"So," Morgan glanced over at Rossi in the front seat next to him. "You're not impressed with our 'UFO Expert'." He pulled the SUV onto the shoulder of the dirt road, put it in 'Park', and turned the motor off.
"No, I am not!" Rossi declared as he unfastened his seat belt. "That man has entirely too good an opinion of himself for my taste."
"Not to mention the way he treated Reid yesterday," Morgan added. "That was hardly a recommendation for his expertise."
"I noticed that you rescued our favorite genius from the clutches of the publicity seeker this morning," Rossi smirked.
"My guess is that he had googled Reid overnight," Morgan told him. "And, after seeing what is out there on-line, he decided that our boy wonder was worthy of his attentions."
Rossi snorted derisively as he climbed out of the SUV.
"Do you think he knows what he is doing?" Morgan continued the conversation as he climbed out of the vehicle and stood looking around the area.
"He thinks he knows what he is doing," Rossi replied as he joined Morgan standing in the road. "Whether or not he is right, remains to be seen."
The two agents began walking across the road towards the yellow crime scene tape that indicated the area of the second sighting.
"You are looking for something," Rossi observed. "What?"
"Two things, actually," Morgan stopped and shaded his eyes. "Over there," he pointed into the distance on his right. "According to the map Reid was working on, that should be the same subdivision that JJ and I saw yesterday from the location of the third sighting."
"You're right," a sheriff's deputy walked over to join them. "About twenty five years ago, old man Morrison had a brainstorm and decided to put in a subdivision way out here. After about twenty houses had been built, he realized that the lack of a main road was going to be a real problem. So, he quit building and sold off the houses that had already been completed."
"Are all the houses occupied?" Rossi asked.
"Surprisingly, yes," was the reply. "The people living in them like having the larger lots and don't seem to mind being way out here on the other side of the swamps."
"A lot of kids there?" Morgan questioned as he surveyed the ground.
"A fair number," the deputy told him. "I know the subdivision is on several of the school bus routes."
"And, the body was found where?" Rossi questioned as he looked around the field.
"Over here," the deputy led him over behind a group of trees. Rossi noticed that Morgan was walking slowly, examining the damp ground as he went.
"This would not have been seen from the road," Rossi observed. "If it hadn't have been for the UFO sighting, the body probably wouldn't have been discovered for quite some time."
"I would assume there weren't any noticeable tire tracks on the road?" he added as an afterthought.
"Unfortunately, some sightseers beat us out here," the deputy replied. "Anything that may have been there was long gone by the time our crime scene guys arrived."
"Thanks," Morgan said. "That should do it for now. Appreciate your time." He shook hands with the deputy and then led the way back to the road.
After the two agents had gotten back into the SUV, Rossi looked over at Morgan. "Okay," he said. "What did you find?'
"Bike tracks," Morgan replied. "It looks like the local kids ride through here a lot and probably also hang out around here."
"And, at the other site?" Rossi questioned.
"There, too," Morgan confirmed.
With that, he skillfully executed a three-point turn and headed back down the road.