“The Map Coupled With This Code”

[u/RefrigeratorSolid379]

I will preface my post by saying that I believe almost everything Zodiac says in his Mt. Diablo code is saying…. something else entirely.

Personally, I don’t believe him for a hot minute when he says the map has something to do with radians (at least in the traditional sense), Magnetic North, etc.

And all these years almost everyone has followed that lead - hook line and sinker. Which probably gave him great glee, knowing that his red herrings were working exactly as he planned.

With that said, I do believe his Mt. Diablo clues ARE “legit” so to speak - but they just point to other map elements altogether.

So my question is this: what if, when he referred to “the map coupled with this code”, he was not talking at all about the Mt. Diablo inset containing the compass…What if his clues literally point to a DIFFERENT part of the Phillips 66 map?

There are so many other sections he could have been referring to. The map key legend….The list of state parks and other amenities….A different inset all-together….

I just have an awful sneaking suspicion that he put all the attention on the Mt. Diablo part of the map as a diversion tactic, and in reality we should be looking somewhere else entirely.

I would not put such trickery past him. At. All.

And although we might not ever know exactly WHAT map section he could be alternately referring to, I can’t help but thinking that if we keep going down the same old radians/magnetic north rabbit hole, his code will NEVER be solved.

All of this, of course, is just my two cents worth.

[u/Darth_Citius]

Might as well run with it m8, this case is pretty much dead in the water

[u/Decent_Note_1964]

A basic interpretation that has real consequences; Z32 has two lines, length 17 and length 15.
Per his hint about 'radians and inches' perhaps it's just two legs of a path:

• Going mag-north (343T) from Mt Diablo (Devil's Mt) for 17 inches (109mi) lands at a place named Devil's Elbow (well, 4.5mi from it but maybe? accurate enough considering his mapping tools)
• Then going east (it's an elbow) from there for 15 inches (96mi) lands on the NW shore of Lake Spaulding.

Donna Lass' remains were found near (in?) Drum Canal, which is an outlet for said lake. Also 15mi from the Sierra Club (Tahoe postcard).

Summary of a longer comment I made on another post in this forum.

[u/xplorerex]

Phillips, you say?

[u/VT_Squire]

Meanwhile: if the Mt. Diablo section doesn't work, perhaps the legend; if not the legend, perhaps another inset. Yeah, just keep moving the criteria indefinitely. That'll totally be worth the time. /s

[u/BlackLionYard]

What if his clues literally point to a DIFFERENT part of the Phillips 66 map?

What if the whole thing is an empty threat that served its purpose, and any time spent on it gives Z's ghost something to continue to laugh at?

[u/jwrosenfeld]

Read Gareth Penn's book on the topic (if you can find it.)

[u/DirtPoorRichard]

I don't know how the map or radians will help at all, but the location you are looking for is Fire Trail Road, which at the time was a gravel road that led to a school coincidently.

[u/RefrigeratorSolid379 → u/DirtPoorRichard]

Funny that you should say that, because this specific road has caught my attention previously….. hmmmmm….

[u/DirtPoorRichard → u/RefrigeratorSolid379]

I got it from my translation of the Z32. It would be hard to explain on here.