Taylor

It has come to my attention that Eric has been posting false claims in his thread http://www.bananas.org/f11/we-leaving-10602.html last night and this morning. I don't understand why I have been attacked in such a manner by this self-proclaimed mentally ill person who I thought was a friend. I wasn't even the original person to claim that Seaner and Eric were the same person, who has also gone under the persona of Michael_James, James, Michael, and Jim in addition to Eric and now Sean here on the Org. See this thread: Intro.

In fact, a member messaged me and said that they thought that Seaner was Eric, and that's when I began to truly suspect something, especially since he (Seaner) openly admitted that their location was the same, their chat font color and picture were the same, and pictures in their galleries have the same wooden background. Once we all started questioning him (Me, Lagniappe, and momoese, (maybe Turtile, too?), he began to fabricate stories that Eric is his twin brother and that Eric and Sean like to pretend to be each other often. I'm not sure how many people have talked to Eric, but of everyone in the chat last night (the regular bunch)... none of us had ever heard of a twin brother. Instead, now he claimed that his brother (which one?) was in the hospital, while Eric has claimed before that his little brother died in a fire, and that he himself was badly burned. After some time, he would randomly interject a derogatory comment about my mother, grandfather, father, and threats upon me. He also claimed that I propositioned 'Eric', pressed for his exact address, and asked him to contact me on AIM, noting further that Dad was there with him and they have contacted the police and the 'proposition' is on record with the police.

Firstly, I never propositioned Eric as I'm not even homosexual, and he claimed to be a 15 year old. We're all just friends here. Secondly, I never pressed him for his address at all. Lastly, I did say he could contact me on AIM (instant messenger) if he wanted because he claimed to have no friends. I was trying to help. I even received a private message from him on 11/19 being very grateful and thankful for my help and another member's help in regards to palm care. I did, however, say that he might have been using the multiple accounts to get plants from multiple people because it is a sad possibility.

It's pretty clear what's going on here, especially in regards to mental illness and accidental slips of "I" instead of "We" in the chat. The deflection of attention off of Eric having multiple accounts and onto false claims of my non-existent 'proposition' is a very weak attempt to cover up the real issue, and hopefully it is now being brought to light. I have most of the chat saved from last night, from 11:35 PM to 2:41 AM. It looks like the part where we questioned him is missing, but maybe someone else saved the part before 11:35 PM. I have the screenshots available upon request for the moderators as I'm not sure if it is against the rules at this point.

Thank you,
Taylor

Here are the direct quotes from his posts:

Seaner

TAYLOR, GET A LIFE. ERIC'S LEAVING AN ELECTRONIC FORUM AND FINDING OTHER THINGS TO DO - NOT ROBBING THE U.S. MINT!
Do you know the diff between a Capital Crime and a Birthday Party ! I doubt it.

1. Eric (mentally challenged) was not in the chat to attack anyone.
2. Eric was Michael James (username). He changed it to Eric. I've only had one. Seaner.
3. Some gallery photos may have the same backdrop. We live together.
4. We look alike. We do (jokingly) pretend to be each other sometimes.
5. I told Cher (CValentine) and some other members, in my 1st chat, that we were twins.
6. Our little brother did die. Eric was burned but not even bad enough for lasting scars.
7. I've seen vipers that were friendlier than you. Eric says the same.
8. Eric offered to send you a Musa Ae Ae this spring. He told me he would. I say, No.
9. Eric said you pressured & intimidated him strongly to try and get our home address.
10. Eric will NOT be contacting you on AIM. He told dad what your name is on AIM.
11. Ride me hard enough, I'll say almost anything. The police were not contacted.
12. We have to consider that pressuring for personal info (home address) could be coming from an internet predator. Read NetKidz safety. We surf by those rules.
13. Yes. Dad did write a lot of Eric's posts for him. Eric is mentally challenged.
14. I've never met you (in person) & never will. How do I know you're not homo. Proof?
15. Have no friends? Are U joking? We have too many friends.
16. You've repeated the "pressure for address" thing. You not only pressured, you intimidated him. He said it was AFTER he refused to give you our address that you asked him to talk to him on AIM.
17. Yes. He was very grateful for the info on palms. He has 2 he bought for $60. A Pindo and a Palmetto seedling.
18. We don't claim to be any age. We're just how old we are. So is everyone else, I hope.
19. You can easily talk to others here and find out how few plants Eric recieved and how many he sent (free). He never sold plants but did a few trades. He even spent over a hundred dollars to buy & send 2 Robert Young bamboo plants cause he couldn't figure out how to dig up bamboo starter plants from his own jungle.
20. I'm a pretty sharp trader. Eric's too emo and just wants to give things away. That's not his fault.
21. You do not have our permission to display the personal chat. If a moderator or the administrator decide to display it, they can.

22.The quotes Taylor used are from the 1st post in this thread:
http://www.bananas.org/f11/we-leaving-10602.html

Seaner

Eric has quit the site permanently. From now on, I am the only member at our house that will ever be a member of Bananas.org.
In short, Drop It.
You can grab your microscope & examine me all you like. If you suspect that I might be robbing the U.S. Mint or selling military info to the Russians, feel free to contact the Administrator or a Moderator or both.

djmb74

You know I don't know the whole situation about what happened but I find it kinda odd that Eric brought up a post about internet predators and in his message he said this happened to him and assured all of us that this did not happen here on this site and that he is so glad to have joined this site!

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