Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-8161155-20150311182502

So we know that the author was a visitor, rather than a resident, to Gravity Falls. Knowing this, which of the following do you think is more plausible

Personally, I like the second one better, as it could set up some potential foreshadowing to what may happen to Mabel and Dipper. Like, maybe Dipper will get lost in some supernatural manner and at some point we'll see that in the future Mabel is living in Gravity Falls running some crummy business while secretly trying to get her brother back. THE ORIGINAL MYSTERY TWINS 
 * Stanford lives in Gravity Falls. Author visits him and sees weird stuff happening, writes Journals, and then something involving portal happens to him.
 * Stanford and Author take trip to Gravity Falls. Author discovers weird stuff and then something involving the portal happens to him. Stanford ends up staying in Gravity Falls to try to get his brother back.