The Sainted Society of Somerton Sleuths
We’re a tight group, those of us who have spent years trying to sort out the Somerton Man Mystery but what is not apparent to many is the closeness of our cooperation.. we share, and now that the denouement is imminent this closeness of purpose shines above all. All of us joined at the hip and only too happy to exchange information.
Like today when I placed a call to Nick Pelling.
His phone rings..
’The Residence of Lord Nicholas of Pelling.’
’G’day mate, any chance of a natter with the Honourable Nick?’
’And you are, sir?’
’Bozo from Ballina, we’ve been mates for centuries, not out there playing bloody polo is he?’
’ Hardly, please hold while I check on his availability.’
Time passed. Whispering in the distance is the subtle kiss of ivory balls meeting willow mallet heads on closely mown grass midst the thundering of horses’ hooves, Then ..
– click –
Undismayed I put call in to Derek Abbott.
His phone rings..
’Good morning, you have rung the personal number of one of the most highly qualified and intelligent members of the Adelaide elite, please state the purpose of you call.’
‘No problems sport, just wanted to check if Dekka still thinks there’s a chance his ear research holds water, know what I mean?’ Somerton Man stuff?’
’ One moment, sir, I’’ll check the Professer’s immediate availability.’
Footsteps fade, a door opens then closes, behind it someone utters a faintly heard obscenity, a door opens then closes, footsteps return.
– click –
One more ..
Gordon, the Man.
His phone rings..
‘Who are you? What do you want? This call is to be recorded and forwarded to the MI5 for deciphering and everything you say will be printed and examined for any hidden meanings.’
’Shit.’
– click –
We leave the best for last.
His phone rings..
‘Yeah?’
’Gerry Feltus?’
’Yeah.’
’Pete Bowes here, Jezzer, the bloke who wrote the book, got time for a bit of a chit chat?’
– slam –
The Somerton Man .. 
OK, so what would be your top three talking points, for each them?
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They don’t have anything to offer
They’re done
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Now the show’s over according to most punters, with Derek on the dias and his candidate top of the heap, nothing left to know.. No harm raising with Feltus as one SM fiction author to another, if’n Carl Webb tallies with the name he had in mind, but daren’t reveal, at the end of ‘Unknown Man’. That must qualify for being “pointless” surely. No?
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Jo #
Talking points?.. (1) No eyed deer! .. (2) Still no eyed deer! .. (3) Still no fawn-icating eyed deer. dear !!!
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Jo, matey …what’s the point of having a talking point when the point is just to have a pointless chat?
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There moose be a talking point somewhere?
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Sort of a moose point Clive, best we just rack it start from scrstch.
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Mooses my arse, Sanders talks until the cows come home.
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Rutting season, sorry can’t elk it.
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Not sure that it’s done yet
It’s lacking photographic evidence but who knows what might turn up from a holiday snap on the beach, or of relatives arriving on the Overland on 30 November, or scenic photos of the railway station, North Terrace city, or at Jetty Rd Glenelg, with him in the background. You see someone his age, his attire, his build, or suitcase, or smoking, and you have it.
Must be people with photos on those dates out there. How to find them though.
Anything is still possible
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he’s probably in some random snapshot, someone took before that eventful day, sitting in someone’s photo album tucked away in some dusty attic, or in some historical Society’s photo archives on some shotty website! So, who knows maybe one day either one of us, finds one.
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Bloke with no ID is found dead on the beach. In his pocket is a day old train ticket bought just up the road.
…. and nobody adds two plus two.
How’s that for a talking point, Jo, good enough?
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Ed/No One #
Smart thinking but a long bow for mine. I’d suggest S.A. State Library records and if you want a good lead, then the well placed but not so socially outgoing Douglas Walter Phillips (shipping) family of Glenelg/Somerton Beach pre 1940 might have some shots of his sons G for George?, James Graham (see pic. NAA WW2) of the scrunched up toes and Francis John??? might just work
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hahahahahaha
(click)
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