Did Amelia Earhart die a castaway? We may know soon

[NCTraveler]

A group of researchers plan to use bone-sniffing dogs in search of human remains that could prove whether Amelia Earhart died a castaway on a remote island in the Pacific.

The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) along with four human-remains-detection dogs, will journey to the uninhabited island of Nikumaroro, where the group believes Earhart may have landed.

Earhart’s plane vanished on July 2, 1937, on the last leg of her trip around the world. She was flying toward Howland Island in the Pacific, but was running low on gas before she vanished. Three years after her disappearance, 13 human bones were found on Nikumaroro, but were later lost, according to TIGHAR, which has devoted three decades to exploring the castaway theory. That leaves 193 bones still to be found, according to Fredrik Hiebert, National Geographic Society’s Archaeologist-in-residence, who is accompanying the group on the expedition.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/did-amelia-earhart-die-a-castaway-we-may-know-soon/ar-BBD1ZeE?li=BBnb7Kz

[jonno99]

1. A fascinating story - a brave woman. Thanks for the post! nt

[Sneederbunk]

2. Well and good, but what about Judge Crater?

[NCTraveler]

6. Fell down a man-hole after leaving a speakeasy.

Eaten by rats.

[jberryhill]

3. "bone-sniffing dogs"

The trick is getting the bones away from the dogs after they find them.

[NCTraveler]

4. How cute.

Brought me an immediate smile. Thank you.

[wryter2000]

5. That dog looks guilty as hell

Look at the shifty eyes

[DBoon]

8. No

Dog is worried that a human will take away his delicious treat and eat it themselves

[wryter2000]

11. Yummy

Dog biscuits with dog slobber

[jberryhill]

9. "Did someone take all the bones? Who took all the bones?"

"Goldie, did you take all the dog bones?"

[lpbk2713]

7. Jeff Probst found the bones years ago.

Used them for set decorations.

[jberryhill]

10. "You mean this is not an immunity idol?"

[Awsi Dooger]

12. Let me guess...another Ric Gillespie mission

I post on some true crime sites and an Unsolved Mysteries site. Gillespie has been at this for decades, always touting a shoe sole or a bottle as absolute proof of Earhart's fate. Once it was a rivet pattern on a piece of metal, until that notion was shot down by experts from the time period.

I believe the plane ran out of fuel and landed either on or alongside a small island and Earhart survived for a day or a few days, along with her navigator. There is a credible report of a young girl hearing feint obscure radio transmissions and jotting them down. She kept the notes and they read exactly like something from a distressed landing party of that time frame. I believe the young girl who jotted down the notes lived to old age and died within the past few years. There is a website devoted to this but I don't seem to have it bookmarked.