Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24863480-20161203170344/@comment-38351156-20190129205754

I know this thread had since aged beyond participation but wanted to chime in anyway. In regards to Mcgucket's appearance, he was aging prematurely due to the shock and stress that his body and mind were subjected to. It has a hand in the old cartoon/slapstick trope of people's hair going white with fear, or physically aging as if the life was drained from them by traumatic events. Add in the lack of effort to take care of himself as he went crazy, with possible bouts of depression caused by a sense of unease that things weren't quite right. While he may have been wiping the memories the physical harm wouldn't go away as easily. As for the average age of going grey it is not in their 50's. Some start as early as their 20's, while some are lucky and don't start until their 50's or longer. The recognized median for men is 30 to 35 to start greying. He seems to be a mechanical engineering major, which graduates average in the US as 22-24 in age. If I had to guess I would say Mcgucket was between 24 and 28. His state of dress when he is younger is some one that is 'hip enough' with the times that they want to be seen as fashionable with his peers, but not old enough to quite have grown out of that habit and started to dress more simply and sensibly as older men tend to do. So I would place his age at about 54-58 when he meets Dipper and Mabel.