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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I still don't get how Widmore even knows about the island. I mean Ben made it sound like Widmore knew that Locke crashed there, was in a wheelchair and is now walking.

Widmore doesn't - it was an example. That is, Ben was saying people want to find the island because of the effect it has on people, like it did on John. That was my impression, anyway.