posted by ORACLE JOE on 12/12/16 at 11:11:46 PM CST

The movie director Zach Lona from good old Bolingbrook, IL has approached me about being interviewed for his documentary film about the HIDDEN MAN. This is very exciting. I will be interested to see what he does with it, not being from Hidden Lakes. I am unsure if someone not from here will “get” it. It’s been obvious to me that one can only “get” the HIDDEN MAN as long as one lives actually in Hidden Lakes, IL. I have seen outsiders even from places as close a Bolingbrook come and try to learn about the HIDDEN MAN, and yes… read more>

posted by ORACLE JOE on 02/16/10

Hello friends,

Ever since the forum first went up, I have been getting emails from people who are curious about this mysterious “webmaster” “oracle” that is running this website and talking to you all on email. I can tell you I do not mean to come across as so mysterious! My name is Joe. I am a huge HIDDEN MAN enthusiast. I have lived in Hidden Lakes for pretty much all my life (my mother moved us here when I was 5). Here is a picture of my mug:

I thought, since people seem interested in this web page, and interested in… read more>

posted by ORACLE JOE on 02/19/09 at 09:32:17 AM CST

Please stop posting the red hair dancing man video on the bulletin board, any posts with this YouTube video will be deleted by the webmaster (me)!!!! HIDDEN MAN LINKs AND TEXT ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you

-Joe

posted by ORACLE JOE on 03/21/08 at 04:57:04 AM CST

The day before yesterday I was out walking my blue tick hound Trace (yes after Mr. Atkins), along the banks of the crick deep in them woods off yonder. Suddenly Tracey just took off like a banshee. I never saw that hound run with such a constitutional as he scampered barking like crazy until he was out of sight. I was thinking well, THANK YOU Trace, leaving me here all alone in these woods, at sunset, with it getting dark, all by my lonesome. I took off running after that damn hound which took me deeper into the outside area… read more>

posted by ORACLE JOE on 12/02/07 at 09:32:17 AM CST

It was a late on a Friday night and I had just finished my shift at the DQ (one of the strip malls near Willow) and I was hustling out the door to get to my car. It’s a pretty big parking lot, but they want employees park sort of towards the back on the side farthest from the restaurants so that the customers have the more convenient spots with the shorter walk to their food. Anyway, I was walking back toward my car when I heard what was quite possibly the strangest sound I’ve ever heard.

I was immediately… read more>