Meanwhile, on April 2, 2014, the pairmissed their appointment with their hired tour guide. Right on the bank of the river/stream. She looks as if her hands are above her head in a way someone would have them if a police officer were to tell them to put their hands above their head. Rocko Akira Clapp. Thanks for your interest in the case and providing some input. Draw a line from that point in all directions as far as they could travel in the time to the emergency call, and there must be part of the answer to the mystery inside that circle. She clearly thinks shes found something amazing. I have a working theory of the predator (not a specific name). So if you look behind her bottom theres a patch of light which is the light at the other end of this tunnel and shes holding her right hand up to her face to sweep back a piece of hair. I wonder? Dogs are very independent here. You can even see the smudges or blurring on the bottom of the plants into the dark areas in an attempt to blend the darkness area (where something or someone was likely standing). Someone in the comments put the link to your website thats how I found you! All of this leads to resentment and frustration, which results in higher crime rates. It has to be her arm and hand that are blocking that part of her shirt. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CJKQMGxJ1Kc/XH7ld3XtSnI/AAAAAAAAjOg/kechIb5Cge8msf5kRVinBCrEjIiBCl7TwCLcBGAs/s1600/7reCdlm.jpg, Actually heres uncompressed upscaled original image (upscaled and color corrected with AI). As soon as I zoomed in, my heart sank for her. You have a good eye! I wrote about the upcoming book here: https://imperfectplan.com/2020/12/09/new-book-coming-spring-2021-kris-kremers-and-lisanne-froon-case/. Excellent editing work, thanks to Justin. The finding of the backpack 14 miles away is too incredulous to be believed. I never received a response. In all of the photos, there is zero evidence to suggest that the dog was truly with the girls on their hike into the forest. Cats are often seen as pests and scavengers which is unfortunately why many people use poison to kill local cats. This leads me to believe that they were followed by one or more men who made their presence known around that time. Perhaps a piece of a tarp or a wrapper? Our team is planning to go to Panama later this year (2021) to collect information involving the case. My condolences to the families that experienced this terrible tragedy. According to ageographicalexpert, the three-mile stretch is relatively easy to explore, and most missing tourists return without assistance or come across search parties looking for them. Look for an ex-military man who may be the culprit. My first thought and instincts on the object you believe to be circular on the left is a cow skull and the fact its there is very strange indeed. Its all speculation until more answers are found. The circular part looks like vines to me, but the portion in the middle has potential to be a cow skull. ^ But the galvanized sign marking the terminus of the Pianista isnt really the end of the trail. In fact, theres a very obvious, albeit mud-choked, passage that goes down the other side of the crestonly to intersect with an entire web of paths constructed and used primarily by members of the indigenous Ngobe tribe. Wonder if it could be a piece of an aircraft wreckage. There are dead animals and skeletons strewn all across the ground. Possibly ambushed and didnt have time? There is definitely a face on that the post/tree to the right of Kris. And one of the images chillingly showed the back of Kris' head with what some sleuthes believe is blood leaking from her temple. In either case, maybe the rucksack was looted then later planted to avoid criminal implication. And thinking its more possible that another person with a bleachbath and a Laptop/PC is wandering the jungle in Panama just shows me how little people nowadays know how dangerous the outdoors can be. Ive kept comments on this article open for civil and respectful discussion. Its a complex topic. Watch Lost in the Wild Season 1 Episode 1. The fact that the backpack showed up on the bank of a river completely dry and unharmed downstream, with the camera and other electronics still functioning, shows that someone placed it there. Why did they not do that? I have seen comment to suggest that they could have made the trip to the divide returned and then gone to another place but then why no more fotos on either phone or camera? They had plans to meet men there as their boyfriends.Check men they used to Date or seen. I knew there was a lot of interest in the case but I never expected to find a sophisticated group collaborating at this level. Of course, there are always exceptions. In this one its clear that Kris has her hand up, closed eyes and stuck out tongue. Photoshopping is not hard to do nor is it very tactical as many have proposed here. It is extremely easy to photoshop a photo once it has been darkened. The commenters here are speculating wildly about this particular picture. The limited number of attempts especially on the first day is very strange. The lower orange being around the belly area. The group of 13 youngsters - nine from Coln province and four who were visiting from Panama City - left on Friday morning to go swimming in Gatn Lake. I just realized Blue, the guide dog who often walks hikers up the trail, whose return home without the girls alerted locals they were missing, IS NOT IN ANY OF L & K pictures. The white and red object on the left looks slightly like a cows head and what I took to be Kriss tousled hair on the left of her head now looks like the thumb and fore finger of her left hand pointing to the inside of the hut. If their experience was catastrophic that that happened shortly before 16:36 UNLESS both were incapacitated and sense only returned at 16:36. I am not an investigator but I find it very strange that there were no witnesses found either tourists or locals on the trail. However, regarding Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, Id need to know more about their personality to make this determination. I dont appreciate the internet trolls who dump havoc on peoples insights. No accident. Shortly after this photo is when the girls encountered trouble and tried to dial for help. Im sitting here, with tears in my eyes and rolling down my cheeks.The transition from two weeks of lively holiday to stepping into the life of a real Panamanian family is just too much for me I want MOM and dad to hold me tight and tell me that everything will be alright I now feel like a small child of 2 yelling for her mother who is 2 meters away. It needs to be stressed that while the AI upsampled image looks impressive, it cannot and does not recover any lost information. More info here. There was no signal!! The theory of being lost is so plausible in a Jungle but then the photos .. the speculation can never end. Photo #509 was permanently deleted which takes advanced technical knowledge, plus a computer. 3. If so, they may have wandered across the field looking for the original path back and got themselves well and truly lost. Maybe its just pareidolia, but i think its a manmade object. Debra Ann Velleman, 70, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, and Sue Borries, 57, of Teutopolis, Illinois, both retired public school teachers, were part of a community of snowbirds and expats living in the area of Chame, Panama. I think the left arm is visible behind her hanging down. What if she was trying to get fire with the mirror and the paper? Her hands could be tied behind her back but, if this is the case, then much computer editing was involved because other photos that come AFTER this one in camera sequence show Kriss walking ahead of Lisanne WITHOUT her hands tied behind her back. Most travelers that have big experiences want to remember the small details of trips, because the trip represents an important memory in their life. Hi JW, yes I agree with you about many things. Im not sure if Ive found something new here, but I havent found anyone else discussing these details online. The girls' camera showed evidence of what may have happened. And if other people learn too much, they get killed too. According to Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin's office, the U.S. Coast Guard provided Panamanian authorities with technical modeling to support the search for the aircraft. There seems to be no pictures of the dog. Sometimes I refer back to the Story of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, the two girls that made international headlines in 2014 when they disappeared in the northwest region of Panama. Someone watched them swimming. You will notice another branch of dead leaf just below it. When a bad break happens at ankle level and the body decomposes and gets scavenged once the flesh and muscle is gone the foot and shoe are separated from the rest of the leg. Why is no one talking about what appears to be a rock painting or a carving 3-4 feet in front of her? It would be interesting to know exactly where this photo was taken Is it along the main trail north of the Mirador en route to the stream crossing? Im not sure though, Id have to search in my graphic editor again. They lose their money and leave Panama with their lives. She uses Kris phone, instinctively entering her own pin number. A group of tourists have gone missing in an infamous Russian mountain pass where nine people died under mysterious circumstances more than 60 years ago. They didnt take anything with them for more than 1 or 2 hours max journey. They had more than enough evidence and leads to solve the case but they ignored so much of the evidence. Apparently it would also have been easy to alter the time stamps on the photos. I too believe this is most likely what happened. I suspect the food may have been left with them when they were abandoned by drug traffickers (who initially abducted them on April 1st) after Kris was hurt crossing the monkey bridge. Im just pointing out some peculiar things worth noting. Another thing that crossed my mind is what if the backpack & items had been kept as like a trophy of the killings, & a local knew thats what it was aware of the incident & grabbed it & left it somewhere to be found to try & help shed light on the case the best way they could. But there are a few holesin this particular theory. These photos dont have a lot of helpful information and the camera was tampered with. I think it would be a mistake to assume Lisanne knew her friends password. Probably the culprit or stupid tribe didnt delete anything coz they took pictures on purpose .for example to sell the footage .but allready the police or parents who asked the investigator to delete it .they just simply didnt want to show it to everyone. Both of their phones finally ran out of battery by April 11 - ten days after they disappeared. As for the night pics Im going to also throw this one out there and say the photos were heavily darkened to take away what was really there in view and then the spotty weather areas were added over including the rain drops. Eight tourists from Moscow who. Hopefully, this 2021 investigation can find the truth of exactly what happened. Hi Jim, I appreciate your comments but please lay off the language of calling people fools. If it is not possible to join those two points together then that would at least shine light on the possibility that a third party was involved at some point leading to the appauling possibility that they genuinely were lost for some time (until the 5th?) This is an excellent analysis. The night picture she is standing in same spot and someone is doing something to her lower leg or foot ,you can see them under her. Yes, I can see that too Chyna Lee. I think whoever was behind the (likely) murders wanted it to seem like they went missing due to being lost on the pianista trail. There was enough evidence in this investigation to solve the case and possibly find Kris and Lisanne while they were alive. The following insight will make not make much sense to you if you dont know their story. If you take small part of a bigger image and blow it up to match the size/aspect ratio of other photos on the card, it will still keep the same number of pixels per square inch, but they will become much bigger. Her hands are *not* tied behind her back. This would cover natural causes and the rucksack contents being in perfect condition. After days reviewing the evidence, Im now going to share a synopsis of what I believe happened there in the deep, dark cloud forest of Panama. It appears to me that Kris has her right arm to her right temple and you can see part of her left elbow. How many tourists go to Australia? This photo of Kris Kremers is identified as Photo 505. Also mobile signals are better at night yet no calls were attempted. Something I hadnt noticed before until I could see the photos upclose, (the one where she is hunched over) is that her face looks distorted; it doesnt look like her almost as if its some kind of mask.