This seems... suspicious. It might be wrapped in good-will but this smells fishy.

>note from editor: creationlayer. (I am a trusted member in the Bitcoin community and will transfer cash to Brook) I met Brook Demar at the gas station getting some coffee.

How do we know you're creationlayer? You provide no proof aside from a LinkedIn link.

What makes you a trusted member of the Bitcoin community? You provided no posts and no reason for why you're trusted.

Why can't this man go to a local library? If it's because he doesn't know how to use a computer, why don't you show him? "Teach a man to fish"

Some of the writing doesn't make a lot of sense. Didn't this guy claim to be a writer?

>I turned down an appointment with the marines to go to the naval academy to take care of my mom. My dad called me a deputy sheriff when I was growing up.

His Dad called him a "deputy sheriff"? What?

>I am overwhelmed with this support, and it will take me some time to fully process funds, but I think it's better to help with the basics rather than just hand over the lump sum which he agreed

What do you mean you aren't giving him a lump sum? What are you going to be doing with the money in the meantime? When will Brook receive all the funds?

>I've done a lot of work, I worked at SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), building tunnels there. I worked on a lot of inventions a light weight battery for car batteries, I worked on an electromagnet engine drive motor, I invented a ball cup curve cap flotation system for buildings that sit on the four corners of the foundation.

Did he file patents for these inventions? If so, there should be a record of them.

Story smells fishy and and I'd be skeptical of it's validity without further verification.

EDIT:

>We will then go to the apple store and pick out a tablet.

Why are you buying that when spending it on something like a traditional laptop, 2in1 laptop, or even an Android tablet would likely have proven better options because they'd be more useful (I imagine typing on a iPad keyboard isn't so great.) and less expensive.

There are over 200 comments on this at the time I'm writing this, of those ~200 comments, only about 5-6 of them have anything remotely questioning the validity of this article.

Shouldn't we be a bit more skeptical as a community? This is the internet after all and nobody would tell a lie on the internet (Especially when lying means they might make a lot of money).