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Did Walt Deliver a Message from the Future?

  After season 2, Carlton Cuse told us that Walt's sudden growth would be explained in Season 3. So now that season 3 is over, we must know... right?

  Consider the following!

  We saw Jack and Kate post rescue in LA and things are very bad for Jack.

  In season 1, Walt told Locke not to open the hatch. Now, of course, we know that opening the hatch led ultimately to John Locke destroying the computer which forced Desmond to turn the failsafe key. Using the failsafe may have interfered with the ability to return to the island (according to Ben). Now, after the season 3 finale, we know that the Looking Glass station prevented transmissions from leaving the island. The radio tower also interfered with Naomi's satellite phone. Now, the island is vulnerable and if Ben is correct, very bad things will happen. Considering Jack's condition in the future, we can assume that it will be very very bad. So Walt's early advice was good after all.

  After Walt's kidnapping, he is seen twice as an apparition. In both cases, he speaks warnings in reverse - Press the button! Don't press the button - bad! and They're coming and they're close! Could the reverse speech be due to a problem sending information to the past?

  Finally, when Walt appears to Locke in season 3, he warns him not to shoot himself. Then he tells him that he has work to do. Locke responds by killing Naomi before she can send a message to her people. He later attempts to prevent Jack from communicating with Naomi's people. Since Walt appears much older and the writers promised an explanation, we can assume that he is speaking from the future where he is older - possibly the future (or alternate future) seen during the last few minutes of the season 3 finale.

The low camera angle makes him appear even taller