I sat out in the back forty acres today, watching my dogs chase each other, chase squirrels, chase rabbits, chase robins, and relieve themselves on odd items out in the woods.
I sat in a chair for an hour or two...........just me and my thoughts.............soaking up the sun while lounging around with a twelve-pack of Marlboro's and a pack of Bud light.
I'd been coming in sporadically all day long and reading the back and forth between ET's sister and the rest of you. I didn't jump in and say anything or ask any questions, because as you all know, I am kinda' timid and bashful, along with not being all that smart. But while I was sitting out there reflecting on why I wasn't born to billionaire parents who left me a trust fund large enough to insure I would never have to work a day in my life, at the same time, I also reflected on TC and his disappearing act and where the hell he could be hidden.
So I began to ask myself.........."If you were him........where would you go to hide so that 300 million people couldn't find you ?"
Most ideas have already been laid out and presented in here, some of them logical and some of them illogical. Some ideas are reality based, and some ideas are "Jason Bourne" based. For instance, some people seem to think that hopping between countries is no more difficult than driving from Texas to New Mexico. Not true. I think if someone has the presence of mind to ask if ET has ever applied for a passport, the answer will be a resounding NO. Sure, you don't need a passport to drive down into Mexico, but trying to survive in the country of Mexico as a fat white guy on the run with a 15 year old white girl while U.S. authorities are actively pursuing you via Amber Alerts would be much more difficult to mask in Mexico than the U.S. The two of them would stand out like a sore thumb.
We all know that the Tadster has limited funds available to him. If he tries to withdraw even a penny from one of his bank accounts via a debit card, LE is going to send in the Calvary to the location that the transaction took place. I actually hope they have enough sense to leave a few thousand dollars in all of his bank accounts for that very reason.
So, let's get down to the meat of this post. Where the hell can he hide on limited funds with his known background ??
1) Campsites-------private and public. Unlikely according to her sister.
2) Youth camps, student retreats, boy scout camps, church/ religion based retreats-----most will be closed until closer to summer. Many have working utilities and furnished cabins. More likely.
3) People in his church or through his school that may have a second home, third home, vacation home, summer home, winter home. Many people who maintain more than one residence will leave the utilities on and working during their absence. These homes maybe as many as 5 or 6 States away from where they currently live. They may be highly visible in a residential neighborhood, or they may be secluded, gated, and even fenced from view. A gate with a lock on it leading up the driveway can easily be cut. TC may know people who have these second homes, and could actually be staying in one of them. The more secluded and hidden the home is, the more it needs to be check out by LE.................if they can figure out who's homes they should check on. Very Likely.
4) Since everything in the Tadsters life seemed to revolve around the church and religion, why shouldn't his escape plan include it as well ? We all know now that ET was both psychically a sexually assaulted in the confines of her own home. This in itself may have been a huge factor in TC deciding to play the part of her savior. I don't know all that much about religious cults and sects that view teenaged marriage as a typical everyday thing, but I know they exist. I'm going to tread very softly here, because I am somewhat ignorant about the subject, but for example......Warren Jeffs. Utah. Mormon based....cult? religion? Off-shoot?
In the Tadsters eyes, he may have been saving this girl from what he see's as an unhappy life. I think we can all agree that he has ulterior motives of his own at play, but his "compassion" might be enough to get him admitted into some kind of a religious based cult or sect that will not only hide the two of them, but will put up all kinds of hurdles for LE to try and work through. It's possible that he found an sympathetic religious organization............the kind most of us would consider a cult...............that was not only willing to accept them but to also harbor them. Just bring all the money you have and we'll help out.
Short of any of these scenarios playing out.....................I'm fresh out of ideas.
Who knows why people say the things they say, but kids will believe even crazy things sometimes!
