Ghanaian hiplife-musician Castro De Destroyer, real name Theophilus Tagoe has been gone for over two weeks and many people including myself have pronounced him dead, though, his body has not been found.

I’ve heard the arguments which stand that, you do not pronounce a person dead until a body is found and I am aware of the common law principle which states, inter alia that, a missing person can only be pronounced legally dead after 7 years—-and this is where there is evidence pointing to the fact that the person was subjected to a particular peril, unless his disappearance can be otherwise explained. But as always, there are key exceptions.

The above means a missing person should be assumed alive unless there is enough strong evidence indicating otherwise—and though such evidence does not exist in Castro’s case, we all have lost hope and have pronounced him dead (in mind and with our lips).

Nevertheless, there are certain people who are still of the view that, Castro is alive—and interestingly, these people are his close family and friends.

The above sounds like a case of having lost something you so much cherish and therefore, the shock having clouded your judgment, making it particularly difficult to come to terms with the fact that you’ve lost that thing for good. We’ve all experienced this before, in relationships, properties and in persons.

I believe Castro’s people are facing the above human state of mind—difficult to let go when it is really gone. But conversations I’ve had with several industry persons in the last few days and from what I’ve heard, there is still some good chance that Castro De Destroyer is not dead, perhaps, hiding in a hotel somewhere, scratching his head over how to “acceptably” come out.

Definitely, if Castro re-appears today unhurt or without any well thought of story to tell, people will go fuming, including myself and probably, the law will even find a charge for his butt—not for just being stupid but for breaking a substantive law of the State.

Now, I am sure you want to know what I’ve been hearing and the sort of credibility I’ve personally accorded these stories, though, I remain part of the many who think it will be a 21^st century miracle for Castro to re-appear. (And remember when it comes to miracles, I perfectly agree with David Hume’s explanation in ‘An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding’).

There is great optimism in the minds of Castro’s direct people who have spoken since his disappearance and Asamoah Gyan even still holds the hope that a continuous search for his friend will bring him to us alive. I doubt Castro will be found somewhere in trouble but if anything at all, he will appear with a long story of what happened and how God saved his lying butt…

One of the stories running low among certain well-connected people is that, it is highly probable Janet Bandu is dead (fell off the Jet Ski) and out of panic and fear of the unbearable pressure Janet’s family and the public will mount on him, Castro went into hiding—and together with his friends, they planted some stories into the air so that he will appear immediately later to tell a story of his survival and Janet’s death. But the amateur planners must have received a far shocking response to the stories they threw into the air, nothing close to what they expected.

Another somewhat credible speculation has it that, Castro and Janet Bandu are still alive and the story of their deaths/missing was supposed to be a publicity stunt which they did not foresee going this viral. And now that things have been blown out of proportion, they are finding it difficult to find a way via which they will appear without the public going ballistic with insults and the law not catching up on them.

All the undertone discussions I’ve heard so far somehow suggest that, Castro is looking for a way he will come back to us, a difficult enterprise, considering how things have developed in the last two weeks. So it looks like, the death plot was easy for Castro and friends but they cannot find a plausible ‘hey I am alive’ plot for us. They surely have bitten more than they can chew—if indeed, this is true.

So do not be overly shocked if Castro reappears alive because I heard he spoke to certain people just a few days ago—and the key word here is; HEARD.

Whatever it is, he should be ready for a long ride when he resurrects like some credulous people believe a Messiah did, but for him, the angry public will steer the bus while the law follows. And that will even give Kumawood something to make money from-“Castro is Back 1 & 2”, “Castro is Alive 1 & 2” and “the Return of Castro 1 & 2”.

For me, I am a strong evidentialist—and I will forever remain so, on this and on many other issues to come, though, I will always give reasonable edge to the uncertainty theories.