They were stood in the road, Jane walked up along the pavement, so they weren't exactly right next to her. Two men deeply engaged in conversation would not necessarily turn to look at someone else walking by, even if they did hear the deafening roar of flip flops approaching. Do you notice every single person who walks past you, or are you sometimes too busy or not really nosey enough look around?
This again, is a case of confirmation bias. You see this apparent discrepancy and decide it reinforces your belief about them all lying about what happened. You have to wonder though, if there was a pact among the group to cover something up, and the Tanner sighting was just something invented to enforce the theory of an abduction taking place, why didn't Gerry just state that he DID see Jane at that time?
Yep, they were standing in the road, on its west side across the passageway.
-Gerry had his back foot on the kerb and front foot in the road.
- Stephen Carpenter stood in the road
- He commented about cars being parked up there (I seem to remember that at one stage he mentioned about 6 cars. I no longer go back searching - old age - so if you don't believe me about the 6 cars, that's OK with me.) But there were cars parked.
- Jez was standing in the road too, more or less facing Gerry.
- They were standing between cars: the safest place with a baby. Might one of the cars have been a big van, blocking the view? Dunno, but I do remember a musician sleeping there and living in a van. Can't remember his name
John produced a splendid mock up image that was posted for a long time, but I see that he has changed it.
He had the men in the correct place in the roadway across the entrance to the alleyway, but now they are moved farther up the road, no longer shown across the alleyway. At the alleyway, the pavement is 9 feet wide. A very big width for Jane to pass Gerry easily. In Johns new image, they are moved to a spot where the overhanging hedge drastically narrows the passing width.
This new image gives false information. Please can we have the image corrected John. Show the full depth
- In Amarals video, 'O Enigma', he personally points out the spot where the two men stood chatting. It is in the middle of the alleyway.
*** What cheats they are. The relevant part with Amaral pointing out where Gerry and Jez stood from about 15.34-15.53 has been covered by a video called 'OS AVISTANTENT', but a bit has been left. I dont speak Portuguese so I don't know whether that is relevant.*** The video carries on a bit but the pointing of actual places has been hidden
- Jez's image on paper as cofirmed by Amaral
- Janes appearance in the Cutting Edge Video starting about 9.40 where she holds her anger back at Gerrys mistake and very definitely shows where the men chatted. Confirmed by Amaral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkc3C6csaHIJane most certainly did not have to squeeze by Gerry as some seem to imply. Bags of room.
- and the lighting was apalling
