This demo in no way 'recreates' what happened to CK. Ballistic gel is flying everywhere + splitting & it's the only thing causing the model's (a box?) upper shirt collar to shift/expand. CK’s👕expanded but his neck remained quite stable since he wasn't shot by a rifle.Take a 👁️👇🏼
Chris Martenson
@chrismartenson
Jul 2
My team recreated the broken necklace and puffed out shirt effect 6 times out of 6 using gel block tests and a 30-06 and a necklace comparable to the one Charlie Kirk was wearing that day. The explanation is that because fluids cannot be compressed when 2,000+ ft-lbs of force is suddenly dumped into a fluid environment, what you see instead is violent expansion. Note the shirt gyrations in our videos match those of CK's. The expansion happens in thousandths of a second, while typical video is in hundredths, causing all sorts of video artifacts. Our video below was shot at 460 fps and with strong lighting, allowing us to see things more clearly. Hope that helps.

Oct 15, 2026 · 9:43 PM UTC

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Charlie Kirk’s shirt collar expanded outward but in my opinion it had nothing to do with his neck shifting or possible ‘neck cavitation’ as exhibited in Chris’s demo. I see CK’s shirt collar expanding but again, his neck remained stable while his👕neck collar *initially*expanded.
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Replying to @SemperQuaere
Insider in podcast said mic in his shirt did it but it didnt go as planned and hit his neck and shrapnel flew on floor. That would explain the israeli security guys with weird hand gestures of "Ready, go" and one triggering something in front of him just split second before shot.
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I’m quite close to that theory but the photo evidence leads me to believe the powerful energy from the alleged blast wave did serious internal damage but also transferred to CK’s passive pendants, becoming 2ndary shrapnel/projectiles. Explored further👇🏼: hoodyreport.substack.com/p/t…
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