[pct-l] Warner Springs ghost sightings

Fri Mar 7 14:04:03 CST 2008

Warner Springs Monty,

Wow, happy hour does start early down there doesn't it!

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From: JOHNNY J FARBER <farber51 at msn.com> 

> 
> Really I'm not making this up--I have heard about this long haired guy with 
> grayish white image lurking around Warner Springs. He is actually an extreme 
> ultralight thru hiker who has reached the zen state of being able to eliminate 
> his body weight while hiking. This extreme ultralight state is inconvient in 
> town and can interfere with celebratory beer drinking so I think he mails 
> himself a bounce body box at every town. What is really neat is that in this 
> ultralight form he doesn't have to wait for the post office to open to acess his 
> body box . Some might say he has taken ultralight one step too far, but I will 
> looking for him eagerly because I am so envious. Dr. FREE from the Institute 
> for Research into Important Hiking Stuff> From: pct-l-request at backcountry.net> 
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> Re: Fwd: New e mail address (jeff.singewald at comcast.net)> 3. Weird list goings 
> on (greg jacobs)> 4. Mutant Saber Tooth... Ghost sightings (montypct)> 5. An 
> ACTUAL rare animal spotted in Calif. woods... (Scott Herriott)> 6. Re: Mutant 
> Saber Tooth... Ghost sightings (Scott Herriott)> 7. An ACTUAL rare animal 
> spotted in Calif. woods... (Postholer)> 8. pink motel whitewater (Adam Bradley)> 
> 9. Re: pink motel whitewater (AsABat)> > > 
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> Message: 1> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 200 
> 8 09:36:23 EST> From: Hiker97 at aol.com> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Mutant Saber Tooth 
> Mountain Lion Tracks> To: Tortoise73 at charter.net> Cc: 
> pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net, zoomersdelivers at yahoo.com,> 
> carolwbruno at yahoo.com> Message-ID: > 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"> > > T_ortoise73_ 
> (mailto:Tortoise73 at charter.net) writes: Have you seen the > spots where the 
> mutant saber tooth tiger tracks overtakes > the tracks of the hikers, followed 
> by messy marks, then just the saber tooth > tiger tracks? Switchback, have you 
> been paying enough attention?> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------> > Switchback 
> replies: Actually, Warner Springs Monty, is the Guardian of the > PCT Warner 
> Springs Loop. He is the expert about all this stuff. I just know > about what I 
> have heard and the legends of the trail ---- the trail lore. > This stuff is 
> only talked about a lot at trailtown saloons after many brews and > at trail 
> campfires in the 
> deep of the night. All this scares me. I hope > all the NoBo hikers are braver 
> than me.> > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on 
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> +0000> From: jeff.singewald at comcast.net> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Fwd: New e mail 
> address> To: "greg jacobs" , pct-l at backcountry.net> 
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> From: "greg jacobs" > > > i just had to resubscribe i 
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> ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:17:38 
> -0800> From: "greg jacobs" > Subject: [pct-l] Weird list 
> goings on> To: pct-l at backcountry.net> Message-ID:> 
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> text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1> > ya its weird i cant even access my account 
> stuff with my pass word so i dont> even know 
> if this will make it to the list. but whats cool is today i quit> my job ive 
> had for 9 years and its only 39 days tell im in campo, see you> guys on the 
> trail> > > ------------------------------> > Message: 4> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 
> 07:58:24 -0800> From: "montypct" > Subject: [pct-l] Mutant 
> Saber Tooth... Ghost sightings> To: "PCT-L" > Message-ID: 
> <002401c8806c$152f64f0$e27f5142 at Monty>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; 
> charset="iso-8859-1";> reply-type=response> > True Story> > I picked up a hitch 
> hiker a couple weeks ago. He lives on the Los Coyote > Indian Reservation right 
> here at Warner Springs. I know his family. Good > friends. Honest people. This 
> Indian spoke with a deep inner honesty and > belief I could feel.> > He had a 
> couple stories I have never heard before. Ghost stories. The Los > Coyote tribe 
> says the PCT is haunted. He specifically said the PCT. You > rarely see the 
> local Indians on the trail.> > Leaving Warn 
> er Springs northbound the trail travels through big old brittle > Oaks, travels 
> up into higher Chaparral then back down into the Oaks a few > times. You make 
> some stream crossings. Sometimes dropping down into these > Oaks can be scary 
> enough without these ghost stories. You are also below the > highest peak in San 
> Diego County, Hot Springs Mountain. Hot Springs > Mountain is on the Los Coyotes 
> Reservation. Access is forbidden to > outsiders without special permission, 
> which is seldom granted.> > > > A ghost has been seen more than once along this 
> stretch of the PCT on the > trail. He has always been described as a man with 
> very long hair. A > grayish white light image or aura.> > There are also stories 
> of PCT hikers "feeling a presence following them from > Barrel Springs to Warner 
> Springs" (mile 100-110) and it has also been "felt" > in the loop, but he didn't 
> have stories of actual sightings there.> > > > True Story from the local 
> Indians, so there is some actual fact to 
> > Switchbacks warnings about the Warner Springs PCT that he wasn't aware of..> 
> > > > Warner Springs Monty> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "montypct" 
> > To: > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 7:50 
> AM> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Mutant Saber Tooth... Ghost sightings> > > > 
> >Switchback replies: Actually, Warner Springs Monty, is the Guardian of > > 
> >the> >> PCT Warner Springs Loop. He is the expert about all this stuff. I just 
> > >> know> >> about what I have heard and the legends of the trail ---- the 
> trail > >> lore.> >> This stuff is only talked about a lot at trailtown saloons 
> after many > >> brews and> >> at trail campfires in the deep of the night. All 
> this scares me. I > >> hope> >> all the NoBo hikers are braver than me.> > > > 
> ------------------------------> > Message: 5> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:03:11 
> -0800 (PST)> From: Scott Herriott > Subject: [pct-l] An 
> ACTUAL rare animal spotted in Calif. woods...> To: pct-l at ba 
> ckcountry.net> Message-ID: <361717.83705.qm at web54503.mail.re2.yahoo.com>> 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1> > Keep your cameras at the ready 
> this year. > > The last documented case of one being seen was in the> 1920s!> > 
> > > > > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080306144240.htm> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > Squatch> www.walkpct.com> > > 
> ------------------------------> > Message: 6> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:05:47 
> -0800 (PST)> From: Scott Herriott > Subject: Re: [pct-l] 
> Mutant Saber Tooth... Ghost sightings> To: montypct , PCT-L 
> > Message-ID: 
> <375914.22089.qm at web54502.mail.re2.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; 
> charset=iso-8859-1> > WS Monty wrote:> > > > > once along this> stretch of the PCT on> the > trail. He has always been 
> described as a man with> very long hair. A > grayish white light image or 
> aura.>> > > > > > That might be Laurence the Spring Guy wh 
> en he's> smoking.> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Squatch > 
> www.walkpct.com> > > ------------------------------> > Message: 7> Date: Fri, 7 
> Mar 2008 08:52:31 -0800> From: "Postholer" > Subject: 
> [pct-l] An ACTUAL rare animal spotted in Calif. woods...> To: 
> > Message-ID: <077301c88073$a412a9a0$26d78304 at Snoopy>> 
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";> 
> reply-type=original> > Get your wolverine canisters out....> > 
> ------------------------------------> Trails : http://Postholer.Com> Journals : 
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> ------------------------------> > Message: 8> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:22:45 
> -0800 (PST)> From: Adam Bradley > Subject: [pct-l] pink 
> motel whitewater> To: pct-l at backcountry.net> Message-ID: 
> <637229.175.qm at web90403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; 
> charset=iso-8859-1> > whats the beta on this place if there is any? 
> I kind> of remember it being closed?> > thanks> monstro> > > 
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> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:35:57 -0800 (PST)> From: "AsABat" 
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] pink motel whitewater> To: 
> pct-l at backcountry.net> Message-ID: 
> <41857.127.0.0.1.1204911357.squirrel at localhost>> Content-Type: 
> text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1> > It was closed and the property sold several 
> years ago.> > AsABat> > > whats the beta on this place if there is any? I kind> 
> > of remember it being closed?> > > > ------------------------------> > 
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