If he just wanted privacy, why did he "disappear" in such a dramatic fashion, that he had to know would attract a lot of attention? Why did he then mysteriously

If he just wanted privacy, why did he "disappear" in such a dramatic fashion, that he had to know would attract a lot of attention? Why did he then mysteriously "reappear" with a cryptic printer spool on his webpage? Sounds like an attention seeker to me.