Quote Originally Posted by LiamKerrington View Post
In what time a Chinook flies 1.000 miles? Could a Little One be moving as fast on the ground in order to track the Chinook down?
Sticking with your idea I picture a more dreadful scene: The chinook had to do an emergency landing, and it landed right on top of the Little One. And since Little Ones seem to be around in small numbers (like two or three), what would this mean so close to Boulder??? Red Winter becomes a new understanding ... Then it would not be Griggs alone anymore ...

But I don't stick with this mad idea ... I return to what I assume to be more likely:
While #2 was on the Chinook it started to demolish the chopper after nearly 1.000 miles up in the air. Damaging the Chinook it got into a similar situation as what Pegs had when she had to make an emergency landing next to the farm ... Remember that one? A more skilled pilot might have done something similar while the Little One tried to enter the chopper from the outside ...

Little ones are fast, and from our autopsy, have quite high endurance...I dont think they'd keep pace with the chinook, but if it went down, and they headed that direction, whose to say they weren't a mere few hours behind the crash time, and thus only a short period of time before the blackhawk arrived, explaining why the 2 were JUST outside the chinook when the blackhawk arrived...

Just throwing other ideas out there

Also, I think you're right, there is some simple thing we're overlooking.....but in the meantime CRACKPOT THEORIES AWAY!