After a lot of speculation after scrutinizing the hires screenshot of the newspaper ad and analyzing all the theories of who was in that coffin, we finally know that it is actually John Locke. But he was going by the name of Jeremy Bentham… and it was what was on the body papers and name believed to be in the newspaper clipping Jack was holding.
So why was he using the name of Jeremy Bentham, who was actually a historical figure who studied, among other things, time travel. And why was most of the Oceanic calling him Jeremy Bentham? If they had just met him once as Jeremy, wouldn’t they still be thinking of him as and calling him Locke… or at the very least John?
And how did he – and Ben – get off the island from wherever it moved to?
And lastly… Anyone notice how Locke looked an awful lot like Charles Widmore in that coffin? Speculations?