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What if you lost your best friend's phone number? What if you wanted to find a person you hadn't seen in a long time? What if you wanted to meet someone you've only heard about? What if you had only a photo of someone you've never heard of?

Season 1 Card #256 - Billion to One shows us a man, some Japanese text reading "Find me," and a little bit of scenery.

His name is Satoshi, and one day, he set foot in Kaysersberg, Alsace, France.

Here is his picture:

http://www.billion2one.org/midres.jpg

Here is an interactive map of the town we think this photo was taken in:

http://www.ville-kaysersberg.fr/plan.html

And here are some relatively conclusive comparative photos about the area:

http://www.billion2one.org/3photos.jpg

(In other words, YES, we are SURE he was in Kaysersberg!)

But that's where the trail ends.

The full hunt is going on over here, at billion2one:

http://www.billion2one.org/

We are pretty sure:

• Satoshi is Japanese, based on the text on the card.
• There used to be a large Japanese community in the area, but that has dried up in more recent years.

Things we know Satoshi is not:

• He is not the Cube Thief.
• He is not working at Mind Candy presently.
• He is not one of a thousand random "Satoshi"s who look just a tiny bit like him.
• He is (probably) not working at the Kaysersberg tourism bureau.

Satoshi may have:

• ...gone to Japan.
• ...been visiting France briefly.
• ...moved to the Alsace area years ago and is living there now.
• ...died last week. (though we certainly hope not!)
• ...moved to America seeking new riches.
• ...been a homeless man who was flown to France just to have his picture taken.
• ...no idea what any of this is about.
• ...a secret lair in Bombay, and another in Madrid.

while it's fun to imagine where he is, it's ultimately not very useful, hey.