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Complete Chad Woodruff story:

Among those leads was the report Thursday evening by a volunteer helping in the search of Emigration Canyon who said he saw a man wearing clothing matching that of the suspected kidnapper. The man was bent over, as though looking through the brush or trying to wipe away footprints, the volunteer said.

The volunteer, Chad Woodruff, said he saw the man after following some footprints that started at a tree that had drawn his attention.

"Once I got to that tree, I found some footprints and I followed them and I took about three steps before I saw a guy with a white hat and white shirt," Woodruff said. "I just hid myself and followed him for a little while. I was totally by myself."

He said he contacted his brother by radio, and the police were called in. But by then, the man had fled.

Another searcher reported hearing gunshots shortly afterwards.

Salt Lake County sheriffs closed the canyon and set up a perimeter around it, and searching from a helicopter with an infrared sensor. The FAA restricted the airspace above the canyon

All they spotted from the air were several deer, and county sheriff's deputies and volunteers resumed the ground search at 6 a.m., local time.

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Atkinson said that the police department was not involved in the search of the canyon, and instead focused on investigating the thousands of tips that have been called in.

"I don't think it's any more promising than anything else that we had, that we're taking other resources to go after that," he said. "Again, I think it's just another lead."

Searchers say the suspicious man was wearing a white baseball hat, tan denim jacket and white pants — clothing Smart's 9-year-old sister, who was in the room when she was taken, said the kidnapper was wearing.

"They are currently still in the canyon looking for that person," Atkinson said. "At this point they've been unable to locate that person."