FERRIDAY — The family of a local man who has been missing for nearly two weeks is looking for any information about his whereabouts.

Casey D. Herring, 30, who is described as being 5-foot-11-inches tall and 140 pounds with very short brown hair, has been missing since Oct. 25.

That day, he checked himself into a room in the Natchez Best Western, his mother Brenda Olsen said.

At some point, he called for an ambulance, but when the ambulance arrived Casey apparently panicked and ran away.

“I don’t know how he was running, but they said he was running,” Olsen said.

Casey had been experiencing severe pain on his ankle, and had an appointment with a surgeon the next Monday to discuss ankle replacement surgery.

His strange behavior is also part of the mystery, because Casey hasn’t had any prior signs of mental illness.

The only guess that Olsen has is that the medicine he was taking for his ankle pain triggered a psychotic episode — and she admits that’s only a guess.

Casey had told his mother that the medication was making him sick to his stomach, making him see double and making his memory foggy, but that he didn’t stop taking it because of the pain.

“He said the medication wasn’t agreeing with him,” she said.

“There was nothing wrong with Casey’s brain — I don’t know if the medication has messed up his brain.”

Casey has been seen once since his initial disappearance, when a woman reported to police she saw him at the Natchez Visitor’s Center, wearing blue pants, a navy blue short-sleeved shirt and no shoes, apparently confused.

That sighting was Oct. 29.

The family has been putting up fliers soliciting information about him around the area, and anyone with information about his whereabouts should call 318-757-9107 or 601-807-1834.