Predator Commentary. Stephen Buchanan.
Added 2024-11-26 15:18:11 +0000 UTCThanks for being patient on this one.
I'm back in action and going full steam ahead. American Sniper trial is about 2/3rds the way done and I'll start streaming a new trial some time this week.
Hope all is well on your end and I'll keep you updated on what's to come later this week.
Likely next on the predator front will be the next set of Kosis pages.
Take it easy.
Dave.
Comments
One of my concerns about this one is speculation of what he actually planned. He lied until he was caught in a lie. In his police interview, he was so quick to accept responsibility for planning to sexually abuse a child after police revealed they searched his car. There’s the concept in interviews and interrogations that people will often be quick to admit to a lesser crime in order to build credibility and deflect attention from a larger one. With his encounter with the decoy, open admission to the intended abuse, and what they found in his car, I’m seriously concerned he planned to kidnap and rape the child by force. It’s just speculation, but is at the forefront of my mind. Food for thought.
Haley Hines
2024-12-05 05:58:00 +0000 UTCOne of my fav predator vids in a while! So...just your typical predator or kidnapper?? Here is my take: A few key things stood out that I think could be glossed over at first... 1 being the refusal to enter the home. Now this could be easily written off as him being suspicious of a sting operation, sure. Alternately, this could be interpreted as him not wanting to risk getting his DNA anywhere in her home, if he were planning to abduct her. This would explain why he was willing to come right to the threshhold and then so quick to enter without protest once he found out it WAS a sting. So if you consider this possibility, he was indeed taking an additional step to conceal his identity. I wonder if concealing his identity may explain why he asked they switch between all these different platforms-- wondering if he thought one might be easier to delete or more annonymous than another. Red flag 2: She brought up multiple times that she didn't want to be with him if he had a gun. She was very scared of a gun. Her being around him at all is contingent upon the fact that he does not have a gun. He goes out of his way to "prove" he doesn't, and assures her he has no gun to make her feel safe. But even as those words are coming out of his mouth, he is trying very hard to get her back to the car, where the loaded gun is. Now, had he not specifically gone out of his way to prove he didn't have a gun, just having the gun in the car would not have struck me as a red flag. Lastly, him appearing to go back and forth between wanting sex and wanting to "just show her around, no hooking up." This may be taken as him truly being conflicted. Or if you believe he had more sinister intentions, think about this: this is him regretting voicing all his crazy ass desires afterward because it may give her reason to be more wary or at least alert around him. Letting her know that "no, I will not be trying anything, just driving around getting to know eachother" would hopefully put his victim in a position to let her guard down. He may have thought, damn why did I say all that, I was better off with her thinking I'm a safe gentlemanly guy. I am just going to backpeddle to that. The duct tape goes without saying, especially when in combination with the knife gun and camera, is the most damning. Now maybe the guy had a whole tool box, and the knife and tape were just in amount the other tools. But having just duct tape and no other tools in your car, aside from a knife gun and camera, would be a huge red flag if that were the case. I think all this is highly sus and my conclusion is... very likely kidnapping intentions here. Although I found his persona with Hansen to be very disarming. Once I turned that off and took a closer look at his actions I think this guy could be one of the baddest Hansen caught. Thanks for a great upload! The commentary had me dying 😂 happy holiday!!
Allie
2024-11-27 04:57:43 +0000 UTCI have ptsd and I have to say EVEN IF I had this desire my ptsd would make me too paranoid to act on it. So the opposite i can't even go 60 in a 55 without sweating 😂😂
Nob Varly
2024-11-27 04:08:39 +0000 UTCMaybe the reason he didn't want to come into the house was that he was concerned about nanny cams. If the parents had a hidden camera in the house, and it captured him engaging in criminal activity, he'd be totally screwed. Maybe in his mind, getting her to get in his car is the safer bet in terms of not getting caught It could definitely also be because he was an aspiring serial killer, but there may be a a less vile explanation (though still very vile)
The Internet's #1 Herbert Hoover Stan
2024-11-27 03:03:02 +0000 UTCI know a few veterans that have actually seen combat that would, “knock the shit out of” this guy for blaming PTSD for grooming a child😂 also, the way he’s shakily talking about it and behaving reminds me of the classic JCS vid about pretending to be crazy 🙄 as always, thanks for all your hard work 💞
Kayleigh Moreno
2024-11-27 02:54:51 +0000 UTCI agree, I had the worst feeling. Never, ever go to a second location!!
Kayleigh Moreno
2024-11-27 02:36:11 +0000 UTCAs a woman, I feel nothing but utter dread as I watch the interaction of them at the door. He wants to take her to a second location where he has control. He’s trying so hard to get her away from an environment where she’s clearly expressed she does not feel comfortable leaving. The way he tried everything he could think of to get her to go with him gave me goosebumps, if this situation had been real I absolutely believe something terrible would have happened to the girl. Learning what he had in his car confirmed it for me.
Audrey Haywood
2024-11-26 23:32:36 +0000 UTCI appreciate you adding your thoughts in text. I see your point. And, as a woman, I struggle to accept the “just sex” perspective because it’s all just sex until it isn’t. And for women (and in this case, a child) that line is unpredictable. Sometimes just the threat is enough, and men can often escalate if facing embarrassment or rejection.
Lpez8
2024-11-26 23:15:08 +0000 UTCSelf reflection is an important skill and I enjoy your small insights into the situation and yourself. I like hearing your thoughts like that in your videos because it seems like you learn a little something besides "this man is scum". Maybe you are easy to manipulate, maybe not. I don't quite think so but I can't comment on that. Simply based on your comments and content, you simply wish to give a person the benefit of the doubt and that people can't ALWAYS be that bad, which is true. There's always a motive and expatiation. Maybe the length of time spent researching has really affected your viewpoints. I mean compare this guy and Lorne right? He too was a sad sad lonely pathetic man but also could have been a very real danger. This man too I feel was quite the danger.
Anthony Covarrubias
2024-11-26 20:30:13 +0000 UTCAh I dropped the ball big time on my ending thoughts on this one, if you scroll down a bit you'll see a big comment I left on another person's comment. To summarize, initially I felt as though there was no weight to this argument at all. I thought he was a dopey docile predator who likely had a whole bunch of random items in his car, like a web cam and duct tape. These were thrown in alongside his weapon which he probably carries everywhere and the condoms which I'm certain he purchased for the evening. Over all I didn't think it to be a kill kit or anything like that. By the end of the video though I had learned many of the things that I drew up on to find sympathy and understanding for the man ended up being either lies or misinformed. For example stolen valour pretending to have PTSD and not being lonely at all and having a girlfriend at the time of this incident. The level of sympathy I had for him, mixed with the revelations that what I had built the sympathy on made me feel like anything could've been possible with this guy. Furthermore, his willingness and openess to accept responsibility could even go as far to be a man who is coming to terms that he almost kidnapped someone, so accepting responsibility for this lesser offense is actually a relief for him. At the end of the day though, I do still think that it's an array of items that looks very bad for him, but likely what is happening is that he is a very dangerous sexual predator, but not some sort of killer or kidnapper. I mean, he used his full name with her, sent her images of himself, he didn't really seem like the sort to be too afraid of being tracked. If he had this big plan to kidnap her I would expect to see someone who is capable of that level of planning to go that little step further and hide their identity a little better. I think that I might re record my ending thoughts with this included seeing as I forgot to put it in. That says to me that he was there for sex and sex alone.
Dave's Lemonade
2024-11-26 20:13:24 +0000 UTCHey Dave, I think you mentioned that you didn't share the view that he was planning to abduct and rape or kill the girl and that you'd get more into that thought when the contents of his car came up, but you didn't bring it up again. What were your thoughts?
Ben L.
2024-11-26 19:54:06 +0000 UTCI also realize I may have not expressed in proper detail what troubled me about his police interview. Yes he took accountability but the way he owned everything struck me as a glimpse into the beast. Someone who was fully aware what they were doing was wrong, and now presented it to authority figures. People I'm certain he is inclined to bend to. The whole interview had me getting the sense that he wasn't bumbling around aimlessly, but rather hunting with intent. The more I think about how I constructed my ending thoughts there, the more I'm getting the feeling that I've missed the mark on correctly expressing exactly what sort of battle played out in my mind in regards to emotion v logic, what eventually won at the end and why, how I feel about that, what sort of self reflection I'll be doing following it and finally how I ended up feeling about the man by the end of this. I gave you all a breakdown of my play by play feelings throughout the scenario, and then didn't provide a deeper look into how I was feeling by the end. That's definitely a learn for me. I think, upon a bit more reflection, is that something is occurring which is a thing that occurs in my everyday friendships and family. The closer I feel towards someone, the more I assume they know how I'm feeling. These videos, I feel Ive built a connection with everyone watching over the years of doing this, so as the years go on, I analyse less, explain less, I'm more lax in how I make the script. I've gone from a commentator that did more analysis and breaking down, and changed into someone who's loosely chatting with his friends about how he feels. Not second checking each word or section or hyper fixating on how it's coming across. Because in my subconscious, we are all friends and surely you'll know or easily pickup on what I mean should've I not said it correctly. The problem here is that I stop watching every word that comes out of my mouth to ensure I'm saying exactly what I want to say. Trust me when I say this, this is absolutely an issue I face in day to day life. It's interesting to see it manifest here. And I'll start paying more attention to it from now on, because there's a middle ground between the two that I believe is a perfect fit for these videos. I can chat with friends but also analyse in depth and double check everything that I'm saying. What I'm saying here is that you didn't interpret anything I said wrong. Based on my re read of my ending thoughts and a listen back, it does sound like I have great sympathy for the man. And at a point I did, but that's not where I ended up. I didn't express this properly. Once again, I thank you for your critical comment as it's triggered a lot of thought for me, and this is something I'll be taking with me on all future videos.
Dave's Lemonade
2024-11-26 19:41:26 +0000 UTCI appreciate your comment very much. Pretty much that was the inner battle playing out in my mind by the end of this video. Everything you've mentioned I am very aware of and was trying to figure out why my logic was battling my emotions. Why did I give the benefit when on paper this is someone who absolutely doesn't deserve it. I didn't go into depth in the video on that inner battle because I've done it before in videos and wanted to keep this one free of any heavy self analysis. But trust me, it's there, and in the future when I start to feel any sympathy, I'll remember this predator. Whenever I make these videos, it's always my goal to be as honest with both you watching and myself as to how I feel. That way you can be sure to take my words and correctly interpret them without any hint that I'm trying to make you feel one way or another. Whether you agree with me or not, it's never my intention to change how you feel. Reading your comment here makes me feel good that you disagreed with how I felt, then felt confident enough to open a dialogue with me about it. My goal is always to be open with the journey that I go on when working on any video. And even though it may have seemed like a passing comment near the end of the video, I absolutely meant it when I said that I'm learning that I'm easily manipulated, and that is something I need to look at. Because in this instance, the logical facts that you've pointed out did not line up with my emotion. Something that both troubles and interests me, so it is something I'll be looking at, and likely something that'll travel with me through future videos.
Dave's Lemonade
2024-11-26 19:23:42 +0000 UTCI've never understood the shower thing. I've only ever wanted to be alone during a shower...
sampled tms
2024-11-26 19:18:59 +0000 UTCThese Hansen Vs Predator Interviews are so interesting to me. It seems Chris goes a bit easy on couple of the predators, sans Jeff lol. This guy is terrifying and it seems that Chris put a lot of the weight on his PTSD which, later, he seemed to regret.
Kevin Wright
2024-11-26 19:01:08 +0000 UTCYou made me crack up with imagining the predator being asked to cum outside 😅 you really know how to keep the content as light hearted as it can be lol
Lexie Pope
2024-11-26 18:15:17 +0000 UTCI do not have any sympathy for this man. The PTSD defense, the troubling items, his confidence and persistent at getting the decoy to come out (I find the offer to drive cars to be the most insidious here. This is a very common and successful grooming tactic), and I really don't think that this was his first time talking to a minor, even in person. He's hyper sexual, fixated on minors, manipulative, and aggressive. His police interview and him "taking accountability" wasn't that. It was just appealing to authority to manipulate the situation to get sympathy and a less judgement. i really did find this man to be disgusting. I am surprised you gave him initial benefit of the doubt because when I first watched his video and interview, it really didn't click with me and I didn't see anything worth feeling bad about. Simply put, this guy is scum.
Anthony Covarrubias
2024-11-26 17:30:44 +0000 UTCThis one was hard to watch. Great job as always Dave.
Roger Castilho
2024-11-26 17:27:50 +0000 UTCNot only using PTSD as a defense but later having it found out he never saw action as a truck mechanic makes his excuse twice as shit and evil.
Skylar Albert
2024-11-26 16:07:38 +0000 UTCOooooh boy. Here we go. This will be a wild ride....
Chantal Harris
2024-11-26 15:28:36 +0000 UTCOh man, this CREATURE that seemingly had especially nefarious plans for his would-be victim. I don't recall much from the chat logs, though, so this'll be interesting.
Joe Shea
2024-11-26 15:22:06 +0000 UTC
