The Solution to Joan Lindsay's Novel 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'?

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The main points of the article include:

The solutions offered are based on the book only without reference to other sources.

The novel is a work of fiction.

Joan Lindsay knew what happened to the missing people.

There are clues in the story that indicate what happened to them.

The girls and Miss McCraw were crushed/trapped by a landslide.

The Rock is presented as a changing thing.

The drum-like sounds that were heard were caused by geological tension.

The faint scratchings on the underground were a sign of the landslide.

Irma's clothes were dirty but her feet were clean which is consistent with partial/complete burial under the landslide.

The damage to Irma's fingernails was due to her digging her way out of the landslide.

The police totally overlooked the possibility of a landslide.

When Mike slept on the Rock he was hit with a rock on his head.

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