A hiker who had alleged he saw a man he believes to be missing 23-year-old Brian Laundrie said the FBI "took a lot of notes" during their meeting, per Fox News.
Dennis Davis, an engineer from Florida, last week told New York Post he is sure he spoke with Laundrie on the morning of October 2 on the Appalachian Trail.
Laundrie is currently a "person of interest" in the case involving the death of his girlfriend, 22-year-old travel blogger Gabby Petito.
The couple had been traveling across the country together in their converted van over the summer - but Laundrie returned to the Florida home the couple shared with his parents on September 1 without her.
Just days after Petito was reported missing by her family, Laundrie went missing and has yet to be found despite widespread searches for him by authorities. Petito was confirmed dead by the FBI on September 21 after her remains were discovered inside a Wyoming national park.
The hiker from Florida met with the FBI and Haywood, North Carolina, sheriff's deputies on Wednesday for about 45 minutes to discuss the encounter.
During the encounter, the man Davis believes was Laundrie asked him for directions to California. "I'd say it was a pretty straightforward meeting," Davis told Fox News.
"I met with one FBI agent and two … local sheriff's officers. We went through the story from top to bottom. They obviously asked details about Brian and the vehicle and the overall interaction."
He added that the agent and deputies "took a lot of notes" and "paid attention" to what he was saying.
"I told them… the main reason for asking for the meeting with them was because I wanted them to gauge for themselves if they thought I was a credible witness, but the thing they did tell me is that they're taking any tip as credible," Davis added.
Earlier this week, Davis said he didn’t know what Laundrie looked like at first.
After speaking with the man in question, Davis claims he drove 15 minutes down the road as he had been "acting weird", meaning he "didn't want to be in that area any longer".
Davis continued: "When I opened up that picture, and the first picture I saw was a portrait view, and the thing that stood out was that black mustache and beard. Really tight, really thick.
"And when I saw that first portrait view of him, I knew absolutely that it was him."
It was then when Davis called the FBI, telling Entin how he felt when he saw a photograph of missing person Laundrie and the uncanny resemblance between him and the man he spoke to, whom he claims is Laundrie.