To be fair, that's a 2007 one, they changed to the wishbone stays in 2006, prior to that they had conventional 'a' seatstays and downtube cable routing, so that part is right on this frame.
Again though, it's not a Spesh, not a repainted Hardrock, not anything. Not speculating, it isn't. He did not buy it from Evans in 2005, he did not buy it in 2005, and certainly not from Evans.

