As Ray wins, he is in a severe degenerative state of mind - he sees a "dark figure" beckoning him to continue walking. The dark figure could possibly be Randall Flagg, as he is usually known as both "the Walking dude and the Dark man." Shortly after even though he was fatigued he gained the "strength" to run. The entire route is going in a south west direction, almost perfectly like a path of one of the beams
The name "Garraty Raymond Davis" has 19 letters.