Bones found on island may belong to Amelia Earhart

AFP via Breitbart ^ | December 16, 2010 | N/A

[Straight Vermonter]

A partial skeleton of a Caucasian woman of her height was discovered on that island in 1940 along with various equipment that she was known to have with her. As mysteries go this one is not very mysterious.

[driftdiver]

“It looks like Harpo may be the originator of the “boob belt”.”

Except he did it for comedy, not “high fashion”.

[RushLake]

A long cool woman in a black dress.

[Does so]

missing came up with numerous new rules, etc. One of them was Greenwish Mean Time

Which reminds me: My Dad was a young PBY pilot at the time, and frequently mentions that Noonan had a big drinking problem—NOT somebody you'd want as a navigator in the SW Pacific!

[SkyPilot]

Either that, or Piltdown Man, Peking Man, or “Lucy.”

[SkyPilot]

I wonder how long they supposedly lived as castaways.

I would guess 3 - 6 days. They had no source of fresh water.

[Roscoe Karns]

[rlmorel]

LOL, when I read that, it made me think of dialog from the movie "Serenity"

Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: "This is the captain. We have a little problem...with our entry sequence, so we may experience some...slight turbulence and then explode."

Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: (To the pilot) "Can you shave the vector?"

Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: "I'm doing it! It's not enough..."

Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: "Just get us on the ground!"

Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: "That part will happen pretty definitely."

[KingLudd]

The Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress has a highly-detailed ink handprint of Earhart. Someone back in the 1930s collected handprints of famous people to see if there were any common characteristics. Her handprint is quite large. However, the Library of Congress has no turtle handprints. Those are down the street at the National Museum of Natural History.

[woofer]

Greenwish Mean Time

I like it.

I wish I had more time.

[NautiNurse]

The dreaded coconut crab inhabits Nikumaroro Island.

[BigCinBigD]

Shiny!

[WakeUpAndVote]

THAT is one big cockroach!

[hadaclueonce]

Since I don’t go to Nevada since the unions re elected Harry again, I am betting $50 on the turtle.

[Graybeard58]

It could also be Judge Jrater’s..

Or Jimmy Hoffa.

[atc23]

Love the photo. Something about the way she looks always strikes me.

Me too. Hotness squared

[GreenHornet]

I wonder how long they supposedly lived as castaways.

If Professor Roy Hinkley (Russell Johnson) had been with them, they could have built everything they needed out of coconuts.

[Jeff F]

My grandparent’s home movie of Amelia:

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNP8g2R_4Z8M&v=NP8g2R_4Z8M&gl=US

[bert]

——That narrows it down.——

They did not even say what species of turtle.

[patriciaruth]

LOL! My response almost exactly.

I’m rooting for the turtle.