First article -
www.latimes.com... -
5th day Herdman was 'missing'...
"Footprints and a backpack belong to MH...were found Tuesday..."
"Searchers also found more of Herdman's footprints south of the campsite near a creekbed..."
"Crews were using bloodhounds..."
"...Herdman was barefoot and wearing only shorts and a T-shirt when he ran after the dog when it took off unexpectedly Friday night from their
campsite."
"There was no evidence that Herdman returned to the (camp)site since he'd disappeared..."
"About 50 people searching the area...have to be flown in... Herdman &...friend were camping about 15 miles into the forest, an area they were both
familiar with."
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1st external update
losangeles.cbslocal.com...
Article date/time: June 18, 2014, 11:00 pm
Posted on ATS by randyvs on 6/19/2014 at 6:46 am, still first page of thread...
S&R believe they spotted the dog...
Crews took MH's wife into the rugged terrain to try and retrieve the dog named Duke, but...were unsuccessful.
"Last Friday night, Herdman, 36, and fellow firefighter/paramedic Taylor Byars hiked to Tar Creek Trail and set up camp along the Sespe Creek when
Duke ran away.
"Herdman, who was barefoot and wearing shorts and a T-shirt, along with Byars, ran after the dog
"The two men became separated. Byars eventually made his way back to the campsite, but Herdman...and Duke never returned."
Two more articles from same source...
losangeles.cbslocal.com...
6:24 pm --- appears to be first report from this source on the story...
losangeles.cbslocal.com...
4:31 pm ---
"...Byars searched for Herdman for nearly two days before he made his way out of the wilderness and reported his friend missing Sunday evening...
"...Investigators said there are no signs of foul play.
"We had investigators talk to [Byars], as well ... to go over those details. And everything he's told us has checked out so far," sheriff's Sgt. Eric
Buschow said."
"...crews found the encampment with Herdman's belongings still there.
"We located Mr. Herdman's backpack and we also found some footprints indicating his direction of travel down the creek..."
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Thread Page 2 (no new external updates...though there are external links on a variety of topics, such as rattlesnakes, Los Padres etiquette,
etc...)
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Thread Page 3
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External link to story of 28,000 marijuana plants removed from Los Padres...
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com...
rey-county-sheriff/
...these confiscations were from "four major illegal grow sites in the national forest"...
External link...
ktla.com...
Article date & time: 6/19/2014, 12:58 pm ... updated on same date at 5:05 pm
This was apparently the fourth (?) day of a search for Herdman...
Duke was apparently spotted, again...but got away...again...
11 special agents with US ICE's Homeland Security Investigations Rapid Response Team...joined the search...
"Herdman...was last seen Friday by (Byars)...after the two ran after...Duke near Sespe Creek... The men had been setting up camp when Duke ran off.
"...Taylor Byars, became separated from Herdman, who had run off barefoot and in shorts and a T-shirt... When Herdman did not return to camp by
morning, Byars began to search for him...
"...The pair were on a backpacking trip that began June 11 and were several days into the wilderness.
"Despite his best efforts and after nearly two days of searching, Mr. Byars made his way out of the wilderness...and reported Mr. Herdman's
disappearance to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office in Fillmore on Sunday evening,"...
"The search...began Monday morning, based at the trailhead to Tar Creek."
(
link to
Google map )
34°28'49.1"N 118°55'01.9"W
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Thread Page 5
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External link...update
www.nbclosangeles.com...
Dated Friday 6/20/2014 - 9:37 am
...two drones were added to the search effort on Thursday
...Herdman's backpack and footprints were found by his campsite
(video from this link... the footprints were analyzed by the professional trackers, and it appeared that he was walking, not running, at the time they
were made... He did not appear to have been favoring either side or leg...which suggested that he was not injured at the time, as well... They also,
reportedly said that the footprints appeared to have been made 'over the weekend' ...)
(2nd video from same link -- a team of 9 members camped overnight in the vicinity of the focused search area...hoping to hear or notice
something/anything... but, no luck)
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Info from CallmeRaskolnikov's post 2/3 into page 6 of the Thread...
"...They had planned a hike for a couple days starting in the Dough Flat area into Tar Creek trail head..."
"...The...dog...got loose and Herdman began chasing it into the creek bed..."
TopoQuest Map (when searching Dough Flat & Tar Creek...through Google)...
TopoQuest Map - Devil's Heart Peak, CA
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ATS Thread Page 7
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External Link - posted by research100 - 6/21/2014 - 2:21 PM
losangeles.cbslocal.com...
Article dated 6/20/2014 - 10:10 pm
...they were hiking Tar Creek Trail...and had set up camp along the Sespe Creek...when...Duke ran away.
Byars "left a pack full of supplies...behind and began walking out of the creek..."
"...Searchers spotted Duke near the creek Wednesday & Thursday..."
"...the dog looked good... ...running all over the place. Mentally he's frazzled because he's not coming to anyone who calls him..."
"The dog has shown up both times...about a mile north to northwest to where their campsite was when Mike was last seen..."
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cont'd in next post)
edit on 9/1/2014 by WanDash because: addendum
edit on 9/1/2014 by WanDash because:
Google Maps link