Brady Wooden
Found at: 42°S, 73°W
Last Seen: Mexico
Clue 1
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Bottle Analysis
The sample in the bottle shows traces of salt, bauxite,
graphite, and coal dust. There was also a trace of ilmenite, a
titanium ore.
Recovered Text
Our CSI laboratory analysis was able to decipher the
washed-away writing on the message enclosed in the bottle.
The pressure used when writing the note left some letter
indentations that gave us some clues to the sections
missing. Here is what we deciphered: “ There are mountains
here. The soil seems quite fertile. There are also rivers that
flow into the sea.”
Minerals
Bauxite
Graphite
Rock Salt
Clue 2
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Bottle analysis
There was evidence of several distinct plants (flora)
in the bottle. There was a piece of clove and a
fragment of a vanilla plant. There were some bark
samples that we identified as coming from the
baobab tree. There were also minute pieces of a
coffee bean.
Recovered Text
“The forest is quite dense, but beautiful. There are
thousands of different orchids growing on the trees.”
“It’s very hot and very humid here. The moisture
seems to hang in the air.”
Plants
Baobab
Tree
Clover
Clue 3
Bottle Analysis
The bottle contained fur we identified as coming from 3 different
kinds of lemurs. One is the brown fur lemur, the second is the
mongoose lemur, and the last is the aye-aye, an endangered
lemur.
Recovered Text
“ There are strange animals here. One comes out only at night, but
it has one long finger on each hand. It uses it to poke into rotted
wood looking for insects. It uses its long fingers to open up
coconuts, too.”
“ At night, we also occasionally see large grayish cats. They’re
about 5 feet long including their tails.”
“ we stay out of the rivers here because of the crocodiles.”
Letter Analysis
On the note we found evidence of urine from an Indri Monkey.
Animals
Brown Fur
Lemur
Aye-Aye
Lemur
Mongoose
Lemur
Clue 4
Recovered Text
 There was a lot of damage to the bottom of
the note. However, using several
techniques we were able to recover the
following text.
 “ Using a crude sundial we were able to
figure out our approximate latitude. It is 18
degrees.” “ Please find us soon! We look
up at the Southern Cross each night and
hope that it will guide your rescue ships to
us.”
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Map of where they were last
seen, where the bottle was found
at, and where they are
They are located at Madagascar