A few new comments to add to the discussion:
The light switch doesn't look North American. If anything, the wall stains may suggest the photo was taken somewhere warm and tropical.
Around the Caribbean, Continental flies to Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, Caymans, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St Croix, St Maarten, St Thomas, Trinidad and Tobago
Where was that plane on that date and time? I wonder if Continental Public Relations would be willing to track that down for us. Aquahound, can we get an exact picture-taken time from the EXIF?
In the outside photos, no one seems to have found the architecture particularly distinctive to any particular place. It's not uncommon for construction styles in tourist areas is to be imported.
*stage.com can't have many more letters in it and still fit on the truck door.
From what little I understand of ocean currents, most stuff that drifts out to sea and gets caught in a current rarely drifts back onshore elsewhere, although it's not impossible. The photos may not have been taken where the camera was lost.
It seems a bit low probability for a sea creature to first turn on the camera, and then start recording, since on most cameras, this means pressing multiple buttons in succession. Slightly more chance of it being turned on by the owner and then dropped, since it would then only take one lucky bite to start recording. Or the owner started recording and dropped it, maybe forgetting to stop it for some other reason. I think the OP mentioned originally thinking it almost looked like someone was drowning or otherwise in trouble, in that last video.
Feeling energetic, here's a summary of conclusions to date. I've deliberately omitted some of the less definitive suggestions, or those without any specific evidence to back them up
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Camera Found in Key West. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5249569-post1.html)
#1: Two divers w/ residential building, yellow truck, 2 sets of doubles (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/at...5625-found-camera-stage-com-help-dscn3215.jpg)
#2: Diver off beach resort (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/at...5793-found-camera-stage-com-help-dscn3301.jpg)
#3: School function (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/at...9937-found-camera-stage-com-help-dscn3240.jpg)
#4: Airport w/ Continenal 737 #N78285 or 385 (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/at...9965-found-camera-stage-com-help-dscn3269.jpg)
#5: Family in restaurant (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/at...0030-found-camera-stage-com-help-dscn3305.jpg)
#6: Child in a house (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/at...4244-found-camera-stage-com-help-dscn3270.jpg)
#7: Child in front of wall or door (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/at...5955-found-camera-stage-com-help-dscn3288.jpg)
- UW pictures and video dated Nov 1 through 11, 2009
- Kids and school taken between dives.
- 20 min video dated Jan 2010 of loggerhead turtle swimming away with the camera strap. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5249645-post5.html)
- Camera won't turn on. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5255617-post96.html)
Observations
- Yellow Chevy truck w/ *stage.com. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5249569-post1.html)
- Truck possibly has Dunlop ties. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253610-post29.html)
- Truck is left hand drive. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253687-post30.html)
- Photo #2 has a blue pay phone enclosure with a white phone image. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253687-post30.html)
- Photo #1 (truck) has diver wearing watch that says 1:25 pm. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253717-post32.html)
- Writing on school wall is Dutch. "The Big Cookbook of ???". (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5255384-post64.html)
- Continental flies to Aruba. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5255464-post71.html)
- On the school wall (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5255472-post73.html):
Het grotie kookboek
Van
De Schakel
(Handwriting)
KOKENISLEUK or
KOKEN IS LEUK
- "de Schakel" is a common name for Dutch schools. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5255507-post82.html)
- Ikelite housing (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5255591-post94.html)
- Photo #7 wall switch doesn't look North American.
- Around the Caribbean, Continental flies to Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, Caymans, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St Croix, St Maarten, St Thomas, Trinidad and Tobago
Less Definitive Conjectures
- Building in truck photo was not taken in Keys. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5249569-post1.html)
- Two months of marine growth. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5252239-post14.html)
- Palms don't look Mexican or Bahamian. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253541-post25.html)
- Photo #2 has man in background in Speedos. Some place with a lot of Europeans? (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253585-post27.html)
- White stuff on lower half of trees common in Dutch Antillies. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253610-post29.html)
- *stage.com on truck implies an English-speaking area. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253687-post30.html)
- Tanks at back of truck look ready to dive. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253717-post32.html)
- Truck could be rental or borrowed, but *stage.com logo may imply the latter. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5254484-post47.html)
- Trucks not popular in Europe. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5254636-post49.html)
- Bronze sedan behind truck might be a Buick LeSabre. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5254828-post50.html)
- Bronze sedan missing gas door under c-pillar in 2000-2005 LeSabres.
- There's a costume festival in February in Aruba. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5255474-post74.html)
- In school pic, possibly a Dutch flag and not Dutch Antilles. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5255480-post75.html)
- Photo #6 not taken in Holland. Wrong architecture and open courtyard. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5255509-post83.html)
- Turtle started the Jan video, and not the diver. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5255512-post84.html)
- Airport may be St. Maarten. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5256045-post108.html)
- So far, in the outside photos, architecture not distinctive. Could be just about anywhere warm frequented by tourists.
Possibilities
- Lost somewhere in the Caribbean and drifted to Key West. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5249569-post1.html)
- Doubles: Mexico? (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253420-post22.html)
- Doubles: technical or cave diving? Again, Mexico? (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253687-post30.html
- Lost near Key West and didn't drift far. (
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5253687-post30.html)
Specific Issues to Investigate
- Shape of light fixtures.
- Brand of TV.
- Where was that plane on that date?