Robert Peter Ackerman - Zodiac’s Halloween Card Mystery Symbol – Decoded

For those who may question whether Graysmith was on the right track with regard to at least one of Zodiac's Cryptography reference sources and inspirations...

I just picked up from my local library, my reservation of David Kahn's, The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing. New York : Macmillan, 1967. No sooner did I have the hefty tome in my hands than I went straight to the index for "Runes."

I was directed to two pages including an entire illustration of the Swedish Rok stone. From Graysmith's lead, and with Kahn's book less than 20 seconds in my hands, take a look at what I saw for myself:

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http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/Shoebakka/Forensics/RokStoneofSwed...

Now, do these look familiar?

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http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/Shoebakka/Forensics/1970jOct27Hall...

Can there be any doubt about Zodiac's origin of his heretofore "mystery" symbol? Note the very angle at which the top runes of the Rok stone are fused. As I progress through my reading of "The Codebreakers," I may request of Chris Yarbrough, a Blog of my own on his ZodiacKillerTRUTH site in order to discuss my further analyses and findings.

--Robert Peter Ackerman
April 22, 2010