[Sacajaweau]

This cane like weapon sounds like it's big and was in his car and not on his person. That would lead me to believe that he was part of this and not a victim. The whole scenario sounds like this guy wanted to wind up on TV and what we saw was what was supposed to happen except maybe a cop was supposed to get killed, too.

The neighbors comments that we've heard mean little. We see what we want to see. One of their comments was that he was always working on his car. Mechanical abilities?? We know nothing about the other dude that died.

They are telling us NOTHING!! It's one of those FBI things. They like to solve this themselves. They even had a party when they picked up the unabomber. Interestingly, one of the earliest reports, likened the 9 page note to a manifesto...the same term used in the unabomber case.

[StriperSniper]

sounds like this guy wanted to wind up on TV

That part I doubt. If it was NY or LA I might buy it, but not in Erie. The bomb had a set timer that went off less than an hour after the bank robbery. In a media center, one could expect to have a camera crew on spot pretty quick, but Erie? Now if an amateur camcorder type thing was good enough, maybe. But this whole thing is so wierd, who knows.

[185JHP]

The cane-like weapon may have been like a "bangstick" - shark weapon, for defense or attack.