# Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park is a natural area in North Port, Florida, connected by local trail infrastructure with [[T. Mabry Carlton Jr. Memorial Reserve|Carlton Reserve]]. ## Journal context [[Journal - The Pen-and-Paper Trap]] identifies this as the park Bryant later associated with a circa-2021 month-long effort by [PERSON REDACTED] to persuade him to leave technology behind and go to a reserve to “escape the hackers.” Bryant recalls an urgent tone and a suggestion that he pack a backpack. The exact contemporaneous park wording and dates require recovery of messages, recordings, calendars, or location records. ## Independently verified public context The [FBI’s January 21, 2022 final investigative update](https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/denver/news/press-releases/fbi-denver-provides-final-investigative-update-on-gabrielle-petito-case) identifies Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park as part of the 2021 Brian Laundrie search area. [Sarasota County](https://www.scgov.net/Home/Components/News/News/4705/23?arch=1&npage=4) describes a trail along Carlton Reserve connecting into the park. ## Archival assessment The month-long urgent push toward this particular park to “escape the hackers,” combined with pressure to abandon technology, opposition to recording and witnesses, and a suggestion to pack a backpack, was fucking weird. The park’s later public association with the Laundrie search made it even stranger.