Caller · moment 19 of 21
Caller's Story: Reconstructing How He Got There
from The Smiley Face Killers · #132
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Tim and the caller pore over Google Maps images of the dam's barbed-wire fencing, debating how someone could have physically placed him there without a struggle, and closing with the caller's 'most likely to survive the Hunger Games' joke.
- 1:12:10Tim says he retired from conspiracy theories two episodes ago, but callers keep showing him symbols they claim represent child sex trafficking in logos like donut brands.
- 1:12:51The caller explains how he couldn't have climbed into the dam location himself—there's barbed wire everywhere and a locked chain-link fence door that would require a key.
- 1:14:04Tim agrees it's far more likely somebody placed the caller there than he got in on his own, and asks if someone working at the dam or with access to keys might have been involved.
- 1:14:48The caller describes a 15-foot fence with jail-style curled barbed wire—if he'd crawled through it drunk, his clothes would have been torn apart, but he was mostly unscathed except for cuts on his hand from exiting.
- 1:16:00Tim looks at Google Maps and Google Images of the dam, confirming he can see the riverside view and how narrow and long the structure is with rushing water on both sides.
- 1:17:19Tim pivots to his own drinking story: he once got so drunk he bought a house and woke up confused, then spent seven years trying to find the exit before extricating himself.
- 1:18:00Tim reflects on how incredible it is that the caller survived and now has a good life, noting that many people in his position would have simply rolled off the dam.
- 1:18:25The caller reveals he was voted most likely to survive the Hunger Games in high school, which he says is actually true and visible in the yearbook.
- 1:18:46Tim thanks the caller for taking the time to talk and wraps up the interview.
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