What is the prevailing theory about the origin of the trolls in this thread? They seem to arrive mid-late bear markets, are completely belligerent, and speak in broken English. They are overly hostile and their methods are completely ineffectual. They are unique to the bitcointalk forum, and not seen in other public forums. I'm a long-time lurker on this thread, but I finally had to make an account so I could start blocking them so I wouldn't have to read their inane babbling.
There were two, which both used a Scrooge McDuck avatar, that used to frequent here up until recently.
The current one--doc, walonek, and a noob account I forget--is way more aggressive than the McDucks, but has the same aura of desperation. I get the feeling that it's the effect of taking a short and the belief that trolling the thread drives down the price--at this point it may even be a compulsion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKaA7GDND-o