had also been cancelled, leading to what Nielson described as an emergency situation. It also alleges an inspection showed "significant damage to the premises." Nielson's attorney has stated that a process to serve Hare with legal papers has been on going, but so far he has exhausted all means available to him to find Hare. December 15, 2019, Pelsor was served with a foreclosure notice. Owing $922,000 on a $1 million promissory note supposed to be paid off earlier in August that year, and also facing a lawsuit, he decided to leave the state. Johnny Morris and Bass Pro Shops The park was planned to be put up for auction on courthouse steps March 3, 2020, but a "Motion to Cancel Foreclosure Sale" was filed in Newton County Circuit Court on February 27. The Nances, who still held the mortgage on Dogpatch, postponed the auction for two months pending contract negotiations with a new buyer. On June 5, 2020, paperwork was filed at Newton County Circuit Court in Jasper indicating the park had been sold for $1.12 Million. The new owners were listed as Down By the Falls LLC, a corporation created in Delaware but with a Springfield, Missouri street address. By August 2020 the new owner had been revealed as Johnny Morris founder of Bass Pro Shops. He expressed his desire to take time and restore the park, though did not reveal specific plans saying only everything was in the early stages and that it would be "An ode to the heritage of the Ozarks and the abundant wildlife and natural beauty found here". On September 28, 2021 Bob Ziehmer, senior director of conservation for Bass Pro Shops presented a plan to the Buffalo River Conservation Committee, held in the Jasper School Cafeteria. The proposed plan will be to create a smaller version of the Dogwood Canyon Nature Park in Lampe, Missouri, which features a working mill, restaurant , trout fishing, fly-fishing lessons, wildlife tours, horseback riding, and education programs on conservation. Attractions Trout Pond - Park visitors could rent fishing equipment and go fishing in the pond, which was deliberately overstocked so it would be easy to catch fish. Visitors could fish as much as they wanted and only had to pay for the fish they caught. The Dogpatch restaurant could prepare and serve guests' caught fish, or Dogpatch workers could clean and pack the fish in ice