Wired Magazine Article "Gone"

I thought that the article we read this weekend was extremely interesting. It is crazy to think about how difficult it is to disappear in todays current society. The author of the article was extremely experienced and knowledgeable about how it would e best to not get "caught". The hunters were also very good at looking after him and using great technology and resources to find James Gatz. When some one goes by the name of James Gatz and completely changes their identity and living arrangements, it is very difficult to find some one. However Evan Ratliff did a great job in not leaving any traces of his whereabouts and went "gone" quite well.

The article also gave many different point of views. A lot of people were searching for Evan Ratliff and first hand accounts were given of the hunters and the ways they went about finding Ratliff. This story was a lot like "Into the Wild" because Ratliff just goes away like Chris McCandless. NO one knows where he went or what his plans were they both just independently went on and lived their lives the way they wanted to.

This article also left me with a lot of questions. I wonder if Ratliff traveled around more, whether that would have an impact on him being found or not. I also wonder if truly no one knew about his whereabouts and if he was the only one aware of where he was. I feel that disappearing in the United States in this day and age would be a very difficult thing to do. I feel that people can disappear at first but eventually every one will be found.