“Why would anyone do something like that?” I asked.

“Because there was an active service trail cutting behind that sharp bend,” he explained.

“Heavy commercial trucks were using it regularly late at night.”

“What kind of commercial trucks?” I pressed.

“I was never able to get close enough in the dark to make out the markings or the cargo,” Samuel confessed.

“Did Brandon manage to see them?” I asked.

“He told me he saw bright headlights moving along that ridge several times,” Samuel recalled.