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A question for the ages... Gerald Greysmith is one of the longest running pseudonyms used by the martial arts trolling community, but who is the man behind the mask?
​Admittedly, it was extremely hard to pin down who the latest troll to don the moniker is. From the outset, it was put forth that Gerald Greysmith is not a person, but an idea, and that no less than 4 individuals have operated using the name and account.
So by his own admission, Dale at least had a part in the Gerald Greysmith persona and is responsible for things published under that name. However, after this episode, a new "Gerald Greysmith" would appear. The email and moniker changed to "Gerald J. Greysmith" and he was adamant that he was different than his predecessor. This Gerald was more bold, appearing on video conferences with Dale trying to clear Dale's name and absolve him of responsibility, but would always hide his face. All the while, Greysmith would start calling around the martial arts community trying to get information on me and Steven. He became so prominent that when I would tell people that Gerald Greysmith was fake, they'd say "No, I spoke to him on the phone."
It took awhile to track down the man behind the mask, but it finally became clear that Randall Engle was the voice behind Greysmith. Listen to the clips below, the first from Randy's personal Instagram account and the second from a video conference of the new Gerald Greysmith and Dale Dugas.
And since the audio on the Greysmith/Dugas video call is a little muffled, here's another clip of "Gerald Greysmith" talking with Cayce Lancaster...
And of course, there's this picture of Randy and a picture posted by "Gerald Greysmith" wearing the same shirt, but that's not conclusive.
I guess it's only a matter of time until a new troll adopts the Greysmith moniker and Randy tries to distance himself from it. Any bets on how long until a video conference between Randy and a new masked troll is posted? As I said in my last article, the only power trolls have is when they remain anonymous and therefore can't be held legally responsible for their cyber-stalking, harassment, and defamation. You have been discovered, Randy, and I hope your closet is free of skeletons...
EDIT (9/25/2023) - As I predicted, the "Gerald Greysmith" moniker has been passed on (or at least they'd like us to believe it has). However, the new Greysmith has all but outright admitted that Randy was his "predecessor." He did so in this screenshot below posted in "The Martial Arts Hall of Shame," by referencing this article and saying, "me...having a shirt like one my former predecessor wore." And to clarify, nothing I've done is "to scare" anyone. I'm simply letting Randy know he can't hide behind a keyboard anymore and will face legal action for his defamation of me and my teacher...
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