Good post, Ren. FB is bizarro, but provides interesting context sometimes.

The intense, ongoing protest and blockade over logging in the area (which Bear was planning to join) adds complexity to the situation.

It appears that family did not report Bear missing for approx. 14 days citing mistrust of law enforcement,

I have been up the highways on either side of this area. It's beautiful, but massively overgrown as any coastal rainforest is. I wouldn't want to be stranded in that tangled mess. Give me the Rockies where I can see the sky.