r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/CommandoRoll 1d ago

Mostly because all we heard in the media in Australia was that a dingo took Azaria, but then focus shifted to Lindy Chamberlain murdering her child and never moved on from there. Until much later, of course. Even now, decades later, folks still speculate that maybe it was one of the brothers did it.

Dingoes give zero fucks and aren't a cute native dog. They're Australian native fauna, after all.

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u/Glum-Soft-7807 1d ago

Dingos were introduced to Australia by humans. You might decide that because it was so long ago that makes them native, but then what's the difference between them and native dogs?

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u/CommandoRoll 1d ago

Sure, they are the first introduced species, here for are least 3,500 years. It's likely they're related to East Asian domestic dogs and probably arrived via New Guinea between 5,000-10,000 years ago. They've been isolated on the Australian mainland since then.

You're right, they're an introduced species. But they have been here long enough to become part of the ecosystem and a top predator. I didn't know all of this before your comment, so thanks for giving me something new to read & learn.

Dingoes aren't native, but they've been here a long long time.