Thank you for providing the information about Keel’s life and death. Cryptomundo has been an important point of reference for many people, including myself, and for that I am quite thankful. I was quite disappointed that the mass media didn’t cover Keel’s passing more extensively, but by the same token I am grateful for the Internet’s capacity to create communities of interest that share information and experiences.

Thanks for the information.

This posting of yours here and your other one on your reaction to his death truly convey the warmth, intrigue, and affection that my old research buddy and friend was able to inspire in people ~ through his writings, his personality, and the combination of those two that would result in the stories he spun.

Many of his old associates from the 1960s celebrated when John was able to break into the “Hollywood” scene, not so much for the little money as a writer that he got out of it, but more as a final acknowledgment of his far-reaching impact in popular culture. The movie, his books, and his articles will live on, long beyond his life.

It was great to read your good words from Australia. That you would understand, on some level, how many of us so close to him have been feeling about the passing of John A. Keel on July 3, 2009 was enlightening.

Thank you.
~ Loren