Hi Gran
How hard would it be for her to have been placed near Scout Camp and maybe then moved down a bit later by someone else involved? Carrying a body down a creekbed at night could give one scratches and make one at risk of caterpiller injury imo.
Not feasible, with Kholo creek, IMHO. And there is no "creek bed" as in a dry creek bed. It has water in it most of the time. Running water. And is very steep-sided.
For those who remain dubious about where she was found, as I've mentioned before, Kholo Creek takes an almost 90 degree bend to the right just before passing under the bridge (that is - to the right in the direction of water flow - downstream). After that bend, is the bridge, and then a few metres further on, it flows into the main Brisbane River. There is also a large water mains pipeline crossing the creek a few metres on the downstream side of the bridge, but that is usually high up out of the water, just below the road level,
With a flood flow, as we had that weekend, the water would have been accelerating around the outside radius of that bend - the side where Allison was found, as well as pushing up the bank. The water on the inside radius would be slower (basic fishing principle known to most males...
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That photo shows Allison high up on the outer radius, and just beyond the bridge, so I would presume she was carried around the outer radius and up high, on the current which would have been very strong. That creek drains a lot of the surrounding hills, and we had a LOT of rain over two days.
So, if the body was washed downstream from somewhere e.g. the scout camp area, then hit the bend in the creek, washed upwards and outwards at the bend, under the bridge, then stopped.
What stopped her? Who knows - the police would have seen if the body was snagged on something such as tree roots, etc. Also, if it was a surge of water that pushed her that far, then subsided leaving her stuck high up on the bank.... our creeks around here can do that. We have one that runs through our bottom paddock, and in the wet season, that can go from 2 metres deep over the road back to all the road exposed in a few minutes as a storm surge flows downstream.
I'm sure those of you who live locally would know what I'm talking about there. We also see that with the creek that runs along Gold Creek Road - which is actually the upper reaches of Moggill Creek. Those storm surges can be very forceful - as in washing cars and trucks off the road.
I still think that what happened was one of two possibilities:
1. Allison was hidden somewhere up near the scout camp (buried, hidden under vegetation, etc) and then washed down the creek, or:
2. Thrown off the bridge - but that would almost certainly cause injuries. And we don't know if any were found. They wouldn't necessarily be open wounds, that would cause bleeding (thinking of the defence claims here) but closed injuries such as broken bones, internal damage to things like spleen, liver, etc.
I really doubt that anyone would have TAKEN her down there. Even the police had to use ropes and gear to get near her.