06-09-2016, 02:06 AM
(06-09-2016, 01:45 AM)Minstrel Wrote: All three were the same bag...presuming that the fishermen actually found a/the bag.
The bag found on the same day as the footprints leading away from camp (or - south from camp) was the same bag as the one that Byars purportedly left for Herdman.
Which report indicates that all 3 are the same bag? What was the source of that report, where did they get that information? It becomes far more problematic if that is the case. Who took it from the camp and left it with the prints? If the trackers found prints the same day, even if not in proximity of the bag. why would the fishermen report a bag was in camp instead of the trackers? Obviously, the trackers would know it was still there, because they would have seen it when they started tracking at the camp. They would have started there, because wandering aimlessly hoping to cut a track is far less efficient than starting where you KNOW there are tracks to start with.
Quote:It would be nice to know the contents of said bag.
If the bag contained ALL of Herdman's stuff...that would be one thing.
If it contained only drinks, food and first-aid --- where'd the rest of his stuff go?...and why?
Too many "ifs" there to speculate in the absence of information to guide the speculation.
Quote:If Byars was trying to find/make his way home (out of the wilderness), there should have been no good reason (after searching for "2" days) to take anything of Herdman's...so, why even make the statement that he "left a backpack" of supplies. He knew he was going to the authorities and that a search would ensue. Why not leave everything the way Herdman had last left it...? Could someone have thought that "tidying" was in order? If so... Who?
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To be honest, I would have done the same thing. I would have packed it for my partner, because if he were wandering around aimlessly for two days (obviously disoriented if he could retrace his steps back to camp with two whole days to cover the ground he covered in one night), he'd likely be in sad shape from hunger and possibly thirst, potentially injured as well, to do his own packing when he got back to camp, and might have only enough resources left within to start out of the woods.
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