XPost: alt.forestry, misc.rural   
   From: nospam@spam.com   
      
   "Ann"  wrote in message   
   news:pan.2006.12.14.03.31.38.218931@epix.net...   
      
   > I think we also tend to have more confidence in searches than is   
   > justified.  It's not unusual for hunters, for example, to find a body in   
   > the woods in the fall in an area that was "thoroughly searched" in the   
   > spring/summer.  A recent example is the couple who were killed when their   
   > car went off I-95 in NC. Someone called in the accident and the location,   
   > but whoever looked found nothing.  Later, according to the news reports, a   
   > highway worker noticed a damaged sign (?), looked, and found their car.   
      
   I'm still waiting for the car that went into the Willamette near Salem, OR   
   two years ago to show up.  There was more than one witness who saw the car   
   go off the highway and out into the river.  Traveling by a few days later, a   
   could clearly see the impact mark on the jersey barrier, as was the broken   
   branches on trees between the road and the river.  Water rescue searched the   
   river for several days and found nothing.  The car must have floated beyond   
   their search area before sinking.  I'm sure at some point it's going to show   
   up, and one more missing person case will be solved.   
      
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