tarabull
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When I was a kid, I remember the tides along Big Sur being reeeeeealllly strong and my uncle being bit on the ankle by a shark down there. If Brian landed in the water or near it, his body probably would have been pulled out, down and far away before the sea gave him back. There could still be evidence in the car trapped in little creases or pockets where it couldn't be washed away (hopefully) considering they were able to recover clothes etc.
As another example, there was a 20-something in Ireland last year and a girl in Oregon that were both found quite some time after going missing after they washed up. The Irish lad was found several km away from where he could have entered the sea, and the girl in a nearby shallow inlet where things wash up regularly. I think it is odd for LE to believe they should have found him by now - sea rescues are needles in haystacks with added complications. Maybe they feel it was suspicious because of where damage was found at the scene (or the lack of it) or they haven't found any evidence of Brian at all to suggest he was even there. That certainly doesn't mean he wasn't.
This article has another photo of the car and cliff - you can see that it is not vertical but still very steep (ie the car likely tumbled rather than fell). At the end is a little slideshow with a map that gives a timeline.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article125086044.html
Here is a direct link to the slideshow so you can see everything: https://uploads.knightlab.com/story...df4fa0d1da49ce/ragged-point-couple/draft.html
Arrow thru the timeline to the 5th spot on the map - it's titled "Pair possibly spotted..." a lady believes she saw the couple with two large dogs at Ragged Point on Dec 23, & THAT would place them beyond the actual crash site.
:tyou: for this link Vail!