[Devil_Anse]

Scott may well have really left the house at 9:30, although we of course don't know where he might have been btw 8:30 the previous night, and 9:30 that morning. I think he'd have wanted to make sure some neighbor didn't pop up and say, "9:30? I saw him leave at 7:30, and his truck was still gone at about 9:30."

I do think he probably took the dog with him, and as you say, let him out somewhere, maybe at some remote corner of that huge, mostly deserted, park. Or it's just possible that Scott just put the leash on McKenzie in the back yard, then left the gate open. The dog, if he's like mine, would have bounded out and gone for a round of the neighborhood, or to his usual place for walks, before finally making his way back home.

Yes, don't you wonder what Scott might have thought when he returned to see the dog in the yard WITH THE GATE CLOSED? If I'd been Scott, I'd have been scratching my head over that one.

[RGSpincich]

Yes, don't you wonder what Scott might have thought when he returned to see the dog in the yard WITH THE GATE CLOSED? If I'd been Scott, I'd have been scratching my head over that one.

Sheez, I just saw this. Hate it when you copy me in advance like that.