THANK YOU @infohuntah !!! I’ve been thinking this for a long time. In his last sighting, he was NOT near enough to a body of water to accidentally fall in.
My partner was born and raised in Bristol. Those who are from there know that area very well - it’s not super central, but you certainly drive through that area on the main road beside the swing bridge often. My partner is quite insistent that anybody who is from Bristol is familiar with the swing bridge and that area of town.
This is why the loops / going back on himself, in fact the entire route itself, is so perplexing to me. Nobody in their right mind would take that route unless:
a. they didn’t know the area & got lost / thought that would be the best route.
b. they were planning to be in that location.
If he was going home, the simplest route would avoid the swing bridge area altogether. This is the same for his brother’s house, or in an attempt to get a taxi. There is not a single reason, that I can think of at least, as to why he chose that route, or went near to the water at all (unless this was perhaps a suicide situation.)
There is one theory I have, but it still doesn’t quite make sense. I have mentioned this before, but is there a possibility he went on Apple maps, not knowing the route home, and selected the “directions” button. I’ve often done this on the past, and there are options for each mode of transport; walking, driving, public. Sometimes, you’ll click “directions” and it will assume you’re in a car, giving you a route that you can drive on. This obviously does not include walking routes - I think Jack may have made this mistake and walked to the bridge area, not realising he was given the driving-only route. He was looking at his phone I believe in one or two of the CCTV sightings. However, this would mean he was not familiar enough with the area to realise that this was obviously not the most convenient route…
JMO
My partner was born and raised in Bristol. Those who are from there know that area very well - it’s not super central, but you certainly drive through that area on the main road beside the swing bridge often. My partner is quite insistent that anybody who is from Bristol is familiar with the swing bridge and that area of town.
This is why the loops / going back on himself, in fact the entire route itself, is so perplexing to me. Nobody in their right mind would take that route unless:
a. they didn’t know the area & got lost / thought that would be the best route.
b. they were planning to be in that location.
If he was going home, the simplest route would avoid the swing bridge area altogether. This is the same for his brother’s house, or in an attempt to get a taxi. There is not a single reason, that I can think of at least, as to why he chose that route, or went near to the water at all (unless this was perhaps a suicide situation.)
There is one theory I have, but it still doesn’t quite make sense. I have mentioned this before, but is there a possibility he went on Apple maps, not knowing the route home, and selected the “directions” button. I’ve often done this on the past, and there are options for each mode of transport; walking, driving, public. Sometimes, you’ll click “directions” and it will assume you’re in a car, giving you a route that you can drive on. This obviously does not include walking routes - I think Jack may have made this mistake and walked to the bridge area, not realising he was given the driving-only route. He was looking at his phone I believe in one or two of the CCTV sightings. However, this would mean he was not familiar enough with the area to realise that this was obviously not the most convenient route…
JMO
