The Bukanator Story

[jayhenry]

I want to try to assemble a timeline of Bukanator. I'm not sure this will produce anything useful, but we'll see.

From his YouTube profile on 9.07.06

Age: 36
City: San Francisco
Country: US
Last Login: 6 days ago

I'm a web designer in San Francisco. I was born in South Africa but my family is Russian. I love to travel a ALOT and I am passionate about photography. I have a Leica whcih I love more than life itse

About Me
Name: Boris
Member Since: 2 months ago
Videos Watched: 218

Where I've Been

Hometown: J-burg, South Africa

Occupation: Web Designer

Views: 404 | Subscribers: 1

Halfway through the comments for First Blog/Dorkiness Prevails

bukanator
This is wonderful...

Half way through the comments for Purple Monkey

bukanator
Why don't you idiots stop looking at her eyebrows and actually listen to what she is saying...she is very smart! Also, P-monkey rules the world!

Toward the end of coments for Schoolwork in Summer

bukanator
This is wonderful...what a little diamond in the rough! I was getting so bored watching animal fights and car crashes! You're tagline should be "lg15 - guaranteed no car wrecks or animal fights!"

Half way through the comments on Danielbeast

bukanator
LG15! You should make sure people watch your videos in the order you put them up...I think if alot of these jerks did they would understand you and Daniel's relationship alot better and stop making weird comments!

Half way through the comments on Grillz

bukanator
Probably my fav LG15 video...you really need to watch all the others to understand why though. It's how they built up to this video..it really shows another side!

More to come...

[Terryfic]

I think it is also interesting that LG use to have a link to www.lonelygirl15.com on her YouTube profile. Shortly after the curious domain registration date became public, that link was removed. The total lack of work on the site, the lack of moderation and listening to fans requests, LG and DB not advertising it, all makes me think they wanted it to just disappear and everyone to forget it ever existed. Of course they couldn’t take it down as that would be far too suspicious. I think they just hoped it would die out if they ignored it long enough. Only now, after we have left do they realize the tool they use to have.

[wixy15]

So he used to write blog entries about LG15 at LG15.com but stopped writing them on August 7. He also takes a long time to update the new video to the homepage.

[newone]

From the lg15.com thread,

There is also a Miles Beckett on Friendster:
Miles
Last Login : 24 hours
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Hometown: Woodland Hills
Friendster Member Since: May 2003


However, on meetup.com, Miles is listed as

User ID: Bonzopunk
Location: North Providence, RI

which is an id used on many different band messageboards.

[noasinger]

Email: Funny Video.
From Miles Beckett
H.L.
Not sure if you are aware of our new Bush video podcast. It features James Adomian doing a HILARIOUS Bush impression. We take a look behind the Bush White House and Fox media machine. If you like it, please help spread the word and encourage people to subscribe to the FREE video podcast. The more viewers and support the more likely we can keep doing this. Email me with any questions. Thanks!

"West Wingers" on SHOUTBOY
www.shoutboy.com


Regards,

Miles Beckett
President
SHOUTBOY
www.shoutboy.com
[e-mail]


from thehollywoodliberal.com


LG15 could *definitely* be a viral Shoutboy production.




and also from the credits for "The Way You Die," a micro-story published at plotswithguns.com:

"Anthony Rain makes his home in New York City. This is his first published story in PWG, and he is currently working on his first hardboiled mystery novel featuring Miles Beckett, Private Investigator."

Edited to add: Anthony Rain appears to write a whole series of short fiction about his character Miles Beckett. Probably not a connection, but I found the two stories I read entertaining anyway.

[mettle]

Props to LATRichard for calling out Buka on the old old forum.
Looks like not everyone is jumping at the chance to be interviewed by the Times.
www.lonelygirl15.com/forum/read.php?2,4256

[Alissa Brooke]

ZOMG, Rhode Island. Want me to go stalk him? j/k/j/k <3

[brendel99]

Hmm, I've just caught the 'announcement' on the other forum, but I was going to post this and that doesn't change my mind.

Has it been suggested so far that bukanator is Bree's dad?

[hyemew]

E-mails for signing up at the real forum come from [e-mail]. A search of my comprehensive directory of just about everyone in the US show there are no Boris Bukatars in America and only two Bukatars total (one lived in the NY and Oregon, the other one Oregon I think too.)

[brendel99]

I think it's an African word or name.

[mku77]

Dont forget about this one and please note the state...CA

www.agentidea.com/people/index.html

[whatisgoingon]

hyemew said:

E-mails for signing up at the real forum come from [e-mail]. A search of my comprehensive directory of just about everyone in the US show there are no Boris Bukatars in America and only two Bukatars total (one lived in the NY and Oregon, the other one Oregon I think too.)

Did the person that knows how to trace an IP trace that one too?
Does an IP show the city you are in too?

[brendel99]

whatisgoingon said:

Does an IP show the city you are in too?

Yes it can trace to a city, and can be more specific than that hence the CAA connection being made.

I'm not sure it's (any longer anyway) necessary to trace the admin IP at LG15.com forums as it's been compared with the Creators IP address and matched, so it's presumably known. Unless that was done by comparing some kind of encrypted hash of the IP address and compared without revealing the IP address itself. Remember the mods over there don't have full privileges. Eg your password is hashed, actually even the admin can't see what it is.

afaik re: bukanator as nick for whoever's admin-ing at LG15.com -

Sep 03 - Old forum - I got email for signing up from [e-mail]
Sep 07 - New forum - I got email from [e-mail]
from Sep 08 - New Forum - email for signing up to new forum is from [e-mail] (?)

I've slightly lost the thread I think... was there a hack or no?