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Mystery deepens: Who left 130-year-old rifle in NV desert?
Fox News ^ | 7/18/15 | Matt Finn

Posted on 07/20/2015 11:02:11 AM PDT by Kartographer

A 130-year-old rifle found in the Nevada desert last year is fully loaded with mystery—and some of the questions surrounding it might never be answered.

The Winchester 1873 rifle was discovered in the Great Basin National Park leaning against a juniper tree in November. But the strange discovery has triggered more questions than answers.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 1873; 1882; banglist; godsgravesglyphs; greatbasin; greatbasinnp; guns; history; model1873; nationalpark; nevada; park; rifle; rifles; treasure; winchester; winchester1873; winchesterrifle
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It s mine, it fell out of my boat while I was fishing there.
1 posted on 07/20/2015 11:02:11 AM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

This is right out of a Twilight Zone episode...


2 posted on 07/20/2015 11:03:18 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Kartographer

Anyone who died nearby wouldn’t necessarily be found.
Desert mice nibble bone for the calcium.
Scavengers scatter remains over quite a distance.


3 posted on 07/20/2015 11:04:21 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Kartographer

That’s what I was thinking: boating accident.


4 posted on 07/20/2015 11:04:41 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: Kartographer

It belonged to Hatchet Jack...

...according to Jeremiah Johnson

;—)


5 posted on 07/20/2015 11:05:53 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Kartographer

The assumption that the rifle was standing there for 130 years is a stretch. it could have been put there a year ago.


6 posted on 07/20/2015 11:07:02 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: Kartographer

How old is the juniper tree it was lying against?


7 posted on 07/20/2015 11:07:03 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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To: oblomov

Thanks I may need you to testify on my behalf. ;-)


8 posted on 07/20/2015 11:09:00 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

Read the article and the quotes. It’s so badly written that how it ever passed publication requirements is more of a mystery than the rifle.


9 posted on 07/20/2015 11:09:23 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Jamestown1630

Ha! It is isn’t it. The one episode where the family is going cross country in the wagon in the 1800s and one of the kids is sick. And the father goes to look for water and somehow he is transported to the future and he finds a diner and tells the waitress about his son and she gives him penicillin, and he accidentally leaves his gun behind and they find out it’s a gun from the 1800s.


10 posted on 07/20/2015 11:10:21 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 19 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: Jamestown1630

In a Twilight Zone episode the rifle would be an Ar-15 that was left in the desert 150 years ago.


11 posted on 07/20/2015 11:12:16 AM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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That’s what I was thinking: boating accident.

This was no BOATING ACCIDENT!

(It was a shark)

12 posted on 07/20/2015 11:12:20 AM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Peace On Earth! Purity of Essence! McCain/Ripper 2016)
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To: Kartographer

Maybe someone left it there 130 years ago by accident and it’s been there ever since.


13 posted on 07/20/2015 11:13:22 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 19 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

A Hundred Yards Over the Rim:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hundred_Yards_Over_the_Rim

(We watch the TZ marathon every Christmas week; never gets old.)

-JT


14 posted on 07/20/2015 11:13:36 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

First thing I thought.

Over The Rim.

Great episode. They don’t make TV like that anymore.


15 posted on 07/20/2015 11:13:58 AM PDT by MarkRegal05
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To: DBrow

From the condition of the wood and metal it had been leaning against the tree a long time.


16 posted on 07/20/2015 11:14:32 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: Jamestown1630

Great TV. Way better than most of the stuff of late.


17 posted on 07/20/2015 11:15:33 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: riverrunner

Any ammo in the gun would be a big clue.


18 posted on 07/20/2015 11:16:27 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Good thinking!


19 posted on 07/20/2015 11:16:51 AM PDT by jasbd1985
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To: Kartographer

The stock has rotted away.


20 posted on 07/20/2015 11:18:03 AM PDT by batterycommander (- a little more rubble, a lot less trouble.)
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