Morgan Absher

Because for paint chips to be found, I started going down. I'm like, okay, physics. How fast was this car moving? If it would have been moving really fast, wouldn't it have just flown off and there wouldn't be any chips on the rocks? Was it rolled off? Was it just at idle and it slowly went? Did they put a brick on the pedal?

I'm just like, that's where we need our... phone a scientist button.

I'm just like, that's where we need our... phone a scientist button.

I'm just like, that's where we need our... phone a scientist button.

But I mean, I looked at aerial pictures of this area and granted the roads may have changed since 58, but it definitely does not look like a normal area to just go off the road.

But I mean, I looked at aerial pictures of this area and granted the roads may have changed since 58, but it definitely does not look like a normal area to just go off the road.

But I mean, I looked at aerial pictures of this area and granted the roads may have changed since 58, but it definitely does not look like a normal area to just go off the road.

And this is what Bain thought too. Which is why, after being dismissed, he contacted reporters, and the Oregon Journal mentioned his theory in a short article that ran on January 2nd. Quote, Don Bain reported earlier this week seeing a tire track on grass and a tire marked rocks about five miles east of Cascade Locks.

And this is what Bain thought too. Which is why, after being dismissed, he contacted reporters, and the Oregon Journal mentioned his theory in a short article that ran on January 2nd. Quote, Don Bain reported earlier this week seeing a tire track on grass and a tire marked rocks about five miles east of Cascade Locks.

And this is what Bain thought too. Which is why, after being dismissed, he contacted reporters, and the Oregon Journal mentioned his theory in a short article that ran on January 2nd. Quote, Don Bain reported earlier this week seeing a tire track on grass and a tire marked rocks about five miles east of Cascade Locks.

Bain said the river at this point is almost 85 feet deep and a car could have plunged over a 20-foot cliff at this juncture. End quote. And then they paraphrase him and say, I really feel this is where they are going to find the Martin car, said Bain. End quote. The author of Echo of Distant Water notes that the Oregon Journal article does contain a few errors.

Bain said the river at this point is almost 85 feet deep and a car could have plunged over a 20-foot cliff at this juncture. End quote. And then they paraphrase him and say, I really feel this is where they are going to find the Martin car, said Bain. End quote. The author of Echo of Distant Water notes that the Oregon Journal article does contain a few errors.

Bain said the river at this point is almost 85 feet deep and a car could have plunged over a 20-foot cliff at this juncture. End quote. And then they paraphrase him and say, I really feel this is where they are going to find the Martin car, said Bain. End quote. The author of Echo of Distant Water notes that the Oregon Journal article does contain a few errors.

Bain had actually seen paint on the rocks, not tire tracks, and the place in the Dales was more like 45 miles from Cascade Locks, not 5. After this article, however... authorities do come back and accept these tire tracks as evidence. So now that it's evidence, people do start to wonder if the family accidentally backed off the cliff, plunging into water.

Bain had actually seen paint on the rocks, not tire tracks, and the place in the Dales was more like 45 miles from Cascade Locks, not 5. After this article, however... authorities do come back and accept these tire tracks as evidence. So now that it's evidence, people do start to wonder if the family accidentally backed off the cliff, plunging into water.

Bain had actually seen paint on the rocks, not tire tracks, and the place in the Dales was more like 45 miles from Cascade Locks, not 5. After this article, however... authorities do come back and accept these tire tracks as evidence. So now that it's evidence, people do start to wonder if the family accidentally backed off the cliff, plunging into water.

Detective Graven at this point actually had a plaster cast made of the tracks, and through this determined that the tread of the marks matched the type of tires that the Martins' car actually had on it. There were also bits of cream-colored paint on the rocks near these tire tracks. which was the same color as the Martins' cream and red Ford station wagon.

Detective Graven at this point actually had a plaster cast made of the tracks, and through this determined that the tread of the marks matched the type of tires that the Martins' car actually had on it. There were also bits of cream-colored paint on the rocks near these tire tracks. which was the same color as the Martins' cream and red Ford station wagon.

Detective Graven at this point actually had a plaster cast made of the tracks, and through this determined that the tread of the marks matched the type of tires that the Martins' car actually had on it. There were also bits of cream-colored paint on the rocks near these tire tracks. which was the same color as the Martins' cream and red Ford station wagon.

And this is a part of this case, and with this clue, that really blew my mind. The paint chips were actually tested by the FBI, and they matched the car's make and model. And again, 1958, we hadn't been to the moon yet. We're getting close to going there, but like... The paint chips being tested, I'm really impressed at that aspect.