Facts
The real Henry Gale's balloon
- The real Henry Gale arrived on the Island in a balloon.
- The real Henry's corpse is found in a grave near the balloon, where the fake Henry claims his wife is buried.
- He has a driver's license, and a $20 bill with a note to his wife on it on his person.
- The balloon was sponsored or manufactured by Widmore.
Theories
- Probably crashed on the island without his wife Jennifer in contradiction to fake Henry's story.
- He met her at the University of Minnesota, where he went to school.
- Died of a fever three weeks prior to One of Them - possiby a result of the sickness?
- He lived in a cave off the north shore of the island for four months -- a two day walk from where fake Henry was captured.
- May have had an emergency transmitter/ADF beacon.
- Fake Henry, or another member of the others found the real Henry -
- dead in the balloon basket, buried him, and marked the grave.
- alive, killed him, and buried him.
- The real Henry was Kelvin and Desmond's replacement
- The real Henry was the one who started the signal fire seen in Exodus: Part 1