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Every time I read that, I hear the Kenny Rogers’ song.Just a nickname "Coward of Carroll County"
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Every time I read that, I hear the Kenny Rogers’ song.Just a nickname "Coward of Carroll County"
Just curious if anyone knows or remembers--is it common for most people who go there to walk across the bridge? I look at it and probably would not be one who would walk it. I dislike the look of the height, no rails, etc. (which I gather have now been added). Would you warn your children not to walk on it or is it fairly safe if they are old enough and responsible? I know it is a backdrop for pictures, etc., I just mean generally speaking.
ETA--I would be one to not walk it I meant.
Every time I read that, I hear the Kenny Rogers’ song.
Difference in perception...or hallucinations?
That's what I thought too but it just keeps going on and on so I guess we're wrong. Mods?
It's not uncommon, but some people do go there just to enjoy the walk in the "woods". The park in general is a place where lots of people have pictures made-prom, graduation, wedding announcements, etc. There are many people who walk all the way up to the bridge to look at it but don't actually cross it. I don't have any statistics on it or anything, but it's not uncommon for people to go there and not cross it just as it's not uncommon for people to cross it. My mom won't step foot on it now because she says it's rotting too badly.
Just in case anyone is wondering, my amateur sleuthings have taken me this far: I've identified three possible suspects, one with the chin, one with the hair, and one with the nose and ears. Now if I could only combine them, I would be rich!
(just my attempt to lighten things up a bit, and I have actually seen some of these resemblances) MOO
MOO that it's challenging to walk
across but not actually hard or dangerous is the attraction. Its also beautiful and a high vista.
Looking at the bridge, although there are spaces and missing ties, MOO actually falling off or through looks very unlikely.
The ties are really thick, standard width top, but they look two feet deep to me.
Falling to your knees to the boards or turning an ankle look very possible
Just curious, but if this is true, what LE says about the re-enactment videos being inaccurate (and I have no reason to doubt what they say), why are some of these videos (GH in particular) allowed on this thread? Seems counterproductive to me. JMT'sOther than below, I hadn’t noticed LE referring to anything specific regarding “re-enactments” but the fact that videos have apparently appeared on YouTube using actors I can almost imagine an imaginative but detailed confrontational scenario was also played out.
“And armchair detectives are even taking their interest in the case a step further by creating YouTube reenactments of the crime.
“[The videos] help us know that people don’t know [the true details], because the facts haven’t been released,” Holeman says. “People watch the news and think they are picking up on things, but it’s false. Nothing out there is accurate, which only leads to more false tips.”..”
Why Police Have Not Released Details on the Murders of Libby German and Abby Williams from Delphi, Indiana
MOO that it's challenging to walk
across but not actually hard or dangerous is the attraction. Its also beautiful and a high vista.
Looking at the bridge, although there are spaces and missing ties, MOO actually falling off or through looks very unlikely.
The ties are really thick, standard width top, but they look two feet deep to me.
Falling to your knees to the boards or turning an ankle look very possible
Just curious, but if this is true, what LE says about the re-enactment videos being inaccurate (and I have no reason to doubt what they say), why are some of these videos (GH in particular) allowed on this thread? Seems counterproductive to me. JMT's
Just curious, but if this is true, what LE says about the re-enactment videos being inaccurate (and I have no reason to doubt what they say), why are some of these videos (GH in particular) allowed on this thread? Seems counterproductive to me. JMT's
True. I sure wouldn't be crossing that bridge. Fear of heights and also rotting wood That's why I keep coming back to, what if he by chance came across info of the girls heading out that way? Had they discussed "crossing the bridge" with their friends or posted something to that effect on SM, what some might consider risky or a bit of a teenage thrill? I just think back to some of the more risky things I and my teen friends did way back when that I would never do now.Thank you for the answers. That is what I thought, that probably if one has been across it once, they do not feel the need to and some don't and even that some never would. I would probably walk up to it and take in the view, I would not cross it. The pics make it look as though some boards are not great, or gone, etc.
ETA: My reason for wondering relating to this case is wondering whether BG could have counted on randomly any person being on the bridge necessarily, much less two girls...
I'm no fan of GH, but I do think that some of his videos do a pretty good job of showing distances and layout of the park and bridge. While the reenactments may be off, I think parts of his videos are accurate, at least in the way he shows the various places on the bridge where Abby was standing in her picture, where Libby may have been when she took the video, etc.
Does that object from his waist down on his right side, on the inside of his pants leg, look like a hammer or hatchet handle to anyone else ?....mooBG video Frame # 48
This is the last frame, frame # 48, from the new extended ISP video. We have altogether 48 individual frames:
(click to enlarge)
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This is the frame IMO, that ISP based their very first publication of BG - together with the second picture) on their website. It is also possible, that they eliminated that particular frame from the video. Just IMO.
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As you can see, this very first pic of BG is of better quality.
I took this initial pic of BG and eliminated the background for clarity:
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Hope it helps.
ALL IMO
-Nin
The Monon High Bridge appears on lists of historic bridges. Enthusiasts will travel to visit historic bridges to walk, take photos, collect memorabilia, etc.It's not uncommon, but some people do go there just to enjoy the walk in the "woods". The park in general is a place where lots of people have pictures made-prom, graduation, wedding announcements, etc. There are many people who walk all the way up to the bridge to look at it but don't actually cross it. I don't have any statistics on it or anything, but it's not uncommon for people to go there and not cross it just as it's not uncommon for people to cross it. My mom won't step foot on it now because she says it's rotting too badly.
Anything historical fascinates me. Here is some information I found:
Founders of Delphi
Carroll County Portal - County History
There were many German settlers that arrived after the founding fathers of Delphi.
History of Carroll County, Indiana
There would still have been some Native Americans/American Indians as some returned to Indiana but not that many.
"Among the major tribes that lived in what is now Indiana were the Delaware, Kickapoo, Miami, Mound Builders, Piankashaw, Potawatomi, Shawnee, and Wea. After 1794, treaties were made that opened up large areas of land for settlement. At the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, the Indians were defeated, and white settlements then proceeded at an increased rate. By the 1840s, most of the Indians had moved westward to other lands, either voluntarily or by force."
Indians of Indiana Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki