March 28, 2009

Early start to Saturday. Andy met up with Linda and her hounds, near where Sampson was last seen playing in a creek near Bradshaw/Jackson. They spent the entire morning picking up various scents and following her hounds. After a few hours, they called off their search.
My brother, Neil, volunteered to help me hand out flyers while Andy was looking. Later, Andy met up with us again, and we put flyers in every mailbox near the quarries. Abe & Kjer joined us once again, as did Jesse & Jon. At this point, we had handed out or posted over 800+ flyers.
Andy, Neil & I decided that we needed to venture out into a quarry today, since we had driven the perimeter many many times. We hopped a fence, jumped a beaver dam, and climbed up the side of one of the quarries. It was HUGE. Imagine land the size of 10 football fields, with old dilapidated equipment used to excavate stone/slate/rock. We found dog poo around an old bridge, and a few spots where the grass had been matted down (as if a curled up animal were sleeping here). Linda had told us that coyotes were a concern in this area- not good. We decided to head home, grab some items to use as a weapon, and post up in this spot for the evening.
The boys went back that evening (Andy, Neil, Aaron, Matt). They waited in the quarry.
7 days No Sam.