I've looked at Cherokee's handwriting analysis here:
[ame="http://www.forumsforjustice.org/forums/showthread.php?p=115065"]Analysis of the Linguistics and Handwriting in the Ramsey Ransom Note - Page 3 - Forums For Justice[/ame]
I do think that there is some resemblance in some letters such as the letters y and q, the reservation I have is that anyone with a marker could produce those letters that resemble both the PR and RN. I also wonder if he is cherry picking since if you do enough handwriting with variations, esp with a marker, you could cherry pick apparent matches. In this spirit I found another handwriting that closely resembles matches the RN.
Take a look
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/2006/0818/9699449.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikisource/en/4/43/ZodiacsPoem.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikisource/en/9/9f/Zodiac-Schoolbus.jpg
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/File:Zodiac-Bomb.gif
I suspect that the RN author knew of L&L and possibly Charles Linbergh kidnapping, as well as movies like Ransom and Dirty Harry as I have shown in earlier posts.
I suspect that the author knew of the Zodiac Killer and attempted to intentionally write in a handwriting style resembling the Zodiac's known exemplars. Using a marker greatly simplifies the task based on strong similarities in handwriting between the two.
[ame="http://www.forumsforjustice.org/forums/showthread.php?p=115065"]Analysis of the Linguistics and Handwriting in the Ramsey Ransom Note - Page 3 - Forums For Justice[/ame]
I do think that there is some resemblance in some letters such as the letters y and q, the reservation I have is that anyone with a marker could produce those letters that resemble both the PR and RN. I also wonder if he is cherry picking since if you do enough handwriting with variations, esp with a marker, you could cherry pick apparent matches. In this spirit I found another handwriting that closely resembles matches the RN.
Take a look
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/2006/0818/9699449.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikisource/en/4/43/ZodiacsPoem.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikisource/en/9/9f/Zodiac-Schoolbus.jpg
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/File:Zodiac-Bomb.gif
I suspect that the RN author knew of L&L and possibly Charles Linbergh kidnapping, as well as movies like Ransom and Dirty Harry as I have shown in earlier posts.
I suspect that the author knew of the Zodiac Killer and attempted to intentionally write in a handwriting style resembling the Zodiac's known exemplars. Using a marker greatly simplifies the task based on strong similarities in handwriting between the two.