Douglas Edward Meer was 25 and a University of Colorado–Boulder student when he left his home in Boulder for a spontaneous trip to Las Vegas on March 26, 1982, arriving the next day. The last confirmed contact was a phone call to his mother on March 29, 1982, when he said he had run out of money and was returning to Boulder. He never made it home.

A later call after Easter in April 1983 reported he was headed to Los Angeles and asked that money be wired to him in Baja California, Mexico; the family sent funds but heard nothing further. In June 1983 his Datsun truck was recovered in an impound lot in Ensenada, Mexico, about fifty miles from the California border. The vehicle contained his personal effects, a full bottle of his prescribed Lithium, and dog food, but neither Douglas nor his dog Pepper were found. He was declared legally dead seven years after his disappearance, though no remains have been located.

What leads or local memories might help explain how he and Pepper disappeared after the truck turned up in Ensenada?