Interesting that he was hesitant to land at what he thought was a body, but had no problems landing near a couple of verticle folks. Glad it worked out for the best...
I thought that too.
Two people around a car that looked out of place and a potentially dead body... lets land next to what could be the killers!
There is an effect called pressure against judgment. This is where stimuli accumulate in such a way that their combined effect causes you to act against your baseline good judgment.
See any group of adolescent males for examples.
Jeff