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[Guevara]

Police in Tallahassee, Florida were on high alert after a message appeared on a sidewalk that looked very similar to the writing and cryptograms written by the Zodiac serial killer in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Northern California. The Zodiac Killer's identity is still unknown. Here's the message:

“You were wrong. I am not dead or in the hospital. I’m alive and well and I’m going to start killing again."

Turns out, the message was part of an assignment on serial killers and drug cartels in a Florida State University class. According to the Tallahassee Democrat, "the assignment was to write a message in a public forum, take a picture and send it to (professor Iheoma) Nwachukwu.

http://boingboing.net/2016/05/11/new-message-from-zodiac-killer.html

Well, I hope that student got an A+

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Dammit, Ted.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

How is this a G/A/F.

 

[Laevateinn]

I mean, he has a lot of free time now so why not?

 

[TheSlySoul]

Ted Cruz did just drop out, so I can understand why they thought it was real...

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Ted losing out in the primaries really affected him, didn't they. Now he's going to take it out on innocent Floridians!

 

[Team Alucard]

[IMG]http://heaviermetal.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ted-cruz-supplies-zodiac-killer.jpg[/IMG]

 

[Orbis Tabula]

How is this a G/A/F.

Yeah, good question. I always thought it stood for "Grenada/Algeria/Finland"

 

[off duty ninja]

How is this a G/A/F.

Or WHAT is G/A/F?

 

[entremet]

Oh it's "Art".

I can't blame the cops for this one.

 

[Amory]

This seems like it should be illegal. How is it not going to cause a public disturbance?

 

[Guevara]

How is this a G/A/F.

It happened in Florida.

Which is hilarious given the Zodiac never killed anyone outside of Northern California.

 

[Dali]

What kind of stupid ass teacher would give that assignment?

 

[SecretMoblin]

This seems like it should be illegal. How is it not going to cause a public disturbance?

Yes, this seems familiar.

 

[MMarston]

What kind of stupid ass teacher would give that assignment?

You'd be surprised how many assignments like this actually happen for art classes.

 

[80s Bad Guy]

It happened in Florida.

Which is hilarious given the Zodiac never killed anyone outside of Northern California.

Well, he is retired.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

What kind of stupid ass teacher would give that assignment?

The kind of teacher that wants to get the police confused with false reports of serial killings...hmm....

 

[NoblesseOblige]

It happened in Florida.

Which is hilarious given the Zodiac never killed anyone outside of Northern California.

Yeah, but Florida shares the same country as California. So it's clearly the only obviously choice of the three. Atop of that this is a case of bad art causing a kerfuffle, another very American thing as of recent. So I just don't see how the answer could be anything besides Florida. In fact I knew it was Florida by the first 4 words alone.

 

[John Kowalski]

Oh it's "Art".

I can't blame the cops for this one.

The whole thing with serial killer imagery is really interesting to be honest. Like, the layer of symbols and meanings form both real and fictional sources that have melded into this very popular iconography representing this very untrustworthy image of a serial killer. I love it, and i'd have loved to do something like this.

It's kind of interesting on a second level too, because the Zodiac Killer is himself a very strong influence on that kind of imagery. But the cops probably inferred that it was his message because of his place as an icon in the first place. Very cool.

 

[Poltergust]

Yeah, but Florida shares the same country as California. So it's clearly the only obviously choice of the three. Atop of that this is a case of bad art causing a kerfuffle, another very American thing as of recent. So I just don't see how the answer could be anything besides Florida. In fact I knew it was Florida by the first 4 words alone.

G/A/F can also be Georgia/Alabama/Florida, though.

 

[Guevara]

Yeah, but Florida shares the same country as California. So it's clearly the only obviously choice of the three. Atop of that this is a case of bad art causing a kerfuffle, another very American thing as of recent. So I just don't see how the answer could be anything besides Florida. In fact I knew it was Florida by the first 4 words alone.

I'm sorry for letting you down :-(

 

[Robdraggoo]

Florida again?

There like the ljn of states.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

G/A/F can also be Georgia/Alabama/Florida, though.

Oh it can? I didn't realize that. IN that case I probably would have guessed Alabama.

 

[spookyfish]

Dammit, Ted.

Flawless.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Let's be honest. G/A/F isn't a real game anyway. The answer is literally always Florida.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

This seems like it should be illegal. How is it not going to cause a public disturbance?

I used to leave "killer's notes" in bibles in motel/hotel rooms. I wonder if one ever prompt a police call. I was such an awful adolescent. I should probably be in jail.

 

[Nanashrew]

Yes, this seems familiar.

I remember this. It also made the current CEO of Cartoon Network at the time resign from his position. Before that incident he was the greatest CEO the company had and put the artists first and why we got so many original cartoons in abundance.

Anyway, I hope nothing bad happens to the kid but I imagine he's getting an A+. Also that assignment is kinda weird cause it's easy to cause a public scare like this.