Recent content by Songbird1973

The only access to the overlooks is by the hiking trail, or road, both of which start at the visitor center on the end. There is no access to the top from the North gate, it's just a service gate for employees. You can walk in to the base of the bluffs, of course, but I'm pretty sure you...

Yes the Bluffs absolutely erode. The entire valley eroded away. Only areas like the bluffs, where there was a cap of rock, didn't erode. But the walls are just a crumbling mess.

You are correct. LE told Chance's family there were clues at the scene indicating it could be connected to Chance. (As cautious as LE has to be about identifying someone, it seems like they must have found some very specific items for them to have said that!) It was the family who chose to share...

I wish I had a good answer. The Park was in line with his last known direction of travel. He wasn't thinking very clearly. He could have encountered some flash flooding and tried to get to higher ground. But what would have caused his death? Foul play is a real possibility, but how did someone...

I suppose they won't That's probably not something that they'll release to the public at this point.

Same photo, upside down. Red line: Road to top of bluffs. Yellow line: Hiking trails to top. Red pin: "Back gate" where law enforcement vehicles were seen parked. Red Xs: possible places where skeletal remains were. Yellow highlighted line: Dry irrigation ditch. Likely along here where...

Another map: Red line: Road to top of bluffs. Yellow line: Hiking trails to top. Orange line: trail on top between overlooks. Red pin: "Back gate" where law enforcement vehicles were seen parked. Red X: General area of skeletal remains.

The available pictures of the recovery scene do not show vehicles anywhere near the site, so probably not from below. Its possible to drive to the top of the bluffs, but not the one above the remains. You can walk in that direction, but not sure if you could get exactly above the remains. And...

Someone could fall off the top. Or be dumped off, I guess. The following are just facts, I'm not trying to prove or disprove anything... The park, hiking trail, and entrance to the road is closed at sundown, so no one driving up there the night Chance went missing. The lightning was likely...

Anyone interested in the bluffs can find many videos of the area. Here is one of the car route to the top overlook areas, and the historical significance of the area.

His phone had died or been shut off prior to his last surveillance sighting.

Individual photos from here, courtesy of Kelly Mann. I arranged them below and added the red circle where I believe the inseted photo is enlarged from. I enlarged this portion of the above photo, which I believe is the same area as the article indicates that skeletal remains are being...

Light Blue lines: Major streets in Gering, NE Dark Blue starting point, lower right: Near Bailey's grandparents, where Chance started walking. Dark blue line: Approximately where Chance walked. Lower red circle: Location Chase was seen walking Upper red circle: Location Chance was seen walking...

It does sound like the encounter with the convenience store clerk is credible, so it's believable that he did tell the clerk he was headed back to where they were staying. But I wonder when in the timeline of his disappearance that he said that to the clerk? Does it carry more weight than his...

The golf course where the tiff took place was the Chimney Rock golf Course at Bayard, NE, 30 miles to the east. The skeletal remains were found beyond the Monument Shadows Golf Course in Gering. (Chance was last seen one and a quarter mile east of the remains, travelling in this direction.)