Charlot123
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Camping - Central Washington
There are few ways to commune with nature that compare to sleeping under the stars. Central Washington is a must-visit camping mecca. With campgrounds sprinkled...
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I mean, he can be a hunter because of the elks in Manastash. But apparently, there are several campsites in that area, as you have just kindly noticed, so he can be merely an avid camper (could be said about many Washingtonians), or even a hiker.
Also, Ellensburg is the geographical center of Central Washington, but Cle Elum is close (a rather well-off area); Wenatchee is not far, either. All these areas are similar and different. Ellensburg, a students' town. Cle Elum, a far bedroom community for Seattle and a settlement of well-off retirees, Wenatchee, a rapidly growing area, an odd mixture of farming and IT.
There are farms everywhere in Eastern WA, and you know, farmland in the mountains. I suppose everyone has a four-wheeler, and anyone can get to the campsites. In winter, when the snow falls and the roads are icy, one can not survive without a sturdy car.
What can connect McCleary and the area I have just described? Lumber. Both areas are in/close to the forests. McCleary is next/in Olympic National forest. The huge body of Okanogan-Wenachee National forest extends north from the area of Ellensburg. Cle Elum had a huge lumber company. McCleary, too, was a logging city. Now it experiences expansion because of jobs in nearby counties.
If I were to guess, I'd say the criminal likes foresty areas. Maybe he is even involved in this business (something with wildlife, forestry, parks and recreation, water treatment, firefighter - especially if he later moved to Eastern WA, he might study forest bugs). If, as you say, he is interested in camping, I'd add that he may also like trails. Very likely, he might work at summer camps for kids, and also, one reason why people from a Western WA forest might drive to Eastern WA: canoeing.
P.S. of course he can be a Central Washington resident, who traveled to McCleary to abduct or even kill a child. Logically, however, he can totally pass unnoticed in Central Washington, even with it being a farmland, because of abundant local tourism. The residents of Central Washington are typical farmers, in most ways, but on weekends, they get a lot of traffic from Western WA, because of their wineries, and many other things. So a non-local can blend in. Not so in McCleary, I presume. Eastern WA is predominantly Caucasian, McCleary is almost all Caucasian. So, I think that the person is linked to McCleary, at the very least, having a relative there, and most likely, is/was a local. As to Central WA, not so sure?; he could have moved recently, but if not a local, could pass unnoticed.
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