Where's "Otis"?

A strange Search and Rescue (SAR) mission occurred this evening. Mason county was looking for a homeless man that had been missing for 10 days.

How did anyone know he was "missing"? Was he a fixture in town like Otis of the Andy Griffith Show?

Two other counties provided 3 bloodhound teams for the search.

In the end the SAR folks couldn't find him.

And if the authorities did find him, then what?