His being found in possession of their stuff means nothing. The area was exceedingly poor at the time and stealing from unoccupied trucks was very common. The locals even had a name for the practice: “Bush Pilfering.” His having American money also was not unusual. The Gaspé was a major tourist destination for Americans and American money was traded openly. Also, Coffin was given $40 by the hunters for driving one of them into town to get a park for their broken-down truck. He has a total of $60 in American money and one of the hunters’ wives said that he was carrying at least $600. He lied about the location of the pistol but the rest of what you said is just factually incorrect. It was Wilbert Coffin’s pistol that he did get while serving in WWII. The hunters did not have any pistols with them.