kazza474 wrote:

Tantalus wrote:

But...here's what has been bothering me. In the canon, Holmes survives the Reichenbach Falls how? BECAUSE HE WAS NEVER IN THE FALLS... He made people believe he had gone over with Moriarty, but he actually scampers up a cliff face and disappears over the hills into Switzerland (oh, wait, that was "Sound of Music").

Would Moftiss make this great of a departure from the original story? Guess so, 'cause I do still believe Sherlock jumped. It does bother me though.

I think so; the fact that he was 'never in the falls' can be countered with the fact that he WAS AT THE FALLS. The area is called 'The Reichenbach Falls'.
Geez, I hope he doesn't marry an ex-nun ........

While reading through the theories, this stuck out to me, and an absurd thought popped into my head. What if Sherlock wasn't actually on top of that building when he supposedly jumped? How was he able to get down to quickly to watch people attend to his 'body'? What if he was able to make it appear that he fell (a dummy, or a cadaver that Molley gave him with the same build as him), and in the moments that John is distracted, he lays down in the cadavers place on the pavement? Of course, he was standing on the building when he phoned John, but maybe, in John's disorientation, he missed seeing Sherlock do something. For example, someone in a car, someone that he knew, drove past, and he momentarily looked at it, taking his eyes off 'Sherlock', thereby not noticing 'Sherlock' grab the cadaver and hold it in his place. What if  Sherlock and Moriaty were actually on top of another building, and the footage of him falling was of someone else pushing the cadaver off the building that John believes Sherlock is standing on? This would give Sherlock (who is actually in another building) enough time to leave and be able to watch people attend to his 'body'. 
Now, you might think: 'but that was Sherlock's body on the pavement!'. Well, yes, it was. Somebody who was in on the plan gave Sherlock a drug like Tetrodotoxin to make him appear as though he was dead. That's why there were doctors on the scene immediately. One of them administed the drug earlier. This theory would work with the original story, as Sherlock wasn't actually at the Reichenbach Falls. 

So: *Sherlock is standing on another building, not the one that John believes he was standing on
* Someobody used a cadaver to make it appear he jumped.
* A doctor have Sherlock Tetrodotoxin to make it appear as though he was dead. 
 

Last edited by looking-glass-girl (April 11, 2013 2:44 pm)