How did the weird rumors started?

[cameron]

as some of you know, as I've shared in the past - a person on myspace was claiming to be Elvis aka Jon Burrows. he was on my friends list but I was told that "The About Elvis" contacted him and started asking questions and he pulled his page....not sure the whole story. But I asked him once when he first found me (yes he found me....strange huh?) that if he did really survive what about Lisa and Priscilla? His response was - "well they'd obviously know"...anyway...I really wish it were true....but I just don't see how that could be......

There's a lot of Jon Burrows & Elvis "somethings" on MySpace.
I sure hope no one believes those people.
To use common sense; why in the world would Elvis be on a MySpace site if he were alive? I feel really sorry for some of those people....the ones that get duped, I mean.

[ksimms2]

There's a lot of Jon Burrows & Elvis "somethings" on MySpace.
I sure hope no one believes those people.
To use common sense; why in the world would Elvis be on a MySpace site if he were alive? I feel really sorry for some of those people....the ones that get duped, I mean.

oh for sure, you are right....I've met a nice man named Norm through "Jon's" myspace page and he and I talk about it all the time. We both agree he can't be for real. We said same thing, if he faked his own death, why advertise it on the internet?

[KPM]

The all mighty buck starts a lot of these rumors and stories. It s a sad society where rumor and inuendo is a multi billion dollar industry. The money made off of Marilyn Monroe, the Kennedys and Elvis could run most small third world nations.

[Rover]

It is weird because if you realy want him to be alive you can find a lot of "proofs"...I guess it confuses people
I agree with Cameron, people pretending to be Elvis are stupid and I find this insulting to his memory

[cameron]

www.classicbands.com/MysteryofElvisPresley.html

This link will take you to many interviews from some credible people {some not so credible } from 1977 on.

Discuss any and all if you like. This was where it began, not in 1987 as some would have you believe.
Have fun with it , don't even try to figure it all out. It's just some history .

Hope this answers some of your question.
I'll be gone most of the day, don't let anyone "get to you."
Ignore, ignore, ignore . I had to learn how to do that ignore part .

I LOVE this blocking thing .

[Getlo]

I believe I and others pretty much ran all those so called "clues" down years ago.

Oh, do share please ...

[Stryx]

Maybe what everyone "knows", is what they are supposed to know. It's easy to plant information, especially if you are the government.

Oh here we go conspiracy theory 101. I guess it was Alien Spaceship that crash landed as Roswell then!!!

BTW: What benefit is it to the govt if Elvis used cocaine or not!!! Geez!!

[Rover]

Why would the government "plant information" about Elvis? I don't think it has anything to do with politics...

[ksimms2]

Why would the government "plant information" about Elvis? I don't think it has anything to do with politics...

I have to agree on this one....

[Jailhouse-Rocker]

The government is just an example of an organization that has planted information in order for their plans to follow through. If you are wanting to say, change your identity, it's relatively easy with proper planning. You leak "information" before it happens. The information you leak, is information that is not actually pertaining to you so if by chance someone suspects you, then you can say for example ," So and so had this disease or that, I don't".
Go to different doctors, give them the symptoms they are looking for and you would be surprised how many take your word for it, hence the diagnosis on your record. A good PDR and some medical knowledge goes a long way. Did you know certain drugs can actually cause your blood type to be misdiagnosed incorrectly? Did you know certain glaucoma drugs can actually change your eye color? Not drastically, but enough to make a difference. Take these things and others, and use them at the right time in some official setting so it becomes a matter of record and you accomplish what you want. Then you become so hidden, that only if someone you were really close to could figure it was you. So, you are "dead". There is no coming back.

well you've got a good well thought out argument. I personally don't believe it, but i respect your view. Its possible but i personally have accepted the belief that he is dead, and i doubt anything will sway my mind.

[Getlo]

The "fake elvis", obviously not.
the fans that just " hope and pray" he didn't die...?? They're probably bigger ,truer fans than any of us.

Rubbish!

They are more deluded that the rest of us, thank you!

[Getlo]

The government is just an example of an organization that has planted information in order for their plans to follow through. ... Then you become so hidden, that only if someone you were really close to could figure it was you. So, you are "dead". There is no coming back.

You need to stop watching so much X-Files!

[Rover]

Knoxelvis, you think Elvis took drugs to change himself and disappear? Ok, but I have a question, why did he do the 77 show just before he "died", because it was a huge risk to destroy the legend he is (he stammered,...)?
And there is something I don't understand: the government. What does it have to do with Elvis? According to your point of view (if I got it right), Elvis was the one who wanted to disappear, so he "leaked informations" to that effect...how is the government involved?

They are more deluded that the rest of us, thank you!

Maybe they are...or maybe they love him *so much* they can't accept the truth. Isn't that the ultimate proof of love in a very weird sort of way?

[cameron]

Knoxelvis, you think Elvis took drugs to change himself and disappear? Ok, but I have a question, why did he do the 77 show just before he "died", because it was a huge risk to destroy the legend he is (he stammered,...)?
And there is something I don't understand: the government. What does it have to do with Elvis? According to your point of view (if I got it right), Elvis was the one who wanted to disappear, so he "leaked informations" to that effect...how is the government involved?


Maybe they are...or maybe they love him *so much* they can't accept the truth. Isn't that the ultimate proof of love in a very weird sort of way?

Elvis always stammered and stuttered from the beginning.

The only thing you can see in the FBI files is where {'"76 & '77 } there was the "paternity suit" and the "swindling of the Presley's "in that airplane deal.
It happened .I'm not sure why there are still things "blacked out" on those files. The government says "it's a matter of National Security."
After 30 years ? Can't say I believe that.

[BrianK]

What reason do the conspiracy theorists give for Elvis faking his own death? I can't think of any reason why Elvis would want to do it himself. Do they say the govt. "made" him do it?

[cameron]

The things I've read or ones I've talked to say: death threats . Not only on him but his family as well.
That much is true: the death threats.
The FBI files will tell you that.

I have no "inside knowledge" on that. It's there for anyone to read.
Though most don't call it a conspiracy ; just a cover-up.

[Getlo]

Maybe they are...or maybe they love him *so much* they can't accept the truth. Isn't that the ultimate proof of love in a very weird sort of way?

Hmmm ... just like a guy who loves a woman so much he ends up killing her and her real boyfriend? I'm taking the example to the extreme of course. So yes, it is a very weird sort of way.

And insanely deluded.

There is a distinct difference between loving Elvis and believing he's alive.

Anyone who believes Elvis is still alive is, frankly, an *****. I make no apologies for this statement at all. *****s, all of them.

[Getlo]

The things I've read or ones I've talked to say: death threats . Not only on him but his family as well.
That much is true: the death threats.
The FBI files will tell you that.

I have no "inside knowledge" on that. It's there for anyone to read.
Though most don't call it a conspiracy ; just a cover-up.

Here we go again.

The death threats, apart from that one in Vegas that time with the defaced menu, amounted to nothing. Neither these threats, nor anything else, made Elvis fake his death.

He's dead. For real. And for 30 years now. End of story.

[Rhinestone]

It always amazes me how anything even remotely connected to the Elvis Alive topic elicits such a high level of emotion. I've witnessed hostility from BOTH sides of this fence. It's a shame that it usually degenerates into name-calling, derision, and anger. It seems that if someone questions the official story of the 8-16-77 events, that person is automatically stereotyped and labeled. I came to this board because I'm an Elvis fan and enjoy reading some of the threads. I wanted to join in the discussions when I felt I could contribute something. But after my first post, I felt that I'd been ridiculed, judged, and labeled. In spite of that, I've since made a few posts and this may be my last.

No, I'm not trying to start an Elvis Alive debate or "Conspiracy 101" thread. I cannot say with certainty whether or not Elvis survived past 8-16-77.... This may surprise some of you, but I don't believe in the wax dummy theory, I don't believe there's any significance to the spelling of Elvis' middle name on the grave marker, I don't believe Elvis left to work for the DEA because he was tired of being Elvis Presley....no, I don't buy into in every story that comes down the pike. I have been involved in tracking down and finding answers for the most of the stories that have circulated all these years. However, with that said, I have found information that can't be explained away, information that is documented by professionals. As a result, I can say with certainty that the events of 8-16-77 did not happen as offically reported. Even some who firmly believe Elvis died on that date can't come up with an explanation.

There's always an official truth and an unofficial truth in any story. An example:
Situation- a 60 yr. old man leaves the company where he worked for 30 years.
Official truth- the man "retired," he was tired of the rat-race and wanted to pursue other interests.
Unofficial truth- his young new boss wanted his college buddy in the man's position.
To acccomplish that, he made the workplace hell for the retired man, forcing the man to leave the company.

There is an official truth and an unofficial truth in the Elvis Presley story.

I'm not delusional, I'm not a nut, and what I've said here is not rubbish.

[KPM]

I have heard the nurse who was on duty the day Elvis died at BMH speak on a radio station a few years back. She was Elvis's favorite nurse when he was in BMH and she got to know him pretty well. She was there- saw his body. She cried as she told the story of how they tried to revive him-she says she would swear on a Stack of Bibles Elvis Presley died on 8-16-77 because she saw him in the ER and she knew who it him. I have no doubt Elvis is dead.