The Spangler Connection

[BettyO]

I agree as well. JWB probably used those shavings for fire starter. I would think that they would have needed a small fire perhaps out in the pine thicket -- or would they have been afraid to make a fire because it would have been seen by search parties. A good thought that no one has made much of. I doubt that JWB would have put the shavings from the door into his pocket and carried them around. Several works of fiction state that he bored out the hole in the door and then collected the shavings in his handkerchief. But then that's fiction..... or is it? Makes for a good story, anyway. It would be interesting to know if Spangler DID make the hole. Seems logical.