10-23-2013, 09:03 AM
I am glad to hear that Brittany's family is not ready to fully believe these sorts of "tips" or what I've read of the anonymous letter. While I know you must be desperate for leads and for justice, sadly, there are some people in our community who either for reasons of getting attention, personal vendettas or mental illness, would mislead you.
This letter saddens me because I think it smacks of racism. I'm not saying there is not racial tension and hatred here (like everywhere else) but I do not see that level of it happening here. I don't.
To me it seems the person who wrote that letter must have been anything but local. Here's why: First, a seat in a boat when the lava was flowing was worth money. Anyone who had a boat that could make it out there could earn cash - which is hard to do here. It's a long, bumpy trip and there are not many boats that did it. Why take 2 people for free just to mess with them?
Second, there is a strong current in the deeper waters just offshore that every fisherman or boater here knows about. If you wanted to throw something over and have it not come back to shore you'd just need to go out a little ways - like fisherman often do when they clean fish.
The lava flow is a few miles west and the boat ramp is 10 or 15 miles east. The boat ramp at Pohoiki about 30-40 minutes drive away is the only place to launch anywhere near here. That's a pretty big area of ocean. So then why in the world would she be found so close to where they were living? It just seems like too much of a coincidence.
I don't believe the claims made in the letter are legit.
I sincerely hope that justice will be served in this case. It is deeply troubling for all of us here. My heart goes out to the family.
This letter saddens me because I think it smacks of racism. I'm not saying there is not racial tension and hatred here (like everywhere else) but I do not see that level of it happening here. I don't.
To me it seems the person who wrote that letter must have been anything but local. Here's why: First, a seat in a boat when the lava was flowing was worth money. Anyone who had a boat that could make it out there could earn cash - which is hard to do here. It's a long, bumpy trip and there are not many boats that did it. Why take 2 people for free just to mess with them?
Second, there is a strong current in the deeper waters just offshore that every fisherman or boater here knows about. If you wanted to throw something over and have it not come back to shore you'd just need to go out a little ways - like fisherman often do when they clean fish.
The lava flow is a few miles west and the boat ramp is 10 or 15 miles east. The boat ramp at Pohoiki about 30-40 minutes drive away is the only place to launch anywhere near here. That's a pretty big area of ocean. So then why in the world would she be found so close to where they were living? It just seems like too much of a coincidence.
I don't believe the claims made in the letter are legit.
I sincerely hope that justice will be served in this case. It is deeply troubling for all of us here. My heart goes out to the family.