A writer over at The Museum of Hoaxes, is convinced that Rance is just some cartoonist/filmmaker/screenwriter named Keith Thomson. That's right - a nobody as far as celebrity is concerned.

I guess Rance won't be buying anyone a new Dodge Viper anytime soon, no matter how many riddles they solve, essays they write, or otherwise earn DVP's (Dodge Viper Points).

It's too bad. I don't mind that Rance's secret identity has been revealed, it's just disappointing that he's not any kind of celebrity at all, and that basically everything he said was a lie. I guess I am just a sucker for wild claims via the blogosphere.