“[Last night], for the 56th year, a man stole into a locked graveyard early on Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday and placed three roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac on the writer’s grave… No one knows the identity of the so-called ‘Poe Toaster.’ The visit was first documented in 1949, a century after Poe’s death. This year, the visitor arrived at 1:10 a.m. in a heavy coat and obscured his face with a black pullover.” Dozens of spectators traditionally gather to watch the anonymous dropoff, and the current toaster is believed to be at least the second man to play the role.