{{Ongoing}}
{{protip|We once again advise you to ''never ever'' directly engage with Chris. On the off-chance that you cross paths with Chris, the absolute ''most'' that you should do is [[Passive observers|get some kind of documentation of Chris]], [[Unholy Tetrad|but never to directly engage with him]]; otherwise, it is best to leave Chris alone. To put it more bluntly: ''DO NOT'' attempt to stalk Chris upon seeing him, and ''NEVER'' speak to Chris in ''ANY'' way shape or form, or to anyone at his group home. [[Megan Schroeder|You]] [[BlueSpike|do]] ''[[A-Logging|NOT]]'' [[Idea Guys#Removal from power|want]] [[Michael Hirtes|to]] [[Isabella Loretta Janke|be]] [[Jacob Sockness|a part]] [[Affair with Mother|of Christory]].}}
[[File:Chris sightings in May 2023.png|thumb|A map of Chris sightings in May 2023.]]
[[File:PeenWeen.png|thumb|As foreseen, a mean keen [[Weening|ween]] by the name of [[Pickle|Peen]] seen looking for [[Transgender|Christine]].]]

On 27 [[March 2023]], [[Chris]] was [[Jail Saga#Bonded out or Released by court order|released from jail]], with the only explanation being ''"released by court order"''. Beginning on 1 [[May 2023|May]], '''sightings of Chris''' were reported in various places around [[wikipedia:Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield County]], Virginia, with some [[Weening|weens]] referring to this period as '''"the chase"''' as they attempt to gangstalk Chris.

Most of the sightings were originally posted on the [[r/ChrisChanSonichu|r/ChrisChanSonichu subreddit]]. So far, all sightings have involved Chris either shopping or playing [[card games|trading card games]] in public.

==Walmart==
[[Image:MidlothianWalmart.jpg|thumb|Midlothian Walmart branch]]

On 1 [[May 2023]], Chris was spotted shopping at a [[Walmart]] in {{w|Midlothian, VA|Midlothian}}, Virginia, a western suburb of Richmond in Chesterfield County.

On the same day, a Reddit user called DarylMcGoofyGuy posted a thread with a photo of Chris, claiming that a friend had sent the picture.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/1350b35/chris_sighting_at_a_walmart_a_friend_sent_me_this/</ref> On Twitter, more photos were posted by an account named Speedymctweet, again claiming a friend had sent them.<ref>https://twitter.com/Speedymctweet/status/1653131783897063425</ref> In the photos, Chris's [[hair]] has returned to its natural brown color, and he also appears thinner, congruent with his last mugshot. He also has a [[medallion|Sonichu medallion]], most likely a [[Medallions#Mark V|Mark V]] version.

<center><gallery>
File:CWC-Walmart-20230501 - 1.png|Photo uploaded by both DarylMcGoofyGuy and Speedymctweet, of Chris putting something in or taking something out of his cart.
File:CWC-Walmart-20230501 - 2.png|2nd photo uploaded by Speedymctweet, of Chris shopping.
File:CWC-Walmart-20230501 - 3.jpg|3rd photo uploaded by Speedymctweet, of Chris looking at what could be a shopping list.
File:CWC-Walmart-20230501 - 4.jpg|4th photo uploaded by Speedymctweet, of Chris in the Entertainment section.
</gallery></center>

Another Reddit user, Alternative_Roof1940, subsequently posted photos of Chris from the security cameras at the Walmart.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/1350yv5/chris_chan_at_my_local_walmart_not_a_drill/</ref>

<center><gallery>
Image:Midlothian_CCTV.png|Chris on CCTV
Image:Chris_Near_Checkout.jpg|Shot of Chris near the checkout
</gallery></center>

Alternative_Roof1940 also uploaded a brief video clip of Chris walking away outside of the store.

{{Infobox/video
| name = May 1, 2023
| video = {{#ev:youtube|tvvdJrpYbu8}}
| stardate = 1 [[May 2023]]
| saga = [[Image:TheChaseicon.png]] [[Post-jail sightings (2023)|Post-Jail]]
}}

He also claimed:<ref>https://www.reddit.com/user/Alternative_Roof1940/comments/ ([https://archive.fo/oVp8W archive])</ref>

{{quoteboxgreen|Chris approached the electronic department asking for a flash drive and also ended up buying a [[Nintendo Switch|switch]] (yes......again). The second photo is from the electronics when he was asking}}

{{quoteboxgreen|There was a large black van chris got into about 8 stores down driven by a large black woman. I didn't take any photos of the vehicle for the sake of the woman driving}}

{{quoteboxgreen|No, there was no group. Chris was alone the entire time up until chris got into the car with 1 single person parked 8 stores away}}

The address of the Walmart was not revealed by any of the observers, but the exterior view shown in Alternative_Roof1940's video indicates that it is the location at 14501 Hancock Village Street. This location happens to be 10 miles (16 km) by road from the main campus of [[Gateway Homes]], lending support to the hypothesis that Chris is residing there. One of the rules of Gateway Homes states “No registered sex offenders or individuals who have committed a sexual offense will be considered”,<ref>https://gatewayhomes.org/admissions-eligibility/</ref> although Chris is not a registered offender and has not been formally convicted of [[incest]], making it unclear if his charge poses an issue for admission. Without confirmation we cannot say for sure where Chris is residing. Coincidentally, the Walmart is only 4 miles (6 km) from [[Manchester High School]], which Chris attended from 1996 to 2000.

==Battlegrounds==
[[File:Gamestore2023.jpg|thumb|200px|[[:File:Chrischannov2007.jpg|Nothing has changed]].]]

On 2 May 2023, Chris was spotted playing cards at the game store Battlegrounds, also in Midlothian, around 11 miles north of Walmart he was shopping on May 1st and a half hour drive from his speculated Gateway Homes. The photo was posted by Euclid_Class_Object to Reddit on the same day presumably. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/1366xdf/chris_spotted_in_a_local_game_shop/#</ref>

Euclid Class Object sourced the photo from a member of the "Zodiac Duelist" Yu-Gi-Oh Facebook group.


On the 5th, Battlegrounds set their Facebook store page to private, most likely due to [[Weening|ween]] activity.

Chris was wearing the same [[Medallions#Mark V|Mark V medallion]] he was wearing in the Walmart photos.

==Chesterfield Towne Center==
[[File:Chrischan-seen-in-public-v0-f7l8pasp6qxa1.png|thumb|left|200px|CWCfoot]]

On 3 May 2023, for the third time in a row, Chris was spotted outside a [[wikipedia:Donatos Pizza|Donatos Pizza]] at [[wikipedia:Chesterfield Towne Center|Chesterfield Towne Center]] in Chesterfield County, about 16 miles (25 km) north of the speculated Gateway Homes and over 2 miles (4 km) east of Battlegrounds. The photo was posted to Reddit by Pure_Lingonberry_677, who also claims his friend took the photo <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/13703h9/chrischan_seen_in_public/</ref>

This is the first sighting where Chris is aware that he is being photographed. Chris appears to be put off and even nervous, something uncharacteristic of him before the Jail Saga, though Chris could just be caught off-guard.

Also, the Sonichu medallion itself has also somehow turned its face towards the camera; whether this is due to Chris [[Sonichu's Edge|moving fast enough for the medallion]] [[Obesity|to bounce naturally off of Chris]], or that [[Magical thinking|the medallion itself is possessed by the same forces]] set to bring about the [[Dimensional Merge]] is uncertain.

==Earthbound Trading Co.==
[[File:CWC sighting 5-27-23.png|thumb|right|200px|Chris, [[Chris and fashion|fitting in]].]]

On 3 May 2023 a reddit user called sagehazes who works as a cashier mentioned in a comment on the Chesterfield Towne Center sighting thread that he or she had rung Chris up at the store where he or she works:

{{quoteboxgreen|came into my store and signed the receipt "sonichu"}}

At the time sagehazes did not elaborate or provide evidence.

On 27 May 2023 sagehazes rang Chris up again, and on 29 May sagehazes rang him up a third time. That same day, sagehazes posted a picture of Chris in line at the register and a picture of his [[signature]] on a receipt. While the pictures on Reddit are from the 27 May sighting, sagehazes claims that he or she also took pictures during the 29 May sighting. It is unclear if those will be uploaded as well.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/13v4vtx/sighting_signature/</ref>

In the thread, sagehazes did not name the store but described it as "like a hippie/new age type store".<ref name=sagehazes>https://www.reddit.com/user/sagehazes/comments/ ([https://archive.fo/2tfaW archive])</ref>
One Reddit user identified the store as Earthbound Trading Co., a clothing and new age chain which has a location in Chesterfield Towne Center. Photographs of the mall store on Google Maps show that the store's ceiling matches the ceiling visible in sagehazes' photo.

According to sagehazes, Chris had been to the shop at least twice, once near the end of April and again on 27 May. His typical purchases were described as "usually jewelry and crystals". Chris was described as looking relatively normal but emitting an unhealthy odor:<ref name=sagehazes></ref>

{{quoteboxgreen|it was definitely funky with a hint of [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS|shit]]}}
{{quoteboxgreen|pure shit I had to breathe through my mouth very shallowly}}

Chris was also described as talking to himself while in the store.<ref name=sagehazes></ref>

What is notable in this sighting was that for the first time in eight years, Chris has dyed his [[hair]], this time in a bright teal color. Also notable was the absence of the Sonichu medallion, presumably to avoid recognition by weens. On closer inspection, however, the back of a necklace can be seen on his neck, as well as what looks to be a bump in the shape of the medallion under his clothes, so it is likely he has simply hidden it under his shirt.

The signature reads "J. Christ Chan Sonichu", showing that Chris's [[Messiah_complex#Jesus_Reborn|Jesus delusions]] remain strong after being released from jail.
[[File:CWC signature 5-27-23.png ‎|thumb|center|200px]]

==Modern Table Top Gaming==
[[File:May 30 2023 sighting.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Affair with Mother|You are what you eat]].]]
On 30 May 2023, a now-deleted reddit user Literally-poop spotted Chris playing {{w|Magic: The Gathering}} in an unspecified location and posted a photo of him to r/ChrisChanSonichu the same day.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/13w21ko/sighted_today_playing_mtg//</ref> The Sonichu Medallion is once again presumably hidden under Chris's shirt.

User SaleneDreams identified the store as Modern Table Top Gaming in [[wikipedia:Chester, Virginia|Chester]], a community in eastern Chesterfield County.<ref> https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/13w21ko/sighted_today_playing_mtg/</ref> Photos of Modern Table Top Gaming on Google Maps confirm that the chairs and table in the store match those in the photo and that the framed picture behind Chris had been blacked out because it prominently displayed the store's name. The store is 15 miles from gateway homes or a 24 minute drive.

{{clear}}

==Fan art==
{{collapsible
|Fan art
|
<center><gallery>
Image:CWC 2023.jpeg|Artist's depiction of Chris on the run
Image:Return of CWC.jpeg|''Look who's back...''
Image:82ic0u6ubrxa1.png|Caught!
Image:TxyeB1ql.png|The rise of Ween-Mart
Image:Ydow809ej5ya1.png|Artist's depiction of the CWCfoot sighting
Image:CWC-EdBoySenpai (photoshopped).png|😱
Image:R2srik08dcya1.jpg|CWCptid hunting
Image:84n46ojaqlya1.png|What some expect to happen upon getting a photo of Chris
Image:S5dnd9h3lfza1.png|The meeting of the century
Image:U8l5no8vjv0b1.png|The Adversary
Image:L5p2e32akw2b1.png|Among the living
Image:54wbwuxy383b1.png|The duality of '''WO'''man
</gallery></center>
}}

==See also==
*[[Fan visits#DATSJUSTWATINEED2BUS]]

{{References}}
{{TheChaseSaga}}
{{The Internet}}

Post-jail sightings (2023)

2023-05-19T00:58:59Z

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Post-jail sightings (2023)

2023-05-16T10:09:09Z

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Post-jail sightings (2023)

2023-05-16T08:13:52Z

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IMG 5424

2023-05-16T04:23:58Z

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'''IMG 5424''' is a hastily-filmed video Chris uploaded on 5 October 2017 in response to [[Jessica Quinn]] deactivating her Facebook account. Shortly after uploading, he deleted the video once Quinn temporarily came back to tell him that she was breaking up with him.

Continuing to show how little Chris has learned from his past mistakes, Chris yet again freely gives out his cell phone number.

== Video ==

{{Infobox/video
| name = “Sweetie! Love! Text me back!”
| ytid = yMRfEv-Vwsc
| stardate = 5 October 2017
| maker = CwcvilleGuardian
| subject = {{Galpals|text}}
| style = {{Tragedy|text}}
| Saga = {{Quinn|text}}
| shirt =
| previous = [[CLog 10042017 - Q&A 1]]
| next = [[CLog 10042017 - Q&A NO MORE]]
}}
{{quote|You can reach me on my phone number! Text me! 434-760-0848}}

===Description===
{{quotebox|Sweetie! Love! Text Me Back!!!}}

===Transcription===
Sweetie, love, I just noticed your Facebook account has been deactivated! What the hell is going oooon! I’m worried! What the hell! Ca- hah- If there’s something going on, I need you to tell me right away please! You can reach me on my phone number! Text me! 434-760-0848. [long pause] [falsetto goes up an octave] What’s going on, sweetie! What the hell!

{{succession|label=[[List of videos|Chris's videos]]|prevlink=[[CLog 10042017 - Q&A 1]]|nextlink=[[CLog 10042017 - Q&A NO MORE]]}}

[[Category: Chris-chan videos, 2017]]
[[Category: Videos Christian uploaded to YouTube]]