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The
monster is actually much more versatile than most people recognize
it to be. The monster comes in many, many different forms and its
purpose is simply to serve as an obstacle for the LOSTies to overcome
in order to achieve their objectives.
The
'game players' can choose which version of the monster will
appear. This may be done through a series of prompts by
the video game to the 'game players'. The monster then appears
as a polar bear, shark, boar, whispers, hallucinations,
sea urchins, rain storms, the black smoke monster, etc.
I have included the heroin as Charlie's personal version
of the monster.
It
is possible that the game itself may insert a random version
(or even more than one version) of the monster into some
episodes. For instance the Others and the
BOATies may be introduced by the game itself,
rather than by the 'game players'.
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The
Others are just one of the many versions of the monster.
However, once they are introduced, it is possible that they may
actually remain in the game until that particular level, if not
the entire game, is completed.
Watch
this Season 4 promo where the statement is made that the
monster can take human forms.
An
'innteresting' thing can be found on the LOST Season 1 Soundtrack.
Take a good look at the index of the soundtrack and the title of
track 25. It is "Monsters are Such Innteresting People".
Click the picture to see a larger version 

There
is also a curious exchange between Jack and Tom/Mr. Friendly in
S3E9. Tom/Mr. Friendly asks Jack "What kind of people do you
think we are?" and Jack replies "Oh, I don't know Tom.
The kind of people that would take a pregnant woman, that would
hang Charlie from a tree, would drag our people out of the jungle,
would kidnap children. That's what kind of people I think you are."
And
there are times when The Others have been referred to as animals:
In S1E15 Charlie says about killing Ethan "I wasn't going to
let that animal anywhere near her again"
In S2E6, Ana-Lucia says "They came the first night that we
got here. They took 3 of us. Nothing happened for 2 weeks, then
they came back. They took 9 more. They're smart, and they're animals,
and they could be anywhere at any time.
In S2E20, Michael says "Then let me do it. They're animals.
I've seen these people and they are... animals"
The
existence of multiple versions of the monster was supported by
the Season 2 podcasts.
In
the January
17, 2006 podcast, when discussing the monster, Lindelof says
"...this week we saw the latest incarnation of the monster".
He was referring to the black smoke version of the monster that
Eko encounters in S2E10.
In
the May
26, 2006 podcast, Lindelof and Cuse say that the audience should
not assume that the writers abandoned the monster in Season 2 .
That "there is a good chance that the audience saw the monster
more than they think. But that the audience just didn’t recognize
that it was the monster."
S4E10
also gave us the fact that even though the smoke monster attacked
Keamy's men, they all
seem to have survived. When asked about this in an interview
on Jimmy Kimmel after the show aired, Carlton Cuse stated that "The
monster has different rules for different people".
Cuse also answers Rose's question as to why Jack got sick on an
island that actually cures people, when Cuse answered he said that
"Jack gets sick because he is not in communion with the island".
This is the first indication we have a possible answer for why Ben
got his cancerous tumor and ties in with Richard Alpert's statement
to Locke in S3E19 that the Others are concerned that Ben is too
obsessed with the pregnancy issues.
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Sounds
of the Monster |
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S1E1
Heard by the Losties from
the Beach |
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S2E10
Eko's Encounter
with the Monster |
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S3E14
The Spiders
approach Nikki and Paolo |
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S3E15
Monster sounds heard
by Kate and Juliet while they are hidden in the trees |
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hallucinates his father
The first version of the monster that we see is the one that that
knocks down the trees near the beach, then it causes the rain storm,
passes over the window as smoke or a shadow and pulls the pilot
up through the windshield, kills the pilot and chases Kate into
the banyan trees. Listen
to the monster
One of the LOSTies says "It didn't sound like an animal, not
exactly."
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Bear
During the crash scene, as Kate is trying
to get the handcuffs off her wrists, you can hear the distinct noises
that the monster near the beach makes
Heroin |
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Michael
is chased through the jungle by something unseen just before he finds
Sun washing herself
Rain Storm |
| S1E4 |
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Boars
enter the fuselage and go after the dead bodies and there is a boar
attack in the jungle, Michael is injured
Locke sees the monster, one he needs to look up at
Jack hallucinates his father |
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| Joanna
drowns in a riptide
Jack hallucinates about his father |
| S1E6 |
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Charlie
steps on a beehive, and then the bees attack Charlie, Kate and Jack
Heroin |
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Cave
collapses on Jack
Locke uses Charlie as bait to catch a boar
Heroin |
| S1E8 |
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has an asthma attack |
| S1E9 |
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tells Sayid she hears whispers
Sayid hears whispers
Others- Danielle tells Sayid about the Others
Ethan Rom/Other
Booby Trap- Sayid hits a trip wire for a snare trap |
| S1E10 |
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Rain
Storm
Others/Ethan attacks Claire in her sleep with a syringe
Others/Ethan kidnaps Claire and Charlie
Dreams/Hallucinations- Claire has nightmare with Locke in it
Heroin |
| S1E11 |
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Sayid tells Sawyer about the whispers he heard
Other/Ethan- hangs Charlie
Other/Ethan- meets Jack
Bird screeching sound that turns into what
might be whispers just before Jack falls down the hill
Rain Storm |
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Sayid
tells Jack about the whispers he heard
High tide takes the fuselage |
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Hallucinations-
Boone sees the monster pick up Shannon and kill her
Sea Urchin- Hurley steps on one
Locke says about the boars "They're smart animals and smart animals
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Polar
Bear- attacks Walt
Claire's diary mentions that she had a weird dream about the Black
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| S1E15 |
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Other/Ethan
is killed
Rain Storm |
| S1E16 |
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Whispers-
Sawyer hears whispers
Boar attacks Sawyer |
| S1E18 |
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Collapses
Dead Boar in Trap
Booby Trap- Hurley steps on a pressure sensor
Hurley's bad luck
Heroin |
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Hallucinations/Dreams-
Locke hallucinates/dreams about his mother, Boone getting hurt and
sees himself in a wheelchair
Heroin |
| S1E20 |
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Urchin- but this time it is used for a 'good' purpose, as a needle
for the transfusion |
| S1E21 |
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Storm
Heroin |
| S1E23
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Tear
Down Trees Monster- Arzt gets chased by a monster and Danielle says
“It's a security system.”
Rain Storm |
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Locke
gets pulled down a hole by the black smoke monster, also seen by Kate
and Jack
Booby Trap- Charlie gets hit in head by a bag full of rocks
Whispers- Danielle claims she
heard whispers saying that the Others are coming for the boy
Others take Walt
Heroin |
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Whispers-
Shannon hears whispers
Hallucinations- Shannon sees Walt
and he is whispering “Push the button. Don’t push
the button. Bad.” |
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attacks the raft |
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Hurley
hallucinates Jin speaking English and the man in chicken suit
Hurley's bad luck |
| S2E5 |
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'They'
walk by Jin and Mr. Eko in jungle
Boar attacks Jin
Jin uses the sea urchin as bait- another good use for it besides being
a needle in S1E20
Other/Goodwin |
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Others/They
take Cindy
Others/They took 3 people and then came back and took 9
Ana Lucia says
“They're smart, and they're animals, and they could be anywhere
at any time….”
Whispers- Shannon hears Walt say “They’re coming and they’re
close”
Shannon and Sayid see Walt and hear whispers
Ana Lucia, Michael and the Tailies hear whispers
Rain Storm
Claire says
"It's like we're playing Mom & Dad to this baby, but I don't
remember marrying him"
Eko, Ana, Michael, Jin, Libby and Bernard hear whispers after Shannon
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Savage
looking Others- 3 Tailies dragged away by 'them'
Savage looking Others - 9 Tailies dragged away by 'them'
Whispers heard
by the group
Others/Goodwin
Rain Storm
Boar- Ana mentions that she “heard a pig or something out there” |
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Whispers
heard by Sayid, Ana Lucia, Eko, Libby, Bernard, Jin, Michael
Rain Storm |
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talks about the polar bear and the monster with Kate
Kate hallucinates and sees the black horse
Kate hallucinates that Wayne is speaking through Sawyer
Sawyer and Kate see the black horse
Michael on the computer with Walt or possibly an Other |
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Michael
on the computer with Walt or possibly an Other
Eko encounters the black smoke monster and sees images of his life
flash by in the smoke. Listen
to the monster
Charlie sees the black smoke monster
Heroin |
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Michael
on the computer with Walt
Others kidnap Kate and confront losties |
| S2E12 |
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dreams/hallucinates
Heroin |
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Rain
storm
Heroin |
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Ben/Fake
Henry Gale is an Other
Tree frog that annoys Sawyer |
| S2E15 |
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Ben/Fake
Henry Gale
Rain Storm
Ethan and Others |
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Henry Gale
Rain
Storm |
| S2E17 |
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Ben/Fake
Henry Gale
Libby is stung by sea urchin
Rain Storm |
| S2E18 |
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Ben/Fake
Henry Gale
Hurley hallucinates Dave
Hurley's bad luck |
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Ben/Fake
Henry Gale
Rain Storm
Jack & Kate caught in a net |
| S2E20 |
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Henry Gale |
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dreams/ hallucinates Ana Lucia and Yemi
Locke dreams/hallucinates Yemi
Charlotte dreams/hallucinates Yemi
Heroin |
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Smoke on the hill just before Michael finds Pickett
Others
Heroin |
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Whispers
Rain Storm
Bright Light, violet sky and loud noise |
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Others
Whale calls can be heard as Jack asks Juliet if he is in an aquarium
Jack hallucinates his father saying "Let it go" over the
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Others
Alex says that Karl "was supposed to be in that cage"
Whale calls can be heard when Sawyer is returned to his cage |
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Polar
Bear
Boar
Hallucinations- Locke hallucinates Boone and Eko speaking to him
Heroin |
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Others
Rain Storm
Lightning |
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Others
Eko hallucinates Yemi, Emeka and his men, and Daniel the altar boy
Black smoke monster
Locke says that the monster he saw in S1E4 was "A very bright
light" and "It was beautiful", Eko replies "That
is not what I saw"
Locke hears the monster noise and runs to find EKo |
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Others
Nikki asks what happened to Eko and Locke replies "Must have
been an animal, maybe one of the bears"
Whale Noises when Kate and Sawyer are cuddling
Rain Storm
Sayid asks Locke what killed Eko and Locke says "Folks back
at the beach call it the monster"
Heroin |
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Others
Rain Storm |
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Claire
is caught in an undertow
Locke tells Charlie and Hurley that the island killed Eko, when Charlie
questions him more, Locke says "You know what it means",
referring to the monster |
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Hurley's
bad luck |
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Others
Animals- cows, horse, chicken and Mikhail Bakunin/Patchy's cat Nadia.
Listen to the March
26, 2007 podcast and the discussion about the relationship between
Kate's horse, Sayid's cat and Christian Shepard. Also see Instructions/Rules
for more about Nadia. |
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Boar
Others
Perimeter Fence around Otherville |
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Others
Anthony Cooper- I do not believe that he is actually on the island.
But that he is similar to Christian Shepard and Yemi appearing on
the island |
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that knocks down trees is discussed by Nikki and Paolo
Jin says the monster killed Paolo
Hurley says that Nikki doesn't have a polar bear bite
Others- Ethan Rom and Ben/Fake Henry
Spiders,
Centipede,
Monarch
Butterflies and Moths
The ticking sound that has often been associated with the monster
was heard just before the spiders attacked Nikki. Listen
to it.
Regarding the Medusa Spider, there is no such species as Latrodectus
regina. If it supposed to be a new species that Arzt has discovered,
then he shouldn't refer to the name as what "they" call
it, unless of course he is referring to what the Others call it |
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Rain
Storm
Monster that knocks down trees accompanied by the noise
that it makes
Black Smoke
Monster
Boar
Others- Sayid
remarks "It's like 50 people disappeared into thin air"
Mud Pit- Kate and Juliet fall into a mud
pit
Perimeter fence
around Otherville
The ticking sound of the monster makes as it retreats is heard just
prior to the flashes being seen. Listen
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Others
Butterflies in Ben/Fake
Henry's office and Sawyer says about Ben/Fake Henry that Jack
"Should have let that bug-eyed bastard die"
The noise that the gate makes as it is opening and closing is the
same chain ratcheting sound heard in the noises that the monster made
when the LOSTies first heard it from the beach in S1E1. |
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Rain
Storm
Naomi and the BOATies |
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Others
The ticking noise that the monster makes is heard immediately after
Hurley fires the flare gun
Naomi and the Boaties |
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Others
Anthony Cooper calls Ben/Fake Henry "Bug eye"
Naomi and the BOATies |
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Others/Hostiles
Jacob is seen
briefly and he says "Help Me" to Locke when Locke and
Ben/Fake Henry are in Jacob's
house. jacob seems to look quite a bit like Christian Shepard
Whispers-
Ben hears whispers twice, just
before he sees his mother and then just before Richard
Alpert appears
Hallucinations - Ben sees his dead mother Emily outside his window
and near the sonic
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Others
Rain Storm in Charlie's Flashback
Naomi
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Whispers
- Locke hears whispers just before he sees Walt
Hallucinations - Locke sees Walt
and speaks with him when he is lying in
the ditch
Others
Naomi, George Minkowski and the rest of the BOATies |
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George Minkowski, Daniel
Faraday and the rest of the BOATies
Others
Rain Storm
Whispers
- Hurley hears whispers when he finds Jacob's cabin
Jacob/Christian Shepard - When Hurley finds Jacob's
cabin he
looks inside and sees a figure rocking in the chair, an enhanced
view of the photo is shown above. A larger view of it is available
here.
The monster has taken on the form of Christian Shepard. An
eye appears suddenly from the inside of the cabin that looks
just like the eye
seen in S3E20. As Hurley tries to run away from the cabin, it
suddenly reappears
in front of him and then it disappears when he insists that it is
not there.
Hallucinations- Hurley hallucinates Charlie while he is in the convenience
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Storm
Lightning/Electrical Storm
Cow
Others
BOATies |
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Jacob
(Jacob's cabin)- Locke looks for Jacob but only finds the line of
volcanic ashes that surrounded the cabin
BOATies
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BOATies
Others
Bird - calling out as Kate approaches the Boat House. I think it may
be the equivalent of the Hurley Bird for the upcoming level change.
It occurs at 8 minutes and 54 seconds. |
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BOATies
Others
Thunder
Clouds
Rain Storm |
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BOATies
Others
Rain Storm
Whispers- Jack and Juliet both hear the whispers
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BOATies
Cockroaches
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Others
BOATies
Hallucinations- Michael hallucinates Libby
in the hospital and in
the engine room on the Kahana
Widmore- Ben tells Michael"There are people on your boat who
are innocent. They have no idea that the man they work for is a monster.
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Smoke
Monster- Ben enters the secret
room off his secret closet and returns covered in soot,
moments later, the smoke monster
appears and attacks
Keamy's men and grabs
one man. The smoke monster is accompanied by its usual sounds, but
also appears to be able to be able to shake the house, race like
a train and also swirl like a tornado. There are also flashes of
light as the smoke monster roars in like a train and there are flashes
of light when the smoke monster is attacking Keamy's men in the
jungle.
BOATies
Others- Charles Widmore says to Ben "I know who you are boy,
what you are"
Nightmares- Charles Widmore gets nightmares
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Hallucinations
-Jack sees his
father in the hospital lobby when talking to Ms. Berenberg and
then later
when taking the battery out of the smoke
detector. Hurley tells Jack about seeing Charlie, that Charlie
told Hurley that "You're not supposed to raise him Jack"
and that someone will be coming to see Jack too, soon. Later Jack
sits outside and stares at the bench where Hurley says Charlie
visits him
Hallucinations- Claire sees Christian
Shepard holding Aaron
BOATies
Others
Birds Chirping- There are birds chirping that
serve to cover over the sounds that Aaron makes to help hide him
from keamy and his men. This could indicate that the monster is
working to protect Aaron
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