It must’ve come off like being haunted by a defective but well-meaning ghost. The connection should have been obvious. But, when faced with a mystery like, “Where did my remote control go? Why is there a piece of paper with a child’s handwriting on it hiding in the VCR? And how do these rocks keep getting in here?” almost no rational adult would jump to the conclusion “because a child has been sneaking in through my cat door and leaving these for me to discover.” Not even with clues. I don’t know what theory Richard came up with to explain it, but it almost certainly wasn’t that one.
