24 hours later, and it is amazing how 480 news outlets can repeat the same information

without adding anything new. No wonder journalism and newspapers are dying. Here are two really tiny things that are new:

I already figured based on his previous addresses and his girlfriend's numerous videos from Marine-type activities that he was in the military. My question is (and at least the Colorado Springs Gazette could pretend to investigate this or start stumbling towards an answer, instead of just regurgitating Kyle Patterson's three paragraphs) - Is he still in the millitary? Could we enlist some of the military to assist in the search? And then the Daily Mail across the pond, bless them, produces a wonderful clickbait headline by somehow indicating the text he sent to his friend from the top of Longs Peak was somehow "chilling". What part of telling someone you've arrived at the top of a mountain is chilling? Go back to the previous entry to see how skeptical I am of even this straightforward text being real or true, but regardless, the only chilling portion would have been if he texted he had been chased to the top by some strange hobo carrying an ax. But you have to give the Mail credit for at least looking through some FB posts. Lucas' mother has some fame already from working in Texas and being a partner of an officer who was gunned down in an ambush a few years back.

Having said that, if the Daily Mail is accurate, and this is an authentic post, it is a very strange comment to leave on FB from a biologic mother about a biologic son. I can only imagine if I were a parent with a missing son, and too overwhelmed in the moment to be on FB, and certainly compelled to leave something closer to "OMG I'M PRAYING FOR A SAFE RETURN HELP HIM JEBUS" should I happen to be bothered to be on it. An arm's length descriptive like "my hiking enthusiast" would be a very normal response if you were a hostage negotiator. As I say and will say again, if anything about this event is true, if any of the details as presented thus far as accurate, this is an ususual, not normal "disappearance on Longs Peak" story. I can easily be proven wrong with the finding of a body or the discovery of an injured or lost hiker. Then I will gladly admit I was callous and a disrupter of the prayer chain. But as it stands right now, the longer this goes without finding something, the more folks responsible for organizing this effort need to ask themselves if they are equipped for their job, if this job entails finding people alive and having the requisite brain cells to sniff out any potential rats.