What is evidence?

[Arkilogue]

But what I found was lack of evidence of something that "should" have been there.

Or not, as you yourself noted...but notice that this evidence is not -of- what you hope to answer with it....why he died.  That;s where people usually go wrong, the point of origin for many a "what constitutes evidence" question.  Not speaking specifically of you, here, just in general, lol.

But in the same hand without the "should" I also did not find giant round tracks with 4 toenails so it was evident he was not using an elephant to trim the tree....which also would have been safer.

If I could clear trees with an elephant in this country I'd be in the clearcutting business.  

I know right? Freaking hippies..."I want to save the tree and build a courtyard around it!"..."Now I need to cut it down because it's cracking the foundation and destroying the roof!"

Me: "Great, now you can pay me all the extra money it will take to gently lower everything onto your roof and deck.....call me when you do it again."

Rgr that, I make my nut bilking hippies too.

True that, even if he was wearing spurs standing in that same spot, he would have been crushed. But at least with a local line he could have dove out of the way without fear of a 30 ft freefall.

Can you imagine how vastly easier it would be using an elephant??? I can't even pick up a single twig with my nose let alone a 1100 lb log! I'll should see if Genesha is doing anything next week.