Well, it seems it's down to a couple things.

1) The path could be wrong. possibly landed closer the T-Bar.
2) The dredge brought the money to the surface.
3) Cooper lost the money and survived.
4) Cooper didn't pull and cannonball'ed in the river upstream.

Anything above calls for hard evidence to convince anyone. none of the 4 can be assumed!

Another thing never published is a fairly detailed account of the first days of the excavation and what was done, prior to Palmer and the Seattle guys arriving. The Portland agents in charge during this early period literally set the plan for the whole excavation and the details of what they did and why is revealing... That early work by a few agents ballooned to over 25 agents, plus other LE, plus Palmer, and others ... all working!  I will present an outline of this soon ... if the creeks don't rise! These agents took some pains to try and determine the distribution of the money fragments across the beach going south of the Ingram find, and through the strata present. The Palmer backhoe trench was but one of many trenches dug, by hand ...
   


   

Well, it seems it's down to a couple things.

1) The path could be wrong. possibly landed closer the T-Bar.
2) The dredge brought the money to the surface.
3) Cooper lost the money and survived.
4) Cooper didn't pull and cannonball'ed in the river upstream.

Anything above calls for hard evidence to convince anyone. none of the 4 can be assumed!

5) Cooper made his way to Vancouver headed for Portland and was attacked and at least some of the money was lost in a struggle?

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Well, it seems it's down to a couple things.

1) The path could be wrong. possibly landed closer the T-Bar.
2) The dredge brought the money to the surface.
3) Cooper lost the money and survived.
4) Cooper didn't pull and cannonball'ed in the river upstream.

Anything above calls for hard evidence to convince anyone. none of the 4 can be assumed!

5) Cooper made his way to Vancouver headed for Portland and was attacked and at least some of the money was lost in a struggle?

I don't think we have any way to prove that one. that would be stuck under assume?

Carr reports this in December of 2007.

There were multiple bundles recovered under 3 to 6 inches of sand, just at the waters edge (according to the Ingrams) no bricks of money. I found reference to four bundles, of which the rubber bands were still around them, there were 290 20's. I can't imagine the bundles broke from the bag and entered the river at some other location and then multiple bundles land at the same beach several miles down stream. Once in the flow of the river there would be nothing to keep the bundles together to allow several of them to land at the same beach. What I think that means is the bag had to have landed. at the beach with all of the money inside. While on the beach or just at the waters edge the bag finally snagged something that broke it open.

Once open, several bundles fell from the bag and stayed on the beach. Due to the flow of water, the bag, along with the rest of the money drifted off in the Columbia.

Define "waters edge"

Carr's suggestion as to how the money came out of the bag and stayed together seems reasonable.

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Carr's suggestion as to how the money came out of the bag and stayed together seems reasonable.

Agreed, but we need reasonable proof to prove it. that's the toughest part of it all....

I respectfully disagree.  Everybody in that region heard the news of the skyjacking and was on the lookout for parachutes, a white bag, or bundles of $20 bills.  I can't see money laying out in the open for the lengthy amount of time it would take to become buried. 

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Well, it seems it's down to a couple things.

1) The path could be wrong. possibly landed closer the T-Bar.
2) The dredge brought the money to the surface.
3) Cooper lost the money and survived.
4) Cooper didn't pull and cannonball'ed in the river upstream.

Anything above calls for hard evidence to convince anyone. none of the 4 can be assumed!

Another thing never published is a fairly detailed account of the first days of the excavation and what was done, prior to Palmer and the Seattle guys arriving. The Portland agents in charge during this early period literally set the plan for the whole excavation and the details of what they did and why is revealing... That early work by a few agents ballooned to over 25 agents, plus other LE, plus Palmer, and others ... all working!  I will present an outline of this soon ... if the creeks don't rise! These agents took some pains to try and determine the distribution of the money fragments across the beach going south of the Ingram find, and through the strata present. The Palmer backhoe trench was but one of many trenches dug, by hand ...
   


 

I eagerly await your report, G.

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Carr's suggestion as to how the money came out of the bag and stayed together seems reasonable.

Agreed, but we need reasonable proof to prove it. that's the toughest part of it all....

I respectfully disagree.  Everybody in that region heard the news of the skyjacking and was on the lookout for parachutes, a white bag, or bundles of $20 bills.  I can't see money laying out in the open for the lengthy amount of time it would take to become buried.

If I'm not mistaken as to what is being said is this is some time after the crime. when the bag was finally released from where it has been previously to landing on the beach. not a week or so after the crime. possibly due to flooding.

Gotcha, that makes sense and I stand corrected.

I don't think the bills would fuse together, but I really don't know the materials used in bills of that vintage. 

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