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He Invented a Language - Then He Took Craig Barnes's Voice

He Invented a Language - Then He Took Craig Barnes's Voice

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He Invented a Language - Then He Took Craig Barnes's Voice

Fear and fascination collide: a retired engineer began writing his last pleas not in English but in a language that did not exist, invented by a man who had fabricated every credential he claimed - so how did a precise, methodical man end up losing his voice, his money, and almost himself? What forced Craig Barnes to abandon his mother tongue and write in Verath, and who was George Stroud really?

In this episode, we tell the story of Craig Barnes from Fort Elden and the sequence of events that led him to move onto an eleven-acre property called the Renwick Farm, join the Ardenmere Language Preservation Society, and begin transferring money monthly to the group's account; we follow the trail from a library talk to a waterproof bag found on the Culver River and ask how English was taken from him.

Person: Craig Barnes
Event: Missing and found items on October 9, 2019
Location: Renwick Farm, eleven acres east of Ardenmere
Person: George Stroud
Amount: $1,400 monthly transfers

- Craig Barnes was sixty-one years old and a retired engineer with twenty-two years at the Fort Elden water authority.
- Craig moved to the Renwick Farm in July 2017 and began sending $1,400 each month to the Ardenmere Language Preservation Society.
- The Renwick Farm operated as a nonprofit with eleven residents and included a main structure, two converted outbuildings, and a Hall of Forms.
- George Stroud gave a library talk in spring 2016 claiming fabricated university affiliations and introduced the constructed language Verath.
- On October 9, 2019, Monica Long found a waterproof bag containing a spiral notebook written mostly in an invented language and a laminated ID card for Craig Barnes.

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