...he and a doctor friend started talking to the couple — another physician and her partner. “The convo got into hunting and guns and politics,” Mannies said, adding that’s when he realized that the man had been listening. “The guy just looked mad and then at some lull in the conversation, he said, ‘Stupid southerners and f—ing Republicans.'” Mannies said that his friend shot back, “Stupid southerners? She and I both have ‘Dr.’ in front of our names. Do you?” “I kind of laughed and said, ‘Well, where are you from? and he said, ‘New York,” Mannies said. “And I said, ‘Okay, New York’ and he said, “I have a name, it’s Brian.” ...Mannies said that his friend also confided in him that she thought “he had that serial killer look.” ...when the news of Petito’s disappearance made headlines, his friend called him. “She said that’s the crazy guy from the bar,” he said... Mannies, a former deputy in Southern Parish, La., said that he contacted the FBI about the sighting and spoke with them for around 45 minutes.
What’s a ‘serial killer look’?
Ted Bundy had no problem picking up women.
There’s no town in Louisiana called Southern Parish. This sounds bogus.
There are 64 Parishes in Louisiana. "Southern" isn't one of them.