[Old Student]

I've got about 7 decent pics, if I can ever figure out how to post them. Couple of facts apparent from the walkabout:

1. Small bomb. He broke some glass at GL Cross Hall, 75 feet away, at at the architecture building, 138 feet away. It is about 140 yards to the parking garage at the OU Memorial Stadium, another 70 or so yards to the stadium itself. No damage there.

2. He destroyed the teak park bench he was sitting on, and he was "gone from the waist up" according to a cop I talked to, who was one of the first on scene. He suggested something the size of a ziplock baggie. (about the 1-2 kilos I suggested yesterday) No shattered pavement, no stripped bark or leaves from the tree about 20 feet away, and no shrapnel damage to the cast-aluminum lamp post about the same distance on the opposite side.

3. He was within 10 meters of one or more buses. Quite possibly 3 meters, depending on where they were parked (long gone when I got there). My photos were taken about 20-40 minutes shy of 48 hours after the blast, about 6:45.

4. The park bench has already been replaced. Photographer from OU Daily was taking pics of it as I arrived, while cops were making measurements as I walked to class, and as I left, taking my pics on my way home. Couple of newsguys with a video camera, too, mike cover said "Noticias" so I expect they're from one of the local Spanish-language stations.

5. Someone on the thread laughed at the suggestion that it might have been a nice place to sit. It would have been. Bet too many people will be spooked by it to sit there anytime soon.

6. The cop said that he had asked people to leave, as the situation was possibly still dangerous, and about 80-90% of those he talked to refused. Only a few actually left. He figures those are the smart ones, as they would likely have been safe if more bombs were laying around somewhere. They kept people in the stadium to keep them safe, too. 84,000 people suddenly flushed out, would have taken possibly a thousand casualties from the stampede, versus the one to ten or so hurt by a bomb like the one Hinrichs III had. Makes good sense to me.

While I was talking to him, a jogger with her dog tried to cut across the grass about 30 feet or so before she got to the area where the bench was. Her dog dragged her half-way there, with its nose to the ground, before she got her balance back to make it follow her... I have a vivid imagination, and I can clearly imagine what it was smelling, although I could smell nothing at all.

[PhiKapMom]

Did you hear the Channel 4 news report at 10? They haven't determined if it was an accident or suicide and she said it may take months before the body (what's left) is released and they have to DNA to determine if it was this kid.

Then they showed how we were padlocked in the stadium after this happened. These were huge padlocks. What if more bombs were in the stadium -- did the numbskulls that did that ever consider that possibility?

The bag check at Gate 7 that night was cursory at best.

No one I know that has seen his picture is buying the OU Administration storyline.

BTW, Channel 4 reported FBI is in charge and being tight lipped.

[krunkygirl]

Thank you for your "on site" report.

[Palladin]

.>>> He destroyed the teak park bench he was sitting on, and he was "gone from the waist up" according to a cop I talked to, who was one of the first on scene. He suggested something the size of a ziplock baggie. (about the 1-2 kilos I suggested yesterday) No shattered pavement, no stripped bark or leaves from the tree about 20 feet away, and no shrapnel damage to the cast-aluminum lamp post about the same distance on the opposite side.<<<

So what kind of damage would a bomb that size do INSIDE a bus??

[Nam Vet]

Thanks for keeping us updated.

Nam Vet

[OXENinFLA]

I've got about 7 decent pics, if I can ever figure out how to post them.

Got an imageshack account?

If not freepmail me and I'll give you e-mail address where you can send them to me and I'll up load them.

[appalachian_dweller]

thanks much for the report OS!

[SlowBoat407]

One FReeper on scene is more credible and reliable than the entire MSM. Thanks, OS, for the follow-up.