What happens when you don't or can't walk away.....

On October 2nd I posted about a box turtle that came up against a rail, an obstacle he could not hurdle. He turned and walked away. During today's hike I encountered another box turtle, or what was left of him, between the rails. He could not have climbed a rail to get where he was. There are only four ways he could have gotten there: 1) crawled under a low spot where gravel was washed out between two ties, 2) was dropped by a small animal mamal predator, 3) was dropped by an avian predator, 4) was placed there by a cruel human, who would know he could never escape.

This shot shows the impossibility of the turtle's predicament.