So, I have read and seen a lot on the "mysterious military man" who showed up and placed a medal on Casolaro's casket. But nowhere have I seen anything about what it was. It seems like it would've been pretty easy to verify that it happened. Not saying it did or it didn't, but does anyone know for sure that it DID? Did anyone get a glimpse of what medal it was? Or was it actually found before they filled the grave in?

Some people have speculated in other threads that the military guy showed up to the wrong funeral.

That would certainly explain it.

Its a red herring

Its a red herring

Personally, I don’t understand this and want to call BS on it. It is well within a family’s right to stop a funeral when someone you don’t recognize approaches and places something on top of your loved one’s casket during a service. I mean, if it was your family and someone did that, wouldn’t you stop it and inquire?

Personally, I don’t understand this and want to call BS on it. It is well within a family’s right to stop a funeral when someone you don’t recognize approaches and places something on top of your loved one’s casket during a service. I mean, if it was your family and someone did that, wouldn’t you stop it and inquire?

Not to mention that Danny's friends, many of whom were journalists, were there too. At least one of them would've wanted to look and see what the man put on his casket.

Personally, I don’t understand this and want to call BS on it. It is well within a family’s right to stop a funeral when someone you don’t recognize approaches and places something on top of your loved one’s casket during a service. I mean, if it was your family and someone did that, wouldn’t you stop it and inquire?

Exactly. Or at the VERY least, as Cars said, check what he put there. Or go after him and be like "What the hell? Who are you?"

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Exactly. Or at the VERY least, as Cars said, check what he put there. Or go after him and be like "What the hell? Who are you?"

Yes, that's very frustrating. Wouldn't your first instinct be to stop him before he drove off?

It's just like in past cases where people would tell their loved ones that they were getting death threats and the loved ones would do...nothing.

Please do something, people.

Yes, that's very frustrating. Wouldn't your first instinct be to stop him before he drove off?

It's just like in past cases where people would tell their loved ones that they were getting death threats and the loved ones would do...nothing.

Please do something, people.

You reminded me of the L'Enfant segment, in the psych ward.

"Oh, and you had a call from a Mr. L'Enfant. He said he's going to get you." :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I realize I'm paraphrasing. :happyface

It seemed to me in the segment that the funeral was basically over and they were pretty much lowering the coffin into the ground. It is possible the military man did not seem as conspicuous to everyone there, especially if the funeral was over. Family, friends and colleagues may have been talking amongst each other or already dispersing.

I have only been to a couple of grave site funerals, but the ones I have been to, most people were leaving by the time the coffin was lowered. This incident struck me as though the family did not say anything at the time, each thinking that the others knew the man and/or why he was placing the medal.

So in the moment and with the situation, I could see how some may not want to “call the man out” at the time. But I know my own family would at least whisper amongst themselves. Of course not everyone would do that either.

At any rate, I do think the the incident was real.

So, I have read and seen a lot on the "mysterious military man" who showed up and placed a medal on Casolaro's casket. But nowhere have I seen anything about what it was. It seems like it would've been pretty easy to verify that it happened. Not saying it did or it didn't, but does anyone know for sure that it DID? Did anyone get a glimpse of what medal it was? Or was it actually found before they filled the grave in?

It happened. Placed a medal on his casket, saluted and left.

Guess the family just thought-well Danny's life had been weird for years, probably met hundreds of bizarre characters on his Octopus travels & this is just one of them.

It happened. Placed a medal on his casket, saluted and left.

I find it odd that no one recognized him, but no one questioned him, and no one looked at what exactly he put on the coffin.

What if the medal was not military related? Boy scout etc? What if the mysterious military man was a personal friend his family never knew of?

When it comes to the mysterious military man at the funeral, unless there is actual physical proof somewhere (like a photo of the medal on the casket for instance), I'm going to go out on a limb and say he never existed in the first place.

Either Danny lied to his family & friends and they bought into it hook, line and sinker, or they were simply in denial (about the fact he fell down a rabbit hole, he was a bum journalist as someone mentioned and/or he committed suicide).

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=289011

When it comes to the mysterious military man at the funeral, unless there is actual physical proof somewhere (like a photo of the medal on the casket for instance), I'm going to go out on a limb and say he never existed in the first place.

Either Danny lied to his family & friends and they bought into it hook, line and sinker, or they were simply in denial (about the fact he fell down a rabbit hole, he was a bum journalist as someone mentioned and/or he committed suicide).

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=289011

I'm inclined to believe the mysterious military man didn't exist. Everybody keeps saying "the family was too full of grief to ask." That doesn't make sense. They were, supposedly, saying he'd never kill himself, he'd told them "if I don't come back I've been murdered," etc. So already you have a suspicious scenario around his death (as far as the family/friends are concerned), whatever the truth may be. If you have someone in your family/group of close friends that suddenly dies after telling you about how he's onto some big conspiracy and all this s***, and you have some random "high ranking military officer" show up and put a medal on his casket, you ARE going to ask some questions at that moment. Not just be "oh, well, someone here must know him."

“Military man” was real. He was there for that funeral. He was not at the wrong funeral. Even if I didn’t know this story, I don’t see how anyone can proclaim “high ranking”. If he was high ranking, he would have been placed or identified some point in past 30 years. But I don’t expect the family knew who he was. Nor do I blame them for not asking questions. I had a brother pass away, I was too grief stricken to notice anyone, let alone a random person.

I had a brother pass away, I was too grief stricken to notice anyone, let alone a random person.

But did he pass away under questionable circumstances, shortly after telling you "if I die here, I was murdered?"

I get being grief-stricken,, I've experienced it, myself, when family members died. But if you are thinking from the beginning how you don't think it's suicide, given the manner in which he did it and his comments to you, prior, it strikes me as fantastically odd that NO ONE bothered to ask him or someone else. Especially considering he WAS noticed.

I don't think DC killed himself. He had told his brother that he was getting death threats on the phone late at night; was supposedly involved in some clandestine meetings; etc.

I also don't believe that someone that was apparently as squeamish about blood as DC would have cut himself as much as he had. Also, I don't feel that it's feasible for someone to keep cutting himself as deeply as he had - without passing out first.

Switching gears, I do also question why the military man was at DC's funeral; I do believe he was there, but why he was there is puzzling. Had DC ever served in the military?! I can't find any info. on this either way. If he had, maybe this man was at the funeral out of respect for the passing of a fellow veteran.

However, if he didn't serve - I wonder if the military man's presence was somehow connected to the case(s) DC was working on before he died?!

Strange.

The military man existed. Weren't there several witnesses that saw him? I also don't find it that strange that nobody asked the man who he was (some folks would feel that is out of place at a funeral/burial.

All other questions regarding him are in the air.
Somebody in uniform with medals displayed may look "high ranking" to some people when in reality, he was not a military official but perhaps an officer.

He could have been a friend or acquaintance of Danny's (perhaps someone interested in/ or who believed in Danny's work). It's also possible he was at the wrong funeral.

Also, I will never believe (unless it is conclusively proven) that Casolaro committed suicide. For somebody squeamish around blood/needles (as a person like that, I know) slitting one's wrists is the last way they would commit suicide.

I don't think DC killed himself. He had told his brother that he was getting death threats on the phone late at night; was supposedly involved in some clandestine meetings; etc.

I also don't believe that someone that was apparently as squeamish about blood as DC would have cut himself as much as he had. Also, I don't feel that it's feasible for someone to keep cutting himself as deeply as he had - without passing out first.

Switching gears, I do also question why the military man was at DC's funeral; I do believe he was there, but why he was there is puzzling. Had DC ever served in the military?! I can't find any info. on this either way. If he had, maybe this man was at the funeral out of respect for the passing of a fellow veteran.

However, if he didn't serve - I wonder if the military man's presence was somehow connected to the case(s) DC was working on before he died?!

Strange.

The murder theory has way too many holes in it to be even remotely plausible.

This thread (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=289011&highlight=danny+casolaro&page=3) (from pg 3 to the end) raises a number of interesting questions, the biggest of which for me is if a CIA or some other highly trained assassin was responsible for killing him, why would they commit to such a time-consuming, personal method of murder, esp. when the risk of leaving DNA at the scene was so high?

(consider also that he was reported by hotel staff to have been seen under the influence, his time of death was reported to have been during the day--when any potential assassins could've easily been spotted--and he had painkillers with him)

The murder theory has way too many holes in it to be even remotely plausible.

This thread (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=289011&highlight=danny+casolaro&page=3) (from pg 3 to the end) raises a number of interesting questions, the biggest of which for me is if a CIA or some other highly trained assassin was responsible for killing him, why would they commit to such a time-consuming, personal method of murder, esp. when the risk of leaving DNA at the scene was so high?

(consider also that he was reported by hotel staff to have been seen under the influence, his time of death was reported to have been during the day--when any potential assassins could've easily been spotted--and he had painkillers with him)



In the case of DC it doesn't have to be all or nothing...

It seems theres only two theories, that either in the dark elite corners of the CIA and white house they planned his murder for uncovering the worlds secrets..... or after not being taken seriously, illness and whatever else, he killed himself...


The thing is, danny was snooping around in all kinds of things, things like the indian reservation, casinos, untaxed tabacco...

If there was some mid level criminal making a couple of hundred thousand on these things and then danny is snooping around, would someone like that think twice about paying someone else a couple of thousand to have him killed?

It doesn't always have to be so oliver stone, as for the military guy with the medal? maybe he thought that some of dannys work and investigations warranted that.