Well, we can assume he did not sprout wings and fly or float down river on a raft. Most likely did not hop one of the freight trains that pass through town or use a hot air balloon. That leaves us with a car or he never left. I had a horrible thought last evening. I never looked close to see if the SOS (being an old mill) had any wells, pits or other spots a body could be hidden. About as much a possibility as leaving in the trunk of a car.
Well, it has now been reported by multiple former Kensington Palace employees that Princess Diana hid men in her car boot. Hasnet Khan was the main one and he's a LARGE man. Of course, it likely was a short drive from his hospital to her apartment in KP.
I would not want to be in the trunk of a car for very long because of discomfort and the likely exhaust risks. Remember, I am just a few months older than Gricar was when he disappeared. Could I crawl into a trunk and hide myself if necessary? YES, and for as long as necessary body functions would allow. I would not, horever, want to climb out of said trunk in the middle of the day in, oh, say, metro Pittsburgh, or Cleveland. I might need some help stretching back out when we reached the destination, but otherwise, yes.
The words " left Lewisburg" - I think we need to focus on what we mean by this. Do we mean
1) Drove 40 miles away in the opposite direction from Bellefonte and made the next leg of a long journey in a car that was waiting for him, likely with a helper driver?
2) Left Lewisburg, didn't slow down or stop until he got to his port city ( using port city as a metaphor as to his point of departure from the US) in a car rented for him by someone else?
3) Left Lewisburg alone in a dropped off car by the helper for some place he had friends or a friend who helped him in the next leg of his journey? If so, I think we need to qualify what we thing happened at that point in time, as well.
Is there a 4) or 5)?
Could he have purchased his own car in cash ( not a new car, don't go nuts about the money OK?) wearing a disguise or just sunglasses a few days earlier, left it waiting in the parking lot of the SOS and hopped from his Mini to the other car parked next to it? He didn't own a car. Could the lack of car ownership have been a clue? ( We know it wasn't for protection of assets in case he was sued. RME)
Someone at the Centre County Courthouse says " He is the D.A. but doesn't even own a car. Drives a car with his girlfriend's mashup name on it, y'all". Ray Gricar says " Oh, yes, I do own a car, you just never saw it, Miss Smarty Pants".
There's another possibility. Just because RFG was seen with one woman in the SOS doesn't mean there couldn't have been 2 people of driving age to help him. Two cars taken to Lewisburg by 2 helpers working together, one car left with Mr. Gricar, one used by the two helpers who then left Lewisburg together.
I, personally, wouldn't involve 2 other people, but since we don't know who one person is, much less 2, we can't judge whether he used excellent judgment because of the relationships to the other person or people or not.
Or one helper who left Lewisburg and went with RFG wherever it is that he went.
We have to account for the helper's own transportation needs somehow. Because she ( or he or they) is/ are unknown to us, maybe she flew out of the nearest airport. My old fictional buddy Travis McGee used to do that kind of transportation drop fairly often. I am fairly sure Ray would have read at least some of the John D. MacDonald modern classic works.
Or maybe he was smart enough not to need ideas from best- selling literature.
