Posted on 05/14/2016 2:49:20 PM PDT by moose07
A woman who wasm reported missing this week after she went hiking in North Carolina's Blueridge Mountains was reportedly found alive and tied to a tree.
The unnamed 64-year-old woman was reported missing near the Blueridge Parkway on Thursday after a friend called 911 in the early afternoon.
According to reports, the friend received texts messages from the woman, who said she was having some sort of emergency, according to the Citizen-Times.
After about an hour, the woman was reportedly found tied to a tree near a trail, according to a fire department dispatch radio recording obtained by WLOS.
Crime scene near Craggy Gardens on Parkway. Buncombe EOC says the 911 call was for a missing hiker @WLOS_13 pic.twitter.com/EwZqXgFFwn — Aaron Adelson (@AaronAdelson) May 12, 2016 "She's not deceased at this time," a rescue worker told the dispatcher. "She is tied to a tree. This is the one they were looking for."
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The man is described as an unkempt, white male, about 50 years old, with salt-and-pepper hair and fa scraggly beard, according to an NPS Rangers statement released Friday.
The suspect is believed to be wearing a light or faded grey short sleeve T-shirt, blue pants and dark tennis shoes. He may have smell musty from going unwashed for several days, according to the release.
Anyone with information that might lead to this suspect is asked to call an investigative tip line at 888-653-0009.
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Good for you.
Tying them to trees is often the most obvious solution.
Amen to that.
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That’s exactly the question I had. Something smells funky here, and it’s not just ‘musty.’
KINKY!
Ned Beatty was seen nearby laughing and saying...karma is a bitch..or something like that...
Freegards
LEX
“obvious solution”
Also the most simple with least effort on your part. :)
Well you’re no sissy. Better change your name, bravejane.
Maybe she was meeting someone. Or maybe she’s got a still back in them thar woods.
Please be careful FRiend!
Do what I do,take a dog along.And a pistol.And a knife.
Has anyone determined the whereabouts of Slick Willie lately?
Here in upper East Tennessee it is going down to the upper thirties tonight, and breezy. Wind-chill factored and we get below freezing effect. In the Mountains it will be frosty tonight!
“Not deceased at this time’’. Well, by the laws of God above and Nature below someday we will all go ‘’the way of the flesh’’. But for now, at this time, it’s good to know that the 64 year old Tar Heeler is ‘’not deceased at this time’’.
There is no mention of Cigar stubs in the text, butt it may be a new line of enquiry. :)
The AT is well traveled and there are always rangers patrolling. I just finished reading a great book by an Englishman, Keith Foskett, who detailed his AT journey. He has also done the Pacific Crest Trail and soon the Continental Divide Trail. It’s interesting to read how many well conditioned hikers fall short of completion, it must be brutal. Yes, he did see a lot of bears but was never bothered as one has to take precautions with the food.
that was exactly my question. If she could text, why couldnt she get free? Did the perpetrator text? How would the perp know who and what to text? Strange.
Bump this, want to come back for...”the rest of the story!”
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