Rumours that former Rebound Table Tennis Supremo Bernard Elksteine is alive are intensifying after a "cluster of unconnected sightings" in the Milson's Point area of Sydney.
Multiple individuals, including a cyclist, a public servant from a nearby office, and a homeless Elvis Presley impersonator, have reported seeing a man of Elksteine's description meeting a variety of individuals in the exclusive Flaky Tart Bakery in Milson's Point.
All witnesses have similarly describe an aged, though much trimmer and healthier Elksteine, accompanied by individuals who appear to make some effort to be discrete - in many cases exiting and boarding a taxi, which lingers outside while ever they are in attendance.
Some have further claimed that Elksteine himself walks frequently up and down Ennis Road, between The Flaky Tart and an apparently derelict ex-Government office built under the road platform north of the Harbour Bridge pylon. He has also been reportedly seen jogging across the Harbour Bridge, in one case allegedly shoulder-barging anyone who asked if he was Elksteine.
Local dog walking enthusiast Harold Ball claims he saw a shipment of table tennis tables being delivered to the site one evening, suggesting Elksteine is building a dojang in the building. This prompted North Sydney Council to caution in a published statement that area is not zoned to permit Table Tennis dojangs, due to their past tendency to attract criminals and "generally aggressive individuals".
Mr Ball went on to say, "I suppose he wants to bring the sport to Sydney and try to get back on top. Maroochydore was too remote. But I don't know why he's just walking around here, unless he wants to be found".
Having reportedly died almost 8 years ago in his Maroochydore home - which led to an outpouring of grief and chicken - many have never let go of the notion that Elksteine's death, reportedly of a heart attack, was too coincidental with a need to escape the media heat following the near-collapse of his Australasian Rebound Table Tennis Super League (ARTTSL).
Rumours reached fevour pitch after it was revealed the body in Elksteine's grave was not Elksteine (and not Elvis).
Elksteine's ARTTSL competition remains solvent under the leadership of CEO Wilkington Tuffy, and ownership of Elksteine widow Patricia, along with her flamboyant partner, Angus Featherlite-Blowingpam. While competition has been suspended since Newcastle won its second Premiership in 2011, Elksteine left a lasting legacy of sport and innuendo unrivalled by any modern franchise, the most recent episode being the dramatic 2017 kidnapping of Bernie Ecclestone, mistaken for Elksteine, by Tara Brown.
Fans are now asking, is Bernard Elksteine finally back?
More to come...
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