Carbine

[kzullick]

Michael Rockefeller ?

[hayhugh]

Juan Valdez

[sheepherder]

I don't know if others have noticed, but this carbine has an odd "L"-shaped metal (?) stock...

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

I don't know if others have noticed, but this carbine has an odd "L"-shaped metal (?) stock...

I don't think it's an "odd stock", just a regular one. There's foliage in front of the stock that obscure it's view.

[nukem556]

Agreed....it's a regular stock...I still think it's a picture of Kermit Roosevelt, taken during the River of Doubt expedition with his father Teddy in 1913.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by kurusu

I don't think it's an "odd stock", just a regular one. There's foliage in front of the stock that obscure it's view.

Disagree. The hunter has their thumb hooked around the "L" of the butt...The "L" is upside down, with the long side on the bottom and the butt hooking upwards...Kind of an upside-down M3 wire buttstock...

Doesn't matter. Fun to fantasize...It might be Amelia Earhart...

BTW: There was a new expedition scheduled this month to that island in the Pacific where Earhart & Noonan are said to have landed...

http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr.html

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Disagree. The hunter has their thumb hooked around the "L" of the butt...The "L" is upside down, with the long side on the bottom and the butt hooking upwards...Kind of an upside-down M3 wire buttstock...

Doesn't matter. Fun to fantasize...It might be Amelia Earhart...

BTW: There was a new expedition scheduled this month to that island in the Pacific where Earhart & Noonan are said to have landed...

http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr.html

Not convinced, to unclear to see the hand position and there appears to be a straight line some 4 inches bellow the shoulder to the hand. Let's just agree do disagree.

[nukem556]

Well Steve????? the answer???????

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Doesn't matter. Fun to fantasize...It might be Amelia Earhart...

BTW: There was a new expedition scheduled this month to that island in the Pacific where Earhart & Noonan are said to have landed...

http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr.html

If Amelia managed lo land should they not have found the remains of the Electra?

As a curiosty it was very recently found (last week?) one of the ships of the 1845 lost expedition of Sir John Franklin. They still don't know if it's H.M.S Terror or H.M.S. Erebus.

For further reading:
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by kurusu

If Amelia managed lo land should they not have found the remains of the Electra?

They believe they have. The plane may have slipped off the reef it landed on and been swept to deep water. Expeditions are expensive, and TIGHAR is a non-profit foundation. This year's search has been re-scheduled. Not sure why, but there is a mention of a lawsuit that I am trying to find out more about.

If you read the reports listed on TIGHAR's site, you can get an idea of what they are doing.

Kind of like the search for the crew of the Lady Be Good.

[Douglas Jr.]

Originally Posted by kurusu

As a curiosty it was very recently found (last week?) one of the ships of the 1845 lost expedition of Sir John Franklin. They still don't know if it's H.M.S Terror or H.M.S. Erebus.

For further reading:
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition

I have been interested on this subject since I watched the news about the exhumation of two sailors from the Franklin expedition back in the 80s, when I was a kid. Their corpses were incredibly well preserved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW_HjhO-cCY

Douglas.