LennytheWicked wrote:
I'm surprised they haven't interviewed the guy himself.
I'm kind of annoyed that they don't; clearly if he could talk to people when they picked him up he's verbal. :I
And this sentence in a different article bothers me:
Quote:
Gardner's training in searching for people with autism taught him they are naturally drawn to water, so the helicopter search focused on the Escalante River, the department said.
UH...people who get LOST IN A FREAKING DESERT are typically drawn to water if there IS any.
Seattle Times wrote:
The man has spent a lot of time backpacking in the Colorado mountains and "never had any problems at all," John LaFever said. Utah's twisting, arid canyons turned out to be "totally different."
Since it appears that he is experienced with mountain survival, it appears that he knew one thing that is true for all survival when you are lost, --namely that if you follow a watercourse, you will eventually come across human habitation. This is especially true in the desert.
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