curiosityscat
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Please take a look at the specs of material found at an unsolved homicide in BC and posted by Dotr in post #2. Could this material be burlap?
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...ey-Serial-Killer-of-prostitutes1995-Vancouver
Just my humble opinion (& I am certainly not a materials or fabric industry expert); however, burlap is a woven fabric consisting of interwoven threads alone. With the weight of the burlap based upon the size of the interconnected threads, and/or the size of the holes within the weaving.
Whereas, the yellowish material specks shown in those photos do NOT strike me as at all being burlap.
THREE THEORETICAL POSSIBILITIES:
ONE, it could be a plastic of some sort, that has the impression of burlap pressed into it from the long term contact between the two materials (plastic pressed against a burlap fabric, causing the plastic to pick up the weave pattern impression).
TWO, and this one struck me as I looked more closely at the photos. A type of Safety (potentially reflective) Fabric. Often, Safety/Outdoor fabrics consist of a flexible plastic, that has thin woven threads pressed within the plastic itself. Giving the plastic a type of internal structure, yet allowing the light plastic to remain flexible, and sewable like a fabric, therefore, as a fabric for making clothing, outdoor gear, etc., the resulting item would have a degree of waterproofing to it, while the manufacturer doesn't incur the higher cost of other types of weather or waterproofing options (like regular clothing fabric with special chemical coatings, or using more expensive water/weather proof fabrics like gortex, etc.), making safety, water "resistant" or "proof" plastic threaded fabric a low cost option.
To my own eyes, that is what the 'impression' or specks look to be, either the impression of safety water resistant or proof fabric (OR) an aged/weathered & therefore BRITTLE piece of that type of safety/outdoor plastic fabric.
THIRD, A type of low cost plastic fabric (with?) and/or without the internal threading can also be found as bags for food stuff, such as a rice bag, or a potatoes, or vegetable sack. The term for it is polypropylene...and I believe Option 2 & This Option 3, can both also be used to make outdoor gear like tents, but also tarps! (Many people will be familiar with blue tarps to cover furniture when moving, etc.), Which are cheap and available at any hardware store, and also gets brittle with age & exposure to the elements.
Could not post the image examples but do a google search for:
1) BURLAP FABRIC IMAGE
2) SAFETY FABRIC IMAGE (yellow or orange)+reflective and you should see what I mean (items like a 'safety vest')
3) POLYPROPYLENE (PLASTIC) WEAVE EXAMPLE IMAGES + food industry
===> MY GUESS? Option 3, as a tarp would make sense; or Option 2, as safety/outdoor gear would also make logical sense.
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