Then, we have Tina on the show. she was with Cooper for over 5 hours. she took a very good look at Rackstraw, and you could see her listening to his voice. she said it wasn't him....how much more does one need?

Memory can play tricks on Tina, but suspect witnesses can remember things in detail?
 

Hi Shutter,

Personally, I believe the $ was planted @ Tena Bar.  While I'm not sold on Colbert's theory regarding Rakestraw, two witnesses who claim they were @ a party with the Ingrams' and were told they were going to find the $ (and then do) passed polygraph tests administered by former FBI agents....at minimum, I find that interesting.... 

I also find it rather strange that the recent video was taken down about the money found on Tena bar. this was critical video showing things only discussed, but never seen before. it was original footage seen by many during the broadcast, but it was odd that it disappeared prior to the show? whether it had anything to do with that is out of my hands, or pure speculation...

The owner, or person who posted the video told me it was taken down due to interested parties....

I sent Colbert an email on the 26th of last month. he responded days later, but didn't say a word about the video..we started conversing from that point on until the second night the show aired. the emails ceased from that point, other than the press release type of email he wanted me to post on the forum. I haven't had contact with him since then...

ODD...I just received an email from Colbert?


He provided this link....

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My God!  So the writing in the letter matches the writing of the NWA ticket agent in Portland!  That alone should clear someone of something, but I am not exactly sure what.


 

I think to test this fairly, or accurately, Hal Williams needs to supply his handwriting for comparison?

I just noticed I posted under R99's post....sorry. I have a bad habit of hitting "modify" instead of quote....

The following statements were taken from Toms site...

The preeminent theory on how the money was buried on Tena Bar centers around the dredging operation in 1974. Detailed analysis through multiple aspects of this investigation was able to discount the dredging operation as the transport mechanism for the bundles. This then calls into question other theories outlined elsewhere in this research that depend on the dredging scenario.  This research did not, however, uncover a better explanation for how the money ended up on Tena Bar.

The dredge used in the 1974 operation was described in the FBI transcripts as having "a 24 inch pipe with wiper bar inside the pipe". Further discussion in the transcript describes "an auger" and speculates that a 16x16x4 inch package would be torn apart when transported through the pipe. This is a reasonable view given the power and violent action of dredging.

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Now, according to a recent video (taken down) the cameraman goes right to an agent who finds a piece deep in the sand, and they also verify this a couple times in the video. Up to 2 feet in depth. Tuff on a plant theory.

They seem to speculate the violence of the dredge, and the bag being torn apart, the wiper bar is a single bar to help block large rocks from entering the pipe. I emailed several pump/dredge companies. They gave a different view. One stated the money could of got past the pump if it was secured tight. It was originally in a bag, and a witness claimed to see him wrapping it with the chute chord.

We also have conflicts with the dredge layer itself. Tom Kaye is one of them. I'm skeptical as well..

Then we have years worth of valuable time between the dredge, and the time the money was found, plus, during the dredge operation the slurry could of washed a lot of evidence away, along with time.

When you put all of this together, it doesn't sound like they can rule the dredge out. I can't, but I can't prove the dredge is the accomplice either, but since it's inconclusive, I don't think it's ready for a plant theory to take it's place. Without the dredge, Tom can only speculate with human intervention  no better explanation could be found.

Here are the two emails I received in reference to the money surviving the the dredge pump. that's the danger zone of the entire dredge operation.

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Dave,
Fascinating!  DB is still at work.  I think the wiper bar is just referring to a simple grate or bar across the suction end of the dredge to help keep it from sucking up large debris.  It all depends on how close the bars were placed to basically screen the debris out as to whether the money could make it through.  Then it would have to make it through the pump.  Not sure if that is possible or not without more details.  Hope this helps.
 
John Bryant
VP Business Development
River Sand Incorporated

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Dave,
As a rule of thumb a dredge pump will pass a particle 60% the size of the discharge diameter (24” x 60% = 14” particle). A wiper or any screening device at the cutter can greatly affect the rule of thumb. If the money was bundled very tightly where it wouldn’t just blow apart then there is definitely a chance it made it through the pump. I have heard of acetylene bottles making it through a 30” dredge pump – go figure.
 
Bob Wetta
President / CEO
DSC Dredge

Lots of debris can get through the dredge. this contradicts statements from the past. we know the rubber bands had already failed, but was it the sand keeping them in place until they were moved?

At DZ years ago it was 'small tv sets' !  So this has gone around a large circle, in orbit around Kaye Industries. Go figure! 

Robert99 is also working on his theory of how the money arrived on the river bank. he has done a lot of work on this, much more than concluding someone must of planted the money...I haven't seen a lot of substance behind a plant.