. i said ," that didn't happen ?"
" it did not ."
" you don't agree with the ranger's conclusion ?" i wasn't amart enough to guess why sam didn't agree , but i knew him well enough to read his skepticism with some precision ." or you don't think it was jaaana 's sneaker ?"
"i think it WAS JAANA 'S SNEAKER . what i'm having trouble with is the inventory that was done of the rest of her stuff after she went missing . in the file there's a list of all the things that they found at her campsite , things she packed down with her from the rim earlier that day . pack , sleeping bag , pad , food , water bottles .... nothing out of the ordinary , typical stuff for that kind of trip . something you would expect to be there wasn't there , though ."
" you going to tell me ?"
" her hiking boots ," he said .
i didn't see the relevance . i said ," so ?"
" where were they ? she didn't waer those lime-green sneaker on the hike down . the guy she was with said he was sure she was waering boots . people at the rim who knew her all said in their statements that she was experience would do that descent in sneakers ."
"i'm sure it was chaotic in the campsite after she disappeared sam . the boots must have gotten misplaced somehow during the search . or maybe another hiker stole them ."
" that 's the ranger's theory too . it's in his report . he thought somebody ripped 'em off ." sam wasn't done . i waited ." a week after that singer sneaker showed up downstream - it was early november by then - somebody spotted her hiking boots under some brush not fifty yards from where her campsite had been , pair of size eight solomons , if you're wondering . good boots . the woman who spotted them picked them up before any ophpotos were taken .
" it did not ."
" you don't agree with the ranger's conclusion ?" i wasn't amart enough to guess why sam didn't agree , but i knew him well enough to read his skepticism with some precision ." or you don't think it was jaaana 's sneaker ?"
"i think it WAS JAANA 'S SNEAKER . what i'm having trouble with is the inventory that was done of the rest of her stuff after she went missing . in the file there's a list of all the things that they found at her campsite , things she packed down with her from the rim earlier that day . pack , sleeping bag , pad , food , water bottles .... nothing out of the ordinary , typical stuff for that kind of trip . something you would expect to be there wasn't there , though ."
" you going to tell me ?"
" her hiking boots ," he said .
i didn't see the relevance . i said ," so ?"
" where were they ? she didn't waer those lime-green sneaker on the hike down . the guy she was with said he was sure she was waering boots . people at the rim who knew her all said in their statements that she was experience would do that descent in sneakers ."
"i'm sure it was chaotic in the campsite after she disappeared sam . the boots must have gotten misplaced somehow during the search . or maybe another hiker stole them ."
" that 's the ranger's theory too . it's in his report . he thought somebody ripped 'em off ." sam wasn't done . i waited ." a week after that singer sneaker showed up downstream - it was early november by then - somebody spotted her hiking boots under some brush not fifty yards from where her campsite had been , pair of size eight solomons , if you're wondering . good boots . the woman who spotted them picked them up before any ophpotos were taken .
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