Uploading the news 12 report video for you guys. Expect a link in about 20 minutes to it.
Some questions about that area on Fire Island....Davis Park - Does anyone know if vehicle access is allowed there?
ooh ooh I know this one. Yes. But there are very few permits in existence. The Police, the fireman, and contractors (that have had the permit for a long time, prior to 1978, can drive on the beach in the off season only, my family has one because they are builders and got it many decades ago). I believe the legs were found on the bayside washed up on the shore. If we find out what time of year it was we can all but confirm that the legs didn't show up by truck.
Moreover, anyone and everyone has a boat on the great south bay, and its a short ride from Oak Beach to davis park on a boat. But I think it's more likely the case that they went in the water closer to oak beach and drifted.
If you want the full details of getting a "beach buggy permit" you can get them here:
http://www.davispark.info/Leja/YRR.html
Also, just reminded from this news article, that there was a
massive Nor Easter in the winter of 1996 that caused a lot of erosion and damage to the barrier beaches here. The restaurant at Davis Park where I worked in 1994 and 1995 washed away in the ocean. Nor easters especially effect the north side (bay side) of the barrier beaches (where all the gilgo remains are) so I am of the belief that the legs were off the north side of ocean parkway prior to 1996.
"Thousands more were evacuated from homes that were heatless or threatened by
coastal flooding. While flooding was minimal in New Jersey and Connecticut,
a restaurant and three homes were washed away by high tides on Fire Island.....Jack Hauptman, supervisor of the Fire Island National Seashore, said
three homes in the Pines and the Casino restaurant at Davis Park were washed out to sea." The legs may very well have been on dry land prior to this storm.
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/09/n...st-buried-virginia.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
above link to article on massive erosion causing Nor Easter in 1996