Originally Posted by
sickboy
http:///forum/post/2924514
Yeah, that's the guy (bringing items into Locke when he was a kid, it was the compass he was supposed to pick!) He doesn't age, he's already there when Ben gets there, he just shows up to help Locke after he is shot, etc. So many weird things. Plus, do we even know who the others are? We know who Ben is, and that he is not truly and "other", so who are they?
Maybe he is God or some other deity...
he shows up where locke is when he's shot and tells ben to give him the compass to verify that lockeknows him. i'm assuming locke will go to the past, tell richard to go find him when he gets shot to save him, richard will say you're nuts i don't know you, locke gives him the compass... etc.