THE SOMERTON MAN, THE REASONS...

 

THIS POST IS PUBLISHED WITH GRATEFUL THANKS TO Mr. PAUL LAWSON

The 'Cranial Floor' that you see above is what Paul Lawson would have seen that day. It was clean...

The reason Paul Lawson wouldn't go any further with the removal process was that it had already been done...

'HIS SKIN WAS LIKE LEATHER, LIKE THE UPPERS ON A PAIR OF SHOES'

'I COULD MOVE IT BUT NOT STRETCH IT'

'THE SKIN HAD BEEN SEWN UP QUITE TIGHTLY, I UNPICKED IT'

'WHEN I PULLED THE SKIN IT PULLED AWAY EASILY AND THE SKULL CAP FELL INTO MY HANDS'

' I LOOKED INSIDE THE SKULL, IT WAS EMPTY, WHAT SURPRISED ME WAS THAT IT WAS CLEAN. THERE WERE NO TISSUE REMNANTS, NOTHING. IT HAD BEEN CLEANED'

'THE HEAD MUST HAVE BEEN REMOVED, THE INSIDE OF THE SKULL THOROUGHLY CLEANED AND PUT BACK IN AND SEWN UP'

These were Paul Lawson's words when he described to me what he did at the morgue that day.

THE IMPLICATIONS 

It seems to me that these words and a sentence that he spoke later in our discussion, reveal some new facts. 

These facts, by themselves, are startling enough. But when reviewed in conjunction with other, recent, equally momentous,  revelations around the case that we have found, including the Boxall codes and the conclusion and implications we reached on the sudden appearance of a box of matches, shed an entirely new light on this nearly 72 year old cold case. See and read the relevant posts here:

https://tamamshud.blogspot.com/2019/10/somerton-man-fourth-option.html

and here:

https://tamamshud.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-silent-witness.html

1. The fact that the skull had been cleaned tells us that it had to have been removed in order to do that.

2. We know that, as per the previous post, that the removal, cleaning and replacement process would have taken some hours to complete. 3 to 4 hours is my best estimate.

3. This length of time needed would mean that the skull would have been taken away from the morgue for that purpose or that the body had been in another place for the procedure to be carried out. 

There is another option.

Given the time issue of 3 to 4 hours, that would mean an increased likelihood of discovery during the process. 

I suggest that whoever did this could have had a replacement skull ready to put back onto the body. 

This, in turn, means that the skull that was buried with the body was not the original but a replacement. If the body is ever exhumed, that could well be what is found.

It is also possible that the removal and cleaning was done during another procedure. There was only the one that took place after the autopsy, the embalming. It could have happened then or after.

Consider this carefully, if the cleaning had taken place at the time of the embalming then anyone who viewed the body after that time would have seen this face:

The result perhaps of using a different skull inside the facial tissues of the original Somerton man.

Looking back at posts from 2014, we discussed the possibility that the Police had disposed of the original body. Not quite right but it looks to be possible that part of another body was used:

https://tamamshud.blogspot.com/2014/09/somerton-man-was-there-another-body.html

It has already been documented that the first images of the Somerton Man had been altered, here we have proof that the pre-burial images were modified significantly and that is in addition to the likelihood of a replacement skull.

The obvious question is why these things were done? Another post will deal with answers to that question. It seems to me that we are finally closing in on the truth of the death of the Somerton Man

To conclude this post, here are the other words from Paul Lawson:

' THE PEOPLE FROM KANGAROO ISLAND THOUGHT THAT THE MAN LOOKED LIKE THE ONE THEY ONCE KNEW BUT, HE DIDN'T HAVE A SHARP, POINTED NOSE. IT WAS MORE FLAT.'

The image above clearly shows the differences between the appearance of the Somerton Man following his autopsy and then pre-burial. In particular, observe the shape and length of the nose.

That's interesting.

Another post soon.