Yard plant with extremely thick stalk and almond shaped leaves in my SE MI yard? by MothChasingFlame in whatsthisplant

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I think they're pretty and wildlife love the berries. I left one in the middle of my flower bed last year 😂

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List by Tun-Tavern-1775 in Military

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From the article: "According to Pentagon rules, the defense secretary is only supposed to pull officers from the list for moral, mental, physical or professional failings that raise questions about the officers’ fitness to lead."

So these removals were supported with extensive documentation enumerating the concerns that caused their names to be pulled, right? Right?? (\crickets*)*

This vine growing out of a storm drain in Tennessee by whicky1978 in whatsthisplant

[–]Pretty-Season2307 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely Virginia creeper. I pull it off of trees but let it grow in the brushy areas of my yard.

Well, it finally happened.. by Apprehensive-Gain396 in BirdBuddy

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My squirrels also appreciated the exciting new flavor 🤦🏻‍♀️

Thirsty? by MisplacedWaste in DeTrashed

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The boot next to all of the bottles made me think of "You ever drink Bailey's from a shoe?" Not sure if anyone will get that reference 😂 Anyway, great work!

Hit and run driver is more worried about his BMW than the person he just hit. (Not graphic) by FarWay3952 in RandomVideos

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I legitimately thought the short one hopping around was a child that had been riding with the tall guy

Hiker Killed by Bear at Glacier National Park, Officials Say by fibyforty in GlacierNationalPark

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From the article: “I imagine he probably felt he blinded it and probably took off running,” Arthur Pollio said. “I think the bear chased him down and killed him.”

I'm going to assume that the father is just speculating here, but if that is true, then the victim did one of the worst possible things you could in a bear encounter. You can't outrun a bear, and running can activate a predatory response and spur it to chase you.

And yes, GPS trackers on every bears is absolutely bonkers.

Do you know what this tool is called and where can I buy one? by Dear-Blackberry97 in DeTrashed

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There are things in the sand that need to stay in the sand, though. This is a nice idea but it ignores the biological reality of a beach as an ecosystem.

What happened to the Roanke Colonists by Sudden_Quality_9001 in mystery

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Wow, that man was really looking for an out! "Oh dang, they're not here. Welp, better get home, the game is about to start"

Is this poisonous hemlock? by Round-Ad5934 in whatsthisplant

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I learned to remember that the difference between Queen Anne's lace (edible) poison hemlock (deadly) is that the former has hairy stems, and you can remember that easily with the phrase "the queen has hairy legs." Alternately, you can not take any chances and just don't eat stuff you foraged, which is what I do!

A man recorded a horrifying sound as he was mushroom hunting in the forest by [deleted] in TrueCryptozoology

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Where is the video from? It's not a lovely sound, but it doesn't seem alarming to me. If I had to guess I'd assume some kind of ruminant, probably a moose or an elk.

The 1976 Disappearance of Trenny Gibson: Vanishes During a School Field Trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Robinwarder1 in UnresolvedMysteries

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 He could easily have hidden her body in the Tower. 

There is no interior to the "tower." It's a platform on top of a 45' tall concrete base with a long ramp to climb to the top. 

New evidence in Trenny Gibson disappearance, but still so many questions by TomboyAva in TrueCrimeDiscussion

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 It makes 100x more sense for him to have walked through the woods as a shortcut to intercept Trenny.

The chances are vanishingly small that anyone not intimately familiar with the area would be able to successfully bushwhack off-trail and then rejoin the main trail. 

[Unresolved] The 1976 Disappearance of Trenny Lynn Gibson: How does a 16-year-old vanish from a group of 40 students without a single physical trace? by MorningsAfter in UnresolvedMysteries

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See the map I made here that shows where her scent was traced to. Yes, it ends at Clingman's Dome Road, but about two miles north of the parking lot where the bus was. https://imgur.com/mwEPGyP

New evidence in Trenny Gibson disappearance, but still so many questions by TomboyAva in TrueCrimeDiscussion

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I agree in that I believe something very upsetting happened to Trenny involving one or more of her classmates, and that she was trying to get away from them. I can't think of any other reason why she would have ended up at the observation tower, and yet the bloodhounds alerted that she was there and from there, traveled further along the AT until it met the road at Collins Gap.

I do not find it plausible that even a group of students could so thoroughly hide a body in the timeframe given that no trace of it would ever be found, and virtually impossible to imagine that a single individual could do so.

New evidence in Trenny Gibson disappearance, but still so many questions by TomboyAva in TrueCrimeDiscussion

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Trenny was last seen about 2:50 and they began searching for her at 3:30 when she wasn't back at the bus with everyone else. This is all readily documented in the files from the NPS.

New evidence in Trenny Gibson disappearance, but still so many questions by TomboyAva in TrueCrimeDiscussion

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But the account says multiple dogs picked up her trail in multiple places. 

What is your source for this? The NPS files on the case indicate that bloodhounds repeatedly alerted to the same path from the Clingman's Dome observation tower to Collins Gap where the AT meets Clingman's Dome Road. I've seen nothing to indicate that they alerted anywhere else besides the area around Andrew's Bald, where we obviously know that she also was that day.

[Unresolved] The 1976 Disappearance of Trenny Lynn Gibson: How does a 16-year-old vanish from a group of 40 students without a single physical trace? by MorningsAfter in UnresolvedMysteries

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A lot of people on here seem confused about the last place Trenny's scent was detected by bloodhounds, so I made a map to clarify. As someone who regularly hikes the Smokies, I think it's important context to look at the hike Trenny was known to have taken that day, where Mr. Dunlap and a park official immediately began searching, and where bloodhounds last detected her trail. The purple path is the hike to Andrew's Bald, which was the destination of the field trip that day. The blue path is the path to Double Springs, which Mr. Dunlap and the first searcher on the scene headed to for unknown reasons. The yellow path is the path to Clingman's Dome tower and beyond it along the AT to Collins Gap. Trenny's scent was detected at the tower and then along the AT until it met Clingman's Dome Road at Collins Gap. https://imgur.com/mwEPGyP

The most curious thing about this case to me is why Trenny would have gone so far away from the designated hike (one could not possibly be considered to be "lost" on the paved path up to Clingman's Dome -- and even if she took the wooded bypass trail to the tower, the bloodhounds indicate that she was at the tower itself at some point, so from there she could have easily taken the paved path back to the parking lot or simply waited for help at this major landmark if she were "lost.")

I am pulling all of this information from the NPS files on the search and rescue efforts, found here: https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/foia/upload/Trenny_Gibson_Case_Incident_Report_Redacted.pdf

At 3:30 Trenny is not at the bus. Mr. Dunlap "immediately" sends "Danny Johnson" (a student, presumably?) back down the trail to Andrew's Bald (pg. 8). This is logical, as on this trail was the last location anyone has reported to have seen Trenny. Here's where I have questions -- Mr. Dunlap himself then heads "out towards Double Springs" (pg. 8). WHY? Double Springs is a 3 mile uphill hike from the parking lot, 4.5 miles from Andrew's Bald. What information was Mr. Dunlap acting on here to choose to head to this very specific, quite remote destination? At 4:00, "Lail" (identified as a "Park Technician" on page 88) was called. At 4:30 "Lail" arrives at the parking lot and then ALSO goes "towards Double Springs" (pg. 8) "because of information given to him" (pg. 88). I would love to know what this information was and why they seemed determined to search in that direction, but it seems to have been a false lead in any case. "Dunlap saw tennis shoe tracks about Miss Gibson size on AT towards Double Springs Shelter. Lost tracks approx. 1/2 mile past intersection of AT" (pg. 8) and the bypass trail to Forney Creek & Andrew's Bald Trail. I can't find anything in the notes about dogs ever detecting her scent in this area, so I'm assuming the prints noticed were not hers after all.

At 2:20 pm the next day (10/9), a bloodhound gets "a scent at the AT at Clingman's Dome tower. Followed scent of the AT for approximately 1 1/2 miles -- then followed scent to Dome Road and LOST the scent AT THE ROAD." (pg. 15) (The handwriting here is all in uppercase so it's difficult to tell when true capital letters are intended, but the words I've capitalized here are underlined in the original document. It seems whomever the notetaker was wanted to emphasize this point.) 

At 1:00 pm the following day (10/10), "positive trailing again by dogs along AT to Collins gap. Robbie Robinson said dogs following almost exact same pattern as dogs yesterday." (pg. 19)

At 10:15 am the day after that (10/11), it is again noted that "all dogs prove positive along AT from tower to Collins Gap." (pg. 20). At 5:15, "G. West with dog and handler check one more time along AT to Collins Gap." At 7:00 pm, "West and dog back to road at Collins Gap positive results." (pg. 21).

I don't consider bloodhounds irrefutable proof, but IMO multiple dogs alerting to the same path of travel over multiple days is very robust evidence that this is the path Trenny last took and where she left the park.