he must've had a breakdown or something. Bubba appeared to be a good ole boy redneck with a sense of wit mixed in with a little anger. Good rednecks that I know like that would come back with a vengeance, rather than going down like Landon Donovan. Maybe even some week long event being lost in the woods...A tale of survival after getting his vagina stuck under a rock.
He has to come back like that, or he wasn't a zoner in the first place. Just a puber that did some blow one night and found himself stuck after a few months and wanted to get out.
Either that or his wife told him she would kick his ass if she sees him on VN.