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Fawke Em

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7. Maybe that was before he set it down.

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 08:18 PM

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Pictures of bag in front of Boston Marathon spectators [View all] Fawke Em Apr 2013 OP

Yes. You should soon be getting your junior detective badge. HERVEPA Apr 2013 #1

Shut the thread down, we have our winner. Brickbat Apr 2013 #2

I actually have a real one. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #6

Does it make you feel good to try to belittle people? DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2013 #9

Why would you post something like that? Demo_Chris Apr 2013 #25

Aren't you special? Lex Apr 2013 #27

Except..... why would he be standing so close to the suspicious bag? femmocrat Apr 2013 #3

Maybe that was before he set it down. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #7

there is a black nylon bag outside of the barricade Windy Apr 2013 #4

I noticed that, too. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #5

And that doesn't look like the blast site in the 2nd picture. randome Apr 2013 #8

? it's the same location, just a slightly different angle. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #32

People are making fun of you here, but I agree with you that that guy looks sketch alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #10

They can make fun. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #15

The bag is clearly still there after the blast. So it is not the source of the explosion. Gravitycollapse Apr 2013 #11

Well, here are the actual pictures: Sheldon Cooper Apr 2013 #12

Here it is blown up, so to speak: kentuck Apr 2013 #14

look at the barricade Triloon Apr 2013 #13

Mailbox is tell tale too alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #16

I think they were bent as First Responders rushed in. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #18

Ok, I have a question catchnrelease Apr 2013 #17

The fence was at the second location. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #19

Thanks! catchnrelease Apr 2013 #20

I should say that the fence was at the first location... if that helps you. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #23

Yes, that does help catchnrelease Apr 2013 #26

Overhead picture of same from today - the bag was not the bomb FreeState Apr 2013 #21

Could simply be a messenger bag. If you mean the guy in the light shirt. Looks like a cross body uppityperson Apr 2013 #22

My first thought is that if I were trying to drop a bag unobtrusively, winter is coming Apr 2013 #24

This photo on Morning Joe.... kentuck Apr 2013 #28

Keep in mind that there's about an hour or more between the 1st and 2nd photo... JHB Apr 2013 #29

Someone could have walked up to the mailbox.. kentuck Apr 2013 #30

It's all remote- and amateur-speculation at this point JHB Apr 2013 #31

The guy fleeing the scene 4_TN_TITANS Apr 2013 #33

I read on another thread that the torn-pants guy is the injured Saudi man Union Scribe Apr 2013 #36

Here's what I was reading: Union Scribe Apr 2013 #38

I stole this from Gawker blogslut Apr 2013 #34

Looks more like Boston beans. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #35

EXCELLENT! Thank you. uppityperson Apr 2013 #37