Sometimes a case comes along that screams to look outside the box, rarely will many do this, as more often than not some tend to just rinse and repeat what they did in the previous cases, without thought to the harm it may cause. I guess if one plays the stats often enough, they are bound to get it right sooner or later.
Many have chosen to accept every word that ER has stated as an absolute I have chosen not to, and instead have focused on what his friends have stated as well as LE.
I think the scenario that you have presented is a viable possibility here, especially once I researched active groups within the area. Like you have stated with respect to your cousin, they don't have access to the outside world and in fact usually it is severed completely to include family.
The fact that the maternal side did not jump on a potential break in the case solidified my thought process. I cannot understand why someone would be adamantly dismissive of Dylan being a runaway, dismissive of sightings which I believe LE has not completely ruled out in the case of the postal worker, as LE used ambiguous wording with respect to the early sightings. I am completely dumbfounded why someone would go to such great lengths to dismiss a potential witness, to the point of refusing to acknowledge it on the official Facebook page and going to extremes that I have seen in social media .
The silence from the maternal side with respect to that lead was deafening. More so than any words and/or actions of MR.
This is a scenario that does not require leaps and bounds with respect to cell phone usage, and in fact the area would be conducive to the spotty cell phone reception. Getting from point A to point B would be easily explained right up to and including a missing fishing pole. Dylan would be a perfect target of these groups.
