wilbilt2@syix.com wrote:

There was a story several years ago about a CDF crew that was clearing
brush out of a canyon below a road near Gorman, CA. They found a vehicle
and the remains of someone who had been missing for 20 years.


In 1984 or 1985 a woman turned up missing in Marysville, CA. She had
gone out one evening for a quick trip to the store, leaving her 13-year
old son at home. She never returned. The authorities surmised she had
simply left. Her son was placed in foster care.

There is a lake in a park in Marysville called Ellis Lake. It is at most
20 feet deep. About two years ago, the PD was recovering an SUV that had
been stolen and driven into the lake. As the diver was attaching a cable
to the vehicle, he noticed another vehicle down there. It was winched
out, and was identified as the Ford belonging to the woman who had
disappeared 20 years earlier, and contained her remains.

My wife and I were married on the island in that lake in 1986. Little
did we know there was an uninvited guest 20 feet away...(shiver)

There have been times I have been driving and seen something that didn't
look quite right, and nave not stopped to investigate. A couple of
times, it turned out that there had been an accident or other situation,
with someone needing help.

For this reason, I wonder about the truck that someone found on a remote
road near Bald Mountain. I hope it is not connected with a missing
person...

Will

In article <1150495586.044949.51620@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
 miso@sushi.com wrote:

We had a situation in northern Ca. where some guy went down a ravine,
survived, and managed to climb out. The interesting thing was he found
another car with a body in it at the bottom of this ravine that had
been there about 18 months.

There have been cases where Teleaid (something like Onstar) has sent
out a distress signal (via cellular) for vehicles that have gone off
the road. I suspect more often than not, the hardware won't work if the
accident was really bad, or the location is such that cellular service
would be dicey.

There was that classic story of a missing person where some dude
decided to make it his quest to find the person that the authorities
couldn't find. Using the newspaper for guidance, he retraced the route.
Along the way, he noticed a fence that was broken. It fenced off the
California aqueduct. Sure enough, the car was on the bottom of the
aqueduct by the break in the fence.

When I see a car by the road for a day or two, I log the plate. Thus
far, none have been still there when I left the area. But if it was,
I'd contact the NHP. I avoid the Lincoln County Sheriff at all costs.

I was in the area when the stinky woman with the dog situation
occurred. If you haven't read it, I'll write it up, but needless to
say, the Lincoln County Sheriff is not to be trusted.