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SnowyB wrote:

saturday morning. a fresh breeze blows in. time to restart the engines of casual sleuthing, researching and chit chattery.
so far, so good. the usual suspects have held back on Firday-nite-drunk-typeeee. but, the long weekend is young.
it's foot-a-balla-time-a and the tops will pop.
we haven't done the jigger campground thingy in awhile, but i was reminded by the kahlua jiggering in the back-a-packa.
hmmm....clue.
sleuth.
i wonder.
interesting.
maybe.
what if.
chit chattery. birds cheep cheeping. seeds flying. bike pedaling. still coming up with....nothing.
i would like to correct some spelling errors; stickler for that. seems like k*a*h*l*u*a comes more easily than c*a*r*i*n*g. some people just add a lot of "e"s.
there's my 2 cents from my 6th sense.
beware The Boogeyman, The Ruthless Jackasses, and The Least Careing (an extra "e" for good measure).
Topix space is free. what if they charged?

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WTH-the-original wrote:

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SB hasn't contributed here for many months so she might need a refresher on how this actually works. You can obviously repeat any reasonable theory and call it that, a theory, while backing it up with evidence. Has been done by many with nary a cross word. Well except by some that don't understand the logical process. You may also spout bullshit and give no evidence and expect many people to spank you for spouting bullshit. You may also spout pure unadulterated speculation and stating it as such can also go on your way with not a scratch. Some might ask why you think that, but hopefully you would have thought far enough ahead that you would have an answer. And the last category is asking questions that have some basis in logic. They are always appreciated but be aware you might not get an answer because there is a lot in this case that is unknown. Now the spouters that try to crouch questions in a manner to make them appear as fact (we have a couple of those people here), have also gotten body slammed in the past. The reason is that there is so much that is not known, several of us don't want to contaminate it with harebrained theories and gross unsubstantiated rumor. That doesn't help Maura or anyone else. And the people that have been here, try to make sure evidence creep doesn't happen. It is unfortunate that there are some who think it is their right to turn Maura's disappearance into a Lifetime made for TV movie by making "facts" up. Especially making up "facts" on the backs of people who had nothing to do with her, except in some cases to help her. There have been people here in the past whose entire function was to accuse and point fingers at people who had done nothing except to try to help. And some locals have become the subject of a witch hunt by some. That type of activity was something that eventually wasn't tolerated in the past and I suspect still won't be tolerated anymore. Again, one has to wonder if we would even be talking about this if Maura had just stayed at the car like she should have.
Oh, and those that want unfettered access to any unsubstantiated half-assed theory that they want to bellow about. Always has Webslothes. A kinder, gentler place were any half-wit with their mommy's computer can speculate to their hearts content. It is a place that it is possible to spout unsubstantiated bullshit and have others agree with you, and add to the height of the bullshit, rather than using the scientific method that questions how you derived that theory.
Welcome to Topix.
Bill

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WTH-the-original wrote:

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Like I said. A little more help for you. By definition:
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn...
Noun
S:(n) running away (the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be)
Bill

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Tang Zoi wrote:

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But apparently You do have time to waste because the # of posts You have composed is up there pretty high.
Especially when the red truck is brought up. Or the trees perhaps. Maybe the damage to the saturn.

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JWB wrote:

New 2005- Funny thing is is that this truck I have not seen sense and this truck had a RACK ON TOP

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findmaura wrote:

I bet if someone says "Red Truck" they will come barrell arseing out of the woodwork!

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sophie bean wrote:

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yup. or the possible presence of serial predators in the immediate area at the precise time in question.

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Tang Zoi wrote:

The red truck was not from mass. or a NH temp. plate.

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Fred Garvin wrote:

<text deleted> Butch in his school bus alone after the cops had been notified is creepy to me.

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JWB wrote:

I am just going to throw a thought out there- bash me if you will or enter into a conversation.
My opinion/ Thought is If Maura did Indeed start walking east she would have quickly realized that the area is very vacant of civilization and lighting. I realize that the moon was bright that night but just the same the area can be creepy even while driving in a car. The road is very narrow and most of the camps are seasonal and are not vacant in the Winter.
I really just can't imagine a young female going very far on that stretch of road without freeking out. The terrain to the right side of the road slopes up and there have been wash outs on that side of the road. A very difficult venture if she wanted to wander into the woods.
If Maura decided to cross over the left of the road then you have the river and then dense woods. I can see someone just wanting to get off that dark scarey road and hang for a bit. If Maura did cross the frozen river then that is a very baron area of thickly wooded area that I don't believe anyone really ventures to. I know there are some roads on the other side of the river but I have never traveled on them, I want to say they are accessible as you go over the covered bridge but that is just a guess.
Any other local or person that knows the other side of the river have any thoughts about the road system or traffic over there if any?

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citigirl wrote:

<quoted text>The covered bridge is west of the accident scene.

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Fred Garvin wrote:

I voted what I hope is true.
James - would opportunistic predator fall under the SK choice?