Not for lack of trying, volunteers were not able to generate any Ekko sightings despite another five straight hours of watching for him in four locations, overnight from midnight to 5am Sunday morning, August 30th.
There are still a lot of fliers up, and also a lot have come down. Local papers have carried and article and an ad about Ekko. A good number of Ekko business fliers have been distributed. I certainly can't say it's impossible for someone who's seen him to miss the clues about who to call, but it really does seem peculiar that there would be NO sightings calls if Ekko is traipsing through the area each day for nearly four weeks now.
So we need to return to the idea that Ekko has shifted his travels out, at least a little if not a lot. He may still be doing a loop, but if so, the new loop may be east, or west, or north or south of the Washington Blvd/George Mason Drive/Wilson Blvd/W&OD trail/Sycamore loop he was doing. He may be traveling too far out for sighters to see the stationary fliers, or reading the papers carrying his picture and information. If only we knew for sure, and if so, just which way he went.
We still believe that business card distribution is one of the keys to pushing the word out to people glimpsing the black dog with the white chest, sox speckled with white, and the floppy ears. So we have a new push to get them distributed. We're now looking for a good handful of people that are willing to give -- an hour or so? -- of time one (or more!) evenings this week to hit up one of the commerce area parking lots in the list below. Dogma Bakery has a supply of the cards and we will get it replenished as the week progresses. We hope to have a supply ready for pick-up at a place such as a Staples, Office Depot or FedEx Kinkos by Monday, if possible.
If you can help out this week, please email me to let me know (1) which day/evening this week and (2) which shopping area you can cover. If we can get these areas covered each day this week, we are hopeful that by the end of the week, we'll have sightings that we can go on to figure out where to go next with the search for Ekko.
Business Card Distribution Areas - August 31 - September 4th
Market Common @ Clarendon
2700 & 2800 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington VA 22201
Major Stores: Pottery Barn, Container Store
Falls Plaza West
Location: Haycock Road & W Broad St
Address: 1220 W Broad St, Falls Church VA
Major Store: Giant
Baileys Crossroads Shopping Center
5847 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church VA 22041
Major Stores: Trader Joe's, Best Buy, Petsmart
Chesterbrook, before Kirby Road
Address: 6244 Old Dominion Dr, McLean, VA
Major Store: Safeway
Willston Center at Seven Corners
Location: Arlington Blvd & Patrick Henry Dr
Address: 6118 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, VA
Major Stores: Safeway, Petsmart, Target
Nancy Despeaux
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Just as an FYI, the food and water we left on our front steps was mostly gone this morning. We’ll put more out tonight. It’s probably unlikely it was Ekko, but you never know…
If he liked the T-shirts, maybe if you left one near the food, he would take the bait and you would know it was him. Who knows it might jog his memory and he would stay.
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