That's how the tape fell out. Then I think they used a trick I've used when fixing a car. I know it can be done because I've worked on motors and propped the gas pedal with a windshield brush to keep a rev on it while I work on it. Of course, I leave the car in park, but you don't have to. Two days later, close to the same spot, a group of three searchers found a gray shirt emblazoned with the Siksika reserve logo, with a large reddish-brown stain on it.
Police say it, too, has gone to Edmonton for testing.
One-third of a mile downstream from the spot where the duct tape was discovered were three standing waves, a foot high and five feet wide. You stood there and heard the waves slapping like a beaver tail, rhythmically every few seconds. He was immediately swept off his feet by the strong current. The force was so strong the rope was cutting off his breath. He was trying to get our attention to give him some slack, but at first we couldn't understand.