b'C o m m u n i t yMeet the Clan of Grifters who Landed Deep in the BluffThe Dougans left the Ozarks for C-Town, soon running a W hen a deal sounds too good to well-known fishing resort.be true, it almost always isin fact,itprettymuchalwaysis. The traveling Dougan clan from a little corner of northwest Ar-kansasknownasthetownof Flippin, in the county of Marion, were masters of psychologically devoiding that natu-ral, common sense instinct that most of us have. Well, at least those of us who have been around awhile and been burned, or known others who have been burned.The traveling band of roaming Arkansans made their way to Flour Bluff, as best reports reveal, in late fall of 2024, where the group of eight to eleven, depending on who you ask, led by Angela and David Dougan, em-barked upon a real estate shopping tour of large, res-idential, agriculture, and commercial real estate locat-ed in proximity to Yorktown Boulevard in Flour Bluff, home to all ranges of property from trailer parks to multi-million-dollar estates with tennis courts, horse stables, and 30-foot-high boat barns.The clan would arrive in multiple vehicles, out of which poured an interesting and memorable cast of fami-ly members who were introduced as mother, aunt, brother and grandma, as opposed to actual proper names, except of course for the Dougan couple, them-selves, both in their mid-40s. The second couple, oneTop: A ridiculous, satirical, artistic rendering of the of whom may have been a younger sibling, were inDougans; Mugshots: Angela and David Dougan in their late-20s, the young woman named Casey Alli- custody - Marion County, Arkansas, August 2024; son, who would become a familiar name on local newsAbove: Casey Allison speaking on KRIS-TV; Left: during their visit to Flour Bluff. A third male/femaleBluffs Landing Marina; Below: Welcome to Flippin!couple, in their late teens, appeared to be brother and sister, both sharing soaring height and rosie cheeks, so similar that they may have been twins. And then there was grandmaon a walker she seemed to maybe not really need, as though it was used for show.The story they told, to at least two of their marks, was that a diamond mine was discovered on family land in northwest Arkansas and that they had accepted an offer to sell it. With a lingering desire to live near the ocean, they headed south for warm weather and a new life on the Texas Coastahhhh!82THECOASTALBENDMAGAZINE TheCoastalBend.com'