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Topic: Leonard and Mercer's Big Adventure
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Dusty Hunter
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posted December 12, 2009 03:16 PM
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"Anybody know if he's any kin-folk to the real Gerry Blair?????"
That's one of the Beastmaster's sons. He does the pr work for the Sheriff in Coconino County. He's about the same size as his dad and just as friendly.
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Andy L
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posted December 12, 2009 04:08 PM
Thats pretty wild stuff LB. I would have been like you and wanted to take pics. Whats the odds you will ever see anything like that again?
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Kokopelli
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posted December 12, 2009 09:12 PM
Well, it's good to know that this other Gerry Blair's the real deal, & not an imposter!!!
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furhvstr
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posted December 13, 2009 07:13 PM
Leonard is good guy. I enjoyed my time out with him. He was little stingy with the braggin stories. I am sure he must have a bunch.
I was happy and relieved to have a cat in a cage to show him.
Not sure he is all too impressed with my ability to identify critters at night. I was a little off my game. Never had a living legend in the truck with me. Seriously I am having trouble with my eyesight in low light. I geuss my age is creeping up with me. It cost us a cat.
I sure don't need no pictures. I have been seeing that poor old guy everytime that I close my eyes.
I have been out many hundreds of nights over the years but that night with LB will likely stay with me forever.
Thanks for coming up LB
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[ December 13, 2009, 07:14 PM: Message edited by: furhvstr ]
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Tim Behle
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posted December 14, 2009 07:27 AM
I found an Elderly woman that I had known for several years last February. I still see her every time I turn down Leslie Canyon Road, or hear someone start to tell a story such as this.
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Patterson
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posted December 14, 2009 10:19 AM
Leonard, I have always wondered if I will ever find a body out an about. I dont really want to and I really dont want the image stuck in my head. Bones would be one thing but a body with a face is another. At the same time I have some kinda interest in it and if facinates me to wonder why/how a body got their. Pictures.....little much for me though.
Lance, did you hear about that body they found in Chapman just a couple weeks/month ago?? Just off the blacktop and sitting under a tree? I think found by a pheasant hunter.
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Leonard
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posted December 14, 2009 11:51 AM
A long time ago, when the state organization was large with membership, we tried to donate our expertise to the authorities involved in searches; down aircraft, lost child, missing person, etc etc. Tha arrogant bastards always turned us down; no thanks! If there is anybody that knows the desert and can cover a lot of ground especially at night, it's a predator hunter.
Now, what Mercer is alluding to, talking about impressions, is that there were a number of times that there was a mild difference of opinion, and it involved identification of animals. That's it. He's a good shot and a hard hunter and very talented trapper. There were a few times when I was pretty sure of what we had out there, and he had a different opinion. That's what it's all about, you see eyes and what do you do about it? Well, I was not going to be impolite, nor was I going to distract him from checking his cages. We DID drive by a road at least once while I was yaking, and spinning yarns, going down memory lane, which was not the purpose of this trip, at least I didn't think it was? We can do that over a brew, or as I suggested, during a 600 mile drive. There are few blank spots in the conversation, on a road trip....but once we turn off into the dirt and break out the gear, it's all business, right?
I'd get out with Mercer any day, he's definitely got the fever.
Good hunting. LB
[ December 14, 2009, 11:54 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
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Cdog911
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posted December 14, 2009 04:38 PM
Yeah, that's the one I was speaking about in my above post. Didn't sound like much beyond just a guy that set up camp and died. I'd careful about the coyotes in that area thogh,... taste of flesh and all in their mouth.
Leanord,
Your decription of the guy was that he was kneeling, leaned forward like he was in a muslim prayer pose? Right? Maybe the guy was driving down the road, felt sick to his stomach and got out to vomit, which is why he was on the ground like that. One of the early signs of a massive heart attackm is the onset of nausea and vomiting, which would explain how he went from alive to sick to dead in short order. No foul play, just a guy who died and needed finding by somebody who'd make sure what he left behind got taken care of.
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Leonard
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posted December 16, 2009 01:40 PM
In any case, the mystery continues.
I emailed a reporter for the Barstow Desert Dispatch yesterday explaining the situation. He checked the county coroner's website and couldn't find anything? He promised to get back to me when he learned something, and as of now, he has not got back to me.
I'm pretty sure he believed me, although I had no concrete information, didn't have a record of the vehicle license, had no idea of the victim's name. But, if he can find the original 911 call log and maybe a dispatch by San Bernardino Sheriff's, we might at least verify that something happened, and I'm not a crank?
The question remains, why no report, no newspaper account and no obituary?
Good hunting. LB
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4949shooter
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posted December 16, 2009 06:37 PM
The Sheriff's dept. might not yet have a positive ID on the victim, or the investigation is continuing and they don't want to compromise it, so they are keeping it quiet for now.
Interesting story...and it's good you guys stayed away from the body and didn't contaminate the scene.
Yes, Gerry Blair retired as a captain with AZ DPS.
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4949shooter
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posted December 27, 2009 02:15 PM
Any updates?
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Leonard
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posted December 27, 2009 09:40 PM
Mercer told me, (he's local, I'm 80 miles away) that the coroner determined that it was a heart attack. That's all I know, never got a name?
Good hunting. LB
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4949shooter
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posted December 28, 2009 10:30 AM
That makes sense.
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RonFin
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posted January 05, 2010 07:39 PM
Leonard, There is a Mercer about 80 miles from Upland that offers guide service. Same guy?
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Leonard
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posted January 05, 2010 09:37 PM
Beats me? He never mentioned it? He's in Barstow.
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RonFin
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posted January 05, 2010 10:44 PM
The add I saw was for a Mercer up in Yucca Valley.
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