# The letters are meaningless, the product of a disturbed or intoxicated mind.

> Disputed: The letters are meaningless, the product of a disturbed or intoxicated mind.

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Answer · Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)

# The letters are meaningless, the product of a disturbed or intoxicated mind.

The letters are meaningless, the product of a disturbed or intoxicated mind.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Their statistics match random letters written by people.

## What would rule it out

- Their statistics differ markedly from human random letters.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[The code's distribution differs from random letters written by 55 volunteers, sober or drunk.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC27T06XV8/the-codes-distribution-differs-from-random-letters-written)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

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Most likelyThe letters are the initial letters of words of an English text, written as personal shorthand

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The letters are meaningless, the product of a disturbed or intoxicated mind. [Answer ANS0CVC27J66GJQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CVC27J66GJQ
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**ANS** 0CVC27J66GJQ

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