact that before I assumed they had lived there all there lives as Ben claimed he has, and then Juilet herself said to Jack that if she let kate and sawyer go Ben said that he would let Juilete go which I dont think is going to happen but the fact that, that has been said something more has gone on there which is why I want to know more about Juliet

[Abbie]

Okay I found these, these are theories people have posted on the ABC site :
If you closely look at the Dharma Symbol you can see that is resembles a flag. The Korean Flag flown at the Royal Korean Consulate in Hamburg, 1893. Looks similar huh!?! What does this mean? Well the flag symbloizes the Ten Directions, 8 directions (N, S, E, W, SE, SW, NE, NW) and 2 inner and outter self (C, C). If you read about the Ten Directions, you will learn that you need to acheive all of these to be in balance. This is what the Lost Crew trying to achieve. This theory traces back to Hinduism or Buddism, which you can read stories about the Swan, Arrow, Pearl , Staff, Hydro. Names sound familar -they are 5 of the hatches names!!! The number 108 fits into this theory well, 108, in Hindu-Buddist civilization, is the most scared number! We are still trying to piece everything together, but it is a start on our theory.

Then linking to this another theory was found:

I think the biggest clue to the station was in the name. Since Dharma is heavily based on Buddhist teachings (see threads such as A Flag Tells Our Theory) I decided to have a look and see if the Swan featured in any Buddhist tales. I found tales of the swan being used as a disguise and I found stories of the swan saving people lives. This leads me onto what I believe were the two main purposes of the station.

I believe that the Swan not only hid the island from the outside world but also played a part in the healing factor of the island.

Hiding the Island: It's well known in science that cloaking devices can be manufactured relying heavily on electro-magnets creating a mirage type effect by bending light. If light can be bend around the island then the island would appear invisible from a distance. The same magnets could be used to deflect radar and even radio waves causing waves inside the magnetic field to remain inside and those outside remain outside. The only problem I can see is the 'Others' ability to contact the outside world. Could this have something to do with pushing the button every 108 minutes? could that have opened a gap in the magnetic field to allow communications briefly? On the other hand, we've never seen the Others directly contact the outside world so maybe all of their communications are physical and not via more modern technology.

Healing Properties: To understand the healing properties of magnets you need to understand the structure of the world in which we live. If you imagine that everything in this world is made up of atoms, which ar ein turn made up of protons and electrons which all vibrate. The world is made of differing vibrations. This is science-fact. Every atom has its own frequency and therefore so do differing substances. Directing a magnetic ray at an object such as diseased cells in the body at the correct frequency breaks down those cells while leaving cells at a different frequency unharmed. This process has been tested on cancer, nerve damage and fertility problems although it is not refined enough at present to become common practice. But it is plausible science.

The healer that Rose sees in her flashback mentions a magnetic force under the ground that helps to cure people. Unfortunately for Rose, the frequency of this field was not correct to help her, and the healer didn't have the means to change the frequency.

The magnets on the island are obviously of a different frequency and have help Rose (or so she believes). Magnets have also been used to repair nerve damage (I'm not sure of all the details of this but it has been done). This could help explain the miraculous return to mobility for John Locke.

Now I hear you asking about Ben's tumor. It's been poiinted out before that a tumor does not nessarcerily mean cancer and this is important to remember. Maybe the magnetic field is the wrong frequency to help battle this tumor or maybe it is generally too big to break down.

So what now since the hatch is gone?

Now that the hatch is gone many people belive that the island should be visible and people will start getting ill agian. This is not nessarcerily the case. Rose, Locke and Jin have been healed, there is no need for further treatment. Ben's problems were unaffected by the magnet so it's hard to say in his case.

While considering what I've said it's important to remember that the station itself did not create the magnetic field, it was there to control it. It has been noted several times that the island showed signs of magnetic anomilies before Dharma arrived. This means that with or without the station it's properties still exist but are now uncontrollable. That is probably why the Others communications went down after the explosion, and possibly why Ben needs surgery now?

The Swan in many religions ranging from Buddhism to ealry Paegan tales represents healing and altered states time after time. It can't just be a coincedence that the station was so called. Right now I can't see any other connection to a swan and so no other reason for calling it this.
I must add that i didnt create these, they were found on the ABC website but these two which link are some of the most top rated

[Scorpio_Girl]

I have a theory that the people on the island all have the ability to do something they're not supposed to do. I don't really pay much attention to the episodes but i'm pretty sure one of the characters was able to heal women that can't have children or something like that. And the fact that Jack can heal those people that have a really low chance of surviving etc.

There must be some kind of ulterior motive as to why these particular 'special' people were all sent to the island..

[Abbie]

Hmm about Jack, who do you mean, he couldnt save the Marshall in the piolt?

[Scorpio_Girl]

No, i meant outside the island before the crash. Remember the operations he had to work on.. And I think it was Juliet who found a way to make infertile women have children..

It's kinda far-fetched..

[~*~Leanne~*~]

My theory for lost is that it represents life as we dont no how we got on earth and stuff like that probs a rubbish theory but re got me thinking lol least it's good for something

[Siobhan]

Thought I would revive this after seen Season 6 promo... My theory about the eye is that it is Jack's but they are not off the island yet.. I reckon the bomb imploded, dragging metal on top of the whole sealing it and the shock wave just knocked the guys of their feet.. as this is currently their present, nothing will happen until the future.. they won't be moved in time etc... time line will continue and they will die as normal (after all Richard said he seen them die, unless he is guessing as he didn't go to the site with them)... Then I also reckon that the series will end with flight 815 and there will be turbulance but this time plane doesn't crash, it lands in LAX

[Abbie]

I dont think they died. I think what Richard was referring to was the purge

I dont think they have reset time, I think what just happened always happened. That was the indicent, I mean look at what happened to Dr Changs hand, it got stuck at hurt and in one of the dharma videos he has like a glove on I think or something that indicates its missing.
I think they have been sent back to 2007 where sun and locke are, and there is gonna be some war. They key is fake locke