Everett Ruess Found!

by **NorthFirst** » December 1st, 2009, 12:22 pm

Everett Ruess/Evert Rulan/NEMO was NOT found after all. Google it.

by **theycallmeJ** » December 1st, 2009, 3:53 pm

That's right, the DNA evidence turned out to be different-- it wasn't his remains.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... A96F9C8B63

by **Lightfoot** » December 1st, 2009, 4:15 pm

wow, that is absolutely stunning! Thanks for the link.

http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_12736787

by **NorthFirst** » December 2nd, 2009, 10:20 pm

It must have been a huge flash flood that got him.

by **RangerChris** » December 2nd, 2009, 11:53 pm

So McCandless trashed the Cabins near his cruddy bus? If this is true hes an absolute moron for not surviving, where did you read this? Cabins as a rule are stocked with food, a wool blanket and an axe bare minimum. Many will even leave a box of .22 shells in case someone is stuck for a prolonged amount of time.

by **theycallmeJ** » December 3rd, 2009, 12:14 am

There's no evidence that it was him specifically-- a ranger that I read about in an interview long ago said that he didn't think it was likely that Chris rummaged through the cabins.
He would be an idiot to not survive on those things, but you we may never know what happened.

by **NorthFirst** » December 8th, 2009, 12:21 am

If you know the first thing about McCandless then you would know he was a modern day thoreau and he believed you only need the essentials in life. A pre-built cabins' existence in close proximity to where he would be living would spoil the whole experience.

I truly believe he destroyed the cabin and rightly so. My humble opinion.

by **WildWill** » December 3rd, 2011, 8:41 pm

Wow! What a fantastic final chapter in a story we thought was bound to remain unfinished. Ironically, I had just been listening to the song 'Everett Ruess' by Dave Alvin when I stumbled upon this thread.

It is a shame that his adventure was cut short by others greed. Perhaps the Utes were so desperate with the drought they felt it was "him or us".

As for the new scepticism to whether it is actually him, it seems they're just being critical and overly-cautious, as you can see in Lightfoot's link.

"The case of Everett Ruess is of such a high profile that it is imperative to leave no stone unturned," according to Jones and Kopp. "We're not suggesting that the mystery of Everett Ruess's disappearance has not been solved. We do hope, however, that additional, independent studies will be conducted to address questions that still remain."

Looking at all the evidence, to me it is surely Everett Ruess.

Thanks for sharing this compelling story!

by **RangerChris** » December 4th, 2011, 10:33 pm

At northfirst, what do you think a bus is? Its a prebuilt structure too, not a good argument....

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