User blog comment:Midhav/Shoutbox/@comment-4898132-20101225082104/@comment-996391-20101226162155

Now I have a theory which explains Hook's appearance in the POTC world. Peter Pan and other stories are just stories based on the adventures of our Captain Hook. What we know about him? He is known by all Pirate Lords, he seems to be immortal, he's afraid of small boys, and he has an iron hook. This is my explanation: at some point in his life, James searched for the Fountain of Youth. During his search, he and his crew have done some terrible things to the Natives in Florida. He found the Fountain, he drank from it, and he became immortal. On his return to the coast, he and his crew were ambushed by Natives and he lost a hand during that fight. His hand was cut off by one Native boy, and since the swamps of Florida are full of crocodiles, his hand was eaten by one of the terrible beasties. When he returned to civilization, he placed an iron hook in place of his lost hand and became known as James Hook. He also wrote the story about the Fountain in his diary. A diary which was found two centuries later by J. M. Barrie, who adapted the story for his novel which he titled Peter Pan.