""#I guess they would have sold their shares to someone else to make a loss on#""
It wouldn't have been the one we all know of (one of the major pumpers which even started the famous crusher countdown), because after all the pumping he was still holding shares at an average entry price of just about 20 cents per share.
It could have been the pharmacist too but that could have been all imaginary as well and all part of the pumping show. Who knows.......