As many already know, Paul Lawson, the man who created the plaster bust of the Somerton Man, is in hospital at this time. He was taken in just a few days ago with high blood pressure associated with other issues. The latest news as of last night is that the treatment he has been receiving has greatly reduced the pain he was in and that today, 24th September, he is being transferred to a private hospital in Adelaide.

Just prior to Paul being taken to hospital, he and I had a very interesting telephone discussion about the Somerton Man. He told me that he wanted to get some things cleared up and with that he dropped a bombshell, in fact, more than one. What follows here is a summation of our discussion about the Somerton Man:

1. Paul had taken and has kept samples of hair from the head of the body of the Somerton Man just before he created the plaster bust.

2. I had previously heard that those samples had been given to Professor Abbott but Paul told me directly that that was not the case, he said that the Professor had taken the hair from the plaster bust itself.

3. He gave the hair samples he had taken to a specialist who had analysed them, he was startled by the results because they showed that the man had been poisoned and that there traces of arsenic in the hair samples. Not only that, there were also traces of Strontium 90. The latter would indicate that the man had possibly been near an atomic explosion of some kind. Paul also believed that the man had been heavily sedated and that the Police knew that. He mentioned that they had used another drug, similar to the ones he had used when sedating animals in his work. He couldn't recall the name of the sedative.

4. To Paul, these findings explained the condition of the man's skull. You may recall that Paul had been requested by Cleland to remove the skull and replace it with a modelled version. However, when Paul removed the skin from the man's head, the crown of the skull fell away and he could see that the inside of the skull was perfectly clean, in his view that could only have happened as a result of someone using boiling water to remove any traces of tissue and therefore posion. I mentioned to Paul that I thought it could mean that the original skull had been removed and replaced, he said that was not the case, the skull he saw had been cleaned in place. The Police prevented Paul from doing any further work on the man saying that he was going to be buried the next day. However, it was to be more than a week before the burial took place.

5. Regarding the man's identity, Paul said that the man was Russianwith a Russian name, and he had heard that from others involved in the case. He also knew that the man had at one time visited Odesa and the rocket range that was not far from that city. (Kapustin Yar). The man had been taken to Kangaroo Island for his safety and it was from there that he had returned to Adelaide by ferry. 

6. Regarding the Police photographs of the Somerton Man, Paul was adamant that they had been significantly altered. That could be the reason why many of those who viewed the body mentioned how different he looked to the photographs. Bear in mind that the photographs were published before anyone had seen the body and one article stated that people would be invited to view the photographs at the Detectives offices

I have not seen any documents regarding the hair analysis but Paul says he has them. I have no reason to disbelieve what he has said. I undertook to publish this information knowing that it will raise a lot of questions and many will no doubt disagree with what has been said. 

Bear in mind that although Paul is of very advanced years,he still has a sharp mind, he requested that all future discussions with him will need to be recorded and I agreed with that, it would prevent any miscommunication.

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 26th September 2021

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