If Carl tried to file an insurance claim for his stolen turnip, an insurance adjuster might ask a neighbor whether they saw what happened, but otherwise the nei

If Carl tried to file an insurance claim for his stolen turnip, an insurance adjuster might ask a neighbor whether they saw what happened, but otherwise the neighbor who saw the turnip spontaneously combust has nothing resembling legal standing. You're suggesting that it is the insurance adjuster asking that determines whether the neighbor's statement is evidence, while Carl's statement is definitively evidence? Is the key to producing evidence being the first to make a claim about a topic?