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More questions than answers after autopsy of California family found dead on hiking trail
SF Gate ^ | 22 Aug 2021 | Katie Dows

Posted on 08/22/2021 2:51:23 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

An initial autopsy has revealed few clues in the mystery of what happened to a California family found dead on a hiking trail in the Sierra National Forest south of Yosemite.

John Gerrish, Ellen Chung and their 1-year-old daughter Miju ā€” as well as their family dog ā€” were found dead at the Devil's Gulch

Investigators said the deaths do not appear intentional, and they did not find a suicide note or any signs indicating premeditation.

Last month, the Forest Service cautioned on Facebook that people should avoid drinking or swimming in the Merced River due to the presence of toxic algae; unhealthy algae blooms are not uncommon in warm months in California bodies of water.

Toxicology results are expected in two to three weeks. A necropsy is also being conducted on the dog.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Health/Medicine; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: california; carfentanil; devilsgulch; ellenchung; johngerrish; mariposa; mercedriver; sanfrancisco; snapchat
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All questions and no answers.
1 posted on 08/22/2021 2:51:23 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Are all their limbs attached? Was it blunt trauma or massive blood loss? Or perhaps lead poisoning? Or did they look fine except they were all pining for the fjords?


2 posted on 08/22/2021 2:53:06 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I had to give in and go to the link. This was helpful there:

“The Mariposa County Coroner’s Office was only able to rule out acute trauma, such as stabbing, gunshot wounds or blunt-force trauma. Toxicology results are expected in two to three weeks. A necropsy is also being conducted on the dog.”

I’m thinking aliens.


3 posted on 08/22/2021 2:55:34 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Couldn’t be mushroom poisoning because the dog wouldn’t eat them.


4 posted on 08/22/2021 2:56:59 PM PDT by IDFbunny (Fat shaming works.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

My first thought was CO poisoning, but that should have been clear at the first moment.

Now I suspect poison gases from the algae. (Which might be the blue-green algae known to be poisonous). An entire African village was once suffocated by a nearby lake’s gases.


5 posted on 08/22/2021 2:57:03 PM PDT by Does so (USA is run from 2446 Belmont Rd, NW, DC, (Kalorama). Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Bad berries?ā€¦


6 posted on 08/22/2021 2:57:34 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: cuban leaf

“Iā€™m thinking aliens.”

Which kind?


7 posted on 08/22/2021 2:59:23 PM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I’m not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.


8 posted on 08/22/2021 2:59:33 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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To: IDFbunny

https://www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/gas-cloud-kills-cameroon-villagers

Killed thousands!
==8-0


9 posted on 08/22/2021 2:59:49 PM PDT by Does so (USA is run from 2446 Belmont Rd, NW, DC, (Kalorama). Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
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I remember that. About 2,OOO people died.


10 posted on 08/22/2021 3:01:05 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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How sad, RIP


11 posted on 08/22/2021 3:03:43 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: DUMBGRUNT

This one is a puzzler, all the more so since they’re not releasing much in the way of details.

Lightning would be about the only thing I could think would be so simultaneous.


12 posted on 08/22/2021 3:06:40 PM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

It is the water.

Dog is dead and that would explain water as the source.


13 posted on 08/22/2021 3:07:47 PM PDT by crz
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Nothing I’ve read about this indicates that any wildlife in the area were affected. If it was algae or carbon dioxide why was just this family affected?


14 posted on 08/22/2021 3:08:15 PM PDT by TexasKamaAina (There are no solutions. There are only tradeoffs. - Thomas Sowell)
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“All questions and no answers.”

They’re just being cautious - one look at the picture and it’s obviously the guy.


15 posted on 08/22/2021 3:09:09 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: KrisKrinkle

Not the ones from this planet.

We had a problem with this sort of stuff on my home planet a few thousand years ago, but I was just a kid so my memory is foggy.


16 posted on 08/22/2021 3:09:43 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Does so

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gas-cloud-kills-cameroon-villagers
***CO2


17 posted on 08/22/2021 3:12:08 PM PDT by GOYAKLA
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Instant covid? Dang.


18 posted on 08/22/2021 3:12:35 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Does so

Not poison “gas”; certain types of blue-green algae in raw water sources are dangerous or poisonous.

It’s important to understand the nasties are not killed by boiling or chemical disinfection, nor can portable water purifiers or filtering remedy the water safe, if I’m understanding it correctly, and I may not.


19 posted on 08/22/2021 3:15:25 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Does so

The African lake was super-saturated with carbon dioxide from volcanic gases in its lower depths. Nearly 700 feet deep.

But a shallow flowing river wouldn’t super-saturate.

Maybe murder-suicide, we will all go to sleep in this beautiful place? A natural poisoning would not likely be peaceful or quick; they likely would have used a phone to call for help.


20 posted on 08/22/2021 3:16:10 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate other.)
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