Could This Possibly Be the Real Lost Highway?

I believe I have found the Lost Highway that would support one of my most intriguing theories. To prove that Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, and Twin Peaks (including the Return) are connected, I did some geographical research. It led to a surprising yet overjoying discovery. 

U.S. Route 50 is a transcontinental highway that is considered the Loneliest Road In America. It starts from West Sacramento in California all the way across the country to Ocean City in Maryland. 

From my research, Twin Peaks and all the major locations of the Lynchian Universe have roads leading to that particular highway. And another cool fact is that 1500 miles south of the highway, is the Zone of Silence in Mexico, where many strange phenomena and celestial activity have occurred and probably still do. I don't know if this Zone has a strong supernatural bond and influence with the highway, but it would explain some of the strangeness that happened at the end of Lost Highway as Fred Madison is being chased by the police. And, it would also reveal how the desert scenes in Lost Highway (the cabin scenes) and Twin Peaks: The Return (the drive through 403, and Odessa, Texas to get Carrie Paige) have their importance in terms of strange activities, including aliens.

If this supernatural connection is true, that would mean that the Loneliest Highway In America is a hot spot road to all things Lynchian strange. Twin Peaks, L.A., Las Vegas, and Odessa have roads connecting to this highway as if they are the veins of a major artery. It would also mean that there must be other city/town pinpoints to unnatural happenings in the world that are near other Zones similar to the Zone of Silence - the Dragon's Triangle close to Japan and the Bermuda Triangle. And for those who didn't know this, the Zone of Silence used to be in an ocean just like the Dragon and the Bermuda.

The Mapimí Silent Zone (also known as the Zone of Silence) was once an ancient seabed in the Tethys Ocean, which left marine fossils and large salt deposits that are mined today.

In July 1970, an Athena RTV test rocket launched from the Green River Launch Complex in Utah towards the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico lost control and fell in the Mapimí Desert region. When the rocket went off course, it was carrying two small containers of cobalt an isotope used in "salted bombs" to intentionally contaminate large areas of land. As part of the cleanup effort, hundreds of tons of soil were removed from the impact site.

As a result of the US Air Force recovery operation, a number of myths and legends relating to the area arose. Reportedly, a local resident hired to guard the crash debris during recovery operations helped spread these rumors. Legends include "strange magnetic anomalies that prevent radio transmission", mutations of flora and fauna, and extraterrestrial visitations, which have been used by locals to promote tourism in the region.(according to Wikipedia)

More information about the Zone of Silence on Historic Mysteries: 

The Zone of Silence from Historic Mysteries

And it is no surprise that in The Return, we see the Tower amid the Purple Ocean. Perhaps there could be something amid those zones I've previously mentioned, including the desert Silence. It could be something strange yet important that's either invisible to us or is hidden from our knowledge by the F.B.I.

The Loneliest Highway of America could be the most useful and discreet road to all things strange in the Lynchian Universe, as well as that of the X-Files Universe. It could possess a very strong electric current (see my previous article Electricity... Do They Use It?), thanks to the Zone of Silence, for them to travel from one place to another.

The Loneliest Road in America also passes through Virginia, where the F.B.I. is located. This could also be a link for Philip Jeffries to navigate to the F.B.I., land in the elevator without anyone seeing him, make his presence known through the surveillance camera down the hall, and enter the room where Gordon Cole, Agent Cooper, and Agent Rosenfield were discussing Cooper's dream. Strange enough, Phillip Jeffries disappears to Argentina. Whether it was him or a different Phillip Jeffries, we'll never know for certain. Argentina could be just a random wormhole for a Jeffries tulpa and have nothing to do with the Zones, but that shouldn't prevent us from investigating further.

So if the Loneliest Highway In America is indeed the Lost Highway, it would make a reasonable explanation as to why Twin Peaks and the other locations in the Lynchian Universe have a strong uphold of supernatural/paranormal phenomena.  

Thank you for reading this article. Feel free to share your thoughts, theories, and debates in the comment section below. If interested, there is Twin Peaks... From Another Place group on Facebook and Discord to join. Also, feel free to check out my Twin Peaks: Chasing A Blue Rose fanfic series prequel, Twin Peaks: The Birdwatcher, published here and on Archives Of Our Own. Thanks again!!

Thanks again. See you in the trees.