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Post on the Shirt Ripple at the Neckline

Screenshot of an X post above an embedded low-resolution video frame of a man in a white t-shirt speaking at a podium

What This Image Shows

A screenshot of a post from an account shown as Coyote of Wallstreet, handle @YoteOfStreet. Below the text is an embedded low-resolution video player at 0:23 showing a man in a white t-shirt speaking, with tour banner lettering behind him.

The post reads: "What exploded underneath Charlie's t-shirt around the neckline? The effect of that explosion is what caused a laceration to his neck. Before the explosion is audibly heard, Charlie's t-shirt ripples at the neckline forming a visible shockwave!!"

This is the exploding-microphone argument in its compressed form, and it is one of the most consequential lines in the whole investigation. The claim rests on frame timing: if fabric moves before the report is audible, the energy source has to be closer than a distant rifle. This archive tracks the microphone hardware, the shirt movement analysis and the wound description in detail, and the counterargument that shockwave arrival can precede the muzzle report is part of that record. See The Mic, Cause of Death and Electrocution.

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