sunshineray
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I know we call what are really creeks, rivers around where I live. Far Mill River is very swallow and is what Vermonters would probably call a brook haha.It may not matter in the grand scheme of things, but I've seen several references to the body of water being a "river", and it's not. It's a creek. One of the main differences between the two is that a creek is usually much smaller, from water depth to width. I know some use the two interchangeably, but when "river" is used, in context of this discussion it may make it more difficult to imagine the girls crossing it. I've seen the creek so low that, in some places, water seems to be barely more than an inch. It's been low enough at times that you can walk straight across it, either walking on the mud or using the rocks as stepping stones. And then, 6 feet away, it changes depth again. On the 13th and 14th it was pretty much its average depth, but even then there would've been places in it where it wasn't super deep. I'm 4'10" and I've been able to easily cross it even after rain, though you have to kind of know where to walk. At most it's been up to my waist but not in every single spot.
I don't think the girls would've gone across it on their own volition, though. I think they were either forced through it or ran through it in panic. It's been regularly referenced that it was a nice day, but in context it was a nice day for February-not, like, in general. It was still chilly outside. The creek waters would've been freezing. It was still winter. Even at its lowest points down through there, they wouldn't have been able to cross it without at least getting their shins wet-probably more like their knees and maybe even waists depending on where they went over. I wouldn't have done that just for the fun of it. Way too cold.
We don't really know where Abby and Libby crossed, only where they were found.