06-09-2016, 01:45 AM
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.
Unfortunately, we only have the piece-meal puzzle that you have described.
One report says the bag and footprints were found in such as way that the reader cannot determine if they were found together in physical proximity or on the same day...or if this bag and footprints are different from those described separately in other accounts.
Poor reporting, imo.
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?
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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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.
Unfortunately, we only have the piece-meal puzzle that you have described.
One report says the bag and footprints were found in such as way that the reader cannot determine if they were found together in physical proximity or on the same day...or if this bag and footprints are different from those described separately in other accounts.
Poor reporting, imo.
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?
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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