From the earlier identification of Flowering Dogwood in one of the pictures and the mention of NC in the chat, I'm narrowing my search for Woof to there. If anyone wants to follow along and see if they can shake any leads out of what I'm looking at, do have a go.
In NC, one of the most likely counties for Woof to be residing/operating in is
Onslow County. Why?
- It's one of the most densely forested counties in NC, thus giving him access to lots of areas to conduct his depravities.
- It's a coastal county, thus allowing him coastal access (and it is the ONLY coastal NC county with >75% forest cover).
- It has a population centre (Jacksonville) that is big enough to provide demand for an electrician and have strays that he can exploit, whilst having enough rural areas in close proximity where he may reside/conduct his depravities where he wouldn't have wi-fi access.
Here's an image of some of Onslow County's flora near the coast. You have the dense and narrow-stalked plant life we saw in Woof's snuff imagery.
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EDIT: Here's a link to Onslow County Animal Services. I have no idea if there's anything to find there, but if they have at any point found badly mutilated animals that would be a good thumbs-up as to our degenerate being there.
https://www.facebook.com/OnslowCountyAnimalServices/