Mr. Packerton was Mrs. Packerton's husband. He was found bound to the bed in the first bedroom of the Packerton residence.
Appearance
Mr. Packerton was visually old, with fairly wrinkled skin, grown-out grey hair, and a portly form. He is only ever seen mostly nude, wearing an adult diaper, restraints, and an oxygen mask.
Personality
Mr. Packerton only ever speaks a few lines, but in them he is shown to be rather eloquent, and in a state of constant torment[1][2] in his stasis between life and death. The existence of restraints on his body suggests that he attempted to resolve the issue himself.
Biography
Aspects of Mr. Packerton's pre-vegetative life, aside from his relationship with Mrs. Packerton[1], are very few. He was assumed dead[3] in a building fire[4] at some point before being trapped within Room 201 where Sal and Larry later found him. He finally did die in the early months of 1994[5] when either Sal or Larry pulled the plug on his life support machine at his own request.
Trivia
- It is possible that the Devourers of God kept him alive to serve as the vessel for Red-Eyes when the day of the infestation arrived, a role Todd Morrison would later unwillingly fill.
- Packerton's Ghost describes itself as being trapped between worlds, a description that was also given by Evelyn in the tapes, and it is very likely that Jim Johnson (A.K.A. the Phantom) is trapped in this in-between as well (to a certain extent).
- Even if Sal decides not to unplug the machine, Larry will do it himself, so the outcome is no different.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "We were in love once. Or so I thought. Yes, this is her doing. Please. you must help me escape the endless agony." ~Ghost of Mr. Packerton ("The Bologna Incident")
- ↑ "This room is my prison. My tomb of infinite sorrow." ~Ghost of Mr. Packerton ("The Bologna Incident")
- ↑ "All of these papers are talking about the death of Mr. Packerton." ~Sal ("The Bologna Incident")
- ↑ “Nocksfell (sic.) Resident Found Dead In Large Local Building Fire”, “LOCAL MAN DIES IN A LARGE FIRE” ~Newspapers on the wall of Mr. Packerton's room ("The Bologna Incident")
- ↑ Sandy Sanderson's tombstone puts her death, and thus episode one, in 1992 ("Memories and Dreams"). Ash puts herself and Sal as sophomores in episode three ("Then [Travis]’ll probably just haunt the school and we’d be stuck with that bonehead for the next two years"), which is corroborated by Steve (Gabry, Steve [@PortableMoose]. “There are context clues in the game but it doesn’t flat out say [how much time has passed in-universe between the episodes]. In the past timeline: 1 to 2 is around 6 months. 2 to 3 is around a year and a half. In the present timeline, it’s only been a couple weeks total.” Twitter, 28 April 2018, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xUhTOJZjEYQZhteNsPq7nC6BNTo4GyMg/view?usp=drive_link. (Between the release of episodes 3 (released 10 February 2018) and 4 (30 November 2018))). Mrs. Packerton's whiteboard gives a future date of May 23rd ("The Bologna Incident"), giving an approximate timeframe, and altogether adding up to the early months of 1994.