Still Dead! I ruled out the Battery. I cleaned the terminals at the battery and at the starter. Still nothing.
Now, here is the weird thing. After I cleaned the terminal on the hot wire to the starter and the wire lug on the starter, there is a little hook like tab on the wire that appears to sort of lock the wire in place on the starter. This little hook was bent enough to evidently short out on something. Once I went to put the wire back on the battery post, the starter turned the engine over. I thought for sure I had solved the problem. I took the wire back off the starter and bent the hook back down and thought for sure it would work. Put the cable back on the battery post, turned the key and still dead .... doesn't make a bit of noise.
BTW My Voltage never dropped below 11.3V with fans on, headlights and trying to crank it. I swapped Batteries with my truck though to rule it out.
. . . Master Shredder, you got a volt meter?
Check for roughly 11-12 volts with all acessories off.
Then turn on everything....and check to see if it's dropping fast and far.
Then have one of them goblins of yours try to start it while you look at the meter and see if it's dropping fast and far.... Usually on a doorknob dead battery the voltage will plunge imediately to well below 9 volts.....even as far as 0, while being load tested.
if alls well......try to jumper the starter and see if it's even capable of "kicking over". It's a bit of a maneuver....but it's doable.