I now see that according to MapQuest it is only 65 miles from Rangeley proper to Bingham, taking Route 4 Eastward and then historic Route 201 North alongside the Kennebec.
So, fishing either area would be feasible for the Rev. MacDougall and Burt Spiller. And this would include the day Spiller delivered his “parson” friend at midnight to his home after a day of fishing, and in time for the minister to deliver the Sunday sermon that Spiller stuck around for one more day to hear.
I see at least a two-part problem: 1) What was the identity of the “parson”; and is he MacDougall, the answer of which, if ever found, would be an objective fact; and,
2) is there a convincing likeness between the photo Dean has to work with and the one of the Rev. MacDougall, which is subjective.
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