Ashley Flowers

Like when they tried getting him to go out on a boat before, he was like, nope, all good right here on dry land.

And number two, even though Bubba started walking south down the shoreline of the lake, those same campers who loaned him the flashlight watched him turn around and head back north toward his own camp.

Now, they say that he seemed drunk or under the influence of something.

But again, everyone says that Bubba doesn't drink or do drugs.

The friends who knew Bubba suggested to Gonzalez that maybe these people just weren't familiar with how Bubba normally spoke.

Another neighboring campsite confirms that they saw the same brief interaction and Bubba walking back toward his own camp.

But then what?

People at the camp were still up.

I mean, it was like peak summer.

Lots of people were still sitting around the campfires, talking, having a good time.

Did Bubba make it back without anyone seeing him?

Or had he just kept wandering off into the pitch black night with his flashlight?

It could be both.

Maybe Daryl had made it back to his tent unnoticed and then gone out for a walk in the morning like they first assumed.

I mean, one tip that authorities got made that seem kind of credible.

A man towing a boat says that he saw a black man walking along Highway 104 around 6.30, 7 a.m.

on Saturday.

And this guy was wearing a red shirt and blue jeans.

Now, based on where this sighting was, it would have been about a 20 mile walk from the campsite.

And it kind of sounded legit because based on his friend's statements and the last known picture taken of Bubba while camping on Friday, the clothes that this man was wearing matched what Bubba had on.