[Mike Pratt]

Clarification and more INFO:

Sometimes you feel better when you find the same problem on the test site!

Here’s what’s happening (there too)

When a message or forum post is initially sent (no manual page refresh) BP puts escape characters everywhere. If you manually reload the page (any browser) the messages/posts are reformatted and the characters removed. I guess the good news is my users are noticing as much (only when they submit.