But this sounds so strange.
Why on Earth keeping them for so long?
We could argue that:
a) he(them) lost the keys;
b) he (them) is (are) super rich already and then there's no need for that money;
c) just waiting
d) it's a big conspiracy

Is there something more?

I mean for me BTC idea is awesome, one of the best thing the internet era brought us so far.
But seing what are we doing with it I'm not that sure we fully understood the point of it.

Or maybe it's really too early.

We'll see.