Den
var gjord av plywood, målade mörkgrön, med små gångjärnsdörrar
i varje ände. Lufthålen borras genom sidopanelerna; Hålen var inte
större än en krona, men på något sätt hade ett av djuren lyckats
klämma ut. Sedan hade det avskalat framsätet och satt upp på Danny
Pogues nackstöd, där det hade balanserat på bakbenen och vred ihop
sin flöjtiga snut i luften. Skrattar, Bud Schwartz hade snyggt
snatched det i svansen och darrade det i hans partners ansikte. Över
Danny Pogues invändningar hade Bud Schwartz lekat med gnagaren i sex
eller sju miles, tills han hade upptäckt att den röda konvertibelen
kom tvärs över vägen.
A scientific study claims to shed new light on the decades-long mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart. Richard Jantz, an emeritus anthropology professor at the University of Tennessee, argues that bones discovered on the Pacific Island of Nikumaroro in 1940 were likely Earhart’s remains. The research contradicts a forensic analysis of the remains in 1941 that described the bones as belonging to a male. The bones, which were subsequently lost, continue to be a source of debate. Earhart, who was attempting to fly around the world, disappeared with navigator Fred Noonan on July 2, 1937, during a flight from Papua New Guinea to Howland Island in the Pacific. One well-publicized theory is that Earhart died a castaway after landing her plane on the remote island of Nikumaroro, a coral atoll 1,200 miles from the Marshall Islands. Some 13 human bones were found on Nikumaroro, also known as Gardner Island, three years after Earhart’s disappearance. In 1941...
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