On Oct 11, 11:46 am, JG wrote:

No bones recovered... gotta think he bailed out and went off to the
islands to enjoy...JG

Animals that die in the bush are completely used up by other
animals. In the years I have spent in the bush, I have encountered
very few bones of any sort. My father found the rotting carcass of a
bear that someone had shot from across a river without the means of
retrieving it (one of the stupidities of some hunters) and when he and
I visited the site a year later there was no trace of it. No hair, no
bones, nothing. Other animals tear it apart and drag it all away. When
airplanes go missing in the mountains here and are eventually found
years later, the bodies are usually gone but evidence in the form of
belt buckles, watches and rings are often found. Only if the fuselage
is closed up tight and scavenger-proof might there be more than that.

Dan