Missing Bikepacker Found
#51
bicycle tourist

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From: Austin, Texas, USA
Bikes: Trek 520, Lightfoot Ranger, Trek 4500
I haven't seen anything. I set a Google alert to monitor for further updates. Not long after she was found, she and her parents had an hour-long interview with the sheriff. Since that press conference and then follow up speculation/discussion I haven't seen anything newer pop up on the web.
Hopefully that is a sign that all is well.
I still expect eventually more information will surface elaborating on events and timeline.
Hopefully that is a sign that all is well.
I still expect eventually more information will surface elaborating on events and timeline.
#52
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Joined: Feb 2012
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I haven't seen anything. I set a Google alert to monitor for further updates. Not long after she was found, she and her parents had an hour-long interview with the sheriff. Since that press conference and then follow up speculation/discussion I haven't seen anything newer pop up on the web.
Hopefully that is a sign that all is well.
I still expect eventually more information will surface elaborating on events and timeline.
Hopefully that is a sign that all is well.
I still expect eventually more information will surface elaborating on events and timeline.
#53
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Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 843
Likes: 33
I haven't seen anything. I set a Google alert to monitor for further updates. Not long after she was found, she and her parents had an hour-long interview with the sheriff. Since that press conference and then follow up speculation/discussion I haven't seen anything newer pop up on the web.
Hopefully that is a sign that all is well.
I still expect eventually more information will surface elaborating on events and timeline.
Hopefully that is a sign that all is well.
I still expect eventually more information will surface elaborating on events and timeline.
#54
bicycle tourist

Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,626
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From: Austin, Texas, USA
Bikes: Trek 520, Lightfoot Ranger, Trek 4500
The Sheriff provides an update on the following podcast: https://www.kmjnow.com/2025/06/09/sh...s-conjured-up/
Update: I've now listened to this. General summary is that sheriff doesn't have evidence but is skeptical and believes that the story has been embellished.
Update: I've now listened to this. General summary is that sheriff doesn't have evidence but is skeptical and believes that the story has been embellished.
Last edited by mev; 06-09-25 at 07:23 PM.
#57
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#59
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,140
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From: NH
And here's the analogy to clouds ...
Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Joni Mitchell
Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Joni Mitchell
#60
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Ahh, got it
#61
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Joined: May 2013
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From: Folsom CA
Bikes: Stormchaser, Paramount, Tilt, Samba tandem
This is a weird thing for a sheriff to say in public into an Internet mad for conspiracies. As plenty well evidenced by the LATimes article below which is almost entirely sourced from a thread on the website that has read it
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Genesis 49:16-17
"Well, well!" said Holmes, impatiently. "A good cyclist does not need a high road. The moor is intersected with paths and the moon is at the full."
Genesis 49:16-17
"Well, well!" said Holmes, impatiently. "A good cyclist does not need a high road. The moor is intersected with paths and the moon is at the full."
#62
And here's the analogy to clouds ...
Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Joni Mitchell
Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Joni Mitchell
#63
Senior Member

Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,140
Likes: 261
From: NH
#64
Senior Member



Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 12,727
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From: Madison, WI
Bikes: 1961 Ideor, 1966 Perfekt 3 Speed AB Hub, 1994 Bridgestone MB-6, 2006 Airnimal Joey, 2009 Thorn Sherpa, 2013 Thorn Nomad MkII, 2015 VO Pass Hunter, 2017 Lynskey Backroad, 2017 Raleigh Gran Prix, 1980s Bianchi Mixte on a trainer. Others are now gone.
#65
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How many here remember Balloon Boy? I remember at the time instantly thinking the story was BS on seeing the live video of the balloon, which was far too small to carry a child aloft. But far too many people get their physics knowledge from cartoons instead of the science class they slept through.
#66
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Joined: Dec 2010
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From: northern Deep South
Bikes: Fuji Touring, Novara Randonee
How many here remember Balloon Boy? I remember at the time instantly thinking the story was BS on seeing the live video of the balloon, which was far too small to carry a child aloft. But far too many people get their physics knowledge from cartoons instead of the science class they slept through.
Squirrel!







