William Martin

Yeah, near the Job Corps camp. And then he goes into – and so that's east of Cades Cove. Then he's on his way. He gets intercepted by the FBI agent. It was Jim Reich, right? Yeah, I think so, yeah. Gets intercepted by the FBI agent. He gets to the park, and then he leads them west... like, two miles when he said he thought he had driven something like seven. Around the loop, right?

Yeah, near the Job Corps camp. And then he goes into – and so that's east of Cades Cove. Then he's on his way. He gets intercepted by the FBI agent. It was Jim Reich, right? Yeah, I think so, yeah. Gets intercepted by the FBI agent. He gets to the park, and then he leads them west... like, two miles when he said he thought he had driven something like seven. Around the loop, right?

I don't know if he drove around the loop, but he might have driven around the loop. I don't know if it was one way at the time. But he basically takes him two miles southwest of the entrance to Cades Cove when he clearly described to the paper a route that took him east because he said he drove up a mountain road. There is no mountain road heading west out of the Cades Cove Visitor Center. Yeah.

I don't know if he drove around the loop, but he might have driven around the loop. I don't know if it was one way at the time. But he basically takes him two miles southwest of the entrance to Cades Cove when he clearly described to the paper a route that took him east because he said he drove up a mountain road. There is no mountain road heading west out of the Cades Cove Visitor Center. Yeah.

So his story changes aggressively. It's not like, you know, he took him the same direction for a little while.

So his story changes aggressively. It's not like, you know, he took him the same direction for a little while.

Having been down there? Absolutely not. Okay. So that bugged me.

Having been down there? Absolutely not. Okay. So that bugged me.

It's it's the fact that the FBI intercepted him and then his story changed.

It's it's the fact that the FBI intercepted him and then his story changed.

Well, that's the thing, though, is that they set up the meeting with the park service. So they knew where he was going to be in the park.

Well, that's the thing, though, is that they set up the meeting with the park service. So they knew where he was going to be in the park.

No, I know that. I mean, like, from what I understand, what he did was he drove to Cades Cove, met up with the Rangers at the visitor center, and then took them to where he was. And I believe there was an FBI agent there too. Not Reich, Reich's partner. Yeah, so my understanding of what happened is he leaves home to drive to the park to meet up with an FBI agent and several park rangers.

No, I know that. I mean, like, from what I understand, what he did was he drove to Cades Cove, met up with the Rangers at the visitor center, and then took them to where he was. And I believe there was an FBI agent there too. Not Reich, Reich's partner. Yeah, so my understanding of what happened is he leaves home to drive to the park to meet up with an FBI agent and several park rangers.

Along the way, another agent intercepts him, which would actually be fairly easy to do along the road in Decades Cove because there's just all these little stops off on the side. It's one road in and out. And it takes like an hour to get there from Gatlinburg. It's crazy because this one scenic road is just people drive so slow. Right. Yeah.

Along the way, another agent intercepts him, which would actually be fairly easy to do along the road in Decades Cove because there's just all these little stops off on the side. It's one road in and out. And it takes like an hour to get there from Gatlinburg. It's crazy because this one scenic road is just people drive so slow. Right. Yeah.

So he goes to drive the park, gets intercepted, gets to the park, meets with the Rangers before he goes to where the sighting supposedly happened. And then he leads them two miles west and is like, yeah, it was up that little creek right there. So that's that's what bugs me is like why that also the Green Berets.

So he goes to drive the park, gets intercepted, gets to the park, meets with the Rangers before he goes to where the sighting supposedly happened. And then he leads them two miles west and is like, yeah, it was up that little creek right there. So that's that's what bugs me is like why that also the Green Berets.

And that's that's what I did is I basically weeded everything out that I was like, this could be extraneous reporting. This could be somebody heard somebody said something. And what I got to was like, OK, he we know he headed east. We know he headed along a mountain road that is now a trail, not boat mountain road. It was a different one.

And that's that's what I did is I basically weeded everything out that I was like, this could be extraneous reporting. This could be somebody heard somebody said something. And what I got to was like, OK, he we know he headed east. We know he headed along a mountain road that is now a trail, not boat mountain road. It was a different one.