Burt / Raydon Labs / Foreshadowing...

[LiamKerrington]

Maybe Burt knows a bit more about Radon Labs because ...
either a) Shirley once worked there; she died of cancer if my memories about her death are right; maybe there is a link between her death and her work; and probably she told Burt about what she did in Radon Labs and how some things in Radon Labs worked or were organized;
or/and b) some of Burt's regular customers worked at Radon Labs and they got into some chatter about this and that; and maybe it was through such chatter that Burt put together some pieces, so now he has a basic understanding of some stuff regarding the laboratiers - like for example the various ranks of the scientific or security personell and stuff ...

Best wishes!
Liam

[Arch_Will]

Burt did seem to have a little bit more knowledge or experience in identifying the "Smart Ones" exactly how much observation could he really do from his store?

[Duffusmonkey]

I think that Burt had a Ranch in Black Rock Mesa before Raydon labs moved in an the government forced him to move. I am just trying to work in a Half Life reference.

[pmchawk]

Maybe Burt knows a bit more about Radon Labs because ...
either a) Shirley once worked there; she died of cancer if my memories about her death are right; maybe there is a link between her death and her work; and probably she told Burt about what she did in Radon Labs and how some things in Radon Labs worked or were organized;
or/and b) some of Burt's regular customers worked at Radon Labs and they got into some chatter about this and that; and maybe it was through such chatter that Burt put together some pieces, so now he has a basic understanding of some stuff regarding the laboratiers - like for example the various ranks of the scientific or security personell and stuff ...

Best wishes!
Liam

It could also be why he had an RPG in his vault. Maybe the customer who it was for worked there. It wasn't in the "room vault" because the buyer was coming soon maybe the buyer knew this was going to happen.

[Grognaurd]

Ok, going back to this...

Burt recognizes a level 3 ID from Raydon Labs and knows that you have to be pretty smart to get one of those. Episode 42-2 struck me that Burt recognizes Austin McKibbon from a photo in the notes as one of the Beheomoths. Maybe Burt is just awesome with faces. He did get a good look at it while playing toro toro bull fighter. But, it is my experience that it is hard to recognize someone out of context.

The drugs used to Make the special zombies may have come from Raydon Labs. Does Burt's familiarity with the lvl 3 ID also give him insights into the work being done there? Does it provide that little extra context to help him recognize the human he (special zombie) once was?

[Gooer]

Didn't Burt say that Shirley bought something off of Raydon to try help with the cancer? Or did i make that up.....

[Grognaurd]

Didn't Burt say that Shirley bought something off of Raydon to try help with the cancer? Or did i make that up.....

I believe it was speculated on the forum, but I do not remember anything in the show linking Burt's wife Raydon Labs.

[Gooer]

I believe it was speculated on the forum, but I do not remember anything in the show linking Burt's wife Raydon Labs.

That's probably where i heard it. Makes more sense

[REZombie]

It does seem like Burt knows alot.... Burts wife died of cancer, didn't Tanya say that the zombies or special ones had tumors/cancers? Could Burts wife have been undergoing treatments at Raydon Labs? Keratin is used in alot of cancer studies and research....this site--> CLICK talks alot about, granted its over my head and i dont understand the majority of it.... But it would explain how he knows what a Level 3 ID card looks like, and has some knowledge of Raydon labs. Maybe Shirley had some experimental treatments that helped lead to the start of all of this.

[Bullethead]

Ok this could all be settled if we were privy to the information in Burt's journal. Michael and Angel's first instructions were that everyone write down what they were doing and where they were when it all went down right?