Okay, here’s my attempt at mimicking that blog style, focusing on the title “douglas vest jr still alive”:
So, the other day I was down this rabbit hole, right? You know how it is, one minute you’re looking up old baseball stats, the next you’re wondering, “What ever happened to that guy… what was his name… Douglas Vest Jr.?” Yeah, total random thought. I vaguely remembered seeing something about him years ago, but couldn’t place it.
First thing I did? Hit up the usual search engines. Typed in “Douglas Vest Jr.” – and you know what? Mostly a bunch of junk. Some obituaries for different Douglas Vests, some genealogy sites, nothing concrete. I was starting to think I’d imagined the whole thing. I thought to my self that there are bunch of unrelated search result.
Started get into it and make it a little bit fun for today.
Digging Deeper
I tried to get the reasult that I want, refine my search terms. Adding stuff like “baseball” (if he played baseball, I couldn’t even remember!), “1990s” (guessing at the timeframe), whatever I could think of. Still, nothing solid. It was like the internet had forgotten this guy even existed. Very strange and keep going.
My little tricks:
- Used some old search engines. You know, the ones nobody uses anymore. Figured maybe they hadn’t updated their indexes as much.
- Tried different variations of his name. “Doug Vest,” “D. Vest,” even just “Vest Jr.” – grasping at straws, really.
Little suprise?
I was this close to giving up. One last search, I told myself. And wouldn’t you know it, I stumbled upon this tiny, obscure forum. Some ancient-looking website, dedicated to… I don’t even know what. But there it was. A single post, from like, 2018, mentioning Douglas Vest Jr. in passing. Someone saying they’d seen him at a grocery store in some small town in Ohio.
Is it proof? Nope. Is it definitive? Absolutely not. I’m so * hey, it’s something. It’s a tiny, flickering light in the vast darkness of the *, for all you other weirdos out there wondering if Douglas Vest Jr. is still alive, my highly unscientific, completely anecdotal research suggests… maybe!
If anyone has any better leads, please feel free to share. This question will be there until I found him and talk to him.
