Really?! In a tent? Wow, anyone who is hellbent on robbing someone just needs to access their website then walk around saying namaste to everyone until they see an empty tent. Also interested in whether robbery, assault, etc has happened on this site in the past and that's why they are staying mum. I would hope safety and security doesn't fall to the attendees since most people don't read the fine print on contractual agreements. If it does, I can see why this place doesn't appear to be cooperating with the searchers.
IMO there's stereotyping happening when folks are eliminating yogis from the pool of people on that island that might have wished harm to Taylor. I'm very taken with how quickly the retreat lashed fast its doors, as though no one within its walls could be responsible for a beach crime. We only have their PR for that: no evidence at all that yogis are less dangerous than anyone else. And since they barely acknowledge Taylor went missing, they're perpetuating an image of "yogis are different from everyone else". I don't buy it. (Seriously, now, murderess Caitlin Armstrong was a yogi at a "retreat").
So, here is my theory about an inside job..... Speculative, but pinned to reality.
See the tent Taylor was in? That style is not like the ones in the website photos of the retreat. I have many problems with Taylor's tent, apart from the sheer cheapness of it, or maybe because of that. Taylor seems to be in a particular protected class that may make her a crime victim. If you put a light on when you're in one of those tents, it will totally light you up. Every passersby could see everything. I mean, EVERYTHING. This could be extremely dangerous for someone like Taylor.
I'll give you an example where this became a tragedy. Remember a couple of years ago a man was shot in a campground near Malibu (or somewhere like that: city-ish)? He was with his 2 very young children. His wife was studying for medical exams of some type and stayed home. He was shot while in the tent in early morning hours. I speculate someone tried to break into his car, he heard a noise and sat up, and as soon as he did so, the perp shot. There was an arrest in that case.
Well, the tent that victim had was an REI tent with IIRC sand-colored walls. In order for him to be shot the way he was, he had to have been silhouetted when he sat up. IMO he was pretty much lit up.
This was a very nice tent, and it wasn't white, but it became dangerous.
Cheap retreat tent, sheer white walls with no fly for a second layer, bright light, while changing or getting ready for bed, especially when you can't stand up all the way, so you're forced to be in awkward positions....imagine the danger. For everyone. But if someone has bad intentions, the prey is easy to observe.
