I thought it was odd too that he was able to hitch a ride. But for the benefit of the doubt - Maybe things are different in that area (probably not, but I don’t live out there).
Well, I guess I may have to take it back. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction! Apparently the guy did land on “FF”, just off Highway 60, and went to a Simmons’ gas station. And, yes, around here, a couple “good ‘ol boys” riding around together, probably wouldn’t think twice about giving a guy in a plane that just came down on a local road, a ride to a gas station. The thing that didn’t seem correct to me was that Simmons is on the other side of Van Buren and not that near Ellsinor (80 miles driving distance, according to Mapquest. I think Van Buren is larger, too.) At any rate, the local news station has good coverage on all this, up now:
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=10140333