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I’m more amazed that a town of 11 people has a bar and a hotel. But also that so much drama exists in such small community.
Also, it's worth noting that in Australia, a "hotel" is a bar/pub that may or may not have accommodation.
Google Maps of Larrimah, fwiw: https://goo.gl/maps/h4xiyGcRAeA2 (the Street View car apparently decided to skip going into town)
Looks like local openstreetmappers also decided to skip it: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/-15.57428/133.21534
> In 1912 a four-year-old boy named Bobby Dunbar went missing in a swamp in Louisiana. Eight months later, he was found in the hands of a wandering handyman in Mississippi. In 2004, Bobby Dunbar's granddaughter discovered a secret beneath the legend of her grandfather's kidnapping, a secret whose revelation would divide her own family, bring redemption to another, and become the answer to a third family's century-old prayer.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/352/the-ghost-of-bobby-dunb...
> In March 2008, Public Radio International's This American Life featured The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar, a radio documentary about the investigation of the case by Margaret Dunbar Cutright. She expressed her own opinion that the real Bobby Dunbar most likely fell into Swayze Lake during the fishing trip and was eaten by an alligator.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> sometimes there is a cone of silence which is really strong, and quite at odds with what we think of as "the law" Reminds me of the plot of the movie Hot Fuzz.
Yeah I decided idyllic English villages aren't for me, after watching Hot Fuzz and Midsomer Murders.
Was he fed to a crocodile? Is he in a meat pie? Will the reviews for the meat pies improve if a man with failing livers is added to the mix? So many mysteries. I love this article.
You love this article about the possible murder of a 70 year old alcoholic labourer who lived by himself with no family in the whole country? I think it's sad.
- Murder of Peter Falconio [1]
- Rod Ansell, inspiration for Crocodile Dundee dies in a police shoot out [2]
- Croc river murders of Darwin sex workers [3]
- Death of Azaria Chamberlain (Dingo ate my baby) [4]
- German backpacker who escaped the Bali bomb blast killed by a crocodile in Kakadu [5]
[2] https://www.tvovermind.com/entertainment-news/tragic-story-r...
[3] https://www.theage.com.au/national/teens-sentenced-to-life-f...
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain
[5] https://www.smh.com.au/national/crocodile-victim-survived-ba...
>A three-day search by foot, on four-wheel-drives and from the air ruled out death by misadventure. To date, the police have found no trace of Mr. Moriarty or his dog. I'm kinda surprised that this ruled out something. Particularly in a rural area. I grew up in rural areas and there are often stories of massive searches, and the body didn't turn up until it was stumbled upon surprisingly close to civilization.
I suppose it depends on the terrain, but I'd agree. Another possibility is that something in the behavior of the townsfolk during questioning does not suggest, to the police, actual ignorance of what happened. Which wouldn't mean the police are necessarily correct, of course.
Can you imagine? The whole fucking island swallowed a fratricide. Who's fit to judge such things?
What if they’re all in on it?