The Serval cat can only go as far up the beach as long as there are seagulls to keep his belly full.

Yes—that’s the case. The owner was Brian Hankins of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (Outer Banks), and the serval’s name was Rocky. Rocky escaped in October 2018 and was subsequently reported multiple times over many months in North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. Trail cameras and eyewitnesses consistently described a healthy serval wearing its collar, suggesting it really did survive for an extended period after escaping.

What’s remarkable is that Rocky was reportedly seen:

* Near Virginia Beach about six months after escaping.
* Around Chesapeake, Suffolk, and other parts of southeastern Virginia.
* Later on trail cameras near Clayton, North Carolina, over 250 miles from where he escaped. Brian Hankins believed Rocky was trying to work his way back toward the coast.

After those sightings, Rocky effectively disappeared. No confirmed reports of him being found alive or dead have surfaced.

Given that history, I think the most likely possibilities are:

1. He survived for a year or more as a wild hunter, then eventually died from natural causes or an injury. This is the scenario I consider most probable because multiple credible sightings showed he was successfully finding food and avoiding people. Servals are exceptionally efficient hunters.
2. He was hit by a vehicle. A free-ranging serval covering hundreds of miles inevitably has to cross roads, making this another plausible explanation.
3. He was shot after being mistaken for a dangerous wild cat. Hankins himself repeatedly expressed concern that this would happen and even offered a reward for Rocky’s safe capture.
4. He was quietly captured by someone and never reported. Possible, though less likely. A tame serval might approach people more readily than a truly wild one.

The fact that Rocky was documented over such a long period tells us he wasn’t immediately doomed after escaping. He demonstrated that a serval can survive surprisingly well in the coastal forests, marshes, and farmland of the Carolinas by hunting birds, rabbits, rodents, and other prey. The mystery is what finally ended his journey. Based on the available evidence, there has never been a confirmed resolution to Rocky’s disappearance.

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What is his definition of fully back?  I recently was having tendonitis in my R elbow and tore my distal tricep.  Had surgery and was in a splint of 6 weeks.  Took me 6 months to be fully back to 100% strength.

He said he had a homemade preacher bench set-up at home and he started moving it immediately and by 6 weeks he was lifting max weights. He said his surgeon put like a "bolt" through his tendon into his bone, and that may not be what is commonly done. The guy is a competitive BB and strong as 270lbs off-season heavy juicers are. It sounded crazy but I don't see why he would lie to me; perhaps his procedure allowed for faster recovery, not sure.

I've told this story before, but when I had my reattachment done I saw the surgeon at 12 weeks post-op and he asked me how my rehabbing was going. I said I was training it carefully with fairly light weights still. He said, no, no, by now you should be at max effort lifting. We don't want you sort of back, we want you 100% back at your previous strength LOL. Just don't yank it or do anything crazy but really load it.

Legends of the drug era are small and useless to us

Shawn Ray is much wider than Dillett these days

So... will they also be issued finasteride tabs?  How often will they have their hematocrit dealt with? (scheduled blood letting?)

Some service members on their own volition go to my doctor for this.

When they reach 60 years of age, will their Benign Prostate Hyperplasia be considered service related by the VA?

As an aside...When your hematocrit is too high, it feels like you have to shit all the time.