# Explosions at Boston Marathon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781 "2013-04-15T19:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/521 "2013-04-18T16:55:44Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Internet sleuthing isn’t going very well.](http://deadspin.com/the-boston-bombing-witch-hunt-bags-another-innocent-kid-476001019) Wow! I was convinced it was those guys last night! Maybe it’s creepy blue bathrobe guy then. He looks like a killer… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/522 "2013-04-18T17:11:33Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > Wow! I was convinced it was those guys last night! > > Maybe it’s creepy blue bathrobe guy then. He looks like a killer… I don’t think that’s a bathrobe. If it is, though, we may be dealing with a Jedi. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/523 "2013-04-18T17:23:57Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I don’t think that’s a bathrobe. If it is, though, we may be dealing with a Jedi. - waves hand These aren’t the suspects you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/524 "2013-04-18T17:25:10Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > And I am guessing the perps name is Heisenberg. No, the death of at least one cat has been confirmed. So it isn’t him. > [@Duke\_of\_Rat](#): > > He probably fled in an unknown direction. Well, we know how fast he was going - if only we could establish his position… Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/525 "2013-04-18T17:51:07Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I would say it is going infinitely better than the NY Post reporting, though. [Shit is real, indeed.](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/runners-fingered-as-bombing-suspects-875362) At least judging by these posts, these kids are not taking it too badly. Can’t imagine what they must have felt though, seeing their photos filling front pages. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/526 "2013-04-18T18:20:18Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > how quickly do groups claim their attacks? even if it’s a lone nut it seems unlikely the type would not gloat or remain quiet about it. I don’t know how quickly groups who _did_ it claim their attacks, but I can state authoritatively that the “Standard Time Society” (STS) claimed responsibility within minutes of the Oklahoma City bombing, even though we had nothing to do with it. I called in the claim. ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/527 "2013-04-18T18:49:28Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > I don’t know how quickly groups who _did_ it claim their attacks, but I can state authoritatively that the “Standard Time Society” (STS) claimed responsibility within minutes of the Oklahoma City bombing, even though we had nothing to do with it. I called in the claim. This is not the first time you’ve related this anecdote so I assume you’re presenting this as something you did and not a joke. I will therefore respond as if you actually made that call. Why would you think it’s a good idea to impede an investigation into a horrific crime by creating a false lead? And then, on top of that, to brag about that on the internet? Multiple times, no less. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/528 "2013-04-18T18:52:25Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > The New York Times has an article about the guy in the gruesome photo. He’s alive and his family learned of his fate from the picture via internet. I’m not sure how I feel about that. But I guess there really isn’t _any_ good way of learning that your son’s legs have been blown off. Though, they probably didn’t need to see pictures of it. > > Warning photo (cropped) at top of page. Don’t click if you don’t want to see. The article is very moving and upsetting. > [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/in-grisly-image-a-father-sees-his-son.html?hp&\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/in-grisly-image-a-father-sees-his-son.html?hp&_r=0) Conspiracy theorists out there: please note that he is NOT identified as Nick Vogt, a double amputee U.S. soldier. If you think that there is no Jeff Baumann, or that he’s a made-up identity, it’s up to YOU to prove it with something other than “they kinda look alike.” ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/529 "2013-04-18T19:30:43Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Conspiracy theorists out there: please note that he is NOT identified as Nick Vogt, a double amputee U.S. soldier. > > If you think that there is no Jeff Baumann, or that he’s a made-up identity, it’s up to YOU to prove it with something other than “they kinda look alike.” I just Googled that name to find some kookery and WTF! Surely these idiots are just doing it for fun. Surely they don’t actually believe the stories they make up, right? They have to be just doing it as a game. People saw and photographed this guy seconds after the blast with his foot blown clear off the bottom of his leg. He was photographed at the marathon before the bomb went off. He doesn’t even look especially like this Vogt dude. It’s a game, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/530 "2013-04-18T19:35:02Z")
> [@Mithras](#): > > This is not the first time you’ve related this anecdote so I assume you’re presenting this as something you did and not a joke. I will therefore respond as if you actually made that call. > > Why would you think it’s a good idea to impede an investigation into a horrific crime by creating a false lead? And then, on top of that, to brag about that on the internet? Multiple times, no less. Work your political point, at every opportunity. Daylight Saving Time sucks. It’s evil. Kill it. [“Standard Time Society” political boiler-plate follows] We are a terrorist organization, dedicated to the idea that DST sucks. We are dedicated to committing terrorist acts, until the powers that be decide that Daylight Saving Time isn’t worth the bloodshed and carnage, and stop doing it. That is all. Yes, we have an FBI file. Someone I know has seen it. Some of us have made the call. Including me. We are generally classified as “nutters”. I can live with that. As long as DST is killed. The funny thing is that I joined this board about 3 years ago, and just about then was the _only_ time I mentioned the “claiming responsibility” for OKC, and you remember! Shit! I’m important in your mind! I feel so _special_! You should maybe seek help for keeping those memories in your head for that long. Seriously, you’re getting psychotic about it. You need to lighten up, dude. Even the FBI doesn’t obsess about me like that. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/531 "2013-04-18T19:42:44Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > The funny thing is that I joined this board about 3 years ago, and just about then was the _only_ time I mentioned the “claiming responsibility” for OKC, and you remember! Shit! I’m important in your mind! I feel so _special_! You should maybe seek help for keeping those memories in your head for that long. Seriously, you’re getting psychotic about it. You need to lighten up, dude. Even the FBI doesn’t obsess about me like that. **Cheshire Human** I can’t tell if you are kidding here or not. Whatever your game is, you can’t tell people they’re psychotic and to lighten up after dropping this kind of … whatever it is. So stop with the insults. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/532 "2013-04-18T19:53:48Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > **Cheshire Human** I can’t tell if you are kidding here or not. Whatever your game is, you can’t tell people they’re psychotic and to lighten up after dropping this kind of … whatever it is. So stop with the insults. Yes, you’re right. Three years ago is beyond the pale. ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/533 "2013-04-18T19:55:38Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > The funny thing is that I joined this board about 3 years ago, and just about then was the _only_ time I mentioned the “claiming responsibility” for OKC, and you remember! Shit! I’m important in your mind! I feel so _special_! You should maybe seek help for keeping those memories in your head for that long. Seriously, you’re getting psychotic about it. You need to lighten up, dude. Even the FBI doesn’t obsess about me like that. I’d thought that making a joke about claiming responsibility for the Oklahoma City bombing as part of an organization dedicated to ending daylight savings time was sort of funny. Standard Time Society seems like the kind of thing a few high-school kids would have put together and because high-schoolers have an abundance of free time, I thought there might be a webpage that could supply me with a chuckle or two. Instead, a search of Google found only your other ill-conceived post on the matter. So I guess I have to regretfully inform you that if I did actually read your post three years ago, it was not memorable enough for me to have any recollection of it. I will, however, make an attempt to remember your response here. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/534 "2013-04-18T20:06:35Z")
> [@Mithras](#): > > I’d thought that making a joke about claiming responsibility for the Oklahoma City bombing as part of an organization dedicated to ending daylight savings time was sort of funny. Standard Time Society seems like the kind of thing a few high-school kids would have put together and because high-schoolers have an abundance of free time, I thought there might be a webpage that could supply me with a chuckle or two. Instead, a search of Google found only your other ill-conceived post on the matter. So I guess I have to regretfully inform you that if I did actually read your post three years ago, it was not memorable enough for me to have any recollection of it. I will, however, make an attempt to remember your response here. Cite? I _really_ want to see what sort of shit I left on the ‘intertubes’. I _really_ want to see what “Standard Time Society” did. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/535 "2013-04-18T20:23:51Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Cite? I _really_ want to see what sort of shit I left on the ‘intertubes’. I _really_ want to see what “Standard Time Society” did. And now is a warning for you. End the snark and hijack since it wasn’t clear for you the first time. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/536 "2013-04-18T20:38:35Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Cite? I _really_ want to see what sort of shit I left on the ‘intertubes’. I _really_ want to see what “Standard Time Society” did. Uh, that’s his point- there was nothing else other than your post from 3 years ago… ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/537 "2013-04-18T20:38:43Z")
[This CNN article](http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/boston-marathon-second-victim/index.html) says that Krystle Campbell’s parents went to the hospital after being informed that their daughter survived but might lose a leg. When they got there and saw the patient, they discovered that it was not their daughter, but her good friend instead, who had been carrying something with Krystle’s name on it. That’s when they found out their daughter had died. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/538 "2013-04-18T20:44:30Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > And now is a warning for you. End the snark and hijack since it wasn’t clear for you the first time. Sorry- missed this when I posted. Hopefully it’s not considered too bad of a continuation of a hijack ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/539 "2013-04-18T20:51:26Z")
They’re showing pictures of suspect number 2 on tv in boston right now… ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/540 "2013-04-18T20:59:22Z")
[www.myfoxboston.com](http://www.myfoxboston.com) is showing the photo as well… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=28)