Television is a mysterious world full of ... um, mysteries. Mysteries like what was Rebecca's job when she started working at Cheers? Who puts the mother in How I Met Your Mother? Has anyone anywhere in the universe ever voluntarily watched an entire episode of According to Jim?

One of your idiot box's biggest mysteries has been answered, sort of.

The Daily Mail of London revealed they have unearthed the true identity of The Stig, Top Gear's "tame racing driver."

The fish wrap first learned from unidentified sources that former Formula One driver and James Bond stunt double Ben Collins was the man the BBC hired to run laps in pristine supercars and train celebrities to drive a Chevrolet Lacetti through Hammerhead as fast as possible without getting a face full of air bag.

As reporters began digging into the tip, they found the show actually might have as many as four drivers who pose as the Stig. Another unnamed source, this time from the show's production staff, told reporters that Formula One driver Julian Bailey is the man behind the racing visor.

A few shovel slings later and more Stigs surfaced. The Daily Mail claimed that former GT world championship driver Chris Goodwin, world record holding stunt driver Terry Grant, and Formula One driver Heikki Kovalainen all served as the Stig in various episodes. The show even hired Dan Lang, a snowmobile racing champion, to prove the Stig could handle a powder rocket.

The BBC, of course, did not deny or confirm any of the names the Daily Mail had found. The BBC said, "We never comment on speculation as to whom or what the Stig is," making it the greatest line ever found in a press release since the White House Press Office stopped letting President Bush have the "final say" on proofreading press releases.