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Post by jesse on Oct 1, 2008 16:03:09 GMT -5
Items belonging to missing Steve Fossett were found Wednesday near Mammoth Lake, CA. A hiker found a wallet containing cash in the amount of $1000, Steve's pilot license and an old sweat shirt size XL.
Authorities in Mammoth Lake have said finding remains would be virtually impossible since the area is inhabited by mountain lions, wolves, bears and other wild animals. They surmise that Fossett could very well have been eaten.
Jesse
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on Oct 1, 2008 17:30:01 GMT -5
I thought he was looking for locations in Nevada? What was he doing way over there?
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Post by jesse on Oct 1, 2008 17:58:37 GMT -5
That is going to present some investigators with questions that need to be answered. It is also strange that no wreckage at the site was found. I for one would hate to have to make an emergency landing in that area. It's possible that he went down miles away from where the items were found, and hiked in to where the stuff was located. But where are the skeletal remains.?
Jesse
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on Oct 1, 2008 18:24:33 GMT -5
You might never find the bones (animals), but you should be able to find the wreckage. That assumes he crashed and wasn't abducted by someone (or some thing).
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Post by bushpounder on Oct 1, 2008 20:19:09 GMT -5
It's those damned UFOs again!! Don
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Post by capflyer on Oct 1, 2008 21:34:16 GMT -5
There's a lot of questions surrounding this "find", mainly dealing with the lack of weathering to the items in question.
Also, the location where the finder claimed to have "discovered" the items is about 70 miles from the Hilton Ranch.
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Post by jesse on Oct 2, 2008 8:37:17 GMT -5
The photos of the items did indeed show signs of weathering and aging. All of the $100 dollar bills were moldy, smeared with black residue as was the Glider License and his FAA license was torn and cracked. Thirteen months is a long time for stuff to lay exposed to the wx. ABC news this morning indicated that a search team last night found what could be the wreckage of the Citabria. Twelve men remained in the area overnight and will resume searching again this morning with the aid of a chopper that hovered over the wreck until it became too dark.
Update: CNN this morning reported that a spokesman for the Sheriff's office has confirmed that the wreckage found is that of the plane being piloted by Steve Fossett. He said from the condition of the wreckage, it was unlikely that he could have survived the crash.
Jesse
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Post by Randy_Cain on Oct 2, 2008 10:04:15 GMT -5
Hi Jesse, I do offer my condolences, if he did, in fact, die in the event of the crash. ..however in the absence of any primary clothing (shoes, shirt, pants or wallet [drivers license, SS card, etc.]) I still think it possible that he may have simply "dropped off the grid"...so to speak. If this is the case, I wish him the best of luck..and hope he finds his goal. Yours,
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Post by jesse on Oct 2, 2008 10:18:01 GMT -5
Randy, from the description given this morning by the Sheriff, it is unlikely he survived. The airplane crashed headon into a mountain at the 10,000 level in the Sierra Madres. The area is home to a lot of wild animals, such as bears, mountain lions, etc.
Jesse
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