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Bridget Stalked on the Trail

I remember an old saying I heard If you wouldn't do it without a gun, don't do it with a gun.

The number one rule of wilderness safety is don't go alone. I'm guessing the number two rule of wilderness safety is probably don't go alone in the dark.

The entire incident would have likely been avoided had she been with someone else.
 
Back when I was healthy, I used to do a lot of hiking in State Parks. I've run across a lot of people on the trails. Most are quite friendly, exchange hellos and maybe even chat for a minute or two. But I have run a cross folks who immediately set you on edge. Something about the way they looked or moved just didn't seem right. For these I'll just step off the trail, let them pass and wait a minute or two for them to move on. When hiking, I was always armed. ;)
 
For almost 5 decades now I’ve always been armed when afield (heck for most of that I’ve been armed Wherever I was. I too have stumbled into strange/weird folks in the toolies and at such times a handgun on the hip certainly provides a “comfort”. Those cultivating a patch of happy grass tend to not be friendly to strangers. A young woman, alone in the toolies and unarmed would be an easy target for whatever thug/predator (2 or 4 legged) that happens by.
 
Grayfox said:
Back when I was healthy, I used to do a lot of hiking in State Parks. I've run across a lot of people on the trails. Most are quite friendly, exchange hellos and maybe even chat for a minute or two. But I have run a cross folks who immediately set you on edge. Something about the way they looked or moved just didn't seem right. For these I'll just step off the trail, let them pass and wait a minute or two for them to move on. When hiking, I was always armed. ;)
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I've run into some very weird people out in the mountains. I call them Feral Humans.
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I was on the other side of the mountain in the lower left one day and decided to go over it to get where I was going.

The mountain was off trail and I think they didn't want people (I was guilty too) in that area. On top of the mountain I found a Medicine Wheel and a few altars. I have no IDEA what they may have been worshiping.

So as I'm walking over the mountain I saw a guy in the trees next to the trail just target locked on me.
Apparently I caught him getting undressed.

I acknowledged his presence and asked him for some route information while unobtrusivly making sure I saw my bear spray (but not my OC or my Glock).

After I talked to him I Got The HELL out of Dodge.

Agian, there are some very weird and very dangerous people out there.
 
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The Night Rider said:
I remember an old saying I heard If you wouldn't do it without a gun, don't do it with a gun.

The number one rule of wilderness safety is don't go alone. I'm guessing the number two rule of wilderness safety is probably don't go alone in the dark.

The entire incident would have likely been avoided had she been with someone else.
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Nothing wrong with being alone. Just be aware of the risks vs rewards is all. Be aware of your surroundings
 
Grayfox said:
Back when I was healthy, I used to do a lot of hiking in State Parks. I've run across a lot of people on the trails. Most are quite friendly, exchange hellos and maybe even chat for a minute or two. But I have run a cross folks who immediately set you on edge. Something about the way they looked or moved just didn't seem right. For these I'll just step off the trail, let them pass and wait a minute or two for them to move on. When hiking, I was always armed. ;)
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A. Always
B. Be
C. Carrying
 
There is county park close by that is mostly wooded and has several walking trails. When my dog was alive we walked the trails almost every day. It wasn’t unusual to pass young women walking alone with their face focused on a phone screen and wearing earbuds. They seemed totally unaware of how vulnerable they were to being attacked.
 
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