As Ben said, this wasn’t his first trip to Tunisia. In fact, at his hotel, he’s a preferred guest under the name Dean Moriarty (the main character in Jack Kerouac’s
On the Road), an alias fans recognized as the passport bearing this name was first spied when Sayid dug around Ben’s things in “The Economist.”
Tunisia is also known to fans as the location of the mysterious DHARMA polar bear bones Charlotte found in “Confirmed Dead.” It doesn’t seem illogical to draw the conclusion that on one of his previous trips, Ben probably brought along a pet. Either that, or Tunisia just happens to be a fixed location where DHARMA can teleport things to.
What does teleportation have to do with anything, you might ask? Click “Next” to see Easter Egg #2 and find out.
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