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Basic question: What isotope region would Sand Canyon fall into? (i.e. where the victim was found)
One scenario above would have the UID hanging out in the very cold (IR2) at the coldest time of year and heading to the less cold (IR1) as it gets milder. This makes sense for a ski bum, but not for a ranch hand.
Is there a motorcycle connection in UID's story? I don't remember seeing that. The shirt & jeans makes me think aging hippie and the hat more outdoorsy.
Trying to figure out the map. What color is region 1, 2, 3, etc? I see upthread that it is assumed the UID was found in region 1 which is the dark green, is that correct? Do we have GPS coordinates for where he was found?
That would fit with the Heavenly hat, as well. That's at the south end of Lake Tahoe. I get more of an outdoorsman/aging hippie type of person than motorcycle, personally.
Looking at the nearest places for each zone to where he was found, it looks to me like he could be more or less local, at least for the nine months or so preceding his death.
Thanks RickshawFan! Great explanation and information on the motorcycle gangs in the area. I'm a bit of an aging hippie and I definitely wore t-shirts with Native American influenced designs in the late 1980's/early 1990's. Still do occasionally, and I've never stopped wearing tie-dye, either. I'm on the East coast so they aren't something that are sold to tourists around here. Being out west, the hat and t-shirt could both indicate that he was a tourist or somebody new to the area or just passing through.
Do we know why the isotope analysis is only back for 3 months? Would that be because the hair sample used was only three months worth of growth? Human hair grows on average about 0.5 inch a month, it looks like his hair was longer than 1.5 inches. If his nutrition was poor his hair would grown even slower.
As far as I could tell from maps, the Lake Tahoe area is not IR2? This surprised me, and was the reason I mentioned before that Tahoe was not IR2, so we could rule out a lengthy stay in Tahoe. IR2 would be further south on the backside (i.e. east) of Yosemite? With Yosemite NP being IR3?
However, all this is related to my question about whether you could register an isotope on a day trip. For instance, could you pick up IR3 "dust" from a day's drive through Yosemite? If so, this makes things a little more complicated. I suppose it also means that the "moving about" in the last month before death could be day trips? Outings to get supplies? Apartment hunting? Burglary sites? Stalking missions? (the dark side again.....)