Laura_Bean
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I have an idea. A new one.
Okay so tonight I was sitting at the bedside of my sick little boy, he has asthma and had to have a breathing treatment tonight. He is only two. As the air wafted by his face, I was thinking about this case. And an idea came to me.
George Sodder owned a trucking buisness at the time the children went missing. At the time, I was told, he did not own his own coal mines.
This is why a theory of mine was shot down, I thought perhaps the children went to play in one of the mines owned by Mr. Sodder and suffered from a cave in. But that idea didn't seem to pan out, as Mr. Sodder didn't own the mines.
Okay we know this::: The children usually did their chores. The night of the big fire, Mrs. Sodder came downstairs, and the children had NOT done their chores. She thought perhaps the excitement of the holiday and the toys had gotten them and they had gone to bed so she locked the door and closed the curtains before heading off to bed, believing the children to be asleep in their beds.
What if::: The children had left the door unlocked because they planned on coming back and not having a key of their own, they left the house?
It had in the past been theorized that the children may have become locked out of the home and been stuck outdoors... Why than, didn't they knock on the door to be allowed back inside? Were they afraid of becoming in trouble? Probably not. From what I hear, the Sodders were good wholesome loving parents who never lifted a hand to the children in anger. If this is true, why not knock on the door so you don't freeze outside?
A picture in my mind now emerges. Perhaps, they left the home, leaving the door unlocked and never returned. Many of us have gone over this scenario. We talk about kidnappers. Okay, so here is another question. What if the children left the home, heading somewhere, no one kidnapped them, but they were unable to return?
Picture it. It is Christmas eve. The children want to do something special for their parents. We have talked over this scenario too, but we have talked about presents. What if it was a present but not one wrapped and purchased from a store?
They could have headed to a mine. Why? So they could bring back some coal for dad to sell. It would be a Christmas present and in a child's mind, even in a 14 yr old's mind, if it came from an "Abandoned Mine", it wasn't really stealing was it?
They would have taken lanterns to see in the dark. Perhaps they had gone to this abandoned mine many times before, and were using tools to get as much coal as they could. A little one, I am thinking Betty may have put down her lantern and forgotten it, right by the house. A strong wind, and boom. Mom may have thought she heard something on the roof, but could it have possibly been the sound of a lantern, a glass lantern, smashing against a wall?
The kids go to this abandoned mine, do some digging and hit a bubble of carbon dioxide.
Below are facts on this deadly gas.
As noted, this colorless, odorless, poisonous gas (sometimes referred to as "white damp") is the most dangerous gas to be dealt with in a mine. Unlike carbon dioxide, which as the levels increase the density makes it sink, carbon monoxide is lighter than air and subsequently more deadly because of it. It can be caused by explosions either from fire damp or coal dust (thus being an integral part of after damp). In addition to being toxic, it is also very inflammable.
Carbon monoxide is so dangerous to humans because it is so readily absorbed by the blood—even more than just oxygen. Making it worse, the body is slow to "give it up," making treatment that much more difficult. Also, because the body continues to absorb the gas (death comes at 80% saturation), even low levels can build up in the body causing death. It is at about 0.02% that one begins feeling the effects—in this case, "slight giddiness, headache and breathlessness" (below that number, there are no real symptoms, though it's still indicative of a very real danger). If the level gets as high as 0.2%, death will take place in one to two hours. The amount of time before a fatality (from there on up), is dependent not only on the percentage of carbon monoxide, but the amount of exertion by the person.
Because, unlike carbon dioxide, flames won't extinguish or die down in the presence of carbon monoxide, one of the chief tests was done by bringing small animals, usually birds (the proverbial "canary in a coal mine") and mice. They would succumb much sooner than a full grown man or even a boy. It was not a perfect system, though, as a great deal of physical exertion could sometimes result in the human being affected before the animal.
---- This would explain why the children didn't make it home. This would explain why the children were never found. If they were in an abandoned mine that was ready to be totally sealed off, the bodies never would have been found. It's just a theory. I am going to call some people tomorrow, some of the local librarians there, and find out if they can find any information reguarding any mines fully sealed in the area soon after the Sodder fire. Hope I can find someone to help.
Okay so tonight I was sitting at the bedside of my sick little boy, he has asthma and had to have a breathing treatment tonight. He is only two. As the air wafted by his face, I was thinking about this case. And an idea came to me.
George Sodder owned a trucking buisness at the time the children went missing. At the time, I was told, he did not own his own coal mines.
This is why a theory of mine was shot down, I thought perhaps the children went to play in one of the mines owned by Mr. Sodder and suffered from a cave in. But that idea didn't seem to pan out, as Mr. Sodder didn't own the mines.
Okay we know this::: The children usually did their chores. The night of the big fire, Mrs. Sodder came downstairs, and the children had NOT done their chores. She thought perhaps the excitement of the holiday and the toys had gotten them and they had gone to bed so she locked the door and closed the curtains before heading off to bed, believing the children to be asleep in their beds.
What if::: The children had left the door unlocked because they planned on coming back and not having a key of their own, they left the house?
It had in the past been theorized that the children may have become locked out of the home and been stuck outdoors... Why than, didn't they knock on the door to be allowed back inside? Were they afraid of becoming in trouble? Probably not. From what I hear, the Sodders were good wholesome loving parents who never lifted a hand to the children in anger. If this is true, why not knock on the door so you don't freeze outside?
A picture in my mind now emerges. Perhaps, they left the home, leaving the door unlocked and never returned. Many of us have gone over this scenario. We talk about kidnappers. Okay, so here is another question. What if the children left the home, heading somewhere, no one kidnapped them, but they were unable to return?
Picture it. It is Christmas eve. The children want to do something special for their parents. We have talked over this scenario too, but we have talked about presents. What if it was a present but not one wrapped and purchased from a store?
They could have headed to a mine. Why? So they could bring back some coal for dad to sell. It would be a Christmas present and in a child's mind, even in a 14 yr old's mind, if it came from an "Abandoned Mine", it wasn't really stealing was it?
They would have taken lanterns to see in the dark. Perhaps they had gone to this abandoned mine many times before, and were using tools to get as much coal as they could. A little one, I am thinking Betty may have put down her lantern and forgotten it, right by the house. A strong wind, and boom. Mom may have thought she heard something on the roof, but could it have possibly been the sound of a lantern, a glass lantern, smashing against a wall?
The kids go to this abandoned mine, do some digging and hit a bubble of carbon dioxide.
Below are facts on this deadly gas.
As noted, this colorless, odorless, poisonous gas (sometimes referred to as "white damp") is the most dangerous gas to be dealt with in a mine. Unlike carbon dioxide, which as the levels increase the density makes it sink, carbon monoxide is lighter than air and subsequently more deadly because of it. It can be caused by explosions either from fire damp or coal dust (thus being an integral part of after damp). In addition to being toxic, it is also very inflammable.
Carbon monoxide is so dangerous to humans because it is so readily absorbed by the blood—even more than just oxygen. Making it worse, the body is slow to "give it up," making treatment that much more difficult. Also, because the body continues to absorb the gas (death comes at 80% saturation), even low levels can build up in the body causing death. It is at about 0.02% that one begins feeling the effects—in this case, "slight giddiness, headache and breathlessness" (below that number, there are no real symptoms, though it's still indicative of a very real danger). If the level gets as high as 0.2%, death will take place in one to two hours. The amount of time before a fatality (from there on up), is dependent not only on the percentage of carbon monoxide, but the amount of exertion by the person.
Because, unlike carbon dioxide, flames won't extinguish or die down in the presence of carbon monoxide, one of the chief tests was done by bringing small animals, usually birds (the proverbial "canary in a coal mine") and mice. They would succumb much sooner than a full grown man or even a boy. It was not a perfect system, though, as a great deal of physical exertion could sometimes result in the human being affected before the animal.
---- This would explain why the children didn't make it home. This would explain why the children were never found. If they were in an abandoned mine that was ready to be totally sealed off, the bodies never would have been found. It's just a theory. I am going to call some people tomorrow, some of the local librarians there, and find out if they can find any information reguarding any mines fully sealed in the area soon after the Sodder fire. Hope I can find someone to help.
