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Does that break anyone else's heart like it does mine? I think I will take the day off tomorrow, WS has been a bit hard on the heart the last few days.
While googling, I got a hit on this church group for 'ECK" eckankarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckankar
I know there are several outposts of these teaching here in Oregon, both in Portland and Eugene.
It might be a red herring, but that is the first thing that jumped into my head when I read...
I wonder if they got his real name from running prints he left behind in NV. That may be when he popped up on the radar. I bet Suellen knew him by another name.
In a week or two on the mountain alone she will not be in any condition to return home! This seems so out of character, normally they do search and rescue for a week or more before finding a person or calling off the search! Poor Patty!
My BF, who knows old school photography, thinks that the background on these are red vine maple- no tint or lens needed, as her shirt is white and tinting or a lens would make it not white.
He also thinks that Alcala may have traded pictures around with other male photographers or film...