I have not read this thread since yesterday morning.
Wow on the alleged Errol sighting.
Some thoughts.
1. RM states he recognized Abby from the Cote store when he checked into his motel room. Was there something about that sighting that made him really notice Abby? He gives a detailed description for someone who casually ran into this trio. Was there are reason he took note of them?
2. I am VERY familiar with Errol, I spent every summer there in my childhood, visited also frequently during other seasons and I return there frequently with my own family for activities in the area. That area is very desolate. (the kids that live there have to travel 30 minutes to go to the nearest high school) It is filled with seasonal homes, called camps by the locals. There are at least three lakes with with dozens of camps on them nearby (my family has one, which is why I am familiar). Not every cabin is on a lake. There are miles and miles of logging roads and there are little cabins all over the place, some only accessible by 4 wheeled vehicles. There would be hundreds of places she could be up there outside the view of prying eyes. Errol is where everyone in those camps goes for supplies, gasoline, groceries. Cotes is a outdoor supply store/camping/hunting/survival/gun/boating store.
3. Others have mentioned it's proximity to Canada. There *are* ways into Canada via logging roads and trails used by AT vehicles. My brother once got lost on a snowmobile and when he finally found a road, he was in Quebec. (He found his way back in US on the trails) This was many many years ago--prob the late '70s, so it may be more difficult now.
4. It is not fair from the Maine border ..about 8 miles and Northern Maine is likewise desolate. For that matter, its not far from Vermont, and I would venture the same about Vermont.
Wow on the alleged Errol sighting.
Some thoughts.
1. RM states he recognized Abby from the Cote store when he checked into his motel room. Was there something about that sighting that made him really notice Abby? He gives a detailed description for someone who casually ran into this trio. Was there are reason he took note of them?
2. I am VERY familiar with Errol, I spent every summer there in my childhood, visited also frequently during other seasons and I return there frequently with my own family for activities in the area. That area is very desolate. (the kids that live there have to travel 30 minutes to go to the nearest high school) It is filled with seasonal homes, called camps by the locals. There are at least three lakes with with dozens of camps on them nearby (my family has one, which is why I am familiar). Not every cabin is on a lake. There are miles and miles of logging roads and there are little cabins all over the place, some only accessible by 4 wheeled vehicles. There would be hundreds of places she could be up there outside the view of prying eyes. Errol is where everyone in those camps goes for supplies, gasoline, groceries. Cotes is a outdoor supply store/camping/hunting/survival/gun/boating store.
3. Others have mentioned it's proximity to Canada. There *are* ways into Canada via logging roads and trails used by AT vehicles. My brother once got lost on a snowmobile and when he finally found a road, he was in Quebec. (He found his way back in US on the trails) This was many many years ago--prob the late '70s, so it may be more difficult now.
4. It is not fair from the Maine border ..about 8 miles and Northern Maine is likewise desolate. For that matter, its not far from Vermont, and I would venture the same about Vermont.
fftobed:
