tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80136659446641590982011-08-01T15:29:36.894-05:00Evan Ratliff has vanished. He Has Gone Off the Grid on Purpose. Can you help find him? "Author Evan Ratliff Is on the Lam. Locate Him and Win $5,000." I'll post thoughts and links to help track him. Twitter Hashtag is #VanishAMHnoreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-91868019502989887612009-09-09T06:45:00.000-05:002009-09-09T06:45:38.498-05:00

In case you haven't heard already, Evan was caught Tuesday evening in New Orleans. Gluten-free pizza seems to be his achilles heel. Read about how Evan was caught at the official Wired blog, www.wired.com/vanish The folks at http://www.vanishteam.com/ put the pieces of the puzzle together and alerted hunters in New Orleans. I suggest you read their story on their web site. A big congratulations

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-36032255306960021462009-09-07T09:33:00.001-05:002009-09-07T09:50:14.217-05:00

We know he went to Atlanta. We don't know if he stayed in Atlanta. Evan's clues about his favorite Chik-Fil-A and favorite Mexican restaurant could be diversion. Then again, they could be very bold moves such as the soccer game in Salt Lake City. However, we don't know if he even left the Atlanta airport. I have a question into Nick if there is any new information regarding flights since he

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-79938272040378079232009-08-29T10:42:00.000-05:002009-08-29T10:42:08.788-05:00

Twitter searcher @luckyitslizz did a search for Evan using the Lexis/Nexis database. Her access is through a university and is most likely not a full Lexis/Nexis search. The results from this search are mostly from jigsaw.com and mostly they reference Evan's articles from Wired as well as other publications. Some interesting pieces of information that I have found so far include: Evan held,

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-80351291630923803662009-08-27T12:58:00.000-05:002009-08-27T12:58:45.554-05:00

It would appear that in Wired's contest to find Evan Ratliff the current score is Evan 1 and Operation Bookstore 0. Nicholas Thompson, Evan's editor at Wired, posted this tweet today about Evan's successful purchase of Tracy Kidder's new book, Strength in What Remains: According to Nicholas, via a Twitter direct message to me, Evan emailed him the message about purchasing the book and "Since

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-998398852155504752009-08-25T08:01:00.001-05:002009-08-25T08:02:16.982-05:00

Attention Evan Ratliff!!We're coming to a bookstore near you! Evan's editor at Wired, Nicholas Thompson, blogged yesterday that he is sure Evan will go into a bookstore on or before Thursday, and purchase a copy of Tracy Kidder's new book Strength in What Remains.Through contacts (a friend of a friend) I have at the American Booksellers Association, an e-mail will go out to all independent

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-7397635368132278342009-08-25T00:38:00.001-05:002009-08-25T00:39:06.073-05:00

In case you haven't heard already, Evan has sold his car. He sold his car to a Car Max in Las Vegas, NV, on August 14th. Evan deposited this check at a bank in Santa Monica on August 21st. From an interview Wired did with Evan's friend Jeffrey O'Brien we know Evan and Jeffrey were in San Francisco on August 12th. Jeffrey states: "The day before he left, we watched the Mexico-U.S. soccer match in

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-2255336615857859482009-08-24T14:00:00.001-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.819-05:00

Cryptologist needed to help decipher a message from Evan: Official Blog Entry about this message from Nick on Wired Blog: http://www.wired.com/vanish/2009/08/is-evans-cat-jumping-on-the-keyboard/Text of Message:HST—FaLiLV/tRD:aN/HA:aSaTS;TW—tRS/tEKAA/tBotV;FSF—TItN/tGG/tCCoBB;JC—LJ/HoD/aOoP;JM—JGS/MWS/tBotH;GD—BB:aBaJ/tCoM/tMotS; see GR Code deciphered here: http://textbin.com/s8741Wikipedia

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-6158631298460632992009-08-23T19:14:00.000-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.820-05:00

The wiki being used in the Search For Evan Ratliff can be found, here. I just discovered there is an Evan Ratliff entry on Wikipedia. Most of the information so far concerns the hunt for Evan. Wikipedia site can be found here. The official Wired blog, Vanish: Finding Evan Ratliff can be found here. #Vanish

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-16894141578888211392009-08-23T07:30:00.004-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.820-05:00

There has been speculation among those searching for Evan that he may have sold his car. This theory materialized after it was learned that Evan deposited $3,000 into his checking account on Friday, August 21, in Santa Monica. His car, a 1999 Honda Civic, would be worth approximately $3,000 dollars if he sold it.Thanks to Facebook Group contributor Ben Feldman it appears that Evan has not sold

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-60446618002635207922009-08-22T21:58:00.001-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.820-05:00

Searching the Wayback Machine for the archives of www.atavistic.net and .org I found some known associates, Jennifer Kahn and Stuart Luman, from November of 2004: siteAnother known associate is Brian Dalton. site This site is from April of 2003.I don't know what, if any, link the information below might have to Evan. I thought I would provide it as it was found in the archives of atavist.net.I

AMHnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-29892107879818311702009-08-22T14:26:00.002-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.821-05:00

Here is a photo stolen directly from @atavisttracker avatar. It is a known photo of Evan with beard and sunglasses added on with Photo Shop.#vanish

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-4706066307911348062009-08-22T08:54:00.001-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.822-05:00

There is only one Evan Ratliff. There are hundreds, if not more, searching for him in hopes of winning the $5,000 prize. Now, there is a new Facebook group dedicated to helping Evan avoiding being found. This group is Run, Evan, Run and membership in the group is available only by invitation and approval by the group administrator. This group was created by Rich Reder of Cincinnati, Ohio, and he

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-88245381237986437912009-08-22T05:51:00.001-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.822-05:00

There is speculation as to whether the $3,000 Evan deposited on Friday came from the sale of the car we believe he is driving. I did find three Green 1999 Honda Civic for sale in the Greater Los Angeles area. I do not know if he has sold it or he is having someone sell it for him. I don't know if he is planning to sell it.This listing from Bellflower, CA, which is approximately 32 miles from

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-30225572860001207502009-08-21T08:04:00.003-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.822-05:00

I just had a Gmail chat with @JohnsonThrimp7:58 AM thrimpjohnson: Fiedler & Jones Enemy Of The State imdb, seriously. You can do better than thta Sorry in a rush, on timer here7:59 AM me: oh, straight google led me to a london real estate agent thrimpjohnson: pfft# http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120660/fullcredits#cast8:00 AM no clue, just a gag!8:01 AM me: STO thrimpjohnson: I'm pretty sure you

AMHnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-54067366498493072312009-08-21T04:50:00.003-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.823-05:00

*Other known email addresses evan@atavist.net news@atavist.net *Personal Blog The Atavist*Flickr Account: Atavist*Drinks Red Wine. Usually Cheap Red Wine *Masks the location of his computer usage using TOR. On two occasions, unmasked IPs were used. One IP linked to Los Angeles and the other to San Diego*He has a residence in San Francisco and another one in Brooklyn.#VanishEdit: Comment from

AMHnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-41425634830309492822009-08-20T20:58:00.001-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.823-05:00

The hunt for Evan Ratliff continues. The IP addresses that have been provided so far are mostly TOR nodes that mask someone's location. Two notable exceptions are an IP address in Los Angeles and then another one from San Diego. In the article that started this hunt, Evan describes how Matthew Alan Sheppard used an intentional misdirection to help him vanish. The only "clues" we have from someone

AMHnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-45894582575605441102009-08-20T18:42:00.001-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.823-05:00

Nicholas Thompson, Evan's Editor, has a great article on how a tech novice, such as myself, join the hunt for finding Evan Ratliff. Article is here:  http://bit.ly/zRthQIn this article, Nicholas says: "A few hours ago, I posted something that has what I think is a very useful piece of information in it that’s discoverable by anyone who reads carefully. It requires zero computer skill." I think

AMHnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-85907774155735419762009-08-20T05:22:00.002-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.824-05:00

Updated Thursday, August, 20, 2009Wired Contributing Editor Evan Ratliff is on the lam. He's actually doing it on purpose.Here's the background info from the Find Evan Ratliff SiteName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan Donald RatliffHometown . . . . . . . . . . . . AtlantaDOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 23, 1975Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5'11"Weight . . . . . . . . .

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-86028748529841543432009-08-20T04:47:00.002-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.824-05:00

Here is some more information that has been obtained legally about the Fed Ex packages. This information was obtained legally and no pretexting was involved. Package Number OneFed Ex Tracking number: 869744129440Package was sent by Evan on August 8th from a Fed Ex Office store located at:8 E 23rd St New York, NY 10010 (212) 505-5730The package was sent to:Elena Sheviko National Geographic

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-82584782717118056022009-08-19T18:37:00.003-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.825-05:00

In 2004 Evan was a Fellow with the International Reporting Project. They are located in Washington D.C. You can find Evan's bio from the IRP here.There were other Fellows that year with Evan. Their bio's can be found here.As we know from the Wired Data Dump site Evan had something delivered to a Washington, D.C. address just before he vanished. The package was signed for by D. Person. I wonder if

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-73124516040894718072009-08-19T07:12:00.000-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.825-05:00

Here are two photographs of Evan playing Ultimate Frisbee in 2005 in Northern California: http://bit.ly/8jwa0 http://bit.ly/3wG79b Evan was a photographer and writer for Duke University's student newspaper, the Duke Chronicle. Evan is a very knowledgeable fan of Jazz Music. The Duke University yearbook is The Chanticleer. I could only find online editions of the yearbook up to the year 1960.

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-29494743404919103112009-08-18T13:44:00.004-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.826-05:00

Brooklyn Apartment/Condo AddressFound a deed to an Apartment/Condo in Brooklyn, NY, under the name of Evan D Ratliff. Deed dated November 2008. Address: 264-266 Cumberland Street, Unit 7, Brooklyn, NY. Eileen Connor also listed on the same documents.Link to NYC database. Couldn't get link to work in Firefox 3.5.2 which I believe is a Beta. Link worked in Chrome.Google Street View of address:View

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-36290764913520357702009-08-18T13:07:00.000-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.826-05:00

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My thoughts on where he might be. He was presumably heading east on I-80 last week. According to the Amazon wish list found by William Yale, Evan is a fan of Hunter S. Thompson. Hunter's last residence was Woody Creek, CO. I-80 isn't a direct shot, but it gets one going in the right direction.My thought process to Hunter S. Thompson starts with atavism. The first time I remember reading the word

AMHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013665944664159098.post-12818291568081734332009-08-18T11:14:00.004-05:002009-08-24T14:10:01.827-05:00

If you have found this blog, then I probably don't need to explain what this is all about. If you don't know, here is the link to why we are looking for Evan Ratliff. Follow the data dumps from Nicholas Thompson who edited Evan's Story about the difficulties of being on the lam in the digital age, Gone Forever: What Does it Take to Really Disappear?The photo is of Evan at a friend's wedding.

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