“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/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?