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{{Contact|subject=Bob Proctor. Bob is an elderly man who is speculated to be dying from cancer. Contacting him will not produce anything useful as he decided to cut ties with Daniel. Additionally, following Daniel's arrest, he is no longer financially enabling him.}}{{Stub}}{{Credibility|reason=:

*Most public information about Bob comes from Daniel, who is both severely mentally ill and a pathological liar.|subject=Daniel Larson}}{{Quote|Since you posted everything on social media. You figure it out with your fans. Nothing from me. Good luck Daniel and all of your social media haters.||author=Bob, to Daniel <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/187km9a/message_from_bob/</ref>}}

'''Robert "Bob" Proctor''' is one of the most important figures in [[Daniel Larson|Daniel Larson's]] life, having known him since childhood. Bob has been Daniel's mentor, and was one of his greatest financial [[enablers]]. Bob took on the impossible task of becoming Daniel's guardian, an undertaking which exposed him to the full force of Daniel's [[December 10th Incident|anger management issues]], and poor financial habits. Bob is also known for being involved in some of the most infamous incidents in Daniel's life, most notably the [[December 10th Incident|December 10th incident]] and [[August 31st Incident]]. He also served as a convenient scapegoat to blame whenever Daniel needed one, as well as a player in Daniel's delusions, as trolls would constantly impersonate him to gain influence over him.     

Bob has served as a patron for Daniel's music career, paying for the production of his most famous song, [[Music Career|"Roaring Thunder,"]] and encouraged his further musical endeavors. Even so, Daniel has done nothing but take his generosity for granted by frequently [[Big Dick Muscle Man Incident|getting into arguments with him]], [[August 31st Incident|assaulting him]], and wasting away the money that Bob gave him ([[Daniel Larson's health|at one point even buying a fleshlight with money Bob had given him to spend on essentials]]).

Bob is keenly aware of Daniel's social media activity and, consequently, has repeatedly requested Daniel not to film or record him, citing concerns about potential harassment from [[trolls|trolls.]] At one point, Bob even asked Daniel to refrain from using his phone altogether due to Daniel's irresponsible behavior on social media. Obviously, Daniel has not respected these wishes, once even getting into a physical altercation with Bob which ended up in the authorities having to be called.<ref>[[August 31st Incident]]</ref>  

On Christmas 2023, Bob had ceased providing financial support to Daniel and was thought to have cut off Daniel permanently. However, during the wake of the [[Second Jail Arc]] it was revealed by [[Flexburger]] that Bob had come back into contact with Daniel, and every time Daniel mentioned him after Christmas 2023 was not a lie. Following Daniel's arrest on 30 April 2024 and his subsequent [[Second Jail Arc|incarceration]], Bob seemed to have occasional contact with Daniel over text messages; however, as of December 2024, it cannot be confirmed if such contact continued.   

While not much is known about their relationship, Daniel's grandmother, [[Nancy Shimer]], developed a friendship with Bob. It is theorized that Nancy and Bob could have had a romantic relationship; however, this claim is unsubstantiated and is most likely not true. Their friendship grew during the time Bob would play board games and spend so much time with Daniel such that when Nancy was on her inevitable deathbed due to cancer one of her last wishes was for Bob to take care of Daniel when she wasn't there.  

It is also theorized that Nancy put Bob in charge of some sort of bank account or trust fund that she'd left Daniel after she passed. This is speculated as a reason why Bob did not leave Daniel almost immediately after his violent outbursts; although, this is most likely false until further confirmation.

Daniel and Bob first came into contact through a reading buddy program at the [[Tennyson Center]], a facility Daniel went for schooling and living in his teens, during a time when he was still recovering from his parents' abuse. While living at the Tennyson Center (at the time of an ongoing custody battle), Daniel had the opportunity to attend a reading buddy program once a week. Daniel reports that he and Bob, ". . .really hit it off," enough that the Tennyson Center permitted them to have a relationship outside their program. Ever since their initial meeting, Bob became a "mentor" to Daniel; although, his abilities at mentoring Daniel are debatable.

Despite his alleged profession in the medical field, Bob obviously has no idea how to handle a very mentally ill person such as Daniel. As mentioned in the [[Caretaker Call]] (even while considering its questionable validity), while Bob obviously has lots of care for Daniel, he has no idea how to care for a person with as many [[Daniel Larson's health|mental issues]] as Daniel. This has, obviously, not been in his favor, because of Daniel's schizophrenia and autism, they have had many fights that have resulted in Bob having to call the police to deescalate the situation. However, one of the most notable incidents between them where they don't have any sort of physical altercation is the [[Big Dick Muscle Man Incident]] where Bob refers to American social media personality [[Jacob Sartorius]] as "Big Dick Muscle Man", in between Daniel arguing with Bob about the validity of his delusions, and, oddly, the size of his own penis.

Prior to this, it was unknown as to how much money Bob was giving Daniel. On November 27th, it was revealed that Bob was giving Daniel nearly 1000 dollars per month, which left him in a position where he only had the income leftover in his retirement account, along with having to figure out how to live while on social security.

File:FakeBobSaysNotSafeToText.png||Explaining why the Bob impersonator can't text

There is a likely chance that Bob is still in contact with Daniel even while he's in jail, showing that Bob will most likely never truly cut off Daniel unless he were to die or if another party stepped in.<gallery caption="Bob's texts with Clark">