Great writeup and responses. I will say that a lot of misinformation is thrown around… people cant always keep stuff straight and this stuff is still federally illegal in the USA. So a lot of this knowledge just comes from guys like you sharing info to the public still. But for example, even in this thread you said AKBB outcrossed to NL and it was actually MTF-NL.
We need legitimate sources of information and lineage but Phylos ruined that for everybody for about the next decade.
Oh man, let’s not dig up that ghost. We had a guy come in and claim he was Master Thai, and proceeded to hammer a member relentlessly about growing his gear for a preservation. Threatening layers and all sorts of stuff. Eventually he disappeared without issue.
He was supposed to be dead according to some, and then a son in law stopped by and said he’s still alive, so who knows.
He lives near me and this is a fairly small community. I’ve heard he passed. I can’t confirm that because I’m not in any kind of communication with his family or him. He and I chatted before his passing so I occasionally have heard things, like when his health took a big turn for the worse… anyhow last I heard from some locals was he passed and his family took things over and acted rather out of line to just about everyone they interacted with.