“He looks at this stuff and says wait a minute, this might be Earhart,” Gillespie said, explaining that British officers would be on the lookout for any evidence because of a $2,000 reward put up by the pilot’s husband. Most women born in the 19th century had a ratio of 0.73, meaning Earhart and the castaway both shared unusually long forearms. The connection between Earhart and the castaway continues to solidify Gillespie’s theory that the pilot safely landed her plane and lived on Nikumaroro. When Earhart landed her plane, according to Gillespie’s theory, she desperately tried to make contact through radio. In three archeological digs on Nikumaroro, Gillespie also uncovered artifacts such as a woman’s compact and bottles that chemical analyzes showed once contained American freckle cream.

Source: National Post November 02, 2016 16:54 UTC