Somerton Man Beach Scene Reconstruction

 

Title: "The Fifteen Yard Question"

Look at this image carefully. I reconstruced it from descriptions and the Police Photograph taken at the time.

This is gets close to being the view John Lyons had on November 30, 1948, at around 6.40 pm. I've reconstructed the image using precision tools and a little help from AI, fifteen yards from the steps, straight angle, correct elevation.

You can see him clearly. The man. His arm extended upward, as was described in Lyons's account of his return journeythen falling. Just as Lyons testified.

The steps to the esplanade. The low seawall. The Crippled Children's Home in the background. The sand disturbed from hours of people walking over it, I had some trouble getting the right sand effects the beach at Somerton is nirmally quite smooth apart from foot traffic and the occaisional strong wind. Apart from that every detail matches the witness statement.

Here's what changes everything:

Twenty minutes earlier, Mr. Lyons walked this exact path But saw nothing.

Same light. Same angle. Same clear sightlines. Nothing.

Then they return. And there he is. Impossible to miss.

Which means the man arrived in that twenty-minute window. Between approximately 6:40pm and 7:00pm. While the Lyons were walking to Broadway.

This isn't speculation. This is geometry meeting testimony. This is what forensic reconstruction reveals when you stop guessing and start measuring.

For 77 years, people assumed Lyons might have missed him, myself included. Looked the wrong way. Wasn't paying attention.

Look at this image. Could YOU miss this?

No. And I don't think Mr Lyons would have either.

The man wasn't there. Then he was.

Twenty minutes. That's the window. That's when he arrived on Somerton Beach.

And around six hours later, he would be dead.

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