Sorry I took so long to get back on here!
The wildlife in the area is mostly typical desert animals: quail, rabbits, coyotes, skunks, raccoons, ground squirrels, etc. Mountain lions have been spotted here on occasion, but I have not heard of any recent attacks at the local campgrounds.
I have camped in that campground several times and the creek is a quick walk from where they were camped. It used to be free years ago, but now I think they charge $16 per night. There were some picnic tables, pit toilets, grills, and water the last time we camped there. Lots of nice hiking trails in the area (one ends at a beautiful swimming hole the locals call "the crack" and the water is so wonderful this time of year).
As for current/depth of the creek, it really depends. We are in the middle of monsoons and the water level can go up/down quicker than you may think possible. We had over 2 inches in 1 hour the day he disappeared at our house. But Wet Beaver Creek is a little east of us, so they may or may not have gotten that much. So, while I hate to say it, he could have wandered off easily & fell into the water (especially now that I know how close they were to the creek) if the levels were up from rain since the normally slow-medium current would be much faster. If that makes any sense LOL!
There are definitely transients who pass through there, but I doubt this mysterious man who spent all day watching them or whatever was to blame.
I hope they find him ALIVE soon!
Cindy
You know I have been called practical and down to earth (nicely) I've been called blunt and outspoken (not so nicely)
But I can't imagine sitting there and saying "because they haven't found his body".
I'm not overly emotional but she's talking about her child that has only been missing going on 48 hours.
One other question. The word Safe. I'm trying to remember a parent pleading for a child's return and adding "safe" to the end of it.
They usually beg and plead for a child's return. Over and over. Not throwing safe onto the end of it almost like a qualifier KWIM?
Interesting. I'm boggled not only by her choice of words but by her facial expressions too. Gaw. JMHO.
BBM. I agree. I could not imagine using the word 'body'. I think that comment from 'custodial mom' was the freudian slip.
I can't think of a case where the family would give up hope so quickly to use the word body. We see it in some very old missing persons cases that are years old but rarely do we hear the use of the word find a body or found a body so early.
I haven't followed the Caylee Anthony case closely but didn't Casey Anthony use the term find a body or something close to 'a body' when refering to Caylee? Anyone in this thread folling the CA case closely enough they may remember that or a similiar statement from Casey? Or is my memory of something else...... I sware I recall somekind of statement like that from Casey when the search was still going on for Caylee.
help me out here.
tia
With the simplicity of the terrain and the searches that have been conducted, the complexity of relations and the awkward interviews...my hinky meter is ablazing for some other explanation.. is the child alive and elsewhere or...? I am just not buying the face value explanation that the "child went missing in the middle of the night" story being told..
Well I have another thing that bugs me. I'm not sure why someone who lives in Flagstaff would ever plan a multi-night camping trip to this spot(30+ miles away) in the summer time.
Flagstaff has pretty much perfect weather right now... mid 70's during the day. This campground on the other hand could likely see temps in the 90's, triple digits being possible and something that should have been expected. It would get a little uncomfortable sitting out there each day. In Arizona, we try to escape the heat in the summer, we dont travel to it.
Also, there are many areas closer to Flagstaff that offer a similar type of recreation but again, more comfortable temps.
A few shade tree's and a murky swimming hole just don't seem like something I would leave Flag for. Hey kids, lets leave the cool pines and go sit in the desert for a few days.
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Flagstaff is much better in summertime for little guys.
rattlesnakes too! and scorpions..? (we have these in Mohave County -- 3300 foot elevation)
Deputies came up empty on a sex offender search
Yeah thats the video. The more I see of that woman the closer my BS detector gets to being pegged.
At this particular campground it is private. There are only 13 sites in which to camp (from media report).
Since it is private what type of registration for entry and to camp would the owners request I wonder?
When LE got the subpoena's last night I would imagine they would supoena any of those records as well.
I am seeing reports that LE did interview everyone at that campsite before releasing them (numbered at about 25 people in media reports).
Has anyone been to a private campground that could give me insight as to what information they might have needed to camp there? (the owners of the campground from the respective campers).
Tina Priem can't explain it but a strange feeling came over her and that caused her to wake up in a panic. When she looked around that was when she found her soon to be adopted son Sylar was gone. (reporter)
TP: I just want my baby to come home. Safe.
Reporter: Through her tears, Tina Priem, tries to explain what happened to her soon to be adopted son Sylar. Sylar curled up to his adoptive Grandmother and an hour later Tina says she woke to a panic.
TP: I woke up around 2 AM and he was gone. I got up hysterically and woke up everybody at the campsite. Then (or and) my Baby's missing. They all started searching for him and looking for him.
Reporter: Within minutes, Tina called police and a short time later they were scouring the site as much as everybody else. Even bringing out search dogs.
TP: I think with him being with no shoes, that he wouldn't have gotten as far as what they've even searched.
Reporter: That's why Tina believes someone has Sylar.
TP: I do feel like someone took him yes.
Reporter: Why?
TP: Because they can't find--the bloodhounds or whatever the dogs they had out there---only traced him for a little ways. They haven't found his body. (kat response: WTH?)
Reporter: Tina says there was a man near the campsite that bothered her.
TP: There was a male Mexican man in his 30's --kept staring at us all day the day before---he was on his phone, he was talking like hours in front of his truck. A white truck from right across us.
Reporter: That's why if someone does have Sylar Tina has this plea.
TP: Please bring my baby back. Please just bring my baby back.
Reporter: She even has a message for Sylar himself.
TP: I love you Sylar and I miss you very much baby. Please come home to me.
Reporter: Tina tells me she will continue to cooperate with police and do everything in order to get Silar back.
(Kat comment: Facial language is way off. LE is going to be very interested in watching this video)
'wannabe mom' getting more & more suspicious... a local news station just reported that of the many items on her existing criminal record, one was for filing a false police report.
Hi larsinaz ~ One of the panel members on last nights NG made the same comment, but it was fleeting, and no one picked up on it. He did say the false report was in regards to Syler being missing, or something to that effect.
Uggh ~