Runner vanished in the Bay area, no trace found. Update. He's been found. RIP: Philip Kreycik.

No updates in a day?

I have never ran with my phone. I also don't run in the mountains though and usually on well trafficked bike paths or my neighborhood.

kanman wrote:

No updates in a day?

From the "Finding Philip Kreycik" facebook page, which is your best bet to keep tabs on search updates:

"Update as of 9:15 AM: As a reminder, we will NOT be sending out hiking volunteers today. We are also beginning to strongly discourage independent searches for Philip because the ground has been covered already, the remaining places to search require professional-level skills, and we do not want volunteers getting in the way of professional SAR efforts, which are ongoing. Thanks everyone for your continued support!"

Thanks for sharing.I found a lot of interesting information here. A really good post, very thankful and hopeful that you will write many more posts like this one.

From their Facebook page, someone was recommending a dog tracking service that apparently (from the picture) uses the German Shepherd. Hopefully, the S&R teams have Bloodhounds, which are far superior in their scent tracking.

https://www.telegram.com/article/20150325/NEWS/303259591

A German Shepherd has 45x more scent receptors than a human, but a Bloodhound has ~59x more:

https://www.thehonestkitchen.com/blog/why-bloodhounds-make-great-trackers/

Also, at this point, maybe the use of Cessna's or helicopters (unless the latter is dropping teams) would be disruptive to watching the locations of 'birds' flying in the air.

what is that? wrote:

From their Facebook page, someone was recommending a dog tracking service that apparently (from the picture) uses the German Shepherd. Hopefully, the S&R teams have Bloodhounds, which are far superior in their scent tracking.

Beagles are superior to German Shepards. Their scent tracking is not quite as good as a Bloodhound, but an advantage they have is they they are lower to the ground and drop down and go into four-paw drive mode. Like little power tanks which can easily pull a lot more than their weight. And they love to retrieve things from under shrubs in really hard to get into places.

I've become disoriented running in the heat before, and this was on roads I'd run hundreds of times. Even looking at the street signs didn't help. Don't underestimate just how disorienting heat exhaustion can be.

I would think an accident or murder/attack would leave significant evidence behind, so intentionally going off trail seems most likely.

This FAQ covers a lot of information, specifically about the capabilities of his GPS watch and the fact that the searchers ruled out all potential options related to this (real or fantasy) at the outset.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTB0RIr5pAYBA25YasmupWirnGykbss1bd5hJZSoPXfrRkWyJuG8geOmvq7MHbyyKplejAvWBT0Fl6F/pub

"Runner vanished in the Bay area, no trace found"

-me every time a talented high school runner goes to Stanford

ClaytonHammer wrote:

This actually happened where I grew up. Guy goes for a jog in an easy area, dissapears. Turns up 30 years later in Mexico under a different name. Left his 2 kids and wife behind (who passed away before he was found). Tragic story.

^

Yep, this is running's version of going out for a pack of smokes.

Found a particularly disturbing comment from a local Patch article:

Original article:

The author of that article sounds like they need to be on a watch list.

I should clarify that I mean the author of the comment.

Dude, that guy is a crank. Why would you even think otherwise? Law enforcement and volunteers have been massively on this. His follow-up post is very specific and says that law enforcement was told the location yesterday. So you think there's a big conspiracy now to hide his body? (Hint: nope).

Wtf there's a new comment on the Patch article from the same handle:

"Second email. Philips body is 60-70 feet from the surface, between boulder / large rocks, and not viewable from above. The coordinates were given to L.E. yesterday, July 18, 2021. If the SAR teams use HRD (human remains detection ) dogs, and cover 100% of the location provided, he'll be found."

Someone writing some fiction or what? Kinda spooky.