Looks like there's more mystery to the story of the missing Governor.

Maybe he was having a clandestine meetup with soul mate and fellow tin
hat clansman, Michelle Bachmann.


GREENVILLE, S.C. -- WYFF News 4 has received exclusive information
from sources who say they have information about Gov. Mark Sanford's
whereabouts during a mysterious absence over the past several days.

Sanford's wife Jenny said she last talked to him on Thursday, and
though she didn't know where he is, she said she wasn't concerned. She
said he had left to have time to write.

Joel Sawyer, communications director for the governor's office, then
said the governor had been on the Appalachian Trail. Sawyer said
staffers heard from Sanford on Tuesday morning and the governor plans
to return Wednesday.

Sawyer said the governor is surprised by all the attention.

On Tuesday, sources told News 4's Nigel Robertson that a state vehicle
is missing and was tracked down, not to the Appalachian Trail, but to
the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta.

Sources told Robertson that a federal agent spotted Sanford in the
airport boarding a plane. Robertson was told that the governor was not
accompanied by security detail.

Sanford has been out of reach for more than four days, including
Father's Day.

Sawyer has emphasized that the governor was hiking on the Appalachian
Trail and that it wasn't something the staff or Jenny Sanford were
concerned about.

But sources told WYFF News 4 that the federal agent who spotted
Sanford saw him at the Atlanta airport, which is about 80 miles from
the start of the trail.

WYFF News 4 has not yet confirmed where the plane was going or how the
governor got to the airport, but it is clear there are two very
different stories.

News 4 called the governor's office, and was told again by staffers
that they stand by their original statement that the governor is
hiking the Appalachian Trail. They did not want to comment on this
story.