Information he received from the boy's friends suggests that Dylan was hitchhiking when he disappeared, Redwine said.
"It sounds to me like he's not even in the area," he said.
He said he is concerned that a stranger could have picked up the teen and abducted him.
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His childhood friends from Bayfield, which is just over 20 miles from the area where Dylan's father lives, suggested an alternative theory that police are also looking into. They believe that Dylan may have tried hitchhiking to go see them in his old hometown, during which he was abducted.
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The boys said Dylan wasnt shy about hitching rides.
Honestly, I think he was walking into Bayfield and got taken away, he said.
Wesley agreed.
http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20121124/NEWS01/121129756/-1/s
Similarly, while
some of Dylan's Bayfield friends suggested he might hitchhike down from Vallecito to Bayfield for a scheduled visit with them,
Elaine Redwine said she and Dylan had talked about being safe, including not hitchhiking.
It would be uncharacteristic of Dylan to do that, she said.
http://www.durangoherald.com/articl...APW/Family-keeps-faith-through-adverse-time--
One time during a snowstorm,
Dylan was the one to stick out his thumb and hitch the boys a ride home from the library.
http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20121215/NEWS01/121219687/A-boys-life--