A theory about the mysterious Merchant.

I was just hit by a thought. Disney revealed that the merchant seen at the beginning of the animated "Aladdin" was Genie in disguise. So if a Genie, an elemental spirit with phenomenal cosmic powers doomed to live in an Itty bitty living space can disguise themselves as a humble merchant, what's preventing a spirit of chaostrapped in stone from manifesting in another reality and bringing random bronies to Equestria sometimes to help other times to stir things up. Whatever the wayward Q or Lord of Chaos gets something to do while being a bird perch/bathroom (Birds are not the cleanest of critters).

Let me know what you think.