In this article, Lucy references possible nefarious activity, three times. Why would she be thinking that, in particular, just 2 days after his disappearance?
"He’s not stupid, in my mind he’s not going to go off a main path and down a sheer drop or cliffs
unless he’s been forced down by someone who could have been following him."
That bolded part is a rather particular and definitive possible scenario.
"There’s something not right.
I’m really starting to think something’s going on"
Why think this? Just 50 hours in to Jays disappearance? It's yet another reference to something going on other than just getting 'lost'.
"he sounded very distressed and I don’t know what’s going on and I’m thinking now whether he was just distressed because he had no water
or because of something else.”
And then there are the words reported to be from Jay himself....
"I can’t go back, I don’t know where I am"
I find this to be a curious statement. If one is on a paved road, and takes a dirt lane down a hillside, and goes on a path from there, then, one is not lost...you'd simply turn around and retrace your steps back, yes? But to
not know where you are, to me, implies some how Jay wound up in a location where he was totally unfamiliar with his surroundings, and could not determine how to find his way back to the path or trail that led him to where he was....so, did he walk/run down and/or through unmarked territory, off any trail whatsoever, and get lost in the bush? I mean, I've looked at the territory closely, and it would be quite insane to do that. Lucy says, once again, in this article.....
"He’s not stupid, in my mind he’s not going to go off a main path and down a sheer drop or cliffs unless he’s been forced down by someone who could have been following him."
Finally, the idea that Jay was totally out of it due to some drug induced state of mental disorientation just isn't working for me at this juncture, as he did have the wherewithal to make a few calls, knew who he was calling on the phone, knew his phone was about to die, and seems to have clearly recognized he was lost.
'In two days, you're telling me someone’s not seen him?'
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