[theDentist]

Other psssessions 1/4 mile away... suggests he may have survived crash and tried to seek help. Bears and mountain lions up that way, I’ve read.

[shankbear]

Controlled flight into terrain.

[Dan Cooper]

Other psssessions 1/4 mile away... suggests he may have survived crash and tried to seek help. Bears and mountain lions up that way, I’ve read.

The Sheriff said animals were a possibility, though I would have though that some evidence of a body would be found. He also said that the crash did not look survivable.

[mad_as_he$$]

More lions than bears. But even a rodent could of drug the wallet and shirt off form the wreck. My guess is they may never finds the bones sparking the “faked his death” thing all again.

[BobinIL]

Other psssessions 1/4 mile away... suggests he may have survived crash and tried to seek help. Bears and mountain lions up that way, I’ve read

Or he died in the crash and scavengers scattered his remains. Coyotes ar much more abundant.

[Jeff Chandler]

Bears and mountain lions up that way, I’ve read.

Mosquitoes, too.

The odds of his surviving and being killed by a predator are slim. The odds of his dying and being dragged off by scavengers are high.

[nmh]

If he survived then the bears/mountain lions got him. He could not survive a crash like that UNLESS he parachuted out before it happened. Just guessing ... he had financial problems and the plane hit the mountain head on ... it is a possibility he staged it and bailed out before the crash. OR he was caught by surprise, crashed, crawled out and the animals got him.