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From: Jasper
Date: 5/29/03
Time: 2:52:21 PM
Remote Name: 68.73.198.237
John,
Neither the thicket of trees nor the carport interferes with a man stepping up to the corner of the carport, reaching though the gap (the dark vertical line in Fig. 2) with a long, rigid object and making thumps. This is where I said the “thumper” was standing BEFORE I EVEN KNEW THAT THERE WAS A CARPORT –Iago page 478-498.) The edge of the carport marks the position of the “thumper” independently of the reported thumps. The thicket of trees gives him an ideal place to do it without being observed by idle passers-by. If the “thumper” believed that Rosa Lopez stayed on the south side or east rear of the Salinger’s property instead of the north front where she actually stayed, he would have shown no concern for her. According to her testimony he did show no concern for her.
There is a thicket of trees forward of the carport edge and a ticket of trees after it (opposite the air conditioner). Kato reported hearing the thumps west of the air conditioner. In other words, Wagner’s findings didn’t discredit my theory. They bolstered it and made it more specific. Where there had to be obstructions to independently support Kato’s story Wagner showed that there were obstructions. Where there had to be a gap in the foliage along the fence Wagner’s photos (2, 3 and 4 combined) indicated a gap. The position of the gap relative to the point of impact rules out the idea that a baseball bat was jabbed over the fence with a thick pad over the barrel to muffle the sound. However, it rules in a golf club with an angled head and a padded head protector.
O.J.’s south pathway was a foot narrower than I thought it was so swinging the golf club with three naps of the wrist would have been easier than I thought it would be. One of O.J.’s golf clubs was missing and Rosa’s testimony about “footsteps” going in the direction of the garage after O.J. and Kato went to McDonalds suggests that that “thumper” might have taken it. One reason my thumper hypothesis seems senseless to you, apart from your conclusion that Kato must have invented the thumps, is because of your failure to think through your assumptions (a “friend” of O.J. getting caught on the estate and your robber on a pogo stick analogy are perfect examples)….
“For instance, how would the consprators know that (1) kaelin would be in his room to hear the thumps [It could have been Kato, Arnelle or Gi-Gi, whomever was home], (2) that he would, in fact, hear them over a tv, radio, stereo, or phone call he may have been using [by doing it hard and doing it three times. The thumps made more of an impact than a noise], and (3) that he would then respond to the thumps as the conspirators wanted him to? ” [Kato did not respond to the thumps the way the conspirators waned him to].
The logical thing would have been for Kato to call O.J. When he didn’t, and Park didn’t recall seeing the Bronco, every prosecution scenario of O.J. coming home from the killings in a panic started running into time warps and other physical impossibilities. You can’t be sure that any plan that depends on someone else’s behavior is going to work. You have to assume that something is going to go wrong and that you can make adjustments as you go. To do that, you have to be inside of the investigation and have a lot of confidence in your ability to make up the evidence “later.” –Jasper