A thought about Jock...

Posted by ROB T. from 162.10.138.28 on June 17, 1999 at 23:08:43:

A few weeks ago we were talking about whether or not Jock had brought Indy into the jungle or was just there to pick him up. If Indy flew in then why did he need donkeys and porters for a trip of just a few hundred feet? If he walked in then how did Jock know where to pick him up?
I don't have a definitive answer but I do have another piece of the puzzle I'd like to throw out there that adds to the mystery.
When Indy and Satipo and Barranca are walking along and they find the poison dart in the tree, Satipo picks it up and tastes it. He says, "The Hovitos are near. The poison is still fresh. Three days. They're following us."
and Barranca says, "If they knew we were here, they would have killed us already."

My observation is this. It seems that Satipo is saying that the Hovitos have been following them for three days which would mean that Jock couldn't have dropped Indy off at the place in the river where we see him waiting. They must have been trekking through the jungle for at least the last three days.

What do you all think???

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If I were Indy and anticipated several days' bushwacking with those shifty dudes, I would have certainly prearranged a ride with my ol' amigo Jock (in case of la emergencia). Using this reasoning we can also account for the scruffy beard on our normally dapper Dr. Jones... (nm) Inbanana Jones 23:15:31 6/17/99 (2)
- It may also not be prudent to put much trust in Sapito's estimation of Hovito movements based on a dart that may well have just missed a bushpig intended for supper. Inbanana 23:20:44 6/17/99 (1)
  - "JOCK!! START THE ENGINE-- JOCK!!"(nm) Short Round 10:03:51 6/18/99 (0)

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: A few weeks ago we were talking about whether or not Jock had brought Indy into the jungle or was just there to pick him up. If Indy flew in then why did he need donkeys and porters for a trip of just a few hundred feet? If he walked in then how did Jock know where to pick him up?
: I don't have a definitive answer but I do have another piece of the puzzle I'd like to throw out there that adds to the mystery.
: When Indy and Satipo and Barranca are walking along and they find the poison dart in the tree, Satipo picks it up and tastes it. He says, "The Hovitos are near. The poison is still fresh. Three days. They're following us."
: and Barranca says, "If they knew we were here, they would have killed us already."

: My observation is this. It seems that Satipo is saying that the Hovitos have been following them for three days which would mean that Jock couldn't have dropped Indy off at the place in the river where we see him waiting. They must have been trekking through the jungle for at least the last three days.

: What do you all think???

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