Question: Why can't the kids tell the reporters that they found Chester Copperpot's remains at the entrance of the cave since he's been missing and dead for years as seen in the newspaper at the beginning?
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30th Aug 2018
The Goonies (1985)
8th Mar 2018
The Goonies (1985)
Question: How did One Eyed Willie's treasure map, the key and the story get out if Willie had been caved in for all these years?
Answer: According to Mikey and Mr. Walsh, one of his crewmen must have taken the map and fled when One Eyed Willie was murdering his crew. This is substantiated in the novelization.
Answer: Even though it's never seen, they might have told them eventually.