The sewn up ear gauge is the biggest give away (Crooks has no indication of any previous ear gauges),
To me this is part of the conspiracy. I heard that the ears naturally return to their normal size after an ear plug is removed. But they sewed his ear shut quickly to confuse his identity which is retarded because we can see the stitching which is more evidence of a conspiracy and a cover-up.
Exactly. If his ear gauges had still been in it would have been so, so obvious. But they wanted to remove easily identifiable features so they removed his gauges and quickly sewed up the holes. Looks like the scar is less than a month old at least, probably a couple weeks.
To me this is part of the conspiracy. I heard that the ears naturally return to their normal size after an ear plug is removed. But they sewed his ear shut quickly to confuse his identity which is retarded because we can see the stitching which is more evidence of a conspiracy and a cover-up.
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Only up to a point. At a certain size, the holes will not close on their own and have to be sewn shut.
Oh.
Exactly. If his ear gauges had still been in it would have been so, so obvious. But they wanted to remove easily identifiable features so they removed his gauges and quickly sewed up the holes. Looks like the scar is less than a month old at least, probably a couple weeks.