I've often wondered if the blood that the hitchhiker smeared on the van was meant as a means of making them for death, or the guy was just plain ape-s**t crazy. And good theories on this?
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Marking them for death
Any good theories
Forgive the spelling, auto-correct and whatnot
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I thought he was just wiping his hands on the van to get the blood off his hands, since he didn't have tissues with him, lol!
shareI thought it looked like a meat hook
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someone told me once it looked like the same pattern Leatherface saws into the door later but I don't see it.
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I did sixty in five minutes once...
Seeing it again, you're right: it does appear the hitchhiker was deliberately marking the vehicle (... or, yeah, simply deranged.)
shareI thought it might possibly be the astrological symbol for Saturn, like the book that the girl was reading about in the van. but I looked it up and it doesn't appear to be that:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_symbols#/media/File:Saturn_symbol.svg
The hitchhiker and his family do appear to be into Satanism or ritual of some kind, but it isn't really 100% clear. The hitchhiker lighting Franklin's picture on fire and then drawing his blood seem to have some ritualistic significance, however, as do the white cocks and the sculptures.
I always assumed he was marking them for death.
shareIt has a definite meaning. It comes from the character "khőnschtœn" from the Runic alphabet and denotes a robust and romantic relationship.
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