Some of the comments weren't very helpful, but I appreciated them anyway. Some of them were great, though. I followed up on some of them, but it would be great if my readers would help out as well (some of you already have and thank you).
I think the debit card issue has been resolved. Someone thought it seemed hokey that a couple of 22 year old guys would have a debit card for their business, but thankfully, someone followed up with some additional information (thus saving me from doing it) and it all appears pretty legit. It's not only POSSIBLE, but fairly BELIEVABLE that Calvin and Jake have set up a business for MBP and now have a debit card. Why they chose to use it is still a mystery. My guess is that they have underestimated their own popularity and felt safe using the card, assuming the chances of being caught not likely.
I wish people would post using their real id's or something so I could ask follow up questions privately. An anonymous commenter said that Kristy Earl is Lisa Sanders. I looked Kristy up on Facebook and sent her a message last week asking if she was familiar with MBP, but I didn't get a message back.
Then I got an email from someone who didn't sign the email and they sent two images that appear legit, but could be doctored.
The first photo is a screen shot of the regular Facebook search for Kristi Earl. I'm pretty sure the second photo is of Kristi's photos. One of the photo's is the same one on the other photo. So, that means even though they have different names, they must be the same Kristy. So that means Kristy Earl is now married.
I got a follow up comment after receiving this email from the an anonymous commentor (maybe the same one) who said that they are the same Kristy and that she's married. So I guess it isn't Lisa Sanders. However, that doesn't change the fact that Kristy Earl served in the same mission as Calvin and Jake the same time they were there, right? So even if Kristy isn't Lisa, she still knows the authors of MBP, doesn't she?
Plus I think Kristy is way too pretty to be dating either Calvin or Jake. Unless, Drake is right (another commenter) and that Jake and Calvin are really good looking guys. But still, Kristy is married and is probably was not recently dating Jake.
In closing, I hope Kristy is ok with me posting these photos. I never heard back from her. Kristy, if you read this and object to me posting these photos, please tell me and I'll take them down. I felt safe putting them up, though, since it's all accessible on Facebook already. And I didn't say anything hurtful about you or anything.
My next step will be contacting Callie-Ann (another commentor mentioned her) who claims to have actually met them. Unless someone wants to beat me to it. Help yourself.
theres a blog kriskrave.blogspot.com I think it is and they exposed HER. She is a 54 year old mother or something. I'm not sure how true it is, but damn that's pretty NASTY!
ReplyDeleteMaybe her and Jake really did get married! haha!
ReplyDeleteMaybe her and Jake really did get married, haha!
ReplyDeleteBut remember, Sanders was divorced. Maybe those are old photos of her wedding and she just hasn't updated them or her status. I am not the one that said Lisa was Kristy but just thought I would point that out.
ReplyDeleteTrevor Lacey?
ReplyDeleteAgain, we assume that Calvin and Jake are telling the truth about serving in the Dublin Ireland mission. They may have served in another mission in the area or not at all. Sure, she served in that mission, but do we know when?
ReplyDeleteSo those are things to consider. Assuming that Jake and Calvin did serve in Ireland, you'd have to check all the missions in that country.
The 54 year old woman thing isn't real...we have to keep in mind that Calvin and Jake DO moderate their comments so they will not actually let any comments through that reveal thier real identities because they would have to be plain stupid....so that one comment that continually lists the 5 possible names cannot be considered because they let that comment through and same with the other names
ReplyDeleteThe KrisKave thing was a joke. This was a comment on MBP:
ReplyDeleteEliza said...
Wife of KrisKave here, just fyi for all you girls freaking out over my husband's OBVIOUSLY fake post about the authors of MBP- it was a joke meant for ME. Someone just happened to post a link here and the fact that ANYONE thought for a minute that it could be real has some issues. Lighten up people!
Brittany good point, but maybe they are using reverse psychology. I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss those names, especially if they served in that mission.
ReplyDeleteand you're right Brittany, the 54 year old woman thing is fake, the wife of the guy that wrote that on his blog even admitted that in the MBP comments.
ReplyDeleteYeah you could be right about the reverse psychology on the names! I didn't think of that before
ReplyDeleteYou've probably noticed this already, but there's a link on MBP's sidebar to a site that lists all the Dublin Ireland missionaries. You could work through that list systematically (dates of service are included) to try to figure out which of them is most likely the bloggers. Either Jake/Calvin were not really Dublin missionaries or they are very ballsy in posting that link or they arranged not to be listed on the site...though it seems pretty comprehensive.
ReplyDeletefollow up on last comment: If you're not sure it was Dublin for their mission, why not use mission.net to look for names matching the correct mission dates for other missions in the British Isles?
ReplyDeletehttps://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/searchresults
ReplyDeleteI just stumbled across this blog and I love it! Carmen San Diego totally makes me miss the show that used to be on tv. If that makes me old well too bad! I will keep my eyes open for ya and look forward to you cracking this case!
ReplyDelete- Bear
Nothing new lately?
ReplyDeleteI have a copy of the "Articles of Organization" for Mormon Bachelor Pad, LLC in PDF form if you would like me to email it to you. It has a section titled "Name of all members/managers" and it lists one (1) person: Michael Bringhurst. No other members? This seems a little fishy to me.
ReplyDeleteAlso under the section titled "purpose for which the company is organized" it states "Writing an entertaining blog that will generate enough hits to entice companies to advertise on the blog."
Michael Bringhurst is thier laywers name..they use that so they don't have to have thier real names known to the public! These guys really are good though
ReplyDeleteSo that means they're not part of the organization. Then why start it?
ReplyDeleteThey are part of the organization...They just chose to use thier lawyer as the name to represent them
ReplyDeleteIt actually would make sense for Kristy Earl to be Lisa Sanders. She is appears to have been on the right mission, she FB friends with the names given for guys on the mission at the time frame Jake and Calvin talk about, probably approximately 28 years old (from BYU alum '04), and has been married (and I'm assuming divorced). I think it would be hard to find another person that fits so well. It seems too many things fit to be a coincidence.
ReplyDeleteI was just reading the Mormon Bachelorette Pad and Jake made a comment on their second post: Mormon Bachelor Pad said...
ReplyDeleteOh snap! You live in Provo... way too far for me, not many girls are worth an hour in a half round trip and ($12 in gas)everytime I want to see her.
Hopefully you girls don't end up being too cool. We shall see.
-Jake
September 7, 2009 2:26 PM
i might be alittle slow but is busy bee lauren the writer of mbp? if not what's her tie with them? mormon bachelor pad used to be under the MY BLOGS in her profile. not anymore. it was back in december when i saw it. anyone????
ReplyDeleteThey moderated comments for BBL because she was getting a lot of bad ones she didn't want to read
ReplyDeleteJust an FYI. I know Kristy. We grew up together. No way she is Lisa. First off, she isn't divorced and she is only 24. Keep searching!
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