CLAIM
The daisy sticker is a code
A daisy sticker is visible on the yellow car. No key or repeated pattern connects it to another item.
PROBABLY NOTHINGMARGINALIA / AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Who made
the archive?
Someone wrote the questions. We do not know whether they were first to ask them.
One hand? Two?
Red circles. Black questions. Different pens and different surfaces. That could mean several contributors, or one person working over time. A change in handwriting is not a second investigator by itself.
Journalist, friend, relative, visitor, unofficial investigator: each possibility changes how we read the same material. None has been established. The archive may contain items collected by people who never met.
The idea that Alice assembled it herself is on the board. It relies on a “she” written on a photograph, then assumes that “she” must be Alice. That is two steps, not one.
Compare the handwriting theories →Things people say are clues.
CLAIM
Seventeen is everywhere
A motel room has a number. Counting unrelated objects until they reach seventeen adds no evidence.
PLEASE STOPCLAIM
The lighthouse lamp proves a signal
Reflections, exposure and different photographic dates can change a window’s appearance.
INCONCLUSIVECLAIM
Morning Star took Alice away
A boat name is circled. There is no passenger list, route or departure time.
INCONCLUSIVECLAIM
The payphone was her last call
Someone wrote “last call?” No call log accompanies the picture.
INCONCLUSIVECLAIM
A light at Town Hall means records were destroyed
One window is lit. We cannot identify the room, occupant or activity.
PLEASE STOP