I have spent hours reading through comments on Hanks' Instagram as well as numerous videos related to Kappy's death. I have just stumbled upon a number of random comments stating that in Hanks' Route 66 Instagram picture, that "near the footprint", there is a water bottle cap with a capital letter P on it. Get it.... Cap P... Kappy? I have taken a long long look at the photo and cannot see this bottle cap. Has anyone heard this yet? Can anyone see this supposed bottle cap with the P on it?
Link to the picture in question:
https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2019/05/17/Tom_Hanks_Instagram_post.png
Of course you can also view the picture on his official Instagram. Its the second most recently posted image.
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Vindicator ago
The pic with the bottle cap is a different photo than the roadkill one with the glove. The glove photo does not show the elbow shadow separated from the body like the bottle cap image does. Two different pics.
We need to document where they originated.
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shewhomustbeobeyed ago
i do not see a water bottle cap or any rust. I do see what looks like a rock with what could be interpreted as a 'P'.
The rock looks like it has moisture on it from possibly being kicked over, this would also explain the darker soil around the area.
If you need me to DM you some proof that I know more than the average person on this subject, I will.
Vindicator ago
Sure, I'd love to hear more the subject.
IMO, the rock or cap is too perfectly symmetrical to be a rock. I don't see any rust, either. The "P" looks like it has serifs too me. It looks coated in dust. Someone with good Photoshop skills could probably enhance the contrast to draw out finer detail.
shewhomustbeobeyed ago
This is the item in question: - https://files.catbox.moe/7tdqcg.PNG
I own this rock - https://files.catbox.moe/s458dm.PNG
https://files.catbox.moe/44r8x4.PNG
https://files.catbox.moe/rhwq2d.PNG
Rock in sink - https://files.catbox.moe/vk4het.PNG
Getting wet - https://files.catbox.moe/ehlin4.PNG
https://files.catbox.moe/c1bipq.PNG
Almost dry - https://files.catbox.moe/78xbb6.PNG
https://files.catbox.moe/y7x305.PNG
Vindicator ago
I see your point, LOL. :-)
On closeup, the "cap" definitely could be a rock -- though it's still pretty symmetrical for a desert rock, IMO. Usually rocks that round and flat are found in riverbeds.
This is why I love you, SWMBO. I own a couple of rocks, too. One I've had since I found it as a kid. It has a hole eroded deeply into it by water that was just the right size to stick a candle in. Sits crooked and makes a huge mess, but cool, anyway.
My sister found a rock on a camping trip in Utah, which turned out to be an Allosaurus bone. She taught herself lapidary, crosscut it, and made me a belt buckle. Damn thing is 64,000,000 years old. One of the best gifts I've ever received.
shewhomustbeobeyed ago
That belt buckle is beautiful. Your sister has skills.
Vindicator ago
She does indeed. She isn't doing that anymore, at least for now. She currently has a heard of goats and is making soap. :-) I got a whole box of it for Christmas.
shewhomustbeobeyed ago
I've been lobbying for pygmy goats, so far no luck.
3141592653 ago
Awesome
shewhomustbeobeyed ago
It won't be until I get my goats, dammit.
3141592653 ago
I hope you get them soon