I've been giving this whole thing a lot of thought lately. I think discussion over this is a good thing because people are putting their thoughts and ideas out there and its always good to hear people’s points of view. So I hope you’ll indulge me with this! (I know some people don’t want to even entertain the possibility that Michael is still alive or want to enter into discussion over it and I respect that. But hopefully those people can also respect those of us who do want to discuss it and maybe in our own minds find some peace in the answers that we find)

I’ve been giving some thought to some of the questions and things that people have been saying, both in this thread and on You Tube, in regards to ‘evidence’ (for want of a better word!) that Michael is still alive, or that he is sending signs that he is still alive. And I’d like to address those with my point of view

- It has been asked why has no one decided to turn Neverland into a memorial for Michael – bury him there so his fans can come and pay their respects. I believe that Neverland was the last place that Michael wanted to be buried at. He said himself that the police destroyed the innocence of Neverland with their searches and that was why he never went back there. I agree that someone is missing out on a massive money making venture by turning Neverland into a memorial to Michael but I guess on the other side of things, those close to him knew how he felt and would possibly feel that Michael would not want that.

- On one of the You Tube videos, it questions why Michael was in a white body bag when the LA coroner’s body bags are blue. Correct me if I’m wrong (because I could be on this one!), but when Michael was taken by helicopter, wasn’t he being taken to be met by the coroner? So they hadn’t even seen him yet to put him into a body bag. There was some random connection between the colour of his body bag to the colour of Jennifer Hudson’s dress at the memorial service (apparently she was the only one wearing white). Um, sorry but that one is lost on me!

- There has been some discussion over the use of the green screen. So whats to say there wasn’t something that Michael was filming for the concert itself to appear on the screen in the background? From what I can see in the movie trailer, the green screen is behind a cemetery shot with all sorts of gouls and zombies in the foreground so why could this not be used as footage on the screen during the concert? And then there is the discussion over why all the lights and pyrotechnics and costumes during the rehearsals – someone else has mentioned on here already that there was a possibility of a DVD coming out even if the concerts went ahead, so what better money making venture to do a behind the scenes DVD to sell at the concerts?

- There have also been questions as to why the movie is only out for 14 days. What better way to get as many people to go and see it as they can! If people think they only have 14 days to go and see it on the big screen, then they’re going to make sure they get their tickets. Worked didn’t it – look how many cinemas sold out! Someone was on to it with that one!

- Then there’s this whole Cassandra thing. The whole thing just doesn’t seem right to me. I said in an earlier post that if Michael had wanted to fake his own death, then he wouldn’t now be having some person that no one knows anything about, coming out and saying that he is alive and will be making a comeback. Kind-a ruins the surprise if thats the case if everyone knows in advance! And it just interests me that she has chosen to do it on some little known web site (well, I only say little known because I’ve never heard of it but then a few things get buy us people down under – not much though!). If you had a claim like that to make and were claiming that you were completely right, would you not use a forum like this to do it? Something doesn’t add up for me

- I've said it before and I'll say it again - I don't believe for a second that Michael would leave his children. They were his world, he couldn't live without them. Someone asked whether his children aren't actually already with him, perhaps living in Encino. If this Cassandra chick is to be believed, Michael is living in Eastern Eurpoe somewhere. And I've seen pictures of his kids since Michael died and they haven't reportedly come from Eastern Europe so that is unlikely. Besides, I think someone would have noticed if those three adorable kids hopped on a plane after Michael died, and then came back to the US for the memorial, then back to where ever to be with Michael, then back to the US for the funeral...poor wee things would be worn out!

Anyway, you’ve indulged me for long enough! I’d just like to say, these things are purely my observations and opinions only and nothing of course is based on fact (if we had facts, we wouldn’t be having this discussion!) I just wanted to put them out there for people to consider. If I come across any more (I have a feeling I have missed a couple of things that I've seen that I thought - nah, there's a logical explination for that) I'll update this.

Cheers for now
Kirsten