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I find this comment interesting. If scavengers picked up her scent in the tent, why not the dogs? There is a decay threshold at which point most mammalian scavengers will not scavenge, so if...

Reading the Bollard article it struck me that Mr. Busby is likely not a backpacker nor has he ever been seriously lost in the wilderness. While I don't really buy the idea she wandered for days and...

This map seems to show that she was found very close to a trail that intersects with the AT north of the RR bed. Could that have been the point she left the trail? Is anyone familiar with that...

Exactly. Unless a warden said it in one of the press conferences, I think we have to assume she was not found in her tent or sleeping bag.

Several people have posted she was found in her sleeping bag, in her tent. I don't recall any official report to that effect. In fact, every report says her skeletal remains were found with her...

Wow. Thanks. Makes sense. From the RR once she realized she was off trail she could have panicked and anything could have happened. If I frequented that area I think I'd try to mark that...

I'm wondering if those most familiar with this area could say how easy it would be to mistake the railroad bed, or another side trail in that vicinity, as the AT if one were hiking with head down...

I don't know much about Search and Rescue dogs, but I found it odd that they never (as far was we know) assisted the investigators. If she wandered off trail and became disoriented, which seems the...

Not too far back someone did do a nice reality check and posted all the facts. And here we are again. So it wouldn't do any good or change anything. Clearly we are all getting something out of...

Dermal ridges showing up on footprint casts that are years old, and the subsequent matching of those ridge patterns on footprints left hundreds of miles away and several years later, is probably the...

And recall, Ivanich was spotted at 3 pm by Crunchmaster (or so we assume) -- So if niether Ivanich NOBO or Crunchmaster SOBO passed Gerry, yet they passed one another at 3pm, and IF Gerry did indeed...

I have read back through the posts and I can't find any point in which anyone accused the husband. The cold hard fact is that the moment anyone steps onto the AT, or partakes in any other outdoor...

We had heard that the call had been dismissed at one point which would certainly suggest it might have been someone trying to "get in on the action". But MacDonald's recent quote, assuming reported...

I find it odd that the mystery caller would ID themselves as a SOBO (do we know for sure this is true?) -- why would that be important information for George to know if all is well? If you're a NOBO...

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MacDonald also would not comment about the tip the warden service received about a hiker who reportedly stayed with Largay at the Spaulding Mountain lean-to the night before she was...

This wouldn't make any sense unless Ivanich was attempting to intentionally mislead the investigation. She would have told the investigators right away if she had made the call.

As stated by a few folks many posts ago, I still am hitched on the belief that Ivanich is the most important figure in this whole situation. I wish we knew more about what she knew and her timing on...

No. But maybe I should. Once while hiking the AT in Maine I woke and broke camp and after a few hours stopped for lunch. After hiking what felt like several more hours I stopped for the night. I...

I have thought all along that getting lost with subsequent injury while in panic mode was the most likely scenario. Just a handful of yards off the trail in thick woods for a bathroom break or search...

Always carry a compass. In fact, they are so light, I carry two in case one get's lost or damaged. GPS units can die. A compass doesn't depend on batteries or charge. And remember, a good compass...

I agree, Downhill Trucker, it's a bit baffling. And each time "speculation" is defended, someone posts that family and friends are monitoring WB for critical information and so don't need...

I disagree. It was suggested the thread shut down a week or so back but there have been many new developments since then. I really don't know why anyone would criticize speculation on this issue. ...

Well, not exactly because she could not have walked morethan 8 miles by 3pm assuming 1 mph. And, if she got off trail, much less. So 8miles from Polar LT on trail then say, 5 off trail max (and...

Since we have no idea what happened to Gerry, let's just assume for a moment that the ping was a result of Gerry turning on her phone to try to get help which is not an unreasonable scenario (we know...

Short for "I have an ich", I am assuming.