Very convincing arguments from cat and all for an average male height, I must say.
From the news video, it looks like they are aiming the rope down the road instead of over the fence and up to the camera. They were faking the location of the camera with a ladder truck or something? The actual gate between hedges and the building with camera beyond appears to be to their right.
I certainly agree model barely comes above the bottom of the sign on the gate, looking straight across. But looking at Fox link from Myserty, Greta's picture 6, it appears to me the person would be at least 10 feet away from the fence walking down the parking lot drive.
It does appear to me that an angle from the roof as they had in the news video would come down through the fence around the crossbars to a point out there about halfway up the fence. Very rough, but the distance out in the road is significant.
You'd never tell that from the POI picture. It looks much closer between them to me than 10 feet between POI and fence, but it's just a perspective thing.
The 5'4" looks roughly accurate to me. The person would have to be a lot closer to the fence to be 5'10", in my opinion, or the angle shallower than they showed in the news video (equivalent to up to the roof).
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You are right, it is a very, very difficult estimate related to the height.
the distance of the POI from the curb is critical.
The further away from the curb, the taller the POI will appear. The closer, the shorter the person will appear.
Hence, LE should have done the following:
Officers, cadets, citizens, etc. with heights of 5"2. 5"6, 5"10, 6'2 should have walked the entire route of the POI, in the same path, and past the gate and photographed by the gate camera.
Comparing these photos and the POI photo, I believe it will be obvious if the initial estimate of 5'4 is accurate. Rather simple, little cost.
It is possible, that there is very little distinction between the heights because of the sharp angle of the camera. Regardless, a determination will be made, one way or another.
I don't believe this experiment was ever done.
Also, in the third photo of the pOI, he is standing close to the palm tree. LE could have used this tree as a landmark, and estimated height in comparison with the tree. The same models should have stood in the same spot.
In addition, a Professional Surveyor should have been hired re-assigned from the traffic or city works to help in the measurement. these people are excellent, and do this for a living.
Using the models (lineup) would also assist in trying to identify whether the POI was wearing a hat, helmet, or just a full head of hair.
the experiments should have been done at the same time the POI was walking past the camera.
Another option would have been to hire a mathematician who may have been able to figure it out with simple math.
Regardless, since this measurement is so very important, I hope LE is open to checking the initial measurement.
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