I think the readers can see what’s happening here.
Helpful summary. You were at least listening. 👍
Just curious, if evidence were recovered in this 100 foot triangle that points north, matches the triangle that is repeated in the ciphertext, points north, and is in short walking proximity to the same road as the first Zodiac crime scene, would you still claim this proposed solution is wrong, because you just don’t like that it includes the word RADIANS?
That was your original objection, from what I recall.
It seems your approach to this cipher is to ignore the obvious clues. I don’t think that is the right way to tackle it.
He only wrote 10 words in that post script, two of them are RADIANS.
For good measure, he literally draws a unit circle in a polar coordinate system, just to make everything a bit more obvious. You can say that is the Zodiac brand watch logo, if you’d like. Fine by me.
Just as he repeats the triangle symbol in the cipher, he repeats the word radians in the post script. I don’t know if it is intentional, but I do know that is a fact.
Hello @Coder1987,
First of all, I want to sincerely thank you for your attention to my little post from five years ago and for your kind words 😊!
I’m also very happy to see that both approaches finally converge on the same solution, on Lake Hermann Road (“IN THREE AND THREE EIGHTHS RADIANS TEN”). And it’s true that this triangular sector is intriguing, to say the least! The work you’ve done and the time you’ve dedicated to it are truly impressive!
For my parts, five years later, I confess I’m not quite sure what to think about the Z32 cipher anymore. What I’m about to say is entirely subjective: I don’t have any definitive proof and I’m not trying to convince anyone. But I have a feeling that, if the Zodiac Killer communicated a lot after the murders, I think it was only to draw attention to himself (when people were starting to forget about him) or make fun of the police. In short, I’m not sure there was ever a bomb outside of Zodiac’s mind, and even less that he buried it somewhere.
That’s why I still have a slight preference for another solution, “IN FOUR AND A QUARTER RADIANS EIGHT TEN,” which points to Alcatraz Island: it would be consistent with a morbid joke by the Zodiac…
But, despite this entirely subjective preference, I can’t prove anything, and the first solution on Lake Hermann Road remains entirely relevant: a big thank you in any case for your work and for continuing to move the case forward!
Finally you have arrived. If you would like to talk privately about this, my email is in the paper.
You did great work a long time ago. I am curious, do you still have the code you used for the projections? If so, it is valuable I think. Your method is clearly laid out in your post, and I think you essentially nailed it. Well done and I am glad to see you here.
Another interesting thing I’ve noticed in the past few weeks is that new proposed solutions to Z32 continue to appear, including this one from a week ago:
Perhaps they are right, and I am wrong.
If it is verified, I will be glad that others can stop wasting time on Z32. That will be a public service. There will be little point to trying anything involving radians and inches, as they have practically all been tested. If you use radians in the technically correct manner for the projection, you have disregarded the post script explicit instruction, and the clock hours hint. It needs to be modeled as he instructed.
