BT1395 said:
The total ranch is worth FAR more than $5mm. I can assure you that I am very familiar with the ranch, how they assembled it (including the adjacent property with the air strip), and how much they paid for everything. But none of that is relevant here to the scenario. The previous owners listed have nothing to do with this.
It was a tragic accident - nothing more than that.
Then would you kindly tell us about the nature of the entrance to the JW ranch? Do you drive over the dam to get to the ranch? Is there a wall to prevent this occurrence? If the incident occurred at the lakes on the ranch, there are buildings directly attached to the lakes. Those buildings would have wifi, that wifi, would likely reach the short distance to the lakes.
Even at the lakes in question, the main lake has another retaining wall, again to prevent this occurrence. Between the road and the lake are a line of trees as well at its closest and its furthest would require driving over a good portion of dirt and earth just to get to the lake.
I don't care if you're drunk, you'd notice that just as you'd notice colliding with a retaining wall.
There see to be a few main structures. Obviously the ranch house (more like a mansion) then next door is a guest house with some stables behind the main ranch house.
Then there is a road leading to a secondary guest house next to the lake.
There is plenty of parking next to this spot so it's clearly where events would take place. Again, this simply doesn't make sense by looking at the topography from my estimation of course.
I have no idea, but I would love for folks who have walked the ranch or have familiarity with it to kindly give us their thoughts on this terrible circumstance.