Anyone else think that the guy who found Dzokhar is a bloody fool for looking under the

[snagglepuss]

tarp instead of first calling the police to say he saw blood by a boat which BTW would clearly be a great hiding place? What if Dzohar shot him and then escaped? What don't people understand about "armed and dangerous"?

[Marrah_G]

1. SHE didn't look under the top.

she saw the top was ripped and there was blood on the side, so she called the cops.

[TwilightZone]

6. It's a man - David Henneberry

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/20/us/boston-boat-spotter/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Sorry for the link to CNN.

[Marrah_G]

8. hmm could have sworn I heard different last night

sorry, my bad

[TwilightZone]

10. I think it was initially reported that a woman made the call.

Probably CNN. Yet another thing the knee-jerk media got wrong.

[dems_rightnow]

14. I also first heard it reported as a woman

Regardless, peeking under the tarp was clearly foolhardy, and he's lucky he didn't end up with a face full of bullet.

[Brainstormy]

27. that is also the news I heard

just noticed the blood. thermal imaging from helicopters then determined that there was someone in there. The boat was outside of the search area, too.

[ananda]

2. Well, I wouldn't have gone near that boat myself.

It was either extremely brave or foolhardy .. probably both.

[MineralMan]

3. Well, I wouldn't have looked.

I'd have seen the blood or the tear, or whatever, and called the police based on that. I would not have looked under the boat cover at all. That does seem a bit foolish to me, given what was going on that day.

[Enrique]

4. maybe he had a good reason

he will be on TV soon I'm sure and we can get all the details.

[gopiscrap]

5. I was kinda thinking the same thing last night

[Tippy]

7. I wonder how when it was first reported...that it was a woman that made the discovery

She took her dog out to pee and saw the door to the shed open...went to investigate and found bloody rags or clothing then called 911....

[RagAss]

9. Dude really loved his boat.

[shanti]

35. 10 to 1

he doesn't get that boat back again...

[brewens]

11. He's the guy in the horror movies that hears a noise outside and goes out

to see what it is.

[snagglepuss]

19. LOl. Exactly.

[TwilightGardener]

23. Yep, LOL--or the one who decides to go off alone.

[tblue37]

31. My question is whether he was wearing a read shirt when he looked. nt

[Pelican]

12. Nah...

Given the situation I would have gone armed but likely would have looked.

His choice...

[snagglepuss]

20. Big tough guy eh.

[onenote]

13. Hindsight is always 20-20

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Sitting in my living room a thousand mile away a day later -- sure it seems like a foolish move. Hopefully, it would've seemed that way to me at the time as well.

But, none of us were there. None of us were in that situation. From what I read, he thought it was an animal.

I'm not about to call someone I don't know who went through something I can't possibly fully appreciate "a bloody fool."

I'm just glad it turned out the way it did.

[randome]

22. Best response on this thread.

[MindPilot]

30. Exactly. None of us can predict how we would react

in that situation.

[Lisa D]

32. Perfect response.

None of us *really* know what we would do unless we're in that situation.

[snagglepuss]

24. If nothing matters about anything that transpires in the past

why comment on anything?

[City Lights]

16. I've heard conflicting stories about this.

At first I heard that a women saw blood in her yard and called the police. Then I heard that a man had seen blood on the tarp and went to investigate. He lifted the tarp and saw him lying in the boat. Then I saw someone being interviewed on teevee. He said went into the yard and something looked amiss with the tarp on the boat and he went to fix it. He discovered Jahar while fixing the tarp and then called the police.

[JaneyVee]

17. I heard once the lockdown order was lifted the man went into his backyard to check on things,

saw a tear in the plastic sheathing on his boat, looked inside and saw a bloody mess, called 911.

[snagglepuss]

25. From different reports I heard, he saw the blood and went to look under the tarp.

[Schema Thing]

18. he may have gone to a second story window of his house and used binoculars

for all I know



"look" has meanings other than which the op assigned.

[snagglepuss]

28. From reports I heard, he went to look under the tarp. It was when he lifted

the tarp he was the suspect.

[etherealtruth]

21. I don't know if he is a fool ....

I do know I could not/ would not have done it.

I see myself running like hell and calling the authorities.

[mainstreetonce]

26. CNN said

the house owner drew back the tarp and saw the person. I know they are often wrong.

Thank God the person lived to call the police.

[etherealtruth]

29. Seriously ....

Under those circumstances (manhunt, crazed bomber shooter on the loose), could you have pulled back the tarp.

I am glad the guy is OK.

[AngryOldDem]

34. I wondered what he was thinking.

If I walk out of my house and see blood on my boat and the winterizing wrap torn up (which is, I assume, how it looked), I would run -- not walk -- to the nearest phone and call the law.

But that's just me.

[treestar]

36. I would call 911 right away

Even in ordinary circumstances.

If I lived in an area under lock down for the past 24 hours due to a still at-large terror suspect, I would call 911 right away. Like 2 seconds faster.

[FarCenter]

37. They released the driver of the SUV they hijacked unharmed

And that was when both brothers were together.

So he was probably safe if he beat a fast retreat.

[snagglepuss]

38. Ever hear what happens when you corner a rat?

[hlthe2b]

39. I'd likely have been too freaked out to take the dog outside.

Though she'd probably have eventually worn me down... But I might well regret training her to (rarely) bark...

[librechik]

40. yup--amazing

but I've noticed Boston folks are very confident and salt of the earth types.

I imagine him like one of those guys in the Dish Hopper commercials:

"Oh fa Pete's sake, I'm just looking under the TAAAAAHHHP!!!!"

[snagglepuss]

41. LOL

Thanks I needed that.

[librechik]

43. me 2

[R B Garr]

42. The latest is a report from his stepson who said he saw a line to the tarp cut

Something looked wrong with the tarp, and he went to look and saw the loose rope had been cut. Not worn or frayed but cut. Then he looked under and saw the blood and called the police. I forgot in the report if they said he actually saw the suspect or just saw the blood.

I was thinking the same thing as your OP. Kind of risky to look under the tarp. The guy could have shot him in the face. Why bother with the tarp! That's what the entire police force out looking for him is for at that point.

[snagglepuss]

44. Shot in the face or worse - he and his family could been taken hostage

at gun point had Jahar not been injured and Jahar could have then forced him to drive out of town.

[NoPasaran]

45. Fortune favors the bold.