[wonders]

An unidentified official carries a bag of tubes from Bob Stevens' home in Lantana, Fla., on Friday

It's quite possible the official brought the tubes with him to put samples in.

Does anyone know where he was in North Carolina, and what he was doing there?

As I recall from news stories, he was taking his son to start fall semester at a college there.

[Ingtar]

And stopped at Chimney Rock on the way home.

[Ozymandias Ghost]

I believe it was his daughter to visit her boyfriend at Duke. He also apparently did some fishing near Chimney Rock, NC. He was an avid fisherman ...I have seen no evidence that he was a hunter or around any animals other than fish.

The "outdoorsman" label, while accurate, is a bit misleading as people are interpreting it as he was a bowhunter or hunter. (As a hunter, I have never heard of any form of anthrax in wild animals ...I suppose it is possible but I haven't seen any cases cited in all the articles I've read on this subject. Anyone know of a case of wildlife anthrax???)

Moot point, I suppose, as I doubt there were any deer or cows in the building where this happened.