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Skull found
By Joe
Erickson
We received a phone call from the
Sheriff's Dept. concerning a skull that was found
in the Willow Creek drainage area. The skull cap
was found by a hiker going cross country in the
eastern slopes of the San Jacinto Mountains. He
placed this skull on a rock where he could find
it again and informed the Sheriff's Dept. upon
his return to civilization.
We were asked
to search for this and we agreed to do this
search after we finished with our
responsibilities at the Mountain Rescue
Association seminar at Idyllwild, on the same
weekend. I had to work that weekend but because
this was an official mission, and because I am an
active member, I drove up to assist the members
already present. Don Landells flew the informant,
RMRU members Mel Krug, Kevin Walker, and the
Sheriff's detective into the area, where they
immediately located the spot. The rest of the
team was brought in to find any more evidence.
None was found and the theory is that this was
from a persons camp we found years ago when
looking for a Mr. Self. Mr. Self has not been
taken off our books as a completed search because
the evidence is not conclusive as to the identity
of the bone fragments found years ago. Coyotes
have most likely eaten and or moved anything they
could from Mr. Self's camp or body.
The report
from the Sheriff's Dept. is (as we suspected)
that there was again not enough to identify this
skull.
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