I think more than what LE and SAR did, you have to look at the sons who were VERY motivated to find their dad, and the group of guys from their hometown in Tennessee who were also VERY motivated to find him and return home heroes. These two groups weren't just checking the boxes - they were invested emotionally in finding him. And they weren't able to. In my opinion, that means he's not in the area these two groups searched.
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I keep going back to SK’s pack too. Not the meat, but the one the guy out there searching with his dog said he found. He said he sound SK’s pack.
I realize it is paywalled, but I can't access the Search for Steve page. Could you please share the article link here?This article was posted on the official Search for Steve facebook. If you blow it up, you can read it - this is the first time I've heard the pack of caribou meat was found "on the trail". So not just in some random area in the area, on a trail. You can also find the article as a link, but it's behind a paywall.
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I haven’t seen any signal that local LE and SAR are puzzled by why they couldn’t find SK. AFAIK they assume he’s in the area, but there’s no benefit in searching longer. They’d be sacrificing their living clientele for recovery of a lost person they were unlikely to find. Tundra swallows up people.
That might be the “Winter Trail” @Gardenista was referring to, that appears on some maps. There’s not foot traffic enough to create a trail…This article was posted on the official Search for Steve facebook. If you blow it up, you can read it - this is the first time I've heard the pack of caribou meat was found "on the trail". So not just in some random area in the area, on a trail. You can also find the article as a link, but it's behind a paywall.
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From a friend in Alaska. Mile marker was actually 349, the paper isn’t correct
IMO posters are using “pack” as shorthand for “pack and meat”.
I guess I assumes they would have removed his meat pack when they put the meat in the lake? It sounded like the guy who found it, was referring to SK’s daypack or whatever it was he was using when he went missing. Maybe I misinterpreted that?
In the beginning it did appear that they were puzzled. Of course that is what I'm stating is that he should be in the general vicinity, I don't disagree with that. Nor do I disagree with their recovery effort. One looks at some aspects and goes "Really?" So some aspects are curious. I do suspect that they did do a grid search of the general area, perhaps gradually and he hasn't been found. As for the Tundra swallowing people up we can chalk that up to muskeg, and quicksand. Which in this case here thankfully no one has encountered or fallen into.
It would make a difference in that people walk on it and its possible it may keep predators away from the area even if it isn't a main trail but walked over occasionally.
I see what you're saying.
They did leave the tent, a white eyesore, completely inadequate weather-wise for anyone in AK....[Note the State of AK hunting handbook ^^^^ that calls for a dome tent with full fly, and which is pretty much standard for backcountry also in lower-48] They left both sets of antlers (BC and SK) and the "meat". They can't have had all their meat this close to the road, though, because those caribou are heavy, and I'm not sure the hunters would have been able to get all their meat from their hunting camp to the base camp.
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Very weird. It says there's an "investigation", and like any investigation not all facts are public?This post strongly suggests they're withholding information pertinent to the search for Mr. Keel. This would be appropriate if this is a criminal investigation - I'm not sure what the value of withholding information is, if this is a simple missing persons investigation and there are locals and occasionally truckers who are putting in efforts in Alaska to locate him. Why withhold information?
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It saddens me that this post has even become necessary. This group grew faster and bigger than expected. All the support for the Keel family is beyond amazing. This group was created with a few...
The problem I see here: failure to find a missing person doesn't mean they aren't there.
I am unable to access this post. Could you post a copy or summary of it? Thanks much!This post strongly suggests they're withholding information pertinent to the search for Mr. Keel. This would be appropriate if this is a criminal investigation - I'm not sure what the value of withholding information is, if this is a simple missing persons investigation and there are locals and occasionally truckers who are putting in efforts in Alaska to locate him. Why withhold information?
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It saddens me that this post has even become necessary. This group grew faster and bigger than expected. All the support for the Keel family is beyond amazing. This group was created with a few...
Here's the post:
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