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I have two theories that are – I admit – way out in left field. But here goes…
Remember when Mr. Gold gave those walkie-talkies to Emma? Well, it’s likely Mr. Gold has a third walkie-talkie listening on the same frequency(s) as the set he gave Emma. This never happened on camera, but perhaps there was a time when Emma and Henry were talking about the location of the book, and that’s how Mr. Gold knew the location where the book was buried. After which Mr. Gold hired The Stranger to dig up the book.
I’m not confident in that theory because we’ve seen Mr. Gold do his own digging (on a couple of occasions) so why he’d want to hire an outsider is beyond me. Also, why Mr. Gold would care about the book at all is beyond me. (However, I strongly believe Mr. Gold is listening in their converstations.)
Another left-field theory is The Stranger is the author of the book, and maybe The Stranger has a mystical link with it. When Henry tore out the last couple of pages from the book, the Stranger could sense the book had been damaged, so he sought it out. Furthermore this “sense” allowed him to find the buried box at the playground. This is all plausable but would be an odd direction for the show to go.
Something I noticed and have not heard anyone on the podcast mention: The very end of Friut of the Poisonous Tree, (or maybe it was 7:15AM, I forget), when you see The Stranger break the padlock of the box containing the book. There is a very brief moment when the camera is gliding by what looked to me like a set of thieves tools. Either The Stranger broke into Regina’s house (hence the need for a set of thieves tools,) or he just had them rolled out on his bed because that’s where he kept his padlock-busting sheers. 😀